Who here reloads?

[MarkRohfrietsch]

I tried to reload 9mm years ago but I cannot do it cheaper than what I pay for 124 grain Remington at $7.95 a box of 50. The factory ammo chronographs at 1180-1210 fps and that is good enough for me from a 5 inch barrel. The Marlin Camp Carbine goes a might further…

Up here in Canada, someone always has cheap 9mm surplus stuff on sale. Most in good brass with standard primers. At a recent gun show, a guy had a 5 gal pail full of once fired brass, and was asking $30.00 CDN OBO for it. If someone wants to reload 9s, all they have to do is post on one of our Canadian Forums, and someone sends them a bag... free.

I'm going to have to start reloading .38 S & W for my old Webley Enfield; about $50.00 for 50 under-spec 3rd world made garbage. The last stuff, half of them bounced off of cow-mats at our range at 20 meters, and landed back by the firing line. This stuff, I've been told, is designed for weak, old H & R or Ivor-Johnstone break action revolvers; the old Webley Enfields are built like a bank vault; and do they ever shoot!!!:

 

[Aryeh Jay]

Up here in Canada, someone always has cheap 9mm surplus stuff on sale. Most in good brass with standard primers. At a recent gun show, a guy had a 5 gal pail full of once fired brass, and was asking $30.00 CDN OBO for it. If someone wants to reload 9s, all they have to do is post on one of our Canadian Forums, and someone sends them a bag... free.

I'm going to have to start reloading .38 S & W for my old Webley Enfield; about $50.00 for 50 under-spec 3rd world made garbage. The last stuff, half of them bounced off of cow-mats at our range at 20 meters, and landed back by the firing line. This stuff, I've been told, is designed for weak, old H & R or Ivor-Johnstone break action revolvers; the old Webley Enfields are built like a bank vault; and do they ever shoot!!!:

I shot one of those in .455 because of the movie “Zulu” with Michael Caine. That is a wonderful handgun.

 

[MarkRohfrietsch]

I shot one of those in .455 because of the movie “Zulu” with Michael Caine. That is a wonderful handgun.

I also have fired a .455; that was the "magnum" of it's day! It had this style of grip; it was one big, heavy gun, and it kicked like a mule!; I fired a 1911 .45 that same day, and it felt quite mild in comparison:

 

[Divide]

I crunched the numbers not long ago and found out that I can actually load 50 rounds of 45 ACP or Colt for less than I can buy a hundred Mini-Mags for. ABout 2.50 per box. That's with my cast bullets and does include electric or gas.

 

[Servant68]

Just picked up 16lbs of lead today for $10. Now I just need to find a bullet mold for .40 S&W in 155gr or 165gr. Love my 180gr RCBS, but my carry pistol does not like the heavier bullets.