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Hi Unregistered,
On July 29th, this site will be moving..! No, really - it's "moving" to another physical location - including servers, gateways, routers - everything - including my coffee cup...
So, from the date of July 29th through July 30 or 31 (shooting for these dates, but - as always, I'm at the mercy of my ISP who has to install the lines to the new location - and we actually get them running ;) ). But - this site, cloud servers and main web will be OFF LINE.
Now, please save these dates!! Please - don't be "that guy" who emails me on the 30th to tell me you "can't open the Parker Website". I'll already know it is offline - and also know that you are "that guy"...
I'll take this notice up and down over the next week or so - and leave it up during the final few days before shutting it off on the 29th..
John D.
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Mike,
Your shot cost seems very high. You state 5 11lb bags. Are you loading nickel or copper plated shot? 7 1/2s are easily found in 25lb bags for $35-$40 bag locally here in PA. If you switched to magnum or soft shot, you would have a considerable savings even if you had to have it shipped.
Marcus
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A 1oz load will give you 400 shells from a 25lb bag of shot. Lets say the shot cost you $40/bag. 400 Win 209 primers max cost $20, wads are about $8 bag 250 per bag so $16 for wads and you have some left over. Powder is $25 per lb. I don't know how many grains are in a pound but I can easily get 400 shells/lb. I believe my reloading cost is about $5/box compared to $10/box for new RST. IF you shoot alot reloading is the only way to go IMHO. I'll reduce my cost this year by going to 7/8 and 3/4 oz loads in 12,16 &20 guage.
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