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Originally Posted by DWalt
I also prefer the slower powders for lead bullets, in the same range as 2400, H110, and IMR 4227. There was once a Hodgdon powder called H240 in the same range, which was excellent with lead bullets, but it was dropped from the line many years ago. I have burned up several pounds of it, but it's gone now. With lead bullets, they just seem to group better than the pistol and shotgun powders. Of course the charge weights will be somewhat greater also, so the economy suffers. Six grains of Red Dot is a lot cheaper than 15 grains of 4227.
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At $30 a pound, there are 7000 Grains in a pound means each Grain costs about 3/10 of a cent. So 6 grains of Red Dot costs about 1.6 cents and 15 grains of H4227 costs about 4.5 cents. Primers are about 4 cents each. for the sake of argument we will say you reloading brass is free, That leaves the bullet cost. The low end for buying bullets was 17 cents each (by the 100) So reload cost is:
0.05 powder
0.04 primer
0.17 bullet
0.00 brass
$0.26 a round with H4227 and maybe 3 cents less for Red Dot, compared to factory prices either one is a bargain, and my experience says both shoot more accurately than factory ammo!
Ivan