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I used to do Civil War reenacting. I traded a SW compact 9mm for a full scale Mt. Howitzer tube when I was 19. My dad and I built a prarie carriage for it and started doing Confederate artillery. I had no bills but rent and food and I was working 50 hour weeks, so I had plenty of cash on hand to pay for powder and primer. Back then, I was running four shots to a pound, at $6.00 a pound for powder, and $1.00 each for friction primers. So say $2.50 a shot, at 100 shots or so a weekend, nearly every weekend. My "crew" consisted mostly of young guys like myself. Fifteen years later car payments, five kids and life in general burn up any "extra" cash might be around. Card modeling is far less expensive, and more quiet!
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