Black Friday at Xtreme Bullets

[ridgewalker]

Black Friday at Xtreme Bullets. They have 20% off site wide. That's about as good as it gets at Xtreme. I bought 2000 148 gr DEWC's which will keep me going for a few months. I've loaded thousands of these the last few years and they shoot pretty good for me.

 

[Tim Tom]

In for 4000 124 gn. Thanks.

 

[Will2]

And free shipping...

 

[grayrat]

Ya, to bad I went for the 10% off two days ago.

 

[SLT223]

With their price creep, that sale gets them back to where they were regularly priced last year...at least with 44 and 45. Ordering from them used to be a thoughtless process for me....

 

[snakeye]

Ya, to bad I went for the 10% off two days ago.

You and me both...I fell for that trick too

 

[StakeOut]

Since I have just ordered a quantity of the HY-TEK coated from Summers Enterprises I went lighter on DE plated wadcutters from X-Treme.

I bought 1000 Mangus 240gr 44 cal LSWC at a recent gun show for a great price at closing time so I think I got enough bullets,primers and powder to last until spring time?

 

[BC38]

With their price creep, that sale gets them back to where they were regularly priced last year...at least with 44 and 45. Ordering from them used to be a thoughtless process for me....

Exactly. Even with 20% off and free shipping, their 200gr 44 and 45 projectiles are still about 11 cents apiece.

I can get Summers hard cast (18 brinnell) for 6-7 cents each or coated for 7-8 cents apiece.

That doesn't sound like much - but it's a $1.50-$2.50 difference per box of reloads

EDIT: After a lot of vacillating I finally decided to place an order. I ponied up for 1000 of the 200gr RNFP in 44 cal. Mainly because that is one of my favorite pills for the 44 mag, and Summers doesn't sell any that exact weight (185gr is the closest they offer at this time).

 

[Joedirt199]

Starting to shy away from xtreme since their prices do seem to creep up faster than most others. Makes their sales seem less of a savings. After finding summers bullets, believe that is the road I will be taking from now on.

 

[Skeet 028]

They also have arebate offer for a 100 pieces of new brass per box. Semi auto only.

 

[BC38]

They also have a rebate offer for a 100 pieces of new brass per box. Semi auto only.

AFAIK that is only for bullets bought at Cabelas. I may be wrong about that, but don't think you can get the 100 pcs brass per box for bullets bought through Xtreme's website.

If you have found such a rebate coupon that can be redeemed on bullets purchased from the website, please post a link to it so we can all get in on the deal. Thanks.

 

[Skeet 028]

You are correct. Cabela's rebate only. I don't usually(about never) buy bullets on line. The local Cabela's is usually fine for me. And they keep sending me coupons for so much off if I spend 50 dollars or whatever...So if I buy from them I get free shipping and the discount too. I got 20 bucks off yesterday with one of those cards...and no sales tax in Montana. Oh I'll get a couple hundred cases free now. Thanks for getting that straight

 

[BC38]

You are correct. Cabela's rebate only. I don't usually(about never) buy bullets on line. The local Cabela's is usually fine for me. And they keep sending me coupons for so much off if I spend 50 dollars or whatever...So if I buy from them I get free shipping and the discount too. I got 20 bucks off yesterday with one of those cards...and no sales tax in Montana. Oh I'll get a couple hundred cases free now. Thanks for getting that straight

Darn! This is one of those times I would love to have been wrong. God knows I'm wrong often enough when there ISN'T a benefit to it!

 

[Skeet 028]

Yeah And I don't usually make out with stuff like this. Usually a day late and a dollar short. I gotta stay away from that place. With all the closeout ammo I've bought in the last few days I'm going broke...But... I AM earning Cabela's club points....Which my wife will spend for me of course!

 

[dr. mordo]

Black Friday at Xtreme Bullets. They have 20% off site wide. That's about as good as it gets at Xtreme. I bought 2000 148 gr DEWC's which will keep me going for a few months. I've loaded thousands of these the last few years and they shoot pretty good for me.

I've got 1000 of their 148gr DEWC I need to use.

What powder and weight do you use for them? Plated DEWC load data is non-existent. With the plated 158gr SWC I bought, I just ran them with fairly hot jacketed charges and had no problems at all, but there's no data for jacketed DEWCs, and I'm worried about using LDEWC data because I don't want to get a bullet stuck.

I've got to remember next year NOT to stock up during September and October.

 

[ridgewalker]

I have been experimenting with AA No. 5 and I have pretty good success with about 6 gr which I believe gives me a 38 special +P load which I can shoot with good accuracy out of various barrel lengths. Hope that helps.

 

[mike campbell]

Xtreme doesn't seem to comment on loading their 148WC's, but Berry's does. Berrys suggests you keep velocities of plated 148WC's above 800 fps.

Alliant is no help with that; maybe because 148WC's have typically been run <800 fps. That's all that's needed for punching paper and it keeps leading down with a soft lead WC.

Hodgdon, however, lists many recipes >800fps with a LHBWC.

 

[ridgewalker]

Hey so I guess you've noticed Xtreme has kept the 20% off going all weekend. Very Cool! Makes me wonder what they will do on Cyber Monday. Maybe 25%? Probably not but you never know.

 

[StakeOut]

With the plated DEWC from X-Treme I use 3.5gr of Titegoup in 357 magnum cases.

Using Hornady lead 148gr HBWC I use 3.3gr of Titegroup in the 357mag cases.

 

[dr. mordo]

Xtreme doesn't seem to comment on loading their 148WC's, but Berry's does. Berrys suggests you keep velocities of plated 148WC's above 800 fps.

Alliant is no help with that; maybe because 148WC's have typically been run <800 fps. That's all that's needed for punching paper and it keeps leading down with a soft lead WC.

Hodgdon, however, lists many recipes >800fps with a LHBWC.

I just remembered Lyman has some LDEWC recipes. I guess I can start with higher loadings and work up until I see signs of overpressure. I'm not trying to max out my DEWC practice loads, I just want to keep them hot so I don't get a bullet stuck.

Can you use HBWC recipes with DEWC? It seems like the solid base would reduce volume inside the cartridge and raise pressures. I guess I could definitely use mid-strength HBWC loads as a starting point in any case.

I've also considered just seating the DEWCs like a SWC and running the same powder charges I've been using with plated 158gr SWC.