Looks like you are over-paying for components. I reload 12ga and 20ga and can usually get a AA quality shell for 3.50/box.
Buy primers by the 1000 and powder by the 8lb keg at a store or gunshow to avoid the hazmat fee and they'll average out much cheaper. Use Claybuster wads and buy them in lots of 500 or 1000. Pick up hulls at public ranges (if allowed) or dove fields and they're free. If you have to buy them, get them once-fired from E-bay in lots of 1000. I'm also using recycled shot which works great on clays and doves and is scads cheaper.
You won't save any money but you'll make better quality shells and have the satisfaction of doing so.
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