38ExtraSpecial
NES Member
That's a lot of lead. I never seem to get that much together. I shoot it all too fast. I never understood how people could stock pile when shooting is so fun.I sold off all my zinc and steel wheel weights recently which more or less paid for all my casting equipment and then some. So at this point my cast bullets are free. I have maybe 800lbs of ignots to go through before I need to smelt more wheel weights down. I can smelt approx 500+ lbs with one 20# tank.
As time goes on I will work up a plain base load for my rifles. Right now I want at least 200 yard accuracy ( my accuracy standard is me and rifle keeping them inside the 13" bull of a SR target @ 200 yards) Plain base will save me a few cents per round. I may have to invest in a gas check maker ?
By today's cost of supplies I gave a 20 cent per round price.
I'm sitting on primers I paid 15$/1000 H4895 18$/lb and gas checks well they are pricey....18$/1000
Most recently I paid 26$/1000 for 8mm
It's fun and the powder puff loads are a hoot. Trailboss with a 200 grain slug makes a good milk jug explorer plus the younger shooters can shoot the big guns with out worries.
Casting is really the best step I took other than reloading. You cut your costs down to nothing especially with rifle loads. What does 8mm loaded ammo sell for at retail?
QUOTE=Fixxah;4535294]Mihec makes incredible products. I have a hollow point mold for 45/70 cast and they are top of the line.[/QUOTE]
Yes he does. I have one of his brass 454-200 hollow point molds and it's been running strong for over 3 years and tens of thousands of bullets. Sometimes I wish I would have picked up the solid
Instead of the HP because it's just for target shooting. The solids cast faster. Then again it's a beautiful looking bullet with that HP
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