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Stay local.... doubt you will find anyone with better prices on brass or bullets..http://sagesreloadingsupply.com/
I will need bullets for 9 different calibers, brass for a few of them, tool heads for my 550, etc. Probably buy powder and primers in town to beat shipping costs. I'm not in love with sportsmans, or ranch and home. And that's who we have locally for the most part.I like to support local/semi local business when possible, even if it drives my cost up some. There will still be plenty of times I go to midway or brownells, just looking for a semi local small business to support. Thanks for the info so far
Tool heads for a 550..... I'd go to Dillon for any Dillon products needed.You have a Sportsmans Warehouse in the tri-cities. When I need something in Moses Lake I drive to Wenatchee to the Sportsmans Warehouse. SW seems to have a good selection of powders and the SW on Columbia Blvd appears to be a very large store. I think it's bigger than the one in East Wenatchee.
Quote from: syoungs on February 10, 2016, 10:28:28 PMI will need bullets for 9 different calibers, brass for a few of them, tool heads for my 550, etc. Probably buy powder and primers in town to beat shipping costs. I'm not in love with sportsmans, or ranch and home. And that's who we have locally for the most part.I like to support local/semi local business when possible, even if it drives my cost up some. There will still be plenty of times I go to midway or brownells, just looking for a semi local small business to support. Thanks for the info so far Wes @ Sage can cover you for everything, he is located in Renton. He even gets powers in sometimes I believe though his focus is brass, brass processing and bullets. He sees pretty much every caliber out there. Just be careful, the deals he put out have a way of draining your wallet quickly.
Where in Renton is Sage located? Their website says Seattle.
No steel for me, I don't duck hunt, I do upland and just buy a box of factory loads. I think you math is about right, you have to load a lot to make it pay. I just do it because I enjoy it, and it doesn't seem to hurt so bad when I spread out buying the primers one month and powder the next. Plus I have a kid I shoot with, if he out shoots me I can place blame that I was experiment with a new load that must not have worked well.
Are you doing all your reloading on your Dillon? 3031 and 4198 will give you some headaches running them through a progressive press.