Blazer Brass Cost

standerson · Post by **standerson** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 5:11 pm

Blazer Brass just took a leap in price. $8.97 for the 9mm. Around here, 100 round WWB 9mm is now cheaper than two 50 round boxes of BB.

Might have to go back to a straw and spit balls.

willbird · Post by **willbird** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 5:20 pm

Is that the Wolly World price ?

standerson · Post by **standerson** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 5:30 pm

Yep. Wally World. My wife just called. That girl is not happy. She likes to shoot and these price increases are starting to put a cramp on range time.

I don't believe BB is even made in the USA anymore.

Time to buy that reloader we've been talking about.

thorn · Post by **thorn** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 6:17 pm

I'll still pay $1 - $1.50 more per 100 for BB over Whitebox crap.

thorn

Blue02Formula · Post by **Blue02Formula** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 8:39 pm

Winchester Ranger .40 S&W 180gr went from $135 for 500 to $235 over night, at The Sportsmans Guide. Most of their .40 went up, WWB was $9.xx now it is $18.xx. I paid $9.97 for WWB 9mm at WalMart a couple months ago.

standerson · Post by **standerson** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 8:57 pm

Amazing. !00% price increase overnight. Looks like I'll be getting a Dillon catalog soon. Time to start reloading.

Post by **Jake** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 11:59 pm

Looks like I'll be getting a Dillon catalog soon. Time to start reloading.

Now you're talking my language.

I just ordered 2000K of lead bullets (1K 9mm/1K .45 acp). Total? $108.00 picked up.

I have lots of brass, powder and primers all ready.

My press cost was aprox. $145.00 delivered. I more than recouped that all ready with what I've loaded, compared to buying factory ammo.

I figured I better stock up on bullets, because the price of lead is seriously on the rise too.

I may grab more in the very near future...

thorn · Post by **thorn** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 12:31 am

I've been slowly flirting with the idea of reloading... only things holding me back were that i mainly shoot 9mm, and the savings wasn't significant enough. But if/when 9mm hits $20/hundred I'll start shopping for a Lee or a Dillon.

Still worried about the safety factor. I don't want to injure myself or destroy my gun, but i reloaded hundreds of shotty shells when I was a kid with my dad, so i'm familiar with the basic process.

thorn

Post by **Jake** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 12:39 am

Still worried about the safety factor. I don't want to injure myself or destroy my gun

One definitely has to be careful and willing to take their time.

There is no excuse for not taking safety precautions.

Doing your research and having lots of resources of data is a must.

I never shoot "hot" loads in my pistols.
I usually am shooting very light loads.

I shoot for a hobby/self defense training.

I'm not concerned about shooting light loads and then not being able to handle my self defense ammo.

Others mileage may vary.

willbird · Post by **willbird** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 1:21 am

I grew up reloading and shooting both so maybe my perception is skewed, I also ran a lathe and a mill pretty early on. None of those things is nearly as dangerous as a circular saw or a chainsaw, but I do not see many gun owners who are afraid of those tools.

Not blowing up guns is as simple as picking a powder that fills the case up nearly full. 9mm ammo has never been cheap enough that you could not save money by reloading it.

My Dad believed in being able to reload every centerfire gun he owned, some guns I have that were his have never fired a factory ctg. that I know of...none in the last 43 years anyway...and I have reloaded for over 30 of those 43 years and never had a mishap, neither did my dad and he reloaded 25 of his 46 years (he died in 86)

Bill

thorn · Post by **thorn** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 2:02 am

Well, if the Pres does indeed send me $800 in tax rebates, I may be looking for a RL550B.

Question - i'm intrigued by the Lee factory crimp die. Can i use Lee 4-set carbide dies in the Dillon press? Do i even need to? Thoughts, opinions welcome

thorn

standerson · Post by **standerson** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 4:17 am

We shoot 9mm, .40, .45 and .223. We are sitting on a bunch of ammo for each plus brass for all the above.

We (wife shoots and wants to reload) are ordering the Dillon 550 and dies for each caliber.

Good info willbird. Thanks.

shooterwolf · Post by **shooterwolf** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 8:48 am

thorn wrote:
Question - i'm intrigued by the Lee factory crimp die. Can i use Lee 4-set carbide dies in the Dillon press? Do i even need to? Thoughts, opinions welcome

thorn

Yes, you can use fcd. in the dillon, but i think you lose the powder cop. If your dies are adjusted correctly, you shouldn't even need the fcd. that said, if I'm ordering dies I go ahead and get the four die set. It doesn't cost much more and is useful to straighten some out of spec rounds up

Shooterwolf.

weakhand luke · Post by **weakhand luke** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 9:03 am

"I just ordered 2000K of lead bullets " sez Jake.

Wow! Two million slugs should last a good, long while. That's about 27 tons of lead in the backstop, and about 1500 pounds of Bullseye to make it go.

Good price, tho.

Post by **Jake** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 9:29 am

"I just ordered 2000K of lead bullets " sez Jake.

Yeah, but I need a dump truck to pick it up in...

How about 2K. ordered