Long time, no blog....

I know that if I had regular attendance on here, people would be pissed that I never post anymore. the facts of the matter are that I am unable to due to work, work, and more work. Soon to come, hopefully, will be more posts. About anything and everything. If you are a reader still out there, please don't give up.

Ammo Prices Only Raising!

Man! Ammo prices have been just going up with no relief in sight. This has really hurt. Meaning that picking up rounds right now is just not economical. I have lucked out recently with some people selling their reloads to me for a discounted rate. I just picked up 2,000 rounds of .223 REM for a little over $500. Before that, I picked up roughly 450 rounds of .308 WIN for $160. With my department that I work for, we too are seeing issues with the price of ammo since they want to move towards lead-free ammo. Its a great idea, but right now, expensive. Hopefully I will be able to reload all of the spent casings and save some money, but it is still getting more expensive. More to come....

UPDATE!!!

So the long awaited day for my Springfield Armory 1911-A1 has finally come. At 11:00AM, I became the proud owner of a Loaded model. This is what I received:

(1) Springfield Armory 1911-A1 Loaded Model
(1) 8 round Kimber magazine
(2) 8 round Wilson Combat magazines
(2) 7 round Colt magazines
(1) 7 round "unknown" magazine
(1) Blackhawk CQC paddle Holster

This, again, was for trading my Sig Sauer P220R with magazines.

Thanks Kevin, it was truly appreciated!!!

On another note, teh FFL transfer from state lines is a little tedious, but not painful.

Lucking Out!

So I totally lucked out by Outdoors Trader, I found someone who wants to trade my LE model Sig Sauer P220R for his Springfield Armory 1911-A1 Loaded.


Sig Sauer P220R LE Model in .45ACP










Springfield Armory 1911-A1 Loaded


More to come after the deal.....

Gotta love this site!

So, who doesnt love craigslist? not many can say that they hate the social/ free site. SYou can find a lot on there for cheap, especially electronics, camping gear and even dating for those that do that. The one thing that they do not do is sell firearms and they are getting to make it hard to sell accessories, reloading gear, and or ammunition.

So here is where the story gets better. While on CL looking for stuff, I came across an Ad discussing the site Outdoors Trader. This site provides access to free ads of people wanting to get rid of their firearms, reloading gear, ammo , and more. It also provides information like something I never knew. If you want to sell private party with someone who is not of your state of residence, you have to go through FFL dealers to do so? If you do not and fill out a bill of sale, it is considered illegal by the ATF.

New Purchase!

So after buying the reloading gear an getting the .38 SPC / 357 Mag. die set with it, it made me think that I might want to get a small carry version of a .357 Mag. So I did. I did a little research and found a nice small, affordable revolver. Its the Taurus 605 .357 Magnum revolver. Its been a good little gun and its nice for when I go hiking. I can carry two different rounds in it. The firearm is solid and from all of the reports is very dependable.

Adding more to the reloading library

So I have been reading avidly about reloading and I also picked up some new die sets. I picked up a carbide die set in .45 ACP and .40 S&W and a normal set in .357 SIG/9mm.

More to come.

My New Endeavor

So before I get into what the new endeavor is, I have to say that I am very pleased with this new site I ran into, Outdoors Trader. It was here that I found my new gear to start my new endeavor, reloading.

So, this is what I got for a steal....

(1)RCBS Rock Chucker II press
(2)Herters press
(3)Herters scale balance type
(4)Heaters powder measure
(5)RCBS primer pocket tool
(6) 2 RCBS deburring tools
(7) 1 RCBS hand priming tool
(8) 2 case lube pads
(9) 11 shell holders
(10) 1000 large rifle mag. primers
(11) 500 large rifle primers
(12) 200 small pistol primers
(13) 300 small rifle primers
(14) RCBS die sets for .38/.357; .243; .223; & 300 win. mag.
(15) 200 180gr 30 cal. bullets
(16) 100 220gr 30 cal. bullets
(17) 500 .38/.357 bullets
(18) 200 100gr 243 bullets
(19) 150 .38 spec. brass ready for reload
(20) 80 300 mag brass
(21) 20 .243 brass
(22) 3.5 lbs. IMR 4350 powder
(23) 1.5 lbs. IMR 3031 powder
(24) 1 lb. UNIQUE powder
(25) 1 lb. Hodgdon h-870 powder
(26) 1 lb. Accurate 2230 powder
(27) 1 13th issue of Speer reloading manual
(28) odds and ends brass, funnels, lube , tools etc.

This, if all bought now on its own, would be close to $1,000, but I got it all for $400. All I am needing now is a tumbler to clean the brass and I am set. I have an additional .308 die that I bought for my friend to reload for me that I got back. With having 2 presses, I will be able to re-size in one and seat bullets in the other. I am looking forward to this :)

More to come....

Wow.....I am kind of shocked and amazed...

Well, i am back! I was at a Wedding 4 hours North of my location and man was that a great area. Anyway.... I got on the web to check on my emails and see what may be new out there and this is what I found:

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This is amazing to see.

So I started a Flickr group called the Shooting Enthusiasts. Feel free to join when you get the opportunity.

http://www.flickr.com/groups/shootingenthusiasts__/