revhigh":2ia7v9zg said:
THese bullets are cast, not swaged ... not that it matters. You can get about 4000 bullets shipped for about $11 in a USPS one-rate box.
Hi,
I think that flat rate box is the best thing that's happened to those of us who need to order "heavy" stuff that fits in small boxes or bags!
Now if you ask my mail carrier, it might not be... Mailman Dan came here from Vietnam: he's NOT a big guy, and those 50 lb boxes are a bit of a load for him!
But shipping aside, I've been casting my own for a few years, and, were it not for free or cheap wheelweights, it wouldn't be economically beneficial. When I cast commercial lead, my bullets cost almost as much as they'd cost from a commercial caster.
It's a fun hobby. I can make the bullets I want (or NEED, considering the recent shortages of components as well as ammo) whenever I need them assuming I'm smart enough to keep some lead on hand, and pay the electric bill or have some Coleman fuel in the garage. And, should there come a day when the fine folks who inhabit our various statehouses figure a way to slow down commerce in cast bullets, they'll still have to knock on a lot of doors to get all us "homebrewers" shut down. As w/ other reloading ventures, I have a little room to experiment, w/ alloys, lubes and such.
But I'm never gonna get rich on the "savings" of doing it myself... it's pretty hard to beat economies of scale.
Rick C