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Cost of my Flintlock Turkey Load
Over on a Turkey Forum I've noticd posts about the cost of modern high performance Turkey loads (shells) costing $6.00 each...got me thinking about what it costs for the blackpowder turkey load I use and did the math as follows:
Black powder main charge of 80grns Goex 3F = .13 cents
(@ $11.00/lb)
Black powder priming charge of 3grns Goex 4F = one half cent
(@ $11.00/lb)
Cost of Flint per shot = .01 cent
(@ .75 cents/flint)
Wads: 2 @ .06 cents = .12 cents
(@ $6.00/100)
Shot: 1+5/8oz #6 shot = .08 cents
(@ $20.00/25lb bag)
Overshot card = .01 cent
(@ $10.00/1000)
So I spent .72 cents for this turkey season's two shots...good economy, eh
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(Claims that 1:48" twists won't shoot PRBs accurately are old wives tales!!)
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