Price check, Federal .223 ammo with 77gr Sierra Matchking BTHP

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MartyK2500

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Hey, last week i found a box of these, very expensive at 33$+tx for 20.
I tried them at 100yds with my 20inch national match rifle (1:8 twist) and all i have to say if, WOW
I never had such good accuracy with my setup so far, bullet holes we're touching once i figured how to adjust my ACOG (i was thinking 1 click = 1/4'' but it'S actually 1/2'')
I went to buy another box today, and the salesman/owner told me that by tomorow pm, i will have a quote for 500 rounds and one for a 1000 rounds.

Who else online sells these? I do not want to overpay, i usually am on par with pricing as online retailers always have a comparison available. Right now i feel like i have nothing to compare the price i will be given with.
 
For the price of 10 boxes you could set yourself up with a reloading press. For the price of 25 boxes (500 rounds) you could have a very nice press, components (brass, bullets and primers), scales and all the goodies to load your own match quality rounds.
 
I currently own a dillon 550B and reload 300/400 9mm rounds per week for IpSC, i was always under the impression
that rifle brass prep was a huge deal. And that match loads are not meant for progressive presses. Am i wrong?
 
MartyK2500 said:
I currently own a dillon 550B and reload 300/400 9mm rounds per week for IpSC, i was always under the impression
that rifle brass prep was a huge deal. And that match loads are not meant for progressive presses. Am i wrong?
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I have seen some very accurate rifle ammo come off of a Dillon press, you should get a die set for your's. FS
 
I ended up selling my Dillon 550 because it would not throw powder accurately enough with the powder I was using (Varget) to make match loads for my .308. So it ended up that I was using the 550 as a single stage press. I believe the Dillon will meter ball powder much better than extruded powder.
 
The purpose of my 550 is to spit out 9mm out fast and reliably.
Everyone around me says single stage is the best for match rifle, and some of you are confirming this right now.
 
MartyK2500 said:
The purpose of my 550 is to spit out 9mm out fast and reliably.
Everyone around me says single stage is the best for match rifle, and some of you are confirming this right now.
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No powder measure will work that well with the extruded powders, certainly not well enough for match loads in .223. You can use your 550 as a single stage press and weigh powder charges separately and it will work fine or you can invest a bit in a single stage press and have a dedicated rifle setup to go with your pistol setup. If I were you I would buy a Lee Classic Cast press for $100 and load your match ammo on it. You should already have everything else you need and you will need a set of .223 dies regardless of what press you use. A hand primer is also a nice tool have if you don't like priming on the press and they are not expensive. If you want the cadillac setup, buy an RCBS Chargemaster combo for the fastest way to throw weighed charges every time. The press, dies and hand priming tool will be around $200, maybe a bit more if you buy expensive dies and the Chargemaster is ~$300 shipped if you buy from one of the low price dealers in the US.


Mark
 
I will check into this, winter project.
My Dillon setup came around 1600-1700$ once you include dies, press, scale etc... I was somehow expecting to cost this for another setup for rifle, and was holding me back. Since i only shoot a string of 30-40 rounds, every 2-3 weeks on rifle.
But at prices you are mentionning, i think you will get me spending after christmas, gotta keep some money for giving stuff this commercially pushed holiday
 
MartyK2500 said:
I will check into this, winter project.
My Dillon setup came around 1600-1700$ once you include dies, press, scale etc... I was somehow expecting to cost this for another setup for rifle, and was holding me back. Since i only shoot a string of 30-40 rounds, every 2-3 weeks on rifle.
But at prices you are mentionning, i think you will get me spending after christmas, gotta keep some money for giving stuff this commercially pushed holiday
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Yeah, a single stage press is a very cheap investment, the hand priming tool is also cheap and dies are dies. I may be lowballing the cost of the Chargemaster combo a bit, it has been a while since I looked at them. I have seen people still getting them for well under $400 shipped, though, so it shouldn't be any more than that and there are no problems shipping reloading equipment out of the US.

Just for comparison, I loaded 30 rounds of .223 for some load development yesterday in a bit over an hour starting with clean but unsized brass and I wasn't hurrying. I use a Lee Classic Turret press, but was operating it as a single stage and used the Chargemaster to throw powder.


Mark
 
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