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As far as savings are concerned, you can reasonably argue that reloading shells saves time and effort. Consider going to the store for a $10 box of Federal #4 turkey loads. Depending on your home set-up and reloading accessories, you may be able to punch out half-a-dozen turkey shells and then re-set the bar for your #7-1/2 or #8 league trap loads in 10 minutes. That’s convenience!

Clay target shooters have a reputation for shooting many more shells than hunters. On a good day of deer hunting you may shoot one or two times. A dove hunter could use two boxes of shells to take his limit if there is a breeze. A sporting clays shooter, however, will burn up five boxes of shells on a normal day!

CONTROL, CONVENIENCE AND EXPERIMENTATION

I believe that a much better reason to reload than making a decision solely on the cost of a box of shells is that manufacturing your own gives you greater control over your shooting. If you are a careful reloader – and you should not approach a reloading press in any other manner – you can produce loads that are completely consistent from one shell to another. Consistency is important to groove your shooting and to give you the confidence that when you pull the trigger, you know exactly where your shot will go (how it will pattern) and how quickly it will arrive where you have pointed it.