Thanks for the post, Glenn. I think it is pretty neat and I also think that it comes about in no small part from the open discussions that began taking place in earnest on this board regarding pressures and damascus bbls. shortly if not immediately after Dave opened it.
Too, I do not discount the interest in safe light CAS loads and the fact that there may be no telling what some of those guys were/are shooting in old loose doubles anyway, understanding that the 'for modern shells' part of the statement is for both safety and liability, but reality may be quite dif for some folks.
Having an available factory load that has the pressure as well as the velocity clearly stated may help some less than knowledgable salesmen to steer their customers in a safer direction and it just might get some folks to start to think a bit more about the fact that pressure and velocity are not directly related in any linear sense.
As to the reloading vs. cost of new ammo, there are many arguments on both sides, all quite valid to their owners, but for the non-reloaders it would seem that access to quality low pressure ammuntion has been a larger problem than cost. For perspective, one might consider that in parts of S.A. you can pay anywhere from $9~$11/bx for dove loads that may or may not be consistent or any good. FWIW, I'm a reloader and I enjoy it too .. and at this late stage in life I may have actually amortized the cost of all the reloading acoutrements somewhere toward zero, but more than likely I would be like my brother who used to speak of his winnings ... he NEVER included the costs of guns, entry fees, nor ammunition as he said that he was gonna have and shoot that stuff anyway. It was kind of a ruse, but he was never really fooling himself, it just 'sounded' better to his ego, that's all. Apologize for the tangent, but that's where it went. My inexpensive reloads involve a fair amount of stuff never figured in the calculations. It would be detrimental to my frame of mind to actually know any of the facts regarding true costs. Sorta like the cost of the first fish from a new boat .. with the second one halving that and so forth. $6.50 a box? Sounds like a reasonable price to me, and knowing the pressure should be worth a coupla bucks by itself anyway.
