I will not be running out of bullets any time soon. :D For anyone who hasn't checked out my reloading videos make sure to check them out. If you have any reloading related questions please leave them in the comments below.
I own Montana Bullet Supply, LLC and experience has taught me to STRONGLY RECOMMEND that you are very careful when lifting heavy objects such as boxes of lead. It is very easy to injure yourself if not careful.
In response to the poster below, USPS doesn't ship finished ammo, but bullets or empty brass is OK. I worked @ a USPS Distribution Center for many years & we had a local client who manufactured hard cast lead bullets. Every day he mailed 12 to 30 boxes of that stuff. Some boxes only weighed 50#, but many pushed the 70# limit for priority mail.
@@johnnygavita not quite he prohibited the sale and import of handguns but the ones that people already own are here to stay, they also were going to try and ban all semi autos but they got too much pushback and backed down, theres 3 classes of firearms license here the most common being non restricted you take a day long course and your able to buy practically any long gun with exception of a few that are banned by name like the ar and ak but we can still have variants such as the WK180 and type 81 you can take a non restricted rifle practically wherever and it only has to be unloaded while being transported in your vehicle then we have the restricted class which used to be mainly pistols but also any gun under 21 inches and they are more heavily regulated in regards to what you can do with them where you can take them and how you have to store them you can only take them to an approved range you have to call the rcmp and tell them anytime you’ll be transporting the firearm and where to and from and it has to be secured in a locked case there’s also a prohibited license for businesses which is essentially like an FFL and allows you to buy virtually anything but they’re really expensive and not very common
So i checked with RMR and they said these are around 10 bhn. Is that hard enough to prevent lead fouling by itself ? And also do you water quench or air cool these when you cast them?
I have not had any issues with them, although I do powder coat all my bullets. I have lots of vids on casting and powder coating bullets: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jr1DYyGgsyk.html and ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-XpvM1CxRWfQ.html
I did that type of crap to my UPS/FedEx guys from 2015-18 ordering multiple orders of 20,000 loaded rounds at a time lol.....Good news is I'm set on ammo forever I got it for dirt cheap & I haven't payed shortage prices even sold some at a massive profit.
That is how you got to do it. I only have around 7K primers and this is my first shortage... lets just say next time I can get ammo for cheep #trump2024 I'm going to have so may primers I'll never have to worry about it again.
Technically these were just lead cores that needed some manufacturing to be turned into bullets. I have since casted all of them into projectiles and shot over 10K of them.
ok its been 3 years how did it go? are they accurate? what choices of grain weights and bullet shapes did you go with? I am using 115 grain for practice they shoot 1 hole groups for 12.99 for 50 of them the cheapest and most accurate also, and the +p ammo is only 65 grains and 16 dollars for 26, I am thinking of using the 115 grain ones for everything, a bullet is a bullet and hollow points are the reason most people survive a shooting because the round breaks apart before doing damage or deflects on hitting something in the way or that they are wearing. I want pure penetration for LARGE very MUSCLE filled BEASTS with muscle density much higher than a man so they basically stop rounds before doing any real damage. I need something that will pass right through thick fur and muscle that is 6-15" thick and more dense than ours by many times and bones larger and heavier than ours.
What are you trying to hunt? Sasquatch? To answer your question these made excellent 9mm projectiles. I have reload just shy of 10K 9mm rounds mostly with these, and shot about 5-6K of them. If you have time I think casting is a great option. BUT, if you want something to take out big game, sasquatch, or the abominable snowman, then you will need a rifle cartridge and therefore a rifle bullet. Casting for rifles is a bit harder due to the increases in pressures. Even with powder coating the projectile without a gas check on the end of the bullet the back of the bullet can come apart due to the heat and pressures in a rifle. This de-creases accuracy for precision shooting. You can solve the problem by either using a gas-check OR loading sub-sonic rifle cartridge with heavy projectiles. All that said I personally don't thing gas-checks are the way to go for rifle rounds. I would just purchase rifle projectiles and then re-load. Gas-checks are time consuming and a pain in the butt. There is a reason I don't have a video on them, because I don't think they are worth it. However, if you really want me to I could do some videos on casting for rifle projectiles with gas checks.
I do enjoy casting, especially in the winter. I have a pretty good video on it, but it got kicked off of RU-vid. You can find it on Ruble: rumble.com/v2z3b1k-bullet-casting-tips-and-tricks-removed-from-youtube.html
I work for a well known ammo maker. Our pallets are 50,000 rounds, that honestly does not look like more then half a pallet. Anyway, what are you going to do with 35,000 rds?
I am going to shoot them into steel targets! But you are right I didn't say 35K rounds, I said bullets. Even then it was just lead so it took a LOT of effort for me to make them into bullets. All of which I have now cast into a LOT of bullets.
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When I bought this I used a coupon code at the same time and paid $1.36 per lb. You can usually find it cheaper at junk yards or metal recyclers, but those sources are hit or miss.
My Cost: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qGFR11rAMGY.html Already made, 9mm is going for about 30-35 cents a round at the time of this comment.
I purchased it from a website called RMR reloading it is about $1.5 a round, but they don't always have it up on their site, it is only if they have extra, and it is hit or miss lately, so that is why I bought so much.
@@TheLarkinsLair I just replicated your purchase and they sent it within 24 hours It is in transit now The sight says it is 2.5 to 3 percent antimony with a BH of around 10 If you add 2.5 to 3 percent tin you will have an alloy fully capable of 2400 fps and capable of low velocity pistol ammo as well Tin mixed with equal parts antimony allows the alloy to be hard yet ductile or malleable which means it expands instead of breaking The antimony allows heat treating as well
In a pinch, yes you can use the same, but I wouldn't. I cast all my projectiles for hand guns and then size them. For 9mm, I size them to .356" and for 357 magnum, I would size them to .358".
Just the bullet? I paid $1.50 per lb for the lead. I cast 124gn bullets so each 9mm bullet is ~2.7 cents For .380 at 95gn, each bullet would be 2.1 cents. For total cartridge costs: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qGFR11rAMGY.html Where I got the lead: www.rmrbullets.com/shop/rmr-in-house/casting-lead-from-rmr-jacketed-bullet-cores-approximately-12-brinnel-hardness/ Now I know a local guy who sells me the lead @ 70 cents a lb. So my prices are about half.
Nice haul! Do you go straight to casting pot or do you do some prep step with lead. Which lee mold do you use for 9mm? I am using the lee 356-120-TC with good success, just curios as I may want to use a different mold. I already buy from RMR, but have not casted any of their lead. Appreciate the video!
With the lead from RMR, I don't do any prep at all, I just pull it out of the box and stick it in the pot. Up to this point I have only cast pistol rounds. You may want harder lead if you cast for a rifle. For 9mm I use the 356-125-2R (6 cavity), it is a great mold. But as long as yours works for you then that is all you need. Thanks for watching!
Just the bullet? I paid $1.50 per lb for the lead. I cast 124gn bullets so each 9mm bullet is ~2.7 cents For .380 at 95gn, each bullet would be 2.1 cents. For total cartridge costs: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qGFR11rAMGY.html Where I got the lead: www.rmrbullets.com/shop/rmr-in-house/casting-lead-from-rmr-jacketed-bullet-cores-approximately-12-brinnel-hardness/ Now I know a local guy who sells me the lead @ 70 cents a lb. So my prices are about half.
I had to lug 100lbs of box (that's right, singular box) to a neighbor's house because they dropped it off on my porch on accident. After almost dying from a heart attack I asked him what the hell was in the box and this 80 year old tiny little man tells me it was kitty litter... mail ordered to his condo... for his dog... that never goes outside. Some people, man.
Heck yeah. Thanks for watching! Yeah it was through the mail, but it is just lead, took me many hours to turn it into actual bullets, but now it is all I shoot.
I get my bullets from a guy in Mississippi... I pay 6 cents a piece for 125 lrn 9mm and 45acp is about 8 cents a piece.. both are 18 hardness and rn.... be very hard to make bullets myself for that price
I've had good luck recently finding so called 'blemished' bullets from Berry's via Mideay...WTF..Who cares if a bullet has a blemish"??? They're gonna be 'blemished' when they travel down the barrel and impact the berm or bullet stop...just cracking up my presses and bring them in from the hotter"n hell garage (summer in Florida sucks) to the air conditioned house...
Yes, I can find them about once a month at my local store for about $5-7 per hundred. This website (americanreloading.com/) has them for $10 per hundred (shipping and hazmat fee included in the price). So yes I can find them, but they are still stupid expensive.
Well technically it was just lead... and the lead was around $800, but all loaded it will run me about $3,000 (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qGFR11rAMGY.html)
Yall need to ditch lead already, it has its benefits but it mostly has its disadvantages of penetration power and velocity cause of its densness and weak strength as a metal
There are a lot of objective reasons Lead is used. It is cheap, dense, expands nicely upon impact. There are better options... but they are all lots of $$$ and ammo is already stupid expensive.
@@TheLarkinsLair true. Just saying though. People are trying to make it through 3A with lead and think they need higher calibers rather than the same bullet with just some grain and metal differences.
My primer source is the Sportsman's Warehouse, and checking twice a week (Wednesday afternoons, and Saturday mornings) I have averaged around 200-300 primers every month throughout the whole pandemic. Although I don't stock pile, I enjoy shooting too much to do that. :D
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Your welcome! Although if you watched to the end it was actually is just a bunch of lead. Although by now I have cast around 20K rounds now I just need to find more primers.
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Brother, If people are.crying they should grow up! I am glad when people buy the ammo when they find it! Outstanding! But where did you find the pistol primers???
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I bought this at RMR reloading they have it up from time to time depending on how much lead they have lying around. As of the time of writing this they have it up and you can find it here: www.rmrbullets.com/shop/rmr-in-house/casting-lead-from-rmr-jacketed-bullet-cores-approximately-12-brinnel-hardness/
Right! I happened to run across 1k magnum small rifle primers and 1k small pistol about 4 or 5 months back. For just about 40bucks each... (last box of each, my lucky day) Seen them again about a month and a half ago. Box after box of small pistol for 79.99!!! And BR rifle for 120!!! And reloading was suppose to be cheaper! stock on ammo was better and price is getting better. So much so with components costing that buying manufactured is cheaper currently...
You are correct these are not rounds. A loaded cartridge/round is a bullet, powder, case, and primer. But at the end of the day I didn't even buy bullets... I bought lead... and made bullets so... you are 100% correct that I did not buy 35K rounds, just enough lead to make 35K 9mm projectiles.
What? I've been casting for quite a while. What the heck is that? I'm so confused. I hope you didn't mail order 650 lbs of plain lead. I'd hate to hear what that cost.
Lead is 2,448.35 per ton; which is less than $2/lb. I suspect he paid less than $2000 for the lead. At this point, primers are about seven cents each. You can recycle brass about 10 times. A 1000 count box of brass should last him a few years before his barrels are worn out.
@@JohnLloydScharf You will not find lead for under $2 per lb shipped. Maybe if you're buying a actual ton, but not like this. There is a reason most serious casters don't buy lead online.
It cost me $850 for 650lbs of lead shipped. So ~$1.30/lb. The place where I got it has since raised their prices a bit. I think we all know who to thank for that... Here is more info: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-SP3uXQidlJ0.html
@@TheLarkinsLair That is crazy. I've never seen a online company sell for those prices. Did that include shipping? Heck, you have like $170+ just is shipping cost sitting there.
