ORIGINAL: meh101465
is the difference in the price of 100 shots just the fact that you can get approx. twice the shots from a pound of powder ???
Yes, I am shooting 44g of AA 5744, which is about 1/2 the load fo 100g of 777, so about 40% of the cost. Also smokeless powder is cheaper for some reason than 777, which is about $27/lb where I live.
Another factor that Henry Ball designed the 10ML around was a 300g XTP bullet, which is one of the cheapest bullets on the market. As we have seen on the forum, the 300g Gold Dot shoots well in the 10ML2 also, so for 150 yard or less shooting you have two excellent inexpensive bullets to both plink and hunt with.
Chap Gleason
PS. Value changed to 44g of 5744.