Cheapest store for Reloading supplies/Where do you get yours?
- Thread starter kolkim
- Start date
I have one gun store locally. I've spent alot of money there so far, mainly for the convenience and their very competitive pricing and they also teach me alot. I'm not sure if they sell reloading supplies but I will ask tomorrow.
Polish-Jack
CGN Regular
- Location
- Kelowna, B.C. Canada
Budget Shooter Supply is the best in my books IF they have what you need in stock. Otherwise I place an order with my local gun shop and hope it gets here in the next three months....
kokim, I'm going to give you a little bit of advice, gained from experience.
Firstly, depending on where you live, most CT and WM stores do not carry reloading supplies.
Secondly, the mail order places are not cheaper to purchase from than your local gun shop. By the time you pay the taxes and shipping from the online store, the prices at your local shop are not only comparable but sometimes cheaper by the time you get them home.
Sadly, many gun shop owners carry a very meagre supply of components. They would rather sell loaded ammunition as there is a better mark up for them. Also, many of those same gun shop owners know little or nothing about reloading.
Some of the best and cheapest suppliers are in the banner advertizers on the header board.
Tradex, Budget Shooter Supply, P&D Enerprises, SFRC and a couple of others.
Do some research on your own. All you will get from most here are opinions about their favorite stores.
Take an hour and browse the advertizers on the headers and what they offer. It will be an hour well spent. Then, figure out the full costs, including taxes and shipping and compare it with your local gun shop. You will be surprised at how close and even sometimes cheaper they are. Especially if you purchase in bulk.
If your budget only permits you to to purchase one box of bullets, primers, cases, powder at a time, you are way better off to purchase locally.
Firstly, depending on where you live, most CT and WM stores do not carry reloading supplies.
Secondly, the mail order places are not cheaper to purchase from than your local gun shop. By the time you pay the taxes and shipping from the online store, the prices at your local shop are not only comparable but sometimes cheaper by the time you get them home.
Sadly, many gun shop owners carry a very meagre supply of components. They would rather sell loaded ammunition as there is a better mark up for them. Also, many of those same gun shop owners know little or nothing about reloading.
Some of the best and cheapest suppliers are in the banner advertizers on the header board.
Tradex, Budget Shooter Supply, P&D Enerprises, SFRC and a couple of others.
Do some research on your own. All you will get from most here are opinions about their favorite stores.
Take an hour and browse the advertizers on the headers and what they offer. It will be an hour well spent. Then, figure out the full costs, including taxes and shipping and compare it with your local gun shop. You will be surprised at how close and even sometimes cheaper they are. Especially if you purchase in bulk.
If your budget only permits you to to purchase one box of bullets, primers, cases, powder at a time, you are way better off to purchase locally.
I agree, that's why I was surprised to see that the CTC in Timmins, carried rifle projectiles, along with pistol ammo(9mm, 38/357, 40S&W, 45ACP).
drive to CR and go to Grandlunds. All you have in the valley is overpriced, and fug all for supply.(Tyee Marine) is the only one i think in Courtenay that sells reloading stuff. Grandlunds has most of anything you will need. What are you looking for?
all so what type of equipment your usiing to relaod i could help if yuour a lee guy higginson is the spot friendly and deserve the buisness the banners on the top will help but just go to goodgle and look for gun shops in alberta and bc and shoot them an email asking what they may carry in terms of componets for reloading
Avalonthas
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Toronto ON
There isn't really a one stop shop in Canada for reloading yet until perhaps Midway enters the market. But you will find some sponsors have most to cover you such as Budget Shooter Supply, P&D, etc
Where could I buy in bulk?
I will definitely check Grandlunds. Bullets, primers, and powder.
I just bought a Lee Classic Turret for .270 Win. I will check out higginson as well.
Any local store will bring in whatever you are looking for in quantity. Say 500-1000 bullets and primers plus enough powder to load them for a start. For some, that is a day of shooting with a pistol/SKS/CZ858 etc.
I usually buy primers by the 5000 box. I like to do that because they are all from the same lot and I don't have to work up new loads with a different brand of primers. Same goes for powder. I like the 8 pound tubs for the same reason. When I buy bullets, I will usually order 1000 all sealed in the same plastic wrapper with the same lot number. It all depends on how much you shoot. It also depends on what you shoot.
The bulk ammo from some of the banner suppliers is as cheap as you can usually load it for. That doesn't mean it will shoot well in your particular firearm though. You will just have to take your chances. Canada Ammo, close to you on the mainland, offers free shipping over $100 but you still have to pay the tax. Same goes for some of the other banner advertizers.
Right now, you may have some difficulty finding what you are looking for at a decent price. Some components are almost impossible to get because of the shortages and hoarding in the US.
If you're very penny concious, check out the banner advertizers. Higginson's was mentioned but they aren't a banner advertizer and don't even advertize in the EE.
Not that they need to. The advertize in the Access to Firearms paper.
The only really "local" store available to me does not sell reloading supplies. If i want to drive for an hour, then the options open up a little. I might be able to find a pound of Unique or Pyrodex, which I don't use. Powder also runs the heavier side of $40/lb here. Primers the same per 1000.
I've started using cast bullets and Red Dot that I can get at the skeet club for $24/lb. I now use Red Dot for everything....308, 303, 7.62x54r, 12g, 38SPL, etc, etc...
I've started using cast bullets and Red Dot that I can get at the skeet club for $24/lb. I now use Red Dot for everything....308, 303, 7.62x54r, 12g, 38SPL, etc, etc...
I've ordered from Budget a few times and they are fantastic. Here's a tip for you. Calculate what product or components you need and how much. Figure out what the costs would be getting the stuff locally tax and all. Then check out Budget. On our last order, my brother and I consolidated our "wish" list and orderd a nice pile of goodies. Even with shipping, we not only paid less than we would have locally (given the quantity that we bought), but we got items that were not available from LeBaron's or Bass Pro.
