What's a good source for .308 surplus FMJ by the case?

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I've gone through alot of the ad's up top, but for the computer inept (me) leaves me asking for help from thr guru's, (you). In the adveritisers websites, I see links to various manufacturers, but I'm not having luck finding prices. (The exception is Marstar and Norinco ammo, but their out of stock.)

I'd like to find a price for a case of FMJ .308. This whole game is new to me, and I don't know who's a good manufacturer to look for. Thanks.
 
Here you go Pharaoh2,

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WSS $179/200 Remington UMC.

Why not get a progressive press and roll your own?

Cost:
147gr FMJ - $159.90/1000
IMR 3031 - $161 /7lbs
Primers - $28.99/1000

Charge ~43.0gr

Cost, not including brass (it depends on how many times you reload):

$333.46 / 1000 rounds.

If you add $21.99/100 for new brass, and reload each one 6x, which you should be able to do quite easily, the cost jumps to:

$370.12 / 1000 rounds
 
Gunner said:
And how much for all that equipments ... ?
How long does it takes to do 1000 rounds ... ?
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The answer to both questions is: it depends. Do you buy it new, used and which model.

For example a Dillon 550B will do between 500 and 600 rounds per hour.

A Hornady Lock-n-Load runs about $500-600 new. You can load about 400 rounds per hour with it and I have only heard good things about them.

If you shoot lots I think a progressive is the only way to go.
 
Unless you have tried a box in your rifle, don't buy in bulk. You have to try a box of as many brands as you can to find the ammo your rifle shoots best. With milsurp ammo, the supplies are extremely limited, so you may not be able to get more of the same ammo. Reloading makes this go away.
Mind you, a Dillon press, alone, will run you about $1,000Cdn, new. Look into an RCBS Beginner's Kit. It's not a progressive, but learning on a progressive isn't the best idea. It does give you everything you need less dies and a shell holder. And components, of course. You'll still have to work up a load from the manual. You can't just pick one and expect instant accuracy.
 
Fassteel said:
Start to finish? is this after you have lubed and sized all of your brass? FS
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When I say start to finish I mean you got a bucket of brass... you pick out you cases 120 deprime, prime, drop a charge, seat a bullet...

I use the lee anniversary kit with quick change bushings... RCBS electronic powder dispenser and scale... forester case trimmer, hand lube all the cases with hornady unique lube but stoped doing that when I switched to collet dies which require no lube. I used the lee hand priming too which is very fast.

I see no need to switch to a progressive... ever once and a while I go crank out 100 or so 223 and 308 FMJ... spend an afternoon make up about 500 then every weekend make 100 or so I have yet to run out I am actually starting to stock pile some ammo now. My average range trip is once a week fireing 100 223 and 50 308... I take a bit more care when loading A-Max or match bullets normally work on 20 at a time...

Regardless my ammo far exceeds anything you can buy in the stores for any money... mainly to the fact that the powder is measured using the RCBS electronic measuring that makes more exact charges then anything in a mass production factory.

Main thing is when someone asks how long to reload 1000 rounds well... you need to find out how many you will use in a given period... if you want to load 1000 rounds in one hour you will spend alot of money on reloading equipment to do that. Its poissible but if you only shoot 1000 rounds a year well that isn't finacially smart to spend 2000 dollars on reloading machine... now if you shoot 1000 rounds a week or a month it might pay off...

If you shoot 1000 rounds per year your probally better off just buying surplus ammo because a case of that stuff is going to cost about the same as a good reloading setup anyways...
 
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