Dustdevil21 Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 I buy 500 bullets, so I can get started loading on my Dillon. Load about 20 rounds, and after I am done I do a search here on the bullets and come to find out that everyone that has used them hasn't had very good luck. I guess I have expensive Dillon press reloading/operations training rounds. But you never know they might work in my blaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chills1994 Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Well, don't keep it a secret... Whatchya buy? Ya never know... somebody at your local club might actually like and his gun(s) run well with them, so you can off load that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Cheely Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 As long as they go bang and come out the end of the barrel, they're good for practice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhunter Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 ONLY 500??? I had 7500, and when I got my new blaster, well, the new blaster did not like them, so.... Luckily they were very high quality bullets that were not that difficult to move, but I did take a bit of a loss. So, in my mind, you got off pretty easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlamoShooter Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Wait until you have to pull 200 just to save the brass, bullet and primer from a silly error After a few years you will start to count in 1000 not 100s Oh My ! I only have 3,000 bullets left You don't save any money reloading = you just get to shoot more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Keen Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 You don't save any money reloading = you just get to shoot more. Ain't that the truth ............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chills1994 Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Alamo Shooter wrote: After a few years you will start to count in 1000 not 100s Oh My ! I only have 3,000 bullets left Or just do what I do, since I store everything in ammo cans. I weigh the ammo cans on a digital bathroom scale. Subtract the weight of the cans from the total and then multiple the pounds by 7,000 (7,000 grains in a pound) and then divide that huge number by the bullet's weight in grains. I would not want to drop an ammo can even half full of projectiles on my toe/foot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Orr Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Got me to thinking... I just went to the loading room and did a rough count of my 5 gallon buckets.... I think I am still a little ways off from the panic mode on reloading some more.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Nesbitt Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 I'm still loading up practice rounds with the last of 30,000 West Coast bullets I bought. About one out of a hundred keyholes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLM Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 I'm still loading up practice rounds with the last of 30,000 West Coast bullets I bought. About one out of a hundred keyholes. One out of 100 ain't so bad. I loaded about 500 rounds with Titegroup and maybe, just maybe one out of 100 DIDN'T keyhole!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Meek Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Years ago I bought a case of 130gr 38 Super bullets, about all I found out they were good for is shooting curve balls. These will not group at all. And they do not even tumble an I got ripped Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLM Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Boy Alan, you did get ripped! What good are crooked flying boolits if they don't tumble? At least I had these really cool 9mm wide by 1/2 long holes!! :goof: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpolans Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 I know the feeling. Got about 500 or so 142gr (I think) .45 zinc bullets. Great for shooting back in the days when single stack .45s were the hot ticket for Open Division...of course, that was before there was an "Open Division." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustdevil21 Posted March 19, 2008 Author Share Posted March 19, 2008 I didn't want to rip too hard with my first what I hate thread. They are Extreme Bullets, 40 Cal. 180gr. plated. After I got them home and figured out what I could have picked up with other brands for a few dollars more helped the burn even more. Rack it up to a Noob reloader reloading in bulk. I know five hundred doesn't sound all that much, but working with a limited budget (ie trying to sneek stuff into the house) and time, I don't get to practice, and I only get to shoot one match a month. Maybe the spin on this should have been What I Hate: "Not enough time or money to reload the bullets I want, to practice as much as I want, and to shoot a match every weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddrod Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 I have had a good experience with Extreme 9mm bullets, but now with the prices I just ordered a case of MG 124 HP and saved a lot of money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe4d Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 money wise you'll be much better off ordering a case (2500-3000) from a supplier that will ship in a flat rate post office box. Then you will develop a special bond with your mail man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
want2race Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 That's right, when I hear a "Whoooomp" at my front door I know my bullets arrived. Mailman doesn't bother to set them down. Just gives them a heave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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