Cost effective?

[sherpa]

my cost is about 0.03 each for .357 45 auto and 45 colt, i do cast from wheel weights and scrap lead i get fo free.

[sherpa]

just some of the stash. + over 1500 rounds of primed and sized brass waiting to be loaded.

[NativeTexan]

I haven't bought wheel weights in a long time. I go to our club range during the week and there's usually no one there. The backstop on the pistol range is like a lead mine. You can just pick it up right off the top, washes out every rain. I seem to be the only one that bothers. 15 minutes and I can pick up 25 lbs of lead if I get after it and it's all free. Some purists think range scrap isn't consistent enough, but I've seen little or no difference in accuracy, myself.