Larry;
You just don't much get Mathamatics do you. You "DID NOT" pay 6.00 per 25 for the hulls, you paid it for loaded shells. You are thus figuring in the price of primer, wads & shot for the first firing, but not for the remaining loads. This is thus "NOT" the hull cost per shot, Period, nor is it the cost per shot as the components were not added for the others.
Indeed, I did not figure in the cost of what was in the hull when the box of shells was purchased new. Nor did I figure in what was in the shell when one fired it reloaded. I'm only working on the cost of the hull, separate from all other components. The only reloading component you get from a box of new shells is the hull. Everything else, whether new or reloaded, is use once and gone. And I used the same figures for ALL hulls, regardless of gauge, so I'm not putting the 16ga hulls at a disadvantage in comparison to 12 or 20ga hulls.
Given the current $2/box discount offered by both Remington and Winchester on STS/AA shells, 16ga promo loads can be found for very close to the same price/box as 12 or 20ga AA or STS: right around $6.50. So the advantage to the 12's and 20's comes in the longer hull life and lower wad cost.
There's certainly no question you can save money reloading 16's. It's just that you can save more, per shell, reloading 12's and 20's.
Last edited by L. Brown; 07/28/11 06:46 AM.
