Jacketed bullets
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RicinYakima
High Steppes of Eastern Washington
If I think I am going to need some, I start haunting the sales/clearance pages at Midway, Mid-South and Graf and Sons. Usually within three months you can find common stuff on sale. FWIW
Hawk
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I know, I know.
Only to hunt with or in my daughters self defense ammo.
If all my shots were inside 150 yards, I wouldn't buy any jacketed bullets, but we hunt tower lines and the shots are usually pretty far. Not unusual to shoot deer out past 250 to 300 yards. One of my feeders is 205 yards from my stand. Just the lay of the land and how it has to be set up. Valleys and hills.
Hell, I've shot hogs out to 450 yards. I can't do that with cast.
I'll bet Waco isn't shooting cast at his 1,000 yard targets!
Only to hunt with or in my daughters self defense ammo.
If all my shots were inside 150 yards, I wouldn't buy any jacketed bullets, but we hunt tower lines and the shots are usually pretty far. Not unusual to shoot deer out past 250 to 300 yards. One of my feeders is 205 yards from my stand. Just the lay of the land and how it has to be set up. Valleys and hills.
Hell, I've shot hogs out to 450 yards. I can't do that with cast.
I'll bet Waco isn't shooting cast at his 1,000 yard targets!
fiver
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that's cause Waco's a slacker.. LOL.
our 800yd. range here is cast only.
powder valley is running a shipping deal right now FWIW.
I got nuthin on where to buy jacketed bullets really, I pick up a box here and there if I see them marked down or it's something I can't make myself.
our 800yd. range here is cast only.
powder valley is running a shipping deal right now FWIW.
I got nuthin on where to buy jacketed bullets really, I pick up a box here and there if I see them marked down or it's something I can't make myself.
Shooters Pro Shop sells a lot of Nosler stuff discounted pretty heavily. Some seems to be less than half of the price at Sportsman's Warehouse. Some are sold as blemished (I can't tell any difference) and some are sold as "Over runs". Current example: Nosler .30 caliber 180 gr. Partitions (blems) 50 count $18.95. They have always shipped quick for me.
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Well, not all of them. It seems no one makes a 160 grain 6.5 bullet any more. I gave the "Swede" up and that was one more rationalization for doing so. I didn't get to use it anyway so it went to someone who will - and who can afford the bullets for it.
Last time I bought jacketed bullets, I was buying for significantly larger calibers than .224" for significantly less than .224" bullets cost today. I'll only ever buy jacketed in the future for my 223 Rem. utility/utility-room gun for the less brazen coyotes who stay out of the range I've test my cast guns to.
Missionary
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These threads are fun to read....
I am on the "I would rather buy a mold (even Lee) before paying most any price for jacketed.
Used to be a feller who sold scruffy jacketed by the pound. All dumped together mostly... worked out to near 5 Cents each... That was OK ! Last box I bought (35 pounds) was some years ago though... Wish there would have been more 300 grain .375's and 300 grain .410's.... Was fun busting rocks out there ...
I am on the "I would rather buy a mold (even Lee) before paying most any price for jacketed.
Used to be a feller who sold scruffy jacketed by the pound. All dumped together mostly... worked out to near 5 Cents each... That was OK ! Last box I bought (35 pounds) was some years ago though... Wish there would have been more 300 grain .375's and 300 grain .410's.... Was fun busting rocks out there ...
I buy a box of factory ammo once in awhile for some fresh cases. Pull the JB's,get on with the real stuff. Which means I have a modest pile of JB's in my favorite calibers.
Probably order JB's from Midway if there was a compelling reason over cast.... and needed development time. But really,finding solid loads with jacketed is pretty durn easy....at least for big game. Varmint level takes a bit more tuning but still is pretty close to a slam dunk by 2 or 3 attempts.
Probably order JB's from Midway if there was a compelling reason over cast.... and needed development time. But really,finding solid loads with jacketed is pretty durn easy....at least for big game. Varmint level takes a bit more tuning but still is pretty close to a slam dunk by 2 or 3 attempts.
That's funny, right there!
I do that with odd lots of ammo I come by now and then and no one ever believes me when I tell them where the jacketed bullets came from that I'm trying to pawn off on them.
CZ93X62
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My shooting has been about 95% cast/5% redcoats for close to 20 years. Most of my jacketed loading has been in 22 centerfires, and very little in any rifle caliber larger than 6.5mm. My jacketed handgun stuff is in 357 Magnum (125 grain JHPs for carry load duplicators) and 40/10mm for the Glocks. I see aftermarket barrels for the 40/10 pistols in the near term--conventional rifling isn't so much an issue as is case support for the 10mms. The warmer loadings (e.g., Silvertips) "guppy" the brass more than I like.
The Condor Cuddler laws in CA are dragging me into the Copper Realm more than I would like. Barnes Bullets will keep me hunting in this weird place, and I am thankful for them. I have sourced them and the other redcoats from Graf & Sons or MidwayUSA. Phillpis Wholesale in Covina is the closest local supplier who stocks reloading components in any depth near me, and is SUPERB when it comes to powders and Hornady bullets.
I am another that cranks off factory ammo in order to create brass for refills. My carry ammo in the war toys gets recycled 2x/year......which reminds me, I am overdue to run that stuff out and replace it.
The Condor Cuddler laws in CA are dragging me into the Copper Realm more than I would like. Barnes Bullets will keep me hunting in this weird place, and I am thankful for them. I have sourced them and the other redcoats from Graf & Sons or MidwayUSA. Phillpis Wholesale in Covina is the closest local supplier who stocks reloading components in any depth near me, and is SUPERB when it comes to powders and Hornady bullets.
I am another that cranks off factory ammo in order to create brass for refills. My carry ammo in the war toys gets recycled 2x/year......which reminds me, I am overdue to run that stuff out and replace it.
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I am infatuated with the 7-08 and cast,and got lots more to prove out with it. The 7 JB's that are pulled can get used in a 7 Remington mag. Just don't "need" to be ever running cast through it.
I spend a little extra going to a VERY nice little mom N pop gun store vs chinamart on the factory stuff. Usually go for 100 cases at a time(online)but with so many dupe calibers in rifles,100 cases get eat up pretty quickly. Just sayin, don't mind spending the $$ at this LGS,he's given us some really good deals.
I spend a little extra going to a VERY nice little mom N pop gun store vs chinamart on the factory stuff. Usually go for 100 cases at a time(online)but with so many dupe calibers in rifles,100 cases get eat up pretty quickly. Just sayin, don't mind spending the $$ at this LGS,he's given us some really good deals.
Hawk
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Only way to keep those LGS is to give them some business.
I try ro whenever I can, but they don't always have what I need in stock.
We have some local indoor pistol ranges that think they are gun boutique stores for the rich and famous. They cater to the business types that don't know any better.
I try ro whenever I can, but they don't always have what I need in stock.
We have some local indoor pistol ranges that think they are gun boutique stores for the rich and famous. They cater to the business types that don't know any better.
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You could try Rocky Mountain for bullets. I have such a hard time buying bullets anymore for some reason.
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