!!PRICE OF BULLETS!!
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Bullets or cartridges?Is it me or has the price of factory bullets getting crazy now?
went to get 2 packs of 150gr federal bullets the other day £110 poundwow i was shocked.
is it the same everywhere else.
might have to get into reloading
cheers swaro
I've an assortment of 7mm bullets listed on SD Classifieds and not a sniff of interest.
Nosler Partition Gold (non-Moly) #52151. 160 grain. COUNT = 80x - ALL EIGHTY POSTED £55.00
Norma No. 67033 7mm (.283" DIAM). 10 grams 154 grains = 90x - ALL NINETY POSTED £35.00
Speer #1634 BOAT TAIL 7mm 160 grains = 190x - ALL ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY POSTED £65.00
Scipio
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well, here in Denmark reloading can still be quite a lot less expensive than buying factory loads. At least if we're talking non leads, and especially if it's not the most common calibers. Does that mean it is cheap ? No, unfortunately not.
Personally my plan is to go to sweden and get cheap ppu leads to practice with, keep the brass and reload non leads in those for hunting (as it has to be non lead for hunting here).
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Older lines so difficult once load development is done to buy more, also with the lead ban looming the bottom is going to drop out of lead hunting bullets.
Ouch!Is it me or has the price of factory bullets getting crazy now?
went to get 2 packs of 150gr federal bullets the other day £110 pound
is it the same everywhere else.
might have to get into reloading
cheers swaro
I don’t buy factory other than for the 7.5x55 as by the time I’ve sold the brass I can’t load them for less.
Reloading is worth it if you shoot 30-40 rounds a month otherwise it takes too long for the kit to pg for itself.
Scipio
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Yep, especially if you buy everything from new. If you can get a lot of it used in good quality and for decent prices, it might help a good bit.
That's very true. All my stuff (that I haven't sold) dates back to the late 1970s which was an RCBS Rockchucker and an RCBS Dial O Grain scale set. The Rockchucker did probably five to six thousand rounds a year in the time I had it from then until about 1998 with the pistol ban. I was shooting one hundred rounds a week in practice let alone competition. In 2010 when it was replaced by an Australian Simples press as this had a taller "window". Nowadays I barely load even one hundred rounds a year.
Smellydog
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I do an old lead bullet disposal service.
I'm geared up to receive any lead based bullet and sadly dispose of the highly toxic material.
You simply have to send it to me.
In the post that is and not via the rifle.
Currently my operation can only accept.224" bullets and .308" bullets.
I'm geared up to receive any lead based bullet and sadly dispose of the highly toxic material.
You simply have to send it to me.
In the post that is and not via the rifle.
Currently my operation can only accept.224" bullets and .308" bullets.
A Guy Out West
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Everything gun related has gone nuts these past few years. Here in the US, prices have started to come down and components can actually be found again on the shelves. I bought an 8 lb keg of IMR 4350 online yesterday for $376, that includes shipping charges. Thats the best price I’ve seen in years. Prices should start to fall in Europe too, hopefully soon. When I see the price of loaded ammo in the stores, I just cringe. Anything that has magnum in its name is 50% more than non magnum, even though the difference is just 10 grains of powder and a different case. Thats for the 300 Winnie vs 30/06 anyway.
Freeforester
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£3.10 per squib - why, that’s about a haunch worth - not only are they lifting your leg, they’re pinching the venison proceeds from under you (just kidding, I know you can offset the outlay, Robin)
I'm just about to start reloading at home, been building up some kit of my own after doing a couple of sessions with my brother-in-law to learn the ropes (and use his gucci stuff!)
I never bothered before due to the setup cost and low volume of ammo being used, but between myself and the Mrs we're now getting through quite a bit of pistol-caliber ammo alongside my stalking and plinking so it's actually become cost effective.
Also means fewer trips to my least favourite local gun shop for certain factory ammo!
Don’t say that I’ve just ordered some!
If you’re shooting enough it’s well worth it, relative control of your own ammunition supply is also a bonus. Provided you can buy consumables in bulk, which is a lot more costly than it was pre-covid.
Believe it or not, I used AI to help me work out the costs and savings... Tell it the price of all the kit and each component, the multiples you can buy components in, account for the ability to re-use cases, once-fired brass already owned, price per round of factory ammo, the quantity of each used over a year, blah blah blah
In the end it told me the exact minimum I'd have to spend initially, the number of each type of ammo I could make from that, savings and ongoing costs for year one, two, three, etc...
Geeky on my part perhaps, but very clever tech to work it all out and present the answers in clear format
Turkish
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At those prices, in Norfolk, a whole muntjac carcass would only just cover the cost of the round.Yes 20 non lead £57 ,£2.85 each makes you wince
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