Cheap is good if cheap works.
I have a TC Hawken that has been a work in progress for a number of years and and I finally finished it this past winter.

The barrel is a Green Mountain with a fast twist, and as I wanted to avoid sabots, I had the idea to try a mold for the .500 which throws a .501 slug.
I decided to drop the $20 on the Lee mold which casts a 450gr gc, and when cast in pure lead can be finger seated unsized(with substantial thumb pressure)and a .002 engraving on the bands.

With TC lube, a felt wad, and 100gr Pyrodex rs, the first 100 yd group was 2.5" which seems to be a pretty good start.The holes in the paper are perfetly round as well. If I had to guess, it is probably clocking 1300fps.

Just have to finish filing in the sights as I will probably try a few different powders. May go with black, but it is getting more and more difficult to find

Cheers,

Tom