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I do this quite a lot. I've put about 300k exposures on two bodies (1dx and 7d2) in the past month. I don't think the "ratings" for the shutters mean a great deal. I don't own a body that hasn't exceeded its estimated shutter life.
My recommendation would be to pursue one of two strategies:
1) Buy a used Rebel series T5i or younger, or a used 70D. Use them up, which would likely be six figures of shutter life. That gives you a price per shot of about 1/3rd of a US cent.
2) Buy a used 7d2 or 5d3 and use it up, and then spend $400 for a new shutter when it busts, and do it again a few hundred thousand exposures later. That'll cost you more out of pocket at first, but it would be a cost of 1/4th of a US cent per exposure at the end of the life of the second shutter, and the images will be rather nicer. And if you are super high volume and go through more shutters, it could get quite cheap.
Don't mistake a broken shutter for the death of a camera.
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