Anyone know where I can get the best price on lead only 9mm ammo? My club only allows non-jacketed ammo on the indoor range. I am willing to buy a case or more to keep the cost down. Thanks!
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Non Jacketed Ammo Source?
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Forgive me for questioning this but:
Isn't using non-jacketed ammo indoors a 'health hazard'? I know at a few of the commercial rental indoor ranges (and maybe it's a ploy to make you buy their ammo) they wont allow non-jacketed ammo even if you're shooting your own guns. *shrug* Sorry I can't help you with a source.
BTW - Welcome to the foums! It's a great place!
Isn't using non-jacketed ammo indoors a 'health hazard'? I know at a few of the commercial rental indoor ranges (and maybe it's a ploy to make you buy their ammo) they wont allow non-jacketed ammo even if you're shooting your own guns. *shrug* Sorry I can't help you with a source.
BTW - Welcome to the foums! It's a great place!
Jacketed ammo can spray off lead, too... a lot of brands of FMJ
do not have an enclosed base.
IMO shooting lead indoors is probably not a terrible hazard, provided
there is enough ventilation and air circulation.
-Mike
That's what I figured. Boston gun range is adamant that non-jacketed ammo isn't allowed. Seems awful silly to me, but when they charge you 5 bucks for 50 rounds of 22lr, you start seeing why that policy is in place. A bunch of crooks over there; hence I wont go back, but I digress.
icyclefar
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Try here:
http://www.qmmo.net/reloads_price.php
It is reloaded, but I hear only good things about his product.
http://www.qmmo.net/reloads_price.php
It is reloaded, but I hear only good things about his product.
Try Dick's. The last time I was there they had bulk packs of 9mm reloads (I think 250 rounds in a box) that were unjacketed lead.
It's convenient, but I find it to be really dirty.
Yup, they're filthy but you can't have everything.
Four Seasons in Woburn sells "Bullseye" brand lead bullet ammo. I have shot a fair amount of that ammo, and I am happy with it's performance. Also, there is a gun show this coming weekend. There is always a guy there from "M&M Reloads" He sells non jacketed ammo in bulk packs for a very fair price, and I can attest to the quality of the ammo being great.
Most likely any lead round will be dirty due to the lube.
My club requires jacketed or plated only on the indoor. That was due to one of the members getting a report of high lead in the system so everyone ran scared.
At least the jacketed rounds keep the smoke down.
My club requires jacketed or plated only on the indoor. That was due to one of the members getting a report of high lead in the system so everyone ran scared.
At least the jacketed rounds keep the smoke down.
I wouldn't touch ultramax with a 49.5 foot pole.
A guy brought a box of that crap to one of the local pin shoots,
and he had at least a dozen or more messed up rounds out of
100 that didn't want to chamber. Very poor quality control.
The loading was like a 230 gr RNL in .45 ACP. The shooter's 1911PD
kept choking on the things, hardcore. I used a midway .45 ACP
case guage on the things and like every so often you would
get one that didn't even come close to fitting in the gauge! The
reject rate was alarming.
FWIW, this wasn't my only ultramax experience either- I fired
some ultramax 10mm out of a guy's S+W 610 revolver. It had to
be the weakest 10mm I had ever fired, seemed like it was loaded
to "less than .40" spec.
For lead reloads, I know M+M reloading from NH does these- he
sets up tables at the shows, etc. Might be worth calling him to
see if he is going to be at Marlboro. His QC hasn't been as
wonderful as it used to be, but we're talking like one or two out
of every few hundred rounds instead of several in every
box.
IMO if one needs to use lead, you're probably better off rolling
your own reloads... then options open up considerably; you can
use bullets like MasterBlaster, etc, which still qualify as lead but
they're coated with some kind of material to reduce fouling.
-Mike
A guy brought a box of that crap to one of the local pin shoots,
and he had at least a dozen or more messed up rounds out of
100 that didn't want to chamber. Very poor quality control.
The loading was like a 230 gr RNL in .45 ACP. The shooter's 1911PD
kept choking on the things, hardcore. I used a midway .45 ACP
case guage on the things and like every so often you would
get one that didn't even come close to fitting in the gauge! The
reject rate was alarming.
FWIW, this wasn't my only ultramax experience either- I fired
some ultramax 10mm out of a guy's S+W 610 revolver. It had to
be the weakest 10mm I had ever fired, seemed like it was loaded
to "less than .40" spec.
For lead reloads, I know M+M reloading from NH does these- he
sets up tables at the shows, etc. Might be worth calling him to
see if he is going to be at Marlboro. His QC hasn't been as
wonderful as it used to be, but we're talking like one or two out
of every few hundred rounds instead of several in every
box.
IMO if one needs to use lead, you're probably better off rolling
your own reloads... then options open up considerably; you can
use bullets like MasterBlaster, etc, which still qualify as lead but
they're coated with some kind of material to reduce fouling.
-Mike
