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Keyser Söze

On 3/13/15 3:28 AM, wrote:
On Thu, 12 Mar 2015 20:39:50 -0400, Someone
wrote:

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On Thu, 12 Mar 2015 14:33:32 -0400, John H.
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On Thu, 12 Mar 2015 14:20:56 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 12 Mar 2015 10:55:12 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

My point about the .500 S&W is perfectly valid. Quick followup shots
are a bitch, and if you miss the bear, the bear is going to have you for
lunch. You disagree, eh?
Define "quick". I am sure a guy who shoots one regularly could get
back down in far less than a second.
A guy who shoots one regularly probably wouldn't need to worry about 'quick followup
shots'.

[NB: Harry does not fall into that category.]
If you are going to buy commercial ammo, you won't be able to afford
to shoot this a lot. It looks like the ammo is $2 a round. OTOH the
bullets are about a quarter each in quantity of 500 (at Natchez) so
the reloaders really make out. Powder and primers add another nickel
or so.

I thought about that. I probably won't shoot it often but I will save
the brass. I've never reloaded but it's something I might try when I
retire and have more time. I paid a hair under $1.80/round for 100
rounds with shipping. Until now I didn't know reloading was that
economical. There are some very good reloaders at the local gun show.
Maybe I can trade them for ammo?

Reloading is all about time. Depending on the loader some can go
pretty fast. A turret press is basically a little ammo factory but
they are expensive. I have a single station press and when I was
loading, I could get about one a minute average, end to end, from
fired brass to loaded round. That is loading 50.
The more you load at once, the better you average because setup is
most of the time on a short run.
I used to just make primed brass until I had a shoe box full and then
it was pretty quick to select a load and bang out a bunch.
I was really just loading .38 and I had a whole lot of brass, still
have quite a bit. (1000?)

Were you melting down and pouring lead or were you buying ready made
bullets? The whole process somehow reminds me of alchemy.

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