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Is There Such A Thing As To Many...........
Is there such a thing as to many choices of bullets?
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Get a stronger shelf before they ALL end up on the floor! Sorting them out would be PITA! While your at it, get a bigger shelf, I'm sure there will be more coming!
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I just wish I had primers for all those.
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Maybe he means "To Many", like to me , Many McNeil, whatever you send would be appreciated. Merry Christmas!
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Isn't it nice to look at your stash during a shortage, and think, "What do I feel like loading and shooting next?"
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Some of those boxes look older than me...
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I just wish I had primers for all those.
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I have about twice that many primers.
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Possibly they are.............
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even with all those choices there is no magic bullet, always put em where they belong, in the ten ring as some would say. Other might say in the boiler room, while still others might say....
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Yet there will be one bullet that you will want to experiment with that you don't have. Ask me how I know that.
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I was going through my stash of .224's and found Sisk bullets from the 50's!
Some people apricate fine older components!
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I'm still trying to use up my Herter's wasp-waist bullets.
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Answer to OP question is “no”.
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If it's a choice between too many choices or not having any....looks like you're covered.
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Looks like a good start.
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Bullets are like.........Toilet paper. Way better to have more than you need than not have any!
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No, as long as they are BULLETS....
I don't stock up on many 'Splatterbrain Express' or 'Gutblasters'.
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I prefer to test and then stock up on what I like. Too many times a great bullet has suddenly been discontinued for me not to stock up if I can.
For rifles, I tend to look for those that are made for purpose (hunting particular game or long-range target or whatever) and look for folk's opinions and try to only buy a couple and see what they do and stock up on those that meet my needs.
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I was going through my stash of .224's and found Sisk bullets from the 50's!
Some people apricate fine older components!
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Those are the bullets that Jim Harvey recommended for his loads in the original .224 Harvey K Chucker
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Is there such a thing as to many choices of bullets?
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NO. Because if you're old like me then you will remember when we had little to no choices.........BE happy. You don't have to use them all.
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Bullets are like.........Toilet paper. Way better to have more than you need than not have any!
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Just do NOT try to wipe with them!
LISTEN TO ME and don't  BLOW it!
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"Too many?". For an experienced reloader/handloader nope. For a newer reloader, finding load data and confusion often happens with an abundance of choices...
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I was going through my stash of .224's and found Sisk bullets from the 50's!
Some people apricate fine older components!
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You would like my steel-jacketed Norma match grades!
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Thank you. You make me feel better about my stash. Between you and me, I now know why there’s a shortage. Lol
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YES
I found myself with way too many bullets in stock a few years ago when I started using coated bullets instead of cast/lubed smokers. I solved the problem by "selling" all those lead bullets to a friend who casts his own for all handguns. The bullets that don't fit his pistols can be melted and re-cast.
He was happy and I got rid of stuff I wasn't going to use. A local shooter tried to sell his lubed cast bullets a few years ago and had a hard time moving them.
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I found myself with way too many bullets in stock a few years ago when I started using coated bullets instead of cast/lubed smokers. I solved the problem by "selling" all those lead bullets to a friend who casts his own for all handguns. The bullets that don't fit his pistols can be melted and re-cast.
He was happy and I got rid of stuff I wasn't going to use. A local shooter tried to sell his lubed cast bullets a few years ago and had a hard time moving them.
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I have been known to trade bullets, but I never sell any. I also have about 30 different bullet molds and cast my own.
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Time it to where you use them all up right before you check out.
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Thought about that. However, the Grandkids may need some. I will be teaching them to reload and cast their own bullets.
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