Panic resulting in more reloaders?

[fredj338]

Well I am surprised that lead sells that high. I was thinking of selling some because I do have a bunch. About 3 tons here. I was making shot but have nuff shot shells loaded and about 3/4 of a ton of shot all ready.. Expensive to ship though. I guess you can ship USPS flat rate. Bet my Rural route guy would love me a bunch. Wonder how many ingots you can get in a small flat rate box??

A lot of guys do this. I have bought a few times, USPS flat rate box full at 60#. $70 per box shipped. IF you use the sm FRB you can stuff that full of 1# ingots, then stuff those into the larger FR box. I cant remember how many in a sm FR box, maybe 12? Then 5 of those into the large box. It is worth that to me to get clean alloy, but I will only buy from a known supplier, never off ebay or such. Many of those guys have no idea what they are selling & you can get a lot of zinc stuff, never good.

 

[Skeet 028]

I do not recall that. There were rumors in the late 80s early 90s they were going to start making primers with a compound that would make them inert. So that sparked panic buying. Then another fake news story about putting tagants into powders but the govt idiots have pretty much left reloader's alone, but it wont last.

When the GCA of 68 was signed into law you had to sign for primers powder and handgun ammo..including 22 RF. That was still in effect in 70 when I got my FFL What a pain.. a few years later they did away with the record keeping. Don't remember when but there was a killing somewhere using a 9mm sub gun and the ammo was sold out of Sportsmans Emporium in Philthydelphia...one of my suppliers. I had not bought any 9mm ammo but still had to show the FBI my handgun ammo records. I am in agreement with Fred... The powers that be will not leave us(reloaders) alone... Remember a few years back about the Armory law if you had a certain amount of ammo? Didn't cpme to fruition nationally but...like elephants...Politicos NEVER forget...

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

Its where I get my boxes also. Unfortunately because the ranges are all closed aren't any boxes to be scrounged. BTW, have you found it's difficult to find 20 gauge boxes. We have a youth program at my club so lots of 20 gauges get shot but the boxes get saved for the clubs reloads.

Ballistic Products have generic shotgun shell boxes in all guages cheap. I think they come 12 to the pkg.

 

[LostintheOzone]

I think gardens and chickens will be popular this spring also.

 

[Fishslayer]

Wonder how many ingots you can get in a small flat rate box??

Most of the sellers on castboolits use medium FRBs loaded to about the max of 70#. Pretty sure their postal carriers are not overly fond of them.

 

[tlawler]

Most of the sellers on castboolits use medium FRBs loaded to about the max of 70#. Pretty sure their postal carriers are not overly fond of them.

I once shipped 70# of hard scuba weights in a medium flat rate box. I built a small plywood box that fit inside the cardboard box and used a whole roll of tape on the outside to keep it together. The tape made it a little slippery and it was like trying to handle a greased cannon ball when you picked it up. I know the Postal carriers cursed my name that day!

 

[Fishslayer]

I suppose that living in the PRC (PRK) it may well be a good idea to stockpile at least a little ammo. I lived there as a kid. It was a whole lot different then. I imagine everywhere was different back then though.

Every year they throw a new batch of unconstitutional restrictions against the wall & some of them stick. It costs them zero.

Last July it became illegal to have mail order ammo come to your door. It has to go through an FFL with a background check. Luckily we had over a year lead time to stock up. My credit card is still smoldering.

 

[Qc Pistolero]

Up here in Quebec,because of the pandemic,people have a lot of time to spend at home until we resume working.Besides the reloading equipment running short,we are also running short of condoms.
At my age,I'd rather reload since at this,I can do it again and again!Not so anymore with the latex thing!

 

[oldiegoldie]

after a 60 year absence from re-loading, i am putting together a very inexpensive setup [all or most all Lee]. the press is a hand press, so i'm trying to stay at $175 or less. not sure if i'll do much [or any] reloading and don't want a dedicated room for the project. i managed to find 1000 small pistol [Federal] primers. .380 acp dies. have tons of .380 and 9mm brass boxed up. still have a few more items to buy and have the Lee handloading book on the way. if it doesn't work out for me someone will inherit a nice emergency loading setup.

 

[Turn4811]

I gt my powder and primers from my LGS. I buy 8# of powder at a time and send the owner of the store an email to get me a jug next time he orders. I did this two weeks ago and he replied everybody is out but he had 4 one pound containers. I told him I had a full hopper and just over a pound in my jug and I could wait 2 to 3 months with no issue.

I have plenty of primers but if I order 20 bricks I get a price brake nobody on the internet can touch. I like my LGS. Small veteran owned business that has good prices and great customer service.