Whats the cheapest place on the net to buy supplies
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Depends on what "such" is.?
Many many online vendors, prices vary depending on what you are looking for.
Lead or FMJ bullets?, powder, Primers, equipment??
Many many online vendors, prices vary depending on what you are looking for.
Lead or FMJ bullets?, powder, Primers, equipment??
This question is almost impossible to answer without doing a LOT of web searching since even the big catalog places have weekly or monthly specials.
No, they are not all the same. Graf and Sons prices aren't the best but they have about the best shipping cost. Midway has one of the best selections BUT not necessarily the best prices.
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Unless you are buying enough to supply a store, powder and primers are better to buy locally and avoid HazMat fee. I have a local Cabelas, and they even charge a Hazmat fee on those items even if you have them shipped to store.
For cast bullets I find that it is always cheaper to buy directly from the bullet maker. Primers I find prohibitive due to haz mat so I'd get those locally. Powder, brass & jacketed bullets occassionaly go on sale at Cabelas, Midway USA, Wiedeners,Grafs(which includes shipping on most items,) etc...---just check 'em out when you're ready to order.
If you what a general has most anything for reloading at a good price I would say Natchez' They usually are cheaper than Midway although Midway has more "other stuff"
Natchez Shooters Supplies
For powder and primers, Graf and Sons or Wideners
CTSixshot
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Pretty much answered already, but here are a few other names that don't get dropped that regularly:
Polygunbag
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Sinterfire
SinterFire - Lead Free Frangible Ammunition Components
The actual order website is: FrangibleAmmo.com
Frangible Bullets (offers Sinterfire product, but sometimes they have specials that beat the above sites')
FrangibleBullets.Com :: Ammunition :: 270 WIN
Polygunbag
Cartridge Collectors Corner
Sinterfire
SinterFire - Lead Free Frangible Ammunition Components
The actual order website is: FrangibleAmmo.com
Frangible Bullets (offers Sinterfire product, but sometimes they have specials that beat the above sites')
FrangibleBullets.Com :: Ammunition :: 270 WIN
dickttx
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The best place is who ever is cheaper, delivered. You have to take the order all the way to punching the last button, so that freight, insurance, small order fee, etc. is included.
I was looking at some Lee adjustable powder disks yesterday. At four places they were priced between $6.05 and $10.95. However, the $6.05 place was second highest when freight ant etc. were added.
At some places, like Missouri Bullet, the freight is the same until you reach 39#, then it doubles, because they have to add a second box.
If you buy 5 to 10K of primers and one or two 8# jugs of powder, you can easily beat about any price locally for that. Powder Valley was just recently(got them yesterday) $25.50 per K for CCI primers and $110.50 for 8# HP38.
Some places like Midway, if you add another item weighing 1oz your freight goes up substantially. They do ship quickly.
Starline brass has free shipping, but you have to buy in quantities of 500.
I have been buying more and more reloading tools, etc from Natchez and Graf.
Shop---that's what the internet if for!!!
I was looking at some Lee adjustable powder disks yesterday. At four places they were priced between $6.05 and $10.95. However, the $6.05 place was second highest when freight ant etc. were added.
At some places, like Missouri Bullet, the freight is the same until you reach 39#, then it doubles, because they have to add a second box.
If you buy 5 to 10K of primers and one or two 8# jugs of powder, you can easily beat about any price locally for that. Powder Valley was just recently(got them yesterday) $25.50 per K for CCI primers and $110.50 for 8# HP38.
Some places like Midway, if you add another item weighing 1oz your freight goes up substantially. They do ship quickly.
Starline brass has free shipping, but you have to buy in quantities of 500.
I have been buying more and more reloading tools, etc from Natchez and Graf.
Shop---that's what the internet if for!!!
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How many of us are chewing over if we should reveal a good source of materials or not???
LeadandBrass.com for once fired brass
Xtremebullets.com for plated or cast bullets
Powder and primers I buy local from Reload-1.com
LeadandBrass.com for once fired brass
Xtremebullets.com for plated or cast bullets
Powder and primers I buy local from Reload-1.com
The cheapest way is to pool your resources with neighbors, guys in your shooting club, church members, coworkers..this way everyone divides the shipping cost and gets the lowest price. Powder valley has attractive shipping policies that favor group buys...most places give a higher discount for volume purchasing...
Berry's Bullets ships free and doesn't charge sales tax. I just got a box today containing 1000 158 grain .38 hollow point plated and 1000 124 grain 9 mm hollow point plated. The box weighed every bit of 40 pounds.
Total bill was $194.68 ($87.67 for the 9 mm and $107.01 for the .38). And they load like a dream. Consistent weight and dimension, time after time.
Total bill was $194.68 ($87.67 for the 9 mm and $107.01 for the .38). And they load like a dream. Consistent weight and dimension, time after time.
I bought 500 32 100 Gr.lead bullets on line. $44 bucks. Later found a gun dealer near by with same bullets for $38 bucks. Shipping makes the difference.
Most of the time I find it only pays to buy online if they don't have a bricks and mortar presence in-state, i.e, don't charge sales tax on top of shipping. As others have noted, unless you are buying primers or powder in volue, the hazmat fee often offests any savings.
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Dang, I must be the lucky one. I live about half way in between Graf's & Midway. I place an order to Midway and drive over to get it. I place an order to Graf's and a friend of mine who runs a courier route just stops and picks it up as he drives by it twice a day. I do shop the online sales and make my choices thereof.
I only buy powder at Graf's as Midway ships their powder from a vendor out of state. Hazmat fee. But I am always on the lookout for deals on a group buy. Pick some "common" powders and buy bulk.
Primers, I look at gun shows, Graf's or Midway when on sale, or group buys.
Cases, I scrounge the local ranges, shoot my spent factory and save the cases, look on Craigslist, post to the reloading sections here on the forum, ask my friends, etc.
Bullets, depends on whether they are lead or jacketed. Lead, I cast my own or buy from Missouri Bullet works. I like their bullets. I have a lot of jacketed bullets bought from decades past that I have been hoarding to some extent. (Got great buys so I bought a lot). Lately, I have buying "seconds" (jacketed rifle & pistol) from Sierra. They are located in Sedalia, MO. About 90 minute drive. They are quality bullets I assure you. Bench rest matches have been won with their "seconds". I took a tour of the their factory on the first buy. Impressive. I am a Master Tool & Die Maker with 35 years of experience. My focus is very fine electronic components both Molding, Dies, and Assembly equipment. Long story short they sell them by the pound. About 30 - 40 % of the retail price.
Find some gun clubs around and start meeting people and talk to them. Talk to some trusted brick & mortar people and see where they get their stuff from. You would be surprised where it takes you.
I only buy powder at Graf's as Midway ships their powder from a vendor out of state. Hazmat fee. But I am always on the lookout for deals on a group buy. Pick some "common" powders and buy bulk.
Primers, I look at gun shows, Graf's or Midway when on sale, or group buys.
Cases, I scrounge the local ranges, shoot my spent factory and save the cases, look on Craigslist, post to the reloading sections here on the forum, ask my friends, etc.
Bullets, depends on whether they are lead or jacketed. Lead, I cast my own or buy from Missouri Bullet works. I like their bullets. I have a lot of jacketed bullets bought from decades past that I have been hoarding to some extent. (Got great buys so I bought a lot). Lately, I have buying "seconds" (jacketed rifle & pistol) from Sierra. They are located in Sedalia, MO. About 90 minute drive. They are quality bullets I assure you. Bench rest matches have been won with their "seconds". I took a tour of the their factory on the first buy. Impressive. I am a Master Tool & Die Maker with 35 years of experience. My focus is very fine electronic components both Molding, Dies, and Assembly equipment. Long story short they sell them by the pound. About 30 - 40 % of the retail price.
Find some gun clubs around and start meeting people and talk to them. Talk to some trusted brick & mortar people and see where they get their stuff from. You would be surprised where it takes you.
As others said, Brick and Mortar for the Haz Mat stuff. The transportation fees'll kill you.
Watch for sales. My LGS puts CCI and Federal primers on sale about 4 times a year. Usually around here, the small and large pistol go for $38/K. When I see the ad for $28 I buy at least four boxes.
If you find a powder you like, buy in bulk. Where a 1 lb bottle of Hodgdon Titegroup may cost $18, an 8 lb jug is $120, or $15/lb.
Watch for sales. My LGS puts CCI and Federal primers on sale about 4 times a year. Usually around here, the small and large pistol go for $38/K. When I see the ad for $28 I buy at least four boxes.
If you find a powder you like, buy in bulk. Where a 1 lb bottle of Hodgdon Titegroup may cost $18, an 8 lb jug is $120, or $15/lb.
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For powder, I use mainly Alliant powders and I have the local Alliant dealer order what he does not have in stock. He charges no extra if they put it in their regular delivery. Powder Valley has good prices even if you have to pay for hazmat do a group buy from them. For primers I have bought them mainly from the gun shows. (I live near Tulsa so there are lots of big shows here) For pistol bullets there is almost no reason to shoot cast bullets at these guys prices. Precision Delta - The Ammunition of Champions. In OKC there is J&K bullet casters and they are hard to beat too. J&K Bullet Casters, Hard Cast Lead Bullets
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For primers and powder when I buy in bulk to offset the Hazmat fee I buy from Powder Valley.
Cast bullets can be good or bad and not dependent on price. I buy from only 2 companies now, from Jessie at Tennessee Valley Bullets and from Brad at Missouri Bullets. Both men are honest and both make great bullets.
I rarely buy jacketed handgun bullets because of the costs involved for killing paper but when I do I buy Zero Bullets from Roze Distribution. When buying bulk rifle bullets I usually buy from Widener's. They have good prices on their bulk rifle bullets in the Mil-Spec section.
While price is important so is service and the companies I listed deliver both. Of course this is only my opinion. Good luck finding what you need at a good price...
Cast bullets can be good or bad and not dependent on price. I buy from only 2 companies now, from Jessie at Tennessee Valley Bullets and from Brad at Missouri Bullets. Both men are honest and both make great bullets.
I rarely buy jacketed handgun bullets because of the costs involved for killing paper but when I do I buy Zero Bullets from Roze Distribution. When buying bulk rifle bullets I usually buy from Widener's. They have good prices on their bulk rifle bullets in the Mil-Spec section.
While price is important so is service and the companies I listed deliver both. Of course this is only my opinion. Good luck finding what you need at a good price...
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