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Hand gun reloading, copper plated bullets

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skydve76:
then you're half the price of mine?  Are they cast or plated?  Share your secret

unfy:
Cast. 

Don't recall if they were missouri bullet company or a no-longer-doing-cast-bullets company from FL.

Powder and primers were bought in bulk.

Dan W:
Frankly I quit tracking the cost.  I just know that I can make whatever cartridges  I need and they are tuned to my shooting style and firearms, are more accurate and every bit as dependable as factory ammunition.

Hard to find that combination regardless of the cost, and yet I generally can shoot much more often for the same money

 

unfy:
My cost numbers were from about a year ago.  I generally keep a few around just because discussions around reloading always end up mentioning savings or costs etc etc etc. ...... but.... I agree with Dan.  I know I can shoot however much I like with ammo tailored to my needs... and I don't have to worry about cost.

I will say that I generally shoot lead or copper plated.  Either is fine by me, although I do kinda prefer the plated bullets due to leading issues.

It's also handy to put some full on jacketed bullets through every once in a while just remind yourself of what a full powered self defense load acts like..... much like I occasionally reload some 3" magnum 12ga shells with 15 pellet 00buck for the reminder (note that 00buck pellets are hard to come by and generally not cheap due to being the hornady stuff sigh).


PS - check range rules before brass farming.  Some ranges don't want you walking out with buckets of brass that aren't yours.  Some places prefer you only walk out with brass that you shot.

Bullet Hole in Omaha is notable (they recycle their brass, so walking out with a lot more than you shot is akin to stealing).  I usually keep my recovered brass to +/- 5% of what I shot.

00BUCK:
Brassman (www.brassmanbrass.com) has 1K Armscor 230gn FMJRN .45ACP bullets for $150 which INCLUDES shipping and no tax. 15 cents a round makes for some fairly cheap loading.

Buying Bullseye at 16.99+tax and primers at 28.48+tax at Guns Unlimited with these bullets comes out to just under 19.4 cents per round or $9.70 a box. That's less than half the cost of a box CCI Blazer Brass target ammo (22.99+shipping from Midway).

Load data is 5.2gn Bullseye, CCI 300 Large Pistol Primers and the Armscor 230gn FMJRN bullets.

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