1Cent Charges.

[jgstrug]

People laugh at me when I say that I don't want to waste a primer on sighting shots. Well, its true, I Just finished this pound of powder and got 3500 charges from it! Took over a year to do it. I load the .32s&w long for my Marlin 92 for lever action rifle silhouette pistol cartridge. The load is two grains of Titegroup, 98gr hard cast Rimrock RNFP,and whatever primers I can fit in the case. It takes about 10 charges to equal the cost of one primer!

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[Der Gebirgsjager]

An interesting post, but you're losing me. Do you mean that you don't use shots to sight in? Anyway, you are obviously a thrifty shooter, with 3500 charges from one pound of powder!

DG

[toallmy]

It might be time to look into loading primers as well .

[Outer Rondacker]

May I suggest a sling shot. Rocks are free. Reusable ammo.

Unless I misunderstood. Are you looking for a cheaper way to shoot? Perhaps a 22lr. I have been grabbing 525 round packs for 20 bucks. Thats cheaper than any primer on the market.

I too use Titegroup. Love it. Its not to kind to PC but works well as long as you dont store bullets to long.

Do a search, There is a guy who made his own 32 cal or 28 I cannot remember. It was battery powered spark and took one grain of powder. He sat around plinking all day. Was a nice video. Oh cost him like 38 thousand to try and produce the gun but didnt make it. Good luck.

[jgstrug]

Wasn't trying to reinvent anything, just posted to show how powder economical my pistol cartridge lever action silhouette rifle load is. I am completely satisfied with this load and its performance in this application. I have not tested how different primers affect it. I use a plethora of different types, small pistol, small rifle, and both magnums,as well as match, and cci ones from the 70's.

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[mnewcomb59]

It wasn't that long ago when 1 cent charges got you 3.6 grains of Titegroup!

[deces]

Uh... how many pennies would that be if cast in zinc?

[35 Rem]

And I thought I was conserving powder with the 32-20 and 38 Special! Yeah, when you get down to 2 grain powder charges you are close enough to free and powder will last forever. The lowest charge I've ever dropped was somewhere a bit under 5 grains the best I can recall. In the 460 Weatherby on the other hand, I've gone up to 122 grains. That burns up a pound of powder in only 57 shots so you have to buy it in 8 lbs cans or you are always running out.

[Outer Rondacker]

I have a store that still sells Titegroup for 27.99 a pound. With tax that is $30.23 here. That is .0043185 cents a grain. So two grains is .008637 of a cent. Still under once cent. Only powder I feel is worth the money still these days.

[dverna]

Saving money on powder when primers are $85+/k.

Makes perfect sense.

Anyway, you start with, "People laugh at me when I say that I don't want to waste a primer on sighting shots." And then show how much you save on powder.

[Soundguy]

I love tightgroup. Very economical.

Since its virtually impossible to save money on primers..might as well save somewhere.

[Half Dog]

That’s great!! Sounds like you’re living the reloaders dream of how economically we can shoot.

[35 Rem]

Not sure why some are having trouble understanding the OP. The way I read it he was merely commenting that the cost of the Primer is his primary expense in shooting this rifle. I doubt he is really reluctant to shoot at all because he said he shot up the pound of Tightgroup in a bit over a year and that represents 3,500 shots.

[35 Rem]

I got some surplus powder last year that loads "equivalent" to TightGroup at $214 for 10 lbs delivered to my door. I'm using it in 45 ACP for a lot of cheap shooting. I have a 32 ACP but have never tried loading for it. With a bullet trap to reuse the lead it would be practically free. Especially until I've used up all my $20/1000 primers.

[FergusonTO35]

I use nothing but pistol/shotgun powders with large pistol primers in .45-70. No point in using 50 grains of pricey rifle powder per shot for just fun shooting or deer at woods range. 12.8 grains Unique/292 Lyman is my current fave but I'm going to try Titegroup when my Unique runs out.

[jgstrug]

Not sure why some are having trouble understanding the OP. The way I read it he was merely commenting that the cost of the Primer is his primary expense in shooting this rifle. I doubt he is really reluctant to shoot at all because he said he shot up the pound of Tightgroup in a bit over a year and that represents 3,500 shots.

Yeah that, I was wondering if the pound was ever going to run out, and thinking 'I have to be shooting this thing more than most people' I am building another old Marlin 92 to take advantage of this load too.

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[Soundguy]

Not sure why some are having trouble understanding the OP. The way I read it he was merely commenting that the cost of the Primer is his primary expense in shooting this rifle. I doubt he is really reluctant to shoot at all because he said he shot up the pound of Tightgroup in a bit over a year and that represents 3,500 shots.

I agree for many of my handgun calibers I'm sitting at about 4 cents for powder and a cast projectile and then 10 cents for a primer if you look at new prices

[jimb16]

I cast my own for .25 auto. Powder charge is 1.4 gr of Unique. I get the lead for free. If it wasn't for the cost of the primer, I would be shooting for less than a penny per round.

[Outer Rondacker]

I cast my own for .25 auto. Powder charge is 1.4 gr of Unique. I get the lead for free. If it wasn't for the cost of the primer, I would be shooting for less than a penny per round.

Some guys are reloading their own primers on here. Have you looked into that? Might not be worth it or who knows.

[ascast]

I can't help but wonder, in a post apocalyptic world, would that load take out a zombie? at what range?