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Posted: 1/31/2016 9:51:33 AM EDT

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Melted my first lead for eventual bullet-casting. Got a five gallon bucket of mixed wheel weights from a local quick-lube place for free, and sorted them one at a time to get rid of the steel & zinc weights, paring down to only lead ones. Using a stainless pot on a turkey fryer I melted, skimmed, fluxed, etc, to get clean melted lead, and made up 'ingots' in a couple of dollar-store cupcake/muffin pans.

Started with ~124 lbs of mixed wheel weights in the bucket and ended up with 81 lbs of approximately 1-1/2lb ingots the size & shape of smallish muffins. Enough for around 4,500 125-grain bullets or 2,500 230-grain bullets, give or take, from that one free bucket. Spent probably four or five hours in all, separating and melting; plus probably half a tank of propane. The same amount of pre-ingoted lead or alloy could be bought for probably $150-$200, so it's not the most profitable thing on an hourly-wage basis; but for whatever reason I actually enjoyed the process.

Haven't cast any bullets yet; have bought some molds but not a casting stove. Also haven't decided which lubing process (lubri-sizing, tumble-lubing, or oven-based coating) to go with yet, there seems to be pro's & cons to all three.

Picked up another 5-gallon bucket at another shop; this one costing $20 which is still plenty reasonable imo. Stopped at a third place (in a larger town) when driving by, and they wanted $65 a bucket, so I politely passed.

Posted: 1/31/2016 1:08:54 PM EDT

[#2]

650 rds Federal Automatch
1000 rds blazer brass 9mm
1000 115 Gr. Plated 9mm bullets for $42 shipped.
1100 rds Golden Tiger 7.62 x 39

Posted: 2/4/2016 5:18:46 PM EDT

[#3]

lots of 62 gr for an experiment. 420 rds of xm855 greentips and 200 rounds of colt badged silver bear steel cased 62 grains. (colt BTW got for under 30 cents per round at sportsmans guide)

Posted: 2/4/2016 5:43:50 PM EDT

[#4]

Started the first of many batches of dry tumbling LC and WCC 5.56 brass. Going to be a long night between separating the media and doing new batches every three hours.

Posted: 2/4/2016 9:44:36 PM EDT

[#5]

Finally made an account so this wasn't this week but in the last three weeks i've ordered
500 rounds of sierra blitzkrieg reloads for 25 cents a rounds which is only 4 cents more than I can reload plinking ammo
500 rounds of wolf 7.62x39
1000 pulled 9mm projectiles for 4 cents each
500 .45 caliber pulled projectiles for 5.6 cents each

and I ordered an RN-50 so I am now back to being a broke college student

Posted: 2/7/2016 4:25:05 PM EDT

[#6]

1k wolf gold
50 rounds 32 SW long

Posted: 2/9/2016 10:32:26 AM EDT

[#7]

Finally found 7.7 Japanese at the gun show so 18 rounds of that

Posted: 2/9/2016 10:14:59 PM EDT

[#8]

There might of been a box on my porch with 200rds of 5.56 Barnes 70gr TSX, and 200rds of Barnes 5.56 TSX

Posted: 2/9/2016 10:17:34 PM EDT

[#9]

1k Wolf Gold
200 IMI 77gr razorcore
1k 115gr 9mm Lawman

Posted: 2/12/2016 2:42:18 AM EDT

[#10]

750rds 5.45x39

Posted: 2/14/2016 9:51:38 PM EDT

[#11]

1k wolf gold

Posted: 2/14/2016 10:03:48 PM EDT

[#12]

600 rds of Winchester steel cased 9mm FMJ for 18 CPR
1k Wold Gold

Posted: 2/14/2016 11:00:41 PM EDT

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It's better than their white box, very accurate.

Posted: 2/14/2016 11:46:26 PM EDT

[#14]

500rds Federal XM193, and a 420rd can of XM855.

Cabelas had the XM193 for $6.99, and I had a $20.00 off any purchases over $150 coupon. 33 cents a round after tax.

Bimart has the XM855 cans for $167.87

Posted: 2/15/2016 12:30:36 AM EDT

[#15]

500 rounds Fiocchi 50g VMax

Posted: 3/2/2016 6:49:37 PM EDT

[#16]

200 168 FGMM SMK .308

Posted: 3/2/2016 8:11:06 PM EDT

[#17]

800 rounds of 62gr Federal Fusion

Posted: 3/3/2016 10:18:35 PM EDT

[#18]

1500 .22LR
50 .40

Posted: 3/4/2016 11:04:37 AM EDT

[#19]

399 rounds of Federal Fusion, they shorted me on one of the cans

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Posted: 3/4/2016 11:22:55 AM EDT

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Buy a box of 120 or 150 M193 and make up for it plus you still get the 120 pr 150

Posted: 3/4/2016 12:12:50 PM EDT

[#21]

1 case of tula 55gr .223
1 case of tula 123gr 7.62x39

Posted: 3/4/2016 2:35:14 PM EDT

[#22]

Bought a battle pack of South African M1A3 for 50 bucks. Did I do good or am I going to die?

Posted: 3/4/2016 10:05:03 PM EDT

[#23]

Cast my first bullets this week. Been reloading since 1984 or so but never cast my own bullets before. Starting out with simple handgun bullets; cast ~850 124grain 9mm, and ~800 125grain .357/.38 bullets and lubed them. So far, so good. Now need to work up some loads that they like.

Also picked up four pounds of Universal; was down to 8lbs.

Posted: 3/4/2016 10:23:43 PM EDT

[#24]

1k Speer Lawman .45 acp. Already had a couple k but, Target USA had one of those "deals."

I'm weak.

Posted: 3/4/2016 10:31:02 PM EDT

[#25]

Another 1000 rnds of Wolf Gold. 50 rounds of Hornady American Gunner 124gr, +p 9mm.

Posted: 3/5/2016 9:26:37 AM EDT

[#26]

1k Wolf gold and 900rds xm193 loaded into 30 mags in a fat 50 can for $350 shipped

Posted: 3/5/2016 9:47:57 AM EDT

[#27]

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Details man details.

Posted: 3/5/2016 10:34:54 AM EDT

[#28]

200 rounds of Hornady 250gr FTX 450 Bushmaster. Doesnt seem like much but at $26 a box of 20, its a dent in my wallet.

Posted: 3/5/2016 10:35:59 AM EDT

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Wolf Gold was from Aim. I hadn't stopped in for a month so I had to get something

Posted: 3/6/2016 10:19:38 AM EDT

[#30]

5k CCI Blazer Brass 124gr 9mm from SGAmmo.

$213 per case shipped.

Posted: 3/6/2016 10:53:40 AM EDT

[#31]

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Damn that was a good deal.

Posted: 3/6/2016 9:55:17 PM EDT

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Yeah I saw that too right after you posted the I'll take it......you stole that lol

Posted: 3/7/2016 4:58:06 PM EDT

[#33]

Another thou of Wolf Gold.

Posted: 3/7/2016 4:59:18 PM EDT

[#34]

Ordered 20 boxes of Speer Gold Dot .223 64 grain

Posted: 3/8/2016 11:09:16 PM EDT

[#35]

800 rounds if 62gr Federal Fusion and 1,000 of 55gr Wolf Gold

Elections are coming...

Buy cheap, stack deep

Posted: 3/11/2016 4:33:40 AM EDT

[#36]

3k wolf gold an 1k blazer brass 9mm

Posted: 3/11/2016 4:38:40 AM EDT

[#37]

One case of Federal Automatch .22LR at seven cents a round and free shipping.

Posted: 3/11/2016 1:55:51 PM EDT

[#38]

In a few hours I'll start the process of reloading about 600 rounds of 9mm, my spring break turned into a working week but I plan to pick up a pizza and get to work

Posted: 3/12/2016 10:29:11 AM EDT

[#39]

Last 2 weeks:

Sig 10mm 180gr - 250rds
PPU 10mm 180gr - 250rds
Underwood 10mm 155gr - 100rds
Underwood 10mm 135gr - 50rds
PPU 25ACP - 50rds
PPU 7.65 Parabellum - 50rds
Wolf Gold 55gr - 400rds
Black Hills 77gr OTM seconds - 500rds

Posted: 3/12/2016 10:44:46 AM EDT

[#40]

Too lazy to type it out:

1250 of mixed plinking pistol ammo

Posted: 3/13/2016 11:26:02 AM EDT

[#41]

Received another 2000 rounds of Norma TAC223 ammo, now have 4000 rounds of it on hand.
$.42 a round, can't buy the brass for that price.

Posted: 3/14/2016 1:50:29 PM EDT

[#42]

500 AE 124gr FMJ 9mm.

Posted: 3/14/2016 2:18:46 PM EDT

[#43]

1k of wolf gold
200rnds 300bo subs
250rnds 9mm

Posted: 3/16/2016 5:24:38 PM EDT

[#44]

1680 Fed XM193 420rnd cans
5000 CCI SV .22
1000 WWB .45

Posted: 3/17/2016 6:21:47 PM EDT

[#45]

200 95gr Speer TMJ .380ACP
100 90gr Speer GD .380ACP.

Posted: 3/17/2016 7:53:18 PM EDT

[#46]

I bought 4 boxes of Speer Gold Dot .223 64 grain.

I bought a 1000 round case of 223 Rem 55 grain FMJ Brass Case Non-magnetic WOLF GOLD .

I bought 500 rounds of American Eagle 9mm 115 grain.

And, I admitted online that I do not have enough 5.56 ammo, yet.