I can buy 45 bullets for about 85 per 1000 delivered. I can make and coat with hi tek about 4000 from a bucket of wheel weights for less than 85 bucks. I have a backyard range now and I'm struggling to NOT shoot every day. Figuring conservatively 40 to 50 rounds a day, sometimes more, sometimes less, I'll still end up shooting over 10000 rounds a year so those savings add up.