I gotta say: if I could find rifle ammo for $5 a box that went bang every time, I doubt I would handload. I killed a lot of stuff when I was young with crap factory ammo. Nothing I killed was beyond 200 yds, but most of it was well short of 50 yds. As long as it went bang, I could hunt that crap and be successful, even in the broad canyons and old burns I hunt much of the time.
Yep, and during my teens, I didn't bother to check zero if I changed brands, weights, whatevers with my .30-30 ammo, just pace off 50 yards, shoot a beer can, then proclaim the rifle is ready!
