I just ordered 1000 rounds of wolf 7.62x39 for my SKS

[mrmeval]

I am considering reloading, this is 7.62x38 with new components.

1000 rounds of 7.62 using new components.
brass 258.99
bullets 124.99
powder 56.97
primer 43.98

$484.93

I did not add in shipping or the hazmat fee on the powder.

That's just nuts. I can buy commercial with good brass and match or beat that and still have the brass left over.

 

[rbernie]

Here's my experiences with reloading 7.62x39:

• 1000 once fired large primer cases, local - $110 + tax
• 1000 Hornady 123gr SP, MidwayUSA - $141.99 + shipping
• 3lbs H4198 or AA1680, local - $56.00 + tax
• 1000 CCI 200 Primers, local - $21.95 + tax

Total cost for first 1000 rounds - $330.00 + tax or shipping. Next 10,000 rounds (reloading cases ten times) - $220.00 per thousand. And this is your cost for accurate, reliable ammo with which you can both target practice and hunt. In fact, I just took a nice doe with this recipe late last week. Yum.

Please tell me where I can find reasonably priced reloadable brass and bullets for the 7.62x39

I get my brass either on eBay or local range pickup. Average price for once-fired Winchester or PMC brass is around $10 or $11 per hundred. Remington brass costs more because it uses small rifle primers and is harder to find.

I buy my powder at Sportsmans Warehouse (cheapest) or Bass pro Shops (almost as cheap). Most of my bullets come from MidwayUSA or are locally bought from Sportsmans Warehouse.

I actually get stellar life from the commercial brass cases; reloading each more than twenty times is not unusual. The round doesn't run exceptionally high pressures, so the brass tends to last a really good long time.

The only issue with reloading is you'll suddenly find yourself chasing your fired brass all over the range instead of leaving them lay whetever they fell.

 

[Glockfan.45]

Total cost for first 1000 rounds - $330.00

Jesus you could buy 2500 rounds of Wolf for that.

 

[rbernie]

Naw - that's only buy 2000-2500 rounds (shipped) these days, and Wolf is not be nearly as accurate or clean as reloads. And it's probably better to use the $220/1000 number to compare costs, since you'll get ten or more reloads out of the up-front investment in brass.

I use Wolf for CQB stuff, where accuracy doesn't really matter. But for > 100yd work, I'm willing to pay a bit of a premium ($220/1000 vs $150/1000) for accuracy.

 

[Gewehr98]

Sitting on about 16 pounds of AA1680 right now...

About 5,000 pieces of reloadable 7.62x39 brass, and several thousand IMI 123gr .312" bullets. (Check Wideners and the like, they get bulk specials in from time to time) The increase in accuracy over surplus and clean burning ammo is a nice benefit.

Golden West Brass makes a nice 124gr AK bullet, that sells for $120/2000. They work quite nicely in my SLR-95 and SAR-1:

http://www.goldenwestbrass.com/GoldenWest/GoldenWestWEB/BULLETS.htm

Of course, I was a rangemaster for about 10 years, so brass was really cheap.

That's the first time I've ever heard of anybody getting scared of dinged brass. The resizing die will take care of that "D" shaped case mouth, no problem.

I have a neat firing range brass catcher that's basically a mosquito net which sits off the right and front of my AK variants.

There's more than one way to skin a cat.