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Well after shelling out a lot of money for .38 and .357 ammo over the last few days I'm thinking reloading may be the way to go. I'd probably save some money but in truth I think the motivating factor is the natural outgrowth of my interest in firearms. And, believe it or not, I am pretty satisfied with my stable of firearms, so I might as well spend my allowance on something else that is gun related.
I am less than a noob on reloading so I have some basic questions. I won't bother you with the set up because I've already been researching, and I'll save those questions for later.
At present I probably have well about 1500 once-fired factory .38 brass and about 500 once-fired factory .357 brass. All types - Remington, Winchester, Magtech, SB - whatever these manufacturers are using or producing. I also have several thousand factory loads in my stash.
Q1: Is there a need to "sort" this brass by mnfr, or can I just use all the .38's (or .357's if loading those instead) in a single "batch?"
Q2: Has the panic also hit powder, primers, bullets, etc.?
Q3: Are the components now as scarce as hen's teeth and at inflated prices? And if investing in components now, does the current math still hold - you save about 50%-ish?
Thanks in advance,
PEF
I am less than a noob on reloading so I have some basic questions. I won't bother you with the set up because I've already been researching, and I'll save those questions for later.
At present I probably have well about 1500 once-fired factory .38 brass and about 500 once-fired factory .357 brass. All types - Remington, Winchester, Magtech, SB - whatever these manufacturers are using or producing. I also have several thousand factory loads in my stash.
Q1: Is there a need to "sort" this brass by mnfr, or can I just use all the .38's (or .357's if loading those instead) in a single "batch?"
Q2: Has the panic also hit powder, primers, bullets, etc.?
Q3: Are the components now as scarce as hen's teeth and at inflated prices? And if investing in components now, does the current math still hold - you save about 50%-ish?
Thanks in advance,
PEF