24 cents a round to reload 45 colt black powder using big lube bullets.Seems like all the components for shooting BP arms have gone up. The price of lead is running somewhere between one and two dollars a pound depending on where you buy it. Swaged ball running $12.00/100. Percussion caps $7.00/100.
So if you were shooting a .44 revolver you would have.
$0.16 for 40 grains black powder.
$0.12 for one lead ball
$0.07 for one percussion cap.
That makes it $0.42 for each time you drop the hammer. That does not include the cost of any felt wad, lube, cleaning patch and solvent that you might use.
Still cheaper than shooting say a 45 colt using commercially loaded ammo.
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Approximate cost of Grafs house brand when ordered 15 lbs at a time. Even cheaper if ordered in higher amounts as hazmat is same for 1 pound or 50 pounds.$17 lb.
Somebody some where has done a study, but in my opinion if stored properly in its original containers, decades. I am in the process of using up some Alcan powder that I have no idea how old it is. The containers were good, and the process of working up the load went smooth. Results are about 1200 rounds of 38 special from a powder that may have be thrown out otherwise.Legally, how much black powder can I be in possession of? Also, I know that smokeless powder can be stored for long periods of time without detrimental effects. What about black powder? Am wondering if a bulk purchase of a lifetime supply of black powder makes sense, or not?