Thanks all

Just need to confirm paperwork is approved but offering pretty much ANYTHING to service the BMG may have just got a whole lot easier - no primers and powder.

The weak link ... PRIMERS. I believe Canada ammo can help you there. Once you secure that, the rest is just based on your wallet.

PM or email if looking for stuff.

Thanks

Jerry
 
Mystic Precision said:
Just need to confirm paperwork is approved but offering pretty much ANYTHING to service the BMG may have just got a whole lot easier - no primers and powder.

The weak link ... PRIMERS. I believe Canada ammo can help you there. Once you secure that, the rest is just based on your wallet.

PM or email if looking for stuff.

Thanks

Jerry
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We are sitting on several hundred thousand CCI#35s at the moment, so primers are not a problem.
Brass, powder and projectiles are also abundant, if you look in the right place.

OP at minimum buy either the Hornady or RCBS press with dies, it is the least expensive way to get into the 50 cal reloading game short of buying true garbage that will break in short order. Good kit retains its value should you decide to move on.
Any decent scale will suffice and can be used for loading any caliber. The only truly 50BMG specific parts will be dies, loading block, priming tool and case trimmer, everything else can be used on any caliber.
 
Not sure which brand Rick is referring to above, but I recently got a Lee Classic Cast 50.
Seems solid, and comes with press AND dies for a very affordable price.
I wasnt sure about Lee before, so I surfed a few US forums. Most guys that had it were satisfied.
I just finished sizing about 40 cases this afternoon. All good so far.
 
The Lee press works just fine for the 50 bmg and is all your really need if you want to save a few bucks. After that get yourself some Dominion Arm primers from Canada ammo and the rest you can find off the EE if your just wanting to shoot surplus ammo.

For Powder you'll probably have to get some from Higginson for your best deal.
 
Mystic Precision said:
Excellent Rick...

I see this becoming more popular again as supply smooths out.

Jerry
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Yeah, it seems that in the last couple of years 50 cal stuff in general has been more available. Just after 911 the DOS slammed the door on all 50 cal exports, but in the last 2 or 3 years I have not had 1 export license denied by DOS.
Maybe someone down south finally arrived at the fact that the perceived threat that 50s have really IS a myth.
 
tootall said:
Not sure which brand Rick is referring to above, but I recently got a Lee Classic Cast 50.
Seems solid, and comes with press AND dies for a very affordable price.
I wasnt sure about Lee before, so I surfed a few US forums. Most guys that had it were satisfied.
I just finished sizing about 40 cases this afternoon. All good so far.
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Actually it is. having had a few break on me over the years, Having had 2 press frames break on top of a multitude of handles breaking I don't think highly of Lee. Being smacked in the noggin by a broken press frame can do that to a fella. I suppose if someone only loads a few rounds per year rather than the many thousands I do, maybe they would last up better. I tend to forget that there are people who own 50s and do not shoot them often.
Even with the RCBS Ammomaster 50 press kits I have had the handle break 2 times, and have worn the rams sufficiently that they can be moved from side to side about .030" which is not what I think is conducive for building precise ammo with. With the wearing out a press every few years spurred me to now make our own press. 1 that I defy anyone to wear out or break in any way.
 
To OP i would talk with c-fbmi on 50. He reloads with a lee and doesnt like it to much from what i gathered from him. He has been reloading long enough to give you the best possible advice IMO.
 
Still early days for me, but one issue I have noticed with the Lee Classic 50 is that is could/should be taller.
As it is currently, there is not a lot of room to place the bullet upon the case. It has to be sort of snaked into place.

However, I consider it good starter kit for first timers.
Much like the new DA50 upper.
Most buyers will not try to challenge the 1000 yard world record right away.
Those few that REALLY get into 1000 Y competition will upgrade both rifle and press.
 
tootall said:
Still early days for me, but one issue I have noticed with the Lee Classic 50 is that is could/should be taller.
As it is currently, there is not a lot of room to place the bullet upon the case. It has to be sort of snaked into place.

However, I consider it good starter kit for first timers.
Much like the new DA50 upper.
Most buyers will not try to challenge the 1000 yard world record right away.
Those few that REALLY get into 1000 Y competition will upgrade both rifle and press.
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I certainly had no problem loading 50 BMG on my Lee Classic Cast and I even slipped a pipe over the handle for a bit extra leverage.
Now if anything should break a weaker press that should ?
My 50 is long gone thanks to having no place to use it, but the Lee press is still going strong right alongside an Ammomaster, another very good all-round press..
 
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