Casting v J bullets a no brainer.

[samwithacolt]

I was killing time in town today with my kid, so of course we went to the gun store(two of them actually!). I was looking through their selection of Hornady bullets, thought I might pick up a box of .303(.312 hpbt 175 gr). They were $40! Screw that, I'm buying a 180 gr lee mold from Titan. I get enough WW's for free from my buddy to cast all my rifle stuff. Right now I'm casting for .38-55,9.3x62,7.62x39,.308(and .30-30), .32 winchester sp,.40 cal,.50 rb, 00 and slug. I don't see my buying many J bullets in the future for anything.

[62chevy]

Just got my Lee mold for the .308 now to find some free wheel weights and I'm in business.

Was that 40 bucks for 50 or 100 bullets?

[samwithacolt]

It was for 100, but they have gone from the mid$20s to $40(I'm in Alberta) in a very short time.
I like to shoot my Enfield for fun, but free boolits and less powder works for me.

[waksupi]

Come over to the dark side.

We have cookies!

[Rainier]

I was just at a local store today and they wanted $44.99 for a box of 100 107gr .264 Sierra MKs - needless to say they are still on the shelf - They were so proud of their Nosler .308 bullets they wanted over $40.00 for a box of 50 - by the time you add tax your talking almost a $1.00 a bullet.
Crazy!

[samwithacolt]

That's why I sold my .300 win mag. 180 gr accubonds at a buck apeice over 79 gr powder. Now using a cast 290 grain 9.3 boolit with 60% of the powder, and still getting more energy!
J bullets were ok for me when they were affordable, but for a gun fanatic like me that wants to own and shoot a bunch of different calibers they are just too expensive now.

[engineer401]

I began casting when finding bullets was difficult several years ago. Once you are set up, it is a no-brainer. Casting is the only way to go. Once set up it's as cheap as shooting .22 ammunition. I've seen better accuracy even with my caffeine twitch. I also found out how much more satisfying it is to do most of the work for myself.