Got a shock today with ammo price

[Primer]

Went to get some Ammo today but the shop didnt have what i wanted but i saw some shotgun cartridges on special, well same price as last time i brought some (November) so picked up a slab of Diana 12g 28gram for £35 and thought i best get a slab of 20g 24gram for the wife, then the shock £90 in total sign01 The 20g have gone up £8 a box to £55 since last time (17% increase ) just glad she doesnt shoot as many as me, think i will see what deals are on at the shooting show.

Anyone spotted ammo prices going up like this, i notice the CCI minimags i use had gone up 7% since last time too?

[saddler]

You'll be better off getting a 2nd-hand MEC or Lee shotshell press - or even one of the Lee Loaders (they are about your level of expertise, ya hit them with a hammer)

I have a few different 12-ga presses, but they were bought as a means to load the more exotic (i.e very expensive & never stocked at the RFD's) solid slug & buckshot that I need for comps.
One of the places I shoot is felt-wad only too...the last time I bought some of them they were far from cheap, so I may be adding felt-wadded birdshot to the menu before long

IF funds were more liquid I'd even consider a shot-maker to cut out that part of the supply chain & reduce cinsumable costs even more

[SevenSixTwo]

Quick aside: what's the limit on posession of reloading "components"?

[saddler]

Quick aside: what's the limit on posession of reloading "components"?

powder = 15kg (a HSE rule)
everything else* = crack on & build a fort from the boxes if it makes ya happy!!










*except S.5 hunting bullets, designed to expand: even as unloaded components they count toward your FAC totals

[SevenSixTwo]

15kg. That's a lotta reloads!

Thanks.

[IainWR]

Anyone spotted ammo prices going up like this, i notice the CCI minimags i use had gone up 7% since last time too?

NRA still selling minimag at 2012 price of £8/100, but price rise policy will be implemented v soon.

[Primer]

Anyone spotted ammo prices going up like this, i notice the CCI minimags i use had gone up 7% since last time too?

NRA still selling minimag at 2012 price of £8/100, but price rise policy will be implemented v soon.

I was paying £7 per 100 but now £7.50, managed to get some minimag hp's that were £6.74 per 100 last time but was spoilt by some minimag AR rounds and they worked out at £6.50 per 100 but not seen any of those since october.

[ovenpaa]

The 15kg is content so it includes factory ammunition, reloaded ammunition, shotgun cartridges, reloading and black powders and there is even an allocation for primers.

[CDM5]

I went to buy some 12g slugs earlier. Cheapest ones they had were £17.26 for a box of 5, yes 5

[saddler]

I went to buy some 12g slugs earlier. Cheapest ones they had were £17.26 for a box of 5, yes 5

What were they, Solid Silver Werewolf Specials??

I can make my slug cartridges for about that price too, but for 50 to 70 of them - depending on primer cost & what powder I use

£3.45 ea is a joke - even if they got the box sizes mixed up that'd be £17.26 for 25 (more the normal price) & work out at 70p each - not cheap but an average price

Slug reloading is even more cost effective than rifle reloading - and at current prices depending on what kit you buy you can even get close to breaking even within the first 100 cartridges...