.45ACP: Ouch...

You really shouldn't be nervous about reloading. It's surprisingly easy, a lot of fun, and will save you a ton of money.

I got into it when I picked up my M-14's; if you think .45 ACP is expensive, try .308 Win. Bought a couple of books, a Lee Turret kit from Higginson's Powders, and went to town. The first batch of handloads I made shot 40% tighter than Winchester silver box. I recently picked up a set of .45 ACP dies and worked up a load for my 1911. It was fun and easy.
 
rdelliott said:
You really shouldn't be nervous about reloading. It's surprisingly easy, a lot of fun, and will save you a ton of money.
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I agree you shouldn't be nervous about it and it is fun & relatively easy.

Not convinced on the "save a ton of money" part. What you will actually do is shoot a heck of a lot more for the same money you would've spent on factory ammo.

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NAA.
 
NAA said:
I agree you shouldn't be nervous about it and it is fun & relatively easy.

Not convinced on the "save a ton of money" part. What you will actually do is shoot a heck of a lot more for the same money you would've spent on factory ammo.

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NAA.
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I found that to be the case. You don't save any money. You just shoot more.:ar15:
 
I agree that you shouldn't be afraid of reloading. You can set yourself up relatively cheap. Heck, I think they even sell "kits" that have almost everything you want in it. A single stage press, a powder thrower, a weigh scale, some dies and you're pretty much set. Err, maybe a tumbler too. The press and powder thrower can be set up in an area about the size of supper place mat. Like maybe on a "work-mate" bench you can fold up and store. The pamphlet instructions that will probably be in the die-set is good enough to get you going. The powder manufacturers have loads online. But I get that if you're in an apartment or condo, "you may not be there yet".

Another alternative, though you won't have the fun of big holes, is to buy a .22 conversion kit. A steep upfront investment, but you shoot cheapo .22 ammo after, and you develop good habits (hopefully) with all the extra trigger time.
 
aridan said:
I just got my 1st 1911 in .45, and finally got to try it out today. Now, I never bought the .45ACP before, but paying $30+tax for a box of 50 at my club will make me go broke quick...

Can anyone recommend a place around GTA that may save me a few bucks? I know a guy in Waterloo who sells 1000 for $450, or going to Lanz/Silverdale where a box is $25, but isn't there anything closer?

Please don't suggest reloading, I'm not there yet... TIA.
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Ouch!

Yeah, I would never be buying ammo to shoot at the range like that.
Honestly, Reloading is your only real option.

I know you didn't want to hear that, but, you should look into it... it's actually easy for pistol. The money you save is amazing (compared to new).
 
newshot said:
I have been nervous to begin reloading but that machine looks interesting...how do you prepare a used cartridge for reloading to put in the machine?
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For handgun shooting unless the residue in the case is really crusty I just put it into the press and reload. For the crusty ones I was tumbling them but now I wash them in an ultrasonic cleaner. In the end it turned out to be both faster and more thorough than tumbling in corn cob media with a polishing compound added. But generally there's no need to clean hand gun ammo if it only looks a little stained and doesn't have any crustyness inside.

For general hand gun rounds I haven't found that I need to clean the primer pocket. This may change later but so far I've only reloaded the brass the one time. If I was doing some sort of super precision match ammo for the long range PPC stage or similar bullseye work then that would be different.
 
well I just went through a case of .9mm wolf and found that most of the casings they used are nickel (there was 2 boxes of brass) and I am now on my 3rd round of reloading the cases. There has been the occasional cracked nickel casing (5 so far out of 1000) but thats why you inspect your casings before you use em. I'm not sure how many times you can load nickel cases though, some say don't do it at all and others say 5 or untill the casing looks stressed or shows a defect. but i guess we will find out, ive got some brass that is coming up on the 10th reload and still look fine.
 
I would love to try it out. I am in Toronto and have been gathering 45 brass. Now, just trying to get bullet and powder I guess. Can anybody help me out?
 
I've been thinking about buying a 45' and start reloading and was hesitant because of my lack of knowledge. This thread is giving me a little more confidence. Aridan we can learn together!:)
 
I have 45ACP down to about 10 cents a round. It has started to creep up though with the price of bullets going up. But when i buy Primers i buy 5 000, powder, the bigger the keg the better (last time was 8lbs, should last a year and half, i thought i ordered the 4lbs one) And Bullets i use Round nose flat point in my 1911's.
 
Since Obamanator everything has gone up in price.
Last year i paid
Federal primers $30 per K
1 lbs powder $30
1K fmj bullets for .45 $130
What's the cost now?
 
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