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I finally bit the bullet and bought a 5-pack from roger's Sporting Goods for $46.99 plus tax & shipping. It's practically kills me to spend that much money on shells, but this will be an experiment this season. I have lots of standard, high base 3" magnum #6 for backup.
Quote from: salish on February 17, 2022, 10:13:55 AMI finally bit the bullet and bought a 5-pack from roger's Sporting Goods for $46.99 plus tax & shipping. It's practically kills me to spend that much money on shells, but this will be an experiment this season. I have lots of standard, high base 3" magnum #6 for backup.This is about the onlynplace I have found ammo at a decent price. In Nashville at NWTF convention. They have ammo here but nit that cheap. .410 is the cheapestSent from my SM-G998U using Tapatalk
Its all relative right? I spend 100 on gas, the time and effort to go, the cost of the licenses, etc. A $10 shell is a drop in the bucket for ammo you may only shoot 1 or 2 a year.
Something to consider to avoid shortages in the future is to just load your own turkey shells. No fancy press needed since we're just talking a handful of turkey shells per season. Either get the drill bit crimper and shell vise from BPI or Precision, or go with the Russian manual crimper off Amazon (I have both and actually prefer the manual crimper....I just hit it with a hair dryer for a bit first to warm it, works like a charm). As long as you have the powder scale, powder scoop, etc. it's not hard to pick up the components for shotshell reloading right now. Just keep an eye on BPI/Precision/Macks for components. Contact Hal over at Tungsten Super Shots website, as he deals TSS and supplies pressure tested load data with your TSS purchase. A pound or three of #7 or #9 TSS18 goes a long way considering it's turkey shells that you aren't going to shoot a bunch of (I typically load 3/4oz or 7/8oz loads, as any more is really waste of TSS shot). And manually loading up 10 or so shells doesn't take much effort. Or if you would prefer to save money and load lead instead, just get one of the load manuals off BPI or Precision and can get lead from them.Just my
Quote from: kselkhunter on February 17, 2022, 01:34:48 PMSomething to consider to avoid shortages in the future is to just load your own turkey shells. No fancy press needed since we're just talking a handful of turkey shells per season. Either get the drill bit crimper and shell vise from BPI or Precision, or go with the Russian manual crimper off Amazon (I have both and actually prefer the manual crimper....I just hit it with a hair dryer for a bit first to warm it, works like a charm). As long as you have the powder scale, powder scoop, etc. it's not hard to pick up the components for shotshell reloading right now. Just keep an eye on BPI/Precision/Macks for components. Contact Hal over at Tungsten Super Shots website, as he deals TSS and supplies pressure tested load data with your TSS purchase. A pound or three of #7 or #9 TSS18 goes a long way considering it's turkey shells that you aren't going to shoot a bunch of (I typically load 3/4oz or 7/8oz loads, as any more is really waste of TSS shot). And manually loading up 10 or so shells doesn't take much effort. Or if you would prefer to save money and load lead instead, just get one of the load manuals off BPI or Precision and can get lead from them.Just my Never thought of that,I have some lil gun I use to reload other stuff ,not sure if it would work for shotgun.Never looked at reloading shotgun before.
Quote from: hunter399 on February 17, 2022, 02:10:38 PMQuote from: kselkhunter on February 17, 2022, 01:34:48 PMSomething to consider to avoid shortages in the future is to just load your own turkey shells. No fancy press needed since we're just talking a handful of turkey shells per season. Either get the drill bit crimper and shell vise from BPI or Precision, or go with the Russian manual crimper off Amazon (I have both and actually prefer the manual crimper....I just hit it with a hair dryer for a bit first to warm it, works like a charm). As long as you have the powder scale, powder scoop, etc. it's not hard to pick up the components for shotshell reloading right now. Just keep an eye on BPI/Precision/Macks for components. Contact Hal over at Tungsten Super Shots website, as he deals TSS and supplies pressure tested load data with your TSS purchase. A pound or three of #7 or #9 TSS18 goes a long way considering it's turkey shells that you aren't going to shoot a bunch of (I typically load 3/4oz or 7/8oz loads, as any more is really waste of TSS shot). And manually loading up 10 or so shells doesn't take much effort. Or if you would prefer to save money and load lead instead, just get one of the load manuals off BPI or Precision and can get lead from them.Just my Never thought of that,I have some lil gun I use to reload other stuff ,not sure if it would work for shotgun.Never looked at reloading shotgun before.Yes, Lil Gun is one of my favorite powders in the TSS loads. And LilGun is in stock on multiple websites right now. Almost bought some this morning, then looked at my powder stash and talked myself down from component hoarding. :-) Get a bag of primed hulls from BPI or Precision or Macks. Get the specific wad for the recipe, overshot card, powder, etc. specified in the load data, and the TSS shot (or lead). Get the roll crimp or manual crimp tool and vise. That's really it. You might want a tool that goes inside the shell to tamp down the powder before inserting the wad, or go look on youtube and guys just cut a wood dowel for that. I load Rocky Mountain Brass hulls as well, so already had their manual load tools so already have the dowl. But it's not hard.
Scored 40 rounds(8 boxes)of 3" #5s at Sportsman's Warehouse in January $10.99 a box of 5.
Quote from: tgomez on February 17, 2022, 03:32:10 PMScored 40 rounds(8 boxes)of 3" #5s at Sportsman's Warehouse in January $10.99 a box of 5.Well done ,you definitely out did me.That's for sure. A lot of turkey grilling there.I thought I had too much.
Quote from: hunter399 on February 17, 2022, 03:45:48 PMQuote from: tgomez on February 17, 2022, 03:32:10 PMScored 40 rounds(8 boxes)of 3" #5s at Sportsman's Warehouse in January $10.99 a box of 5.Well done ,you definitely out did me.That's for sure. A lot of turkey grilling there.I thought I had too much.I bought 4 boxes one day, 4 the next, then 2 the following week. I'm set for several years now. The funny thing is I may use my Hoyt Nitrum 34 to harvest both my Tom's this Spring.
