Some might think its easier to buy your own bullets...I started muzzleloading in 1975...Back then you got into it because of a love of
history and wanting to learn how they used to do things you made alot of the equipment that you used...It doesn't take me more than a couple of hours to run a hundred balls or so....only cost is the mold and the gas I use on the outdoor grill...I cast out of a tin can and made a dipper, flux with SnoSeal...And, I have run my own tests and my guns prefer cast balls over swaged...I feel that they are softer and arbutrate easier...I shoot a .40 and a .54, haven't shot a store bought ball in 25 or 30 years.