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Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: royalbull on June 18, 2018, 09:08:46 PM

Title: Reloading
Post by: royalbull on June 18, 2018, 09:08:46 PM: Where's the best place to buy bullets and powder
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Post by: Oh Mah on June 18, 2018, 09:12:10 PM: Where do you live?
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Post by: royalbull on June 18, 2018, 09:27:56 PM: Enumclaw working in Portland
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Post by: Oh Mah on June 18, 2018, 09:41:22 PM: In Portland i would go to bi mart.
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Post by: kselkhunter on June 18, 2018, 09:44:25 PM: Quote from: Oh Mah on June 18, 2018, 09:41:22 PM
In Portland i would go to bi mart.
:yeah:

BiMart is my go-to reloading supply store in Oregon. And no sales tax.

Sportsmans Warehouse is decent as well.
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Post by: royalbull on June 19, 2018, 05:30:32 PM: Stopped in at bimart picked up some Berger 210 vld bullets, don't carry the Hornady 212eld-x or reloader33 powder, haven't been to Bob's in Longview in a few years ,do they carry a good selection
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Post by: Magnum_Willys on June 19, 2018, 05:54:39 PM: Quote from: royalbull on June 19, 2018, 05:30:32 PM
Stopped in at bimart picked up some Berger 210 vld bullets, don't carry the Hornady 212eld-x or reloader33 powder, haven't been to Bob's in Longview in a few years ,do they carry a good selection
No, Sportsmans has a much larger selection.
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Post by: BULLBLASTER on June 19, 2018, 06:00:33 PM: If your loading in any decent quantity I’ve found it’s cheaper and easier to buy online and pay hazmat
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Post by: h20hunter on June 19, 2018, 06:02:51 PM: :yeah:

8lb 'ers
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Post by: Oh Mah on June 19, 2018, 06:07:20 PM: What is the hazmat fee for 8 pounds?Is it the same as buying a 1 pounder?
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Post by: h20hunter on June 19, 2018, 06:11:09 PM: I think on naches its like 18 bucks up to x pounds.....
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Post by: BULLBLASTER on June 19, 2018, 06:19:01 PM: Same up to 18 or 20 or so. Lots of places run specials on free or reduced hazmat.
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Post by: Oh Mah on June 19, 2018, 06:28:28 PM: Thanks you both.I go thru a lot of powder never have ordered online yet. :tup:
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Post by: royalbull on June 19, 2018, 06:29:09 PM: Right now I'm trying to come up with a new load for my 30-378, have been using 180 grain Barnes and they've worked well for me, doing some upgrades to the gun and it was recommended by the gunsmith to use heavier bullets, I tried early on but didn't give it much effort since the 180's we're working, so for now I'm just going to buy a few different powders couple of different bullets, he suggested Remington 9½ primers which I'll try but I have 1000 Federal 215 primers
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Post by: Oh Mah on June 19, 2018, 06:32:26 PM: I'm no gunsmith but i would stick with the 215's,@ min. 200 grain whatever and imr7828 or h1000 powder. :twocents:
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Post by: Magnum_Willys on June 19, 2018, 06:38:09 PM: Quote from: royalbull on June 19, 2018, 06:29:09 PM
Right now I'm trying to come up with a new load for my 30-378, have been using 180 grain Barnes and they've worked well for me, doing some upgrades to the gun and it was recommended by the gunsmith to use heavier bullets, I tried early on but didn't give it much effort since the 180's we're working, so for now I'm just going to buy a few different powders couple of different bullets, he suggested Remington 9½ primers which I'll try but I have 1000 Federal 215 primers

The Barnes generally like a big jump and work well in the Bees. 230 Berger would be nice if you could get it to shoot. The brand new 230 SMK's mite be good but require 1:8 twist.
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Post by: royalbull on June 19, 2018, 07:38:13 PM: I believe my twist is 1-10
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Post by: CarbonHunter on June 19, 2018, 07:51:14 PM: I recently found that Midway runs good sales on bullets (I’ve been buying Hornady lately) so I would get on their email list and watch their sales.
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Post by: BULLBLASTER on June 20, 2018, 10:23:52 AM: Brownells has 1 cent hazmat and free shipping today. Just saw a banner on my huntwa screen if your ready to buy.
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Post by: Magnum_Willys on June 20, 2018, 10:31:20 AM: Quote from: BULLBLASTER on June 20, 2018, 10:23:52 AM
Brownells has 1 cent hazmat and free shipping today. Just saw a banner on my huntwa screen if your ready to buy.
Wow finally a different site to check. :tup:

Arghh outa n570
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Post by: hogslayer on June 20, 2018, 10:55:41 AM: 245$ for 8 lbs of H1000. Same price as buying it from store and you don’t need have to be there to sign for it.
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Post by: Oh Mah on June 20, 2018, 06:36:43 PM: It's not just price though.When you have a favored powder you want that powder and if stores are out(like they are most times)You end up looking at these other options.

Brownell's huh>I will look into them. Thanks :tup: