Where do you buy your components?

[87KJH]

Depending on the gauge or caliber, it can still be cost effective to reload.
Reloading also allows me to have specific rounds that are not readily available.

 

[palmettomoon]

Depending on the gauge or caliber, it can still be cost effective to reload.
Reloading also allows me to have specific rounds that are not readily available.

Old milsurp stuff like 7.7 Jap, 8mm Lebel, 6.5 Swede, .303 Brit, you're definitely better off loading your own over the short haul.

Tailoring a load for a specific rifle is much better than buying a bunch of factory stuff to find "best available" accuracy for a rifle.

 

[87KJH]

Friends who are into long range rifles pay more for a box of 20 than I pay for a flat of 250 shells for shotgun.
They are all reloading

 

[palmettomoon]

Friends who are into long range pay more for a box of 20 than I pay for a flat of 250 shells for shotgun.
They are all reloading

I think you just about have to.

 

[Cartman]

Here is a prime example. I just got this notification.

 

[palmettomoon]

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Wher I live it'd be $133.37 per 1,000 since you can only buy 1k.

 

[Cartman]

Wher I live it'd be $133.37 per 1,000 since you can only buy 1k.
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Yep, and it’s not happening at all. I was at a Match last weekend and one of the vendors was selling 50,000 Ginex primers SPP or SRP for $69/1000. I was interested till he said Ginex.

 

[palmettomoon]

Yep, and it’s not happening at all. I was at a Match last weekend and one of the vendors was selling 50,000 Ginex primers SPP or SRP for $69/1000. I was interested till he said Ginex.

Are they problematic? I think I've loaded and fired a couple thousand of those without issues.

 

[Cartman]

Are they problematic? I think I've loaded and fired a couple thousand of those without issues.

Luckily I can be selective on primers for a long while. But if I was low or running out, then I would use them. All the ones I had, I traded for other stuff.

 

[Adam5]

I picked up 1500 Federal small pistol primers and 500 Federal large pistol primers at Academy over the weekend. $7.99 per 100 with no shipping or hazmat.