If you can get some free lead, then casting your bullets is the way to go. I really like the roundball I cast. They shoot as well as any of the store bought. Well maybe the store bought are a little better but you'd hate to live on the difference.

Some of the projectiles I cast like the .458 405 grain FP shoot real well out of the rifles and the down range power of a pure lead bullet is still hard to beat.

If a person was forced to purchase the lead, then you might be right. It might be just as cost effective to purchase them pre made.