I've been getting back into reloading lately and it has been interesting to say the least wandering around to the different sporting goods stores. My usual route on the way home from work is Cabela's, Sportsman's Warehouse, and then Blacksheep in Coeur D' Alene. Occasionally I'll stop in at the Sportsman's Warehouse in Spokane first. Sportsman's Warehouse recently declared bankruptcy and so the two stores up here were sold to the Canadians. I think it is called Wholesale Sports for the time being. As a result, they rarely have anything in the way of ammunition and reloading supplies anymore. That coupled with the Obamania going on right now has pretty much depleted supplies of about anything related to guns because everyone is hoarding. I don't really know in anticipation for what, but I guess it works. Finding colt .45's has become next to impossible and when you do they run $34 for a box of 50 which is an outrageous price. Wal-mart seems to be the best place to go for ammo, but they only get it in in one or two boxes at a time and unless you hit them just right, then its hard to get anything. Fortunately, I got a few boxes of 9mm before all of this started happening. A pack of 25 10 gauge shotgun shells will run you about $30 unless you can find a deal somewhere. I found some for $18 per box at the White Elephant in Spokane, but even that is too expensive. So, I ordered a barrel tube for the 10 gauge that will reduce it to a 12 gauge as those are only $20 for a box of 100 at walmart.
I also decided that reloading spent 12 gauge shells with black powder instead of smokeless powder would be much cooler, so I'm going to try that. I have plenty of surplus ammo for my 7.62X54R rifle so that only leaves the .303 British. .303 British will cost $30 for a box of 20 rounds which is again an outrageous price. So, I got a bunch of lead, some antimony, some tin, and a bullet mold. I'm going to reload those with red dot shotshell powder which is significantly cheaper than any of the rifle powders on the shelf.
After chatting with a certain brother of mine, I also decided that it might be fun to load some dragons breath shells for the 4th of July.
Here is a link:
I'm not sure how to load these yet, but bear bangers might be fun too. Throw in a couple of rednecks and its sure to be a good 4th of July.
Here is a link:
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6 comments:
I just watched a Criminal Minds rerun yesterday about these guys that were abducting people on the highway a few miles out of Spokane and turning them loose in the Idaho wilderness to hunt them. I was thinking of you the whole time.
ROFL...yeah, I just call it "work" and "target shooting". Really I just hang out on the highway and abduct people so I can hunt them with dragon's breath shot shells.
I remember that one, Kerry. What are dragon's breath shot shells? The guy who laid our new carpet was telling me about them raising the price of ammunition. I din't know whether to believe him or not, but evidently he knew what he was talking about.
Mom...click on the first link and watch the video.
That was pretty impressive. When I clicked on the links before it didn't do anything. Did you notice the dog in the middle of the screen? He was to the left and in front of the guy. When the gun went off he took off and ran behind a tree. The sound on my computer isn't working right now or it probably would have been even more impressive.
Mom...don't worry, you aren't going senile. The links weren't links until I fixed them after reading your previous comment. Sounds like they are working now though. I didn't notice the dog. I'll go back and look.
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