I have to agree with Don Verna.
For the price of a thousand primers, powder, lead, and brass you could buy an air rifle that will let you shoot for about 1.25 cents per round.
With a little work you might even be able to shoot indoors. Not a lot of noise, very little smoke, and when your done you turn off the lights and walk away.
When I'm done with a trip to the range there is brass to be cleaned, boolits to cast, cases to size, prime, charge, and load the cast in. Pack it all back into the ammo boxes before your done. Depending on how much you shot it can be a day or several days before your done.
Ohh and 12$ per hundred primers make .22mag ammo look pretty reasonable. And again, no work.
Now granted for the most part it is work I enjoy doing. But I could be doing something else, like fishing too!