[CaptainRazor]

If I had it to do over again......
I would NOT reload shotgun shells. Then again, I don't shoot that much.

Back in the day, we used to shoot about 250 rounds a week, maybe more maybe less.

With the best math we could put to it, we only broke even, once we had to start paying for our hulls, we started going in the hole.

The price of shot is the real killer, as stated, $20 for 25 pounds locally, and trust me, 25 pounds doesn't go very far when you start loading 12 gauge with 1 1/8 ounces of shot.

For that matter, none of the components go very far when loading shotgun.

For your shooting purposes, I'd think you might actually come out a little bit ahead if you buy in bulk, but then if you have any value on your time, at best you would break even.

I'm not trying to turn you off of it, it is very interesting, but not much fun at all.
If you want to play around with it, go with the Lee Loadall, at least that way, you won't have a lot invested in tools.