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Do you load more than 100 rounds a month? HELP
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<blockquote data-quote="Grumulkin" data-source="post: 1631809" data-attributes="member: 8239"><p>I load probably 35 different cartridges and certainly do load over 100 rounds a month. Even the "big" sporting goods place near where I live doesn't have some of the powders I use and it's a lot better than the Cabela's I visited recently. In my experience, some of the most versatile powders are:</p><p></p><p>Unique (44 Mag. cast bullet loads)</p><p>RL-15 (I uses it for 204 Ruger, 223 Remington, 375 H&H Magnum and it can be used for others)</p><p>Varget (I use it for 30/06)</p><p>H110 which is the same as Winchester 296 (500 S&W Mag. but good for many others)</p><p>H4831SC (300 Win. Mag. & 378 Weatherby)</p><p>RL-22 (25/06 & 7mm Rem. Mag.)</p><p>Titegroup (45 Colt)</p><p></p><p>I think you should probably decide on one brand name and then try to keep a fairly full lineup of that brand. The brand I would pick would be IMR or Hodgdon; probably the latter. Whatever brand you pick even if not Hodgdon, you should stock Varget as it's quite popular.</p><p></p><p>Vihta Vuori makes good powder but it's a niche product, it's expensive and hardly anyone uses it. Norma is even more obscure. Ramshot powders are economical but not many use them either and thus far none have been my go to powder for anything.</p><p></p><p>If you're going to stock powders, you'll also need to stock primers. Federal primers are quite popular but in the recent Obama scare, became almost impossible to get. CCI primers during that time were the most available around here and work well for me.</p><p></p><p>By the way, if you want to save on HAZMAT fees, you can order up to 48 lbs. of primers/powder. The 48 lbs. is the weight of the components and not the total weight of the box which will probably be at least 10 to 15 lbs. more than that. If you choose wisely and have a reasonably busy business, I doubt you'd have a lot of trouble selling 48 lbs. of components over several months. You could also poll you customers to find out what their preferred components were or even share HAZMAT fees with them if they wanted something special.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Grumulkin, post: 1631809, member: 8239"] I load probably 35 different cartridges and certainly do load over 100 rounds a month. Even the "big" sporting goods place near where I live doesn't have some of the powders I use and it's a lot better than the Cabela's I visited recently. In my experience, some of the most versatile powders are: Unique (44 Mag. cast bullet loads) RL-15 (I uses it for 204 Ruger, 223 Remington, 375 H&H Magnum and it can be used for others) Varget (I use it for 30/06) H110 which is the same as Winchester 296 (500 S&W Mag. but good for many others) H4831SC (300 Win. Mag. & 378 Weatherby) RL-22 (25/06 & 7mm Rem. Mag.) Titegroup (45 Colt) I think you should probably decide on one brand name and then try to keep a fairly full lineup of that brand. The brand I would pick would be IMR or Hodgdon; probably the latter. Whatever brand you pick even if not Hodgdon, you should stock Varget as it's quite popular. Vihta Vuori makes good powder but it's a niche product, it's expensive and hardly anyone uses it. Norma is even more obscure. Ramshot powders are economical but not many use them either and thus far none have been my go to powder for anything. If you're going to stock powders, you'll also need to stock primers. Federal primers are quite popular but in the recent Obama scare, became almost impossible to get. CCI primers during that time were the most available around here and work well for me. By the way, if you want to save on HAZMAT fees, you can order up to 48 lbs. of primers/powder. The 48 lbs. is the weight of the components and not the total weight of the box which will probably be at least 10 to 15 lbs. more than that. If you choose wisely and have a reasonably busy business, I doubt you'd have a lot of trouble selling 48 lbs. of components over several months. You could also poll you customers to find out what their preferred components were or even share HAZMAT fees with them if they wanted something special. [/QUOTE]
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