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Offline trophyhunter

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WHER TO BUY SUPPLIES
« on: February 10, 2009, 04:01:11 PM »
I WAS JUST WONDERING WHER YOU ALL BUY YOUR RELOADING SUPPLIES IS THERE ANOTHER SITE THATS GOOD BESIDE MIDWAY AND MIDSOUTH AND NATCHEZZ GRAF AND SONS IS ANOTHER ONE I KNOW OF ANY OTHER THAT IS GOOD TO KNOW ABOUT THAT HAVE GOOD PRICES AND SELECTION.
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Re: WHER TO BUY SUPPLIES
« Reply #1 on: February 10, 2009, 04:28:05 PM »
Why are you welling? We are not hard of hearing.... ;D

 I generally check MIDSOUTH then MIDWAY then CABELA'S for on line sources. But I am lucky enough to have a couple fairly well stocked stores local to me. As well as a Cabela's only about 25 miles away.

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Re: WHER TO BUY SUPPLIES
« Reply #2 on: February 10, 2009, 04:44:07 PM »
If you look up towards the top of the page here, look for a thread named:

  Useful links for the New and Old Handloader
If you look in there, Brother Stimpy has compiled a list of online companies that supply reloading components. If none of those stores have it, you don't need it.

ps. Release your Caps Lock Key, thanks.

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Re: WHER TO BUY SUPPLIES
« Reply #3 on: February 10, 2009, 04:58:15 PM »
Why are you welling?


Yell hes welling because he yonts wou to hear him !  ;D
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Re: WHER TO BUY SUPPLIES
« Reply #4 on: February 10, 2009, 05:01:55 PM »
Quote from: Oldshooter on February 10, 2009, 04:58:15 PM
Why are you welling?


Yell hes welling because he yonts wou to hear him !  ;D

Yell said!   ;D
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Re: WHER TO BUY SUPPLIES
« Reply #5 on: February 10, 2009, 11:45:20 PM »
I think MidwayUSA has the best inventory and the best search feature.

Cabela's is overpriced so I don't buy a lot there.

Others to try are Powder Valley for powders and rimers, Huntingtons for various reloading items, Sinclair (expensive but has GOOD (sorry for welling) stuff) and Grafs.
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Re: WHER TO BUY SUPPLIES
« Reply #6 on: February 11, 2009, 02:05:51 AM »
Quote from: Oldshooter on February 10, 2009, 04:58:15 PM
Why are you welling?


Yell hes welling because he yonts wou to hear him !  ;D

 ::) ::) :-[ ;D :D :D :D You guys are a riot!!  :D Good thing we have a spell checker huh???  ::)

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Re: WHER TO BUY SUPPLIES
« Reply #7 on: February 11, 2009, 04:15:56 AM »
I shop for my reloading supplies at Midway Shooters Supply, Mid South, Cabela's and Sportsmans Warehouse and some of the local gun shops in my area. Yeah I get around! ;D
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Re: WHER TO BUY SUPPLIES
« Reply #8 on: February 11, 2009, 04:33:02 AM »
Considering the low inventory of all the places mentioned...the question still stands "where to buy components". If you have checked lately nobody has much stock of anything. For example find 9mm bullets at Midway. They have none........no stock. Find brass for nearly anything common...they have none.
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Re: WHER TO BUY SUPPLIES
« Reply #9 on: February 11, 2009, 05:19:44 AM »
Quote from: cwlongshot on February 11, 2009, 02:05:51 AM
Quote from: Oldshooter on February 10, 2009, 04:58:15 PM
Why are you welling?


Yell hes welling because he yonts wou to hear him !  ;D

 ::) ::) :-[ ;D :D :D :D You guys are a riot!!  :D Good thing we have a spell checker huh???  ::)

CW

  ;D  Sorry CW Sometimes I have too much time on my hands!  ;D  and I'm mischievous too
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Re: WHER TO BUY SUPPLIES
« Reply #10 on: February 11, 2009, 02:17:46 PM »
Quote from: skb2706 on February 11, 2009, 04:33:02 AM
Considering the low inventory of all the places mentioned...the question still stands "where to buy components". If you have checked lately nobody has much stock of anything. For example find 9mm bullets at Midway. They have none........no stock. Find brass for nearly anything common...they have none.

I feel your pain.  I finally picked up a pound of 4350.  There wasn't any in the area for the past month. I called Cabela's and they said they got an order in today...  and I got the last canister this evening.  Not only is stuff hard to find, when you find it, you'd better latch on!
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Re: WHER TO BUY SUPPLIES
« Reply #11 on: February 11, 2009, 02:40:01 PM »
If your close to a medium to large city, try a local gun show. Never know what you'll find there. gypsyman
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Re: WHER TO BUY SUPPLIES
« Reply #12 on: February 11, 2009, 03:33:45 PM »
Although I will order form big box stores for supplies from time to time, or shop in person while in a city where one is located, I like to give business to my friendly, small time gun store owners. I frequent many such shops, and can usually buy off the shelf what I need. Also, it helps not having to pay haz-mat shipping that exceed the cost of a pound of powder, or case of primers. It also may help during bargaining time when you see that special rifle, shotgun or handgun that you want at your local dealer.  Just my 2c!
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Re: WHER TO BUY SUPPLIES
« Reply #13 on: February 12, 2009, 02:35:00 AM »
I use powdervalleyinc and wideners for all my powder and primer components for for rifle and pistol shooting.  IMHO, it might be a good idea to try Wolf primers.  They are readily available right now, where few if any vendors can keep a good supply of cci, win, fed, etc. in stock.  A couple of points, use the Wolf small rifle magnum primers, not the standard, the magnums have the same charge, but use brass cups instead of copper.

The pistol primers are excellent, and $19.

Buy a bunch of what you will use, and the hazmat fee breaks even very fast.
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Re: WHER TO BUY SUPPLIES
« Reply #14 on: February 12, 2009, 05:01:07 AM »
I have a little gunshop in a town close to me. Their primer price is $2.99 for cci large rifle and most powders are $23.00/lb. They have a great selection of powders and keep it stocked well. Rifle bullets are about$3-$4/100ct higher than major catalog prices and they don't carry any brass.
I am going to a gun show this weekend looking for rifle brass. That's the hardest thing for me to find and everybodys out on the web for what I want. 
I've had two gunshop owners tell me to hold off on buying until things settle down and prices come down. Well that might be a while and when is the last time you ever seen prices go back down??? I don't think they will, I believe they will just stop at the price where people slow down on buying and will just stay there. Yes in hind sight I wish I had stocked up before this but maybe these prices will look like a deal down the road looking back. After all unless you had a good supply before this craziness, eventually, if you like to shoot, it will have to be replaced some day.

Natchez is another place to look also.Good luck
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Re: WHER TO BUY SUPPLIES
« Reply #15 on: February 13, 2009, 01:08:41 PM »
thanks everbody and sorry about the caps
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