I agree
110% with you guy’s, I get asked by PM on a
VERY VERY REGULAR Basis about Casting and Selling Bullets? To the point that i turned my PM Feature off. Most people want something for nothing, and I can’t keep doing that. I enjoy helping others, But i have spent
SEVERAL HUNDRED Dollars out of my Own Pocket, Casting & sending people Bullets to Try
Here are a few Reciepts I recently went through beside my Chair, most of these are where i have sent out Bullets for people to Try,
FREE On Me, Most of time i even Sent Wads as well, With instructions on How to Load Etc. Then find out later the Guy stood in His Yard and Shot them off Hand trying to Group his Rifle?
I have seen, and Heard it all, BELIEVE ME
You could Grow a LONG White Beard Trying To make a Profit Casting Bullets, I do it for my
OWN Enjoyment, and i share EVERYTHING i know about it on here, in hopes of Teaching others how to Cast HIGH QUALITY Bullets
when you do the math it seems like a decent Deal (7,000 Grains per pound, How many of X Grain Bullets you will get from it) But as i have said MANY times, after Cleaning the impurities, Skimming the Dross, You don’t actually get a Full Pound, You lose more than you think
And it is VERY time consuming, Hand Casting that is. It takes my 20 pound Pot 45 Minutes to Melt when it’s Full, I have another 15-20 Minutes or so in Cleanup, Degreasing the Mold, and then heat soaking the Mold getting it up to Temp, By the time i Cast my 1st “Keeper” Bullet i am already in to it for 1 Hour, or a little more. And it Takes Close to an Hour to Cast 50 Bullets. Then I weigh EVERY Bullet and Keep to 1 Grain MAX. Then you have Lubing, & Sizing them, That takes a LOT of time as well. In short, There is a LOT of time that goes in to Casting a Perfect, FLAWLESS Box of 50 Bullets
The ONLY way I could sell Bullets as Cheap as Bullshop, is if someone was giving me the Lead Free, or i was getting it for near nothing. I pay 2 Dollars Plus Tax per Pound at Buffalo Arms for Certified PURE Lead, and that is as good of price as I have seen anywhere
No matter the Quantity, wether it’s 12 Bullets, or 112 Bullets You will need to use a Small Flat Rate Shipping Box, Lead is HEAVY, even 10-12 Bullets in a Padded envelope will end up costing you about the same as a Small Flat Rate, Therefore you are
FAR BETTER OFF Using a SFRB, Which is $8.30 to Ship