Just thought I'd mention it; went to Wally world for 45ACP ball
ammo. $34/100. About the same as it was 6 months ago.
I had to get more, as the stuff keeps running out the hole on the front of my pistol.
TACC1

I have that same problem. Must be a factory defect.

Yikes! I'm glad I handload.

I cast my own and reload 230 grain .45 ACP for $6 per hundred if you don't factor in what my time might be worth.

Maybe it's time to look for another .45!! $6/100, with your
own specs, is just this side of being free!!
TACC1

Casting bullets hasn't been anything I wanted to mess with in the pass, but now that I'm retired I need to reconsider.

The casting process really is not as bad or dangerous as many believe. It is really quite a straight forward process. I run straight wheel weight alloy so far and it works great with my 38 specials and .45 ACP loads. I will probably start casting 9mm and 40 before too long but for those I may need to harden the alloy a bit.

Here are some of the tools of the trade for those who have not really looked into the process.

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z...6/DSC00402.jpg

I cast my own black powder gun balls, slugs and conicals for revolver and front-stuffer rifles. it's a real money saver for pistol slugs and the rifle conicals - buying factory made is at least 2X or more what centerfire pistol slugs cost.
but I buy the cast slugs I load for my centerfire pistols - time is in short supply it seems. I try to buy all that I will need for some time of different calibers, .32acp, .380acp, 9Mak, 9 Luger, .357 and .45acp at the same time to 'bundle' for shipping saveings.

a couple of years ago, i hit all the walmarts around me and picked up a bunch of 45acp for just less than $10 a box of fifty.

I remember even less that that within the past few years.

The last case of 9mm Remington UMC ammo I bought cost me $49 for the cast. (10 boxes of 50) The last case of .38 Special UMC ammo I bought cost me $54/case. I bought them just before the prices jumped and stayed high. If I had known what was to come I would have bought another case of each and a few cases of .45 Auto. Even though I reload it's good to have spare ammo around and fresh brass that comes when you fire it. (when the prices are that low) I doubt we will even see low prices again even though metal prices have dropped to where they were back then.

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