Traditionalist wrote:Hi good folks,
Does anyone have recommendations for cheap 12g buckshot and birdshot?
Costly enough to be reliable, though cheap enough to be affordable.
Happy to buy in bulk to bring the cost down.
Thank you.
Traditionalist wrote:Hi good folks,
Does anyone have recommendations for cheap 12g buckshot and birdshot?
Costly enough to be reliable, though cheap enough to be affordable.
Happy to buy in bulk to bring the cost down.
Thank you.
Traditionalist wrote:.223 55gn Gameking (Super Roo) for $185 for 1000
Communism_Is_Cancer wrote:I would dare say 185 is a typographical error. It would be more like 785 not 185.
Communism_Is_Cancer wrote:Yeah righto blaseracer. That makes more sense. I was gonna say that is to cheap to be true for factory.
I need to reload one day. 45/70 and 338 lapua bend me over every time I buy a few boxes.
Communism_Is_Cancer wrote:I need to reload one day. 45/70 and 338 lapua bend me over every time I buy a few boxes.
jovialjosie2002 wrote:A bloke at my range is loading 1 oz slugs for 22c each. He gets hulls (from the range) and lead ( wheel weights from tyre shops) for free. He had to buy the smelting gear, a Lee shotgun loading kit and the Lee 1 oz mold.
Best of all he only uses a light charge of powder and they are low recoil. I seriously considered doing this my self....however I am avoiding Pb exposure. I don't mind handling the stuff cold....but fumes of lead scare the $#%^ out of me.
jovialjosie2002 wrote:A bloke at my range is loading 1 oz slugs for 22c each. He gets hulls (from the range) and lead ( wheel weights from tyre shops) for free. He had to buy the smelting gear, a Lee shotgun loading kit and the Lee 1 oz mold.
Best of all he only uses a light charge of powder and they are low recoil. I seriously considered doing this my self....however I am avoiding Pb exposure. I don't mind handling the stuff cold....but fumes of lead scare the $#%^ out of me.
boingk wrote:$30 on ebay will get you a 1000W coil-element hotplate (the solid top type trip their overheat sensor) and $12 from kmart will get you a cast iron pan.
bladeracer wrote:Do you have a link to the type of hotplate you're using?
I've been using gas, but as we're off-grid and electricity is free I'd prefer to go electric.
boingk wrote:bladeracer wrote:Do you have a link to the type of hotplate you're using?
I've been using gas, but as we're off-grid and electricity is free I'd prefer to go electric.
Here you go mate:
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/18451707048 ... SwBjBfn1~3
I cast wheel weights into an old muffin tray. The lead ingots end up weighing around 730g each. I use the electric setup for the same reason - solar energy covers my bill.
Melting the ingots I place two or three in a cast iron pot and leave the hotplate on high to melt them for a half hour or so. Works a treat. If I'm in a rush I melt the ingots with a gas torch and let the hotplate keep the lot liquid.
- boingk
bladeracer wrote:
No need to worry about lead exposure unless you have young children around. We don't heat lead up hot enough to gas off anything, but you don't want children to have _any_ contact with lead at all including fishing sinkers. We're only melting it, not smelting it.
Where I live they're wanting to build a battery recycling centre, a generally good thing. But a local group of morons has been pushing the idea that they'll be smelting lead - won't somebody think of the children type garbage. Smelting any metal from ore is a massive task, far beyond what we do with lead.
Patriot wrote:https://shootersdelight.com.au/product/osa-12g-32gr-00sg-buckshot-2-3-4-inch-1315fps-250-rounds/
I got some of this
CAVEMAN wrote:Patriot wrote:https://shootersdelight.com.au/product/osa-12g-32gr-00sg-buckshot-2-3-4-inch-1315fps-250-rounds/
I got some of this
Did you notice it had savage recoil? I normally use Winchester super X and that OSA stuff recoiled like a bastard when I tried it.
Patriot wrote:https://shootersdelight.com.au/product/osa-12g-32gr-00sg-buckshot-2-3-4-inch-1315fps-250-rounds/
I got some of this
CAVEMAN wrote:Patriot wrote:https://shootersdelight.com.au/product/osa-12g-32gr-00sg-buckshot-2-3-4-inch-1315fps-250-rounds/
I got some of this
Did you notice it had savage recoil? I normally use Winchester super X and that OSA stuff recoiled like a bastard when I tried it.