So last night I went through a mental breakdown on a few sites trying to get what I need from one supplier. I think I did the best I could. Mostly everything was out of stock or on backorder... so I know I got ripped off from Reloading Unlimited on my first order of powder and primers. I think I did ok with the bullets, but I have a question about the whole bullet situation.
In the manual I have, the Lyman 50th it doesn't have a whole lot of recipes. It said to never deviate from the recipes, which caused me to try and find the exact bullet type. I found a recipe for 10mm using a 180gr JHP. I tried to find a powder that was in the list of as many calibers that I might consider reloading and Power Pistol seemed to be in many of them for 9mm, 10mm and 45. I tried to find the N110 for 44 and 460 S&W, but it looked like I had to buy over $260 or more for the 8lb. So I just got 2x 1lb bottles of IMR-4227. Each bottle was about $7 more than the other sites, but if I had to make a sacrifice cause I didn't want to get 4 orders with 4 hazmat fees. I went to Montana bullets to get 1000 jhp for $150 with free shipping, I'm hoping that was a reasonable price. The below order had a ridiculous shipping/hazmat fee, but I could not get this stuff combined on other sites. So I will take the hit to get started. I read up on some threads about powders and I realize I need to get another book that has more recipes. I liked what I read about the BE-86 from a previous thread... relating to 9mm, but that powder is not mentioned at all in what I have looked at so far and I could not find it in stock anywhere cause I would have added some to the order. 9mm is probably the last ammo I need to reload, but figure I will give it a try just to give it a try.
Alliant Power Pistol - 4 lb | 2 | $229.98 |
Winchester Large Rifle Magnum Primers | 1,000 Count | 2 | $73.98 |
CCI Large Pistol Primers No. 300 | 1,000 Count | 2 | $73.98 |
IMR 4227 - 1 lb | 2 | $67.98 |
CCI Small Pistol Primers No. 500 | 1,000 Count | 1 | $36.99 |
I could not find the right size/type of bullets to go with any of the recipes for 460. How important is it that if the recipe states JHP, that it cannot be replaced with a regular flat nose or rounded flat nose?
Keep in mind I am still gathering equipment, waiting on 20 or so packages and I have not reloaded a single round yet. Thanks for any help.