Living and shooting in a small, rural community of 800 people in the 70’s, I either cast my own or didn’t shoot. We had a family business that required us to work every day but Sunday. In Utah everything closes. We only left town for emergencies or a rare vacation. I ordered my first muzzleloader from DGW in 1973, it was a flintlock Kentucky kit in .45 caliber, followed shortly after by another pistol kit of the same caliber. On one of my rare occasions to the city, I spent my hard earned hay hauling money on a Lyman .440 round ball mould. I would pester the local garage station for spent wheel weights (although not the best for muzzleloaders) and salvage old batteries I found at the dump ( not the best for my health). It wasn’t until I moved to the city to go to college that I actually saw factory made round balls you could buy. Since that time, I’ve expanded my shooting to include BP cartridge guns, many of which you can’t shoot unless you cast you own bullets (.577 Snider, Martini Henry, .43 Spanish.43 Mauser and .50/70 Sharps etc.). Besides that, to me it relaxing on a cold day when there nothing to do outside.