Last spring I purchased 1000 44 special brass from Starline. At the time it was around $150. Most 44 special factory is selling for around 35$ a box of cowboy loads if you can find it.
That would be roughly 900$ to get that much brass. I can reload a lot of 44 special for 900$. And as others have said there are a lot of other good reasons to buy new.
I use a lot of range brass but I can’t ever remember finding 45 Colt or 44 special brass lying around.