What reloading components have you overbought?

FROGO207 said:
Well components and commercial ammo are easily sold if needed. I buy anything I find on sale that I might reasonably use.
Reloaded ammo on the other hand not so easy sold and for considerably less cash. I keep my inventory to a minimum level that I might want to shoot at the nrxt range trip or use the next hunt. I do however have literally buckets of clean processed brass for everything. Shoot some up, go home and get some processed brass and prime, charge, and seat bullets to replace what I used. Clean and process fired brass at a later date.
Being known as the local reloader it seems there is always someone that wants to buy some supplies from me if I do have any to spare. When I croak there will be a field day at my estate sale!
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^^^^^^^Truth here. Reloaded ammo is poison if trying to unload it on the market, while individual components are solid gold. I try to keep only enough loaded ammo on tap for my next range trip plus maybe 100 extra.
 
I’ve bought too many guns in different calibers. I’m sure there is someone out there who has more of a catalog than I do but I feel as if I have a small library of reloading dies compared to what I actually use. Of course, I purchased ”plenty“ of the corresponding components to go along with the dies/weapons. I have more .308 caliber bullets than I will ever use in a practical sense but, dang it, I won’t runout. Same with .270, .303, .323, .35, .452, .357, .400, and so on, and so on, and so on…….
Today, I’ve been contemplating getting rid of them all and starting over with one .30 caliber rifle, a .22, and a hand gun.
Naturally, I can come up with endless reasons why I can’t get rid of XYZ. When you figure all of the reloading components, I am trapped by the potential financial loss of selling my components and powder, which is yet another reason not to sell.

So, to stay the course is the current plan. Let my legacy figure it out, but maybe I’ll do them a favor a not buy any more guns In obscure calibers.
Does .450 Bushmaster really have a future? Lol
 
I don’t have any problems regarding components or reloaded ammo. I have 2 sons that are deep into firearms and handloading. They have been shooting my hand loads for 30+ years now, I doubt they’ll quit after the lunch after the funeral.
I shudder to think of how many different powders we have between the three of us.
 
Components (except powder), don’t go bad, and if I get hit by a beer truck, my kids would gladly take them. They also don’t generally get cheaper unless you can catch a sale, which is the best time to buy them. Of course it’s been extra challenging the last decade.
 
Shivahasagun said:
What reloading components have you over bought that likely nobody else wants?
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No such thing. There are people out there that will buy rocks as "pets".

If you can't sell components, you're not trying very hard or are asking too much because you bought them at high prices during the panic and don't want to take the hit, now that prices have subsided and priced the items over current market value.
 
Walkalong said:
if I get hit by a beer truck, my kids would gladly take them.
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I wish my son had an interest in shooting and reloading, but he grew up and lives in Ireland, so no guns with only a very few exceptions. He came to visit when he was sixteen, and I showed him how to reload, and even had him reload a few. As I recall, he loaded 17 rounds and had enough. Took him shooting later in his visit, and even though he enjoyed it he said he had no interest.

So any excess I have can be dealt with after I start my dirt nap. I'm sure somebody will want it, but I doubt it will be any of my family members.

I need to buy some more 45acp swc's, only have a couple hundred left.

chris
 
Rimfire McNutjob said:
There are a few things I grab whether I need them now or not ... 348 WCF brass & bullets.
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I used to think that way about the .348, too... but now I have everything I'm likely to need. But, it just proves the general point of so many here... you used to be able to go buy a box of Hornady .348WCF JSP's... but now Hornady discontinued them... so what you have is what you got.



The only thing that tempers my reload component purchases is the potential of having to move all of it in a few years... otherwise, game on. As the last 3 shortages have proven, you can never have enough.
 
Charlie98 said:
I used to think that way about the .348, too... but now I have everything I'm likely to need. But, it just proves the general point of so many here... you used to be able to go buy a box of Hornady .348WCF JSP's... but now Hornady discontinued them... so what you have is what you got.



The only thing that tempers my reload component purchases is the potential of having to move all of it in a few years... otherwise, game on. As the last 3 shortages have proven, you can never have enough.
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Yeah, the Barnes Originals in 220 and 250gr have shown back up at Midway ... I grabbed some. I also got some of the Fury 220's to try out. It's not totally bleak for the 348 yet.
 
I don't like to discuss quantities on public forums but I don't think I have anything that nobody would want. I do have components for a few calibers that some people don't have that would probably be slow to sell! 38 Super, 41 Magnum, 45 Auto Rim, 222 Remington, 257 Roberts, 308 Norma Mag, 45-70, to name a few. I keep a pretty good stock of brass and bullets for these.

I got caught short in a panic shortage several years ago when I was young and broke and vowed to not ever let it happen again. My rule is to have 2 Presidential cycles in reserve and to replace what I shoot as I go.

I cast for all of my pistol calibers and have enough lead to see me through to the "other" side. I have enough cast bullets in reserve to load all of the brass that I have and I cast more as I use whats in stock.

Charlie, I moved 1-1/2 years ago. It wasn't fun! Or easy! Probably 10,000# of lead, 2 election cycles of components, ect!
 
Charlie98 said:
I used to think that way about the .348, too... but now I have everything I'm likely to need. But, it just proves the general point of so many here... you used to be able to go buy a box of Hornady .348WCF JSP's... but now Hornady discontinued them... so what you have is what you got.



The only thing that tempers my reload component purchases is the potential of having to move all of it in a few years... otherwise, game on. As the last 3 shortages have proven, you can never have enough.
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Moving isn't bad unless you horde lead for bullet casting then it's a nightmare. I had some when I moved, a few hundred pounds, but some guys have enough to sink an aircraft carrier.
 
Varminterror said:
So I have a bunch of jugs of powder that I bought….that I just don't shoot, and a handful of boxes of bullets in various calibers. So I guess I've over-bought a lot of different powders and bullets I don't need or want..
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Same here. The byproducts of experiments that didn’t pan out.

I also have a quantity of ball powders and bullets that worked fine for range blaster ammo in semi-auto rifles but once I started circling the accuracy drain these rifles and components started collecting dust.

I try to use my untouched components when I develop hunting loads, otherwise they’ll be there for a nickel at my estate sale ;)
 
lightman said:
Charlie, I moved 1-1/2 years ago. It wasn't fun! Or easy! Probably 10,000# of lead, 2 election cycles of components, ect!
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I switched my reloading emphasis some years ago... instead of loading 1000rd lots I've moved to just loading smaller lots. It seems like it would be easier to just move components, rather than a bunch of loaded ammos. Further, when I go to the Big Casino in the Sky, I'd rather my survivors have to dispose of components, which should be fairly easy, rather than trying to get rid of a bunch of loaded ammos.
 
H335 and .223 bullets. When I got a combo that worked I bought a crap ton of componants mostly because if shortages that were going on at the time. :) I did not shoot 223 as much as I thought I would. I stumbled into a deal with some Hornady 62gr factory ammo and got about 1500 rounds "free". I'd like to load heavier bullets and play around a little with other componants but I have so much on hand already :)

-Jeff
 
Bartojc said:
H335 and .223 bullets. When I got a combo that worked I bought a crap ton of componants mostly because if shortages that were going on at the time. :) I did not shoot 223 as much as I thought I would. I stumbled into a deal with some Hornady 62gr factory ammo and got about 1500 rounds "free". I'd like to load heavier bullets and play around a little with other componants but I have so much on hand already :)

-Jeff
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I'm in that boat with you. I bought a ton of .223 bullets and H335 because I used to shoot my 5.56 AR's a ton, then I went and bought a 6.5 Grendel upper and now that is what I shoot by far the most. I wish I could get the accuracy I want with the H335 in the Grendel, but I can't. Believe me it wasn't for lack of trying!
 
Bartojc said:
H335 and .223 bullets. When I got a combo that worked I bought a crap ton of componants mostly because if shortages that were going on at the time. :) I did not shoot 223 as much as I thought I would. I stumbled into a deal with some Hornady 62gr factory ammo and got about 1500 rounds "free". I'd like to load heavier bullets and play around a little with other componants but I have so much on hand already :)

-Jeff
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Probably the easiest things in the world to resell and get your investment back. Who doesn't shoot 223....
 
Charlie98 said:
I switched my reloading emphasis some years ago... instead of loading 1000rd lots I've moved to just loading smaller lots. It seems like it would be easier to just move components, rather than a bunch of loaded ammos. Further, when I go to the Big Casino in the Sky, I'd rather my survivors have to dispose of components, which should be fairly easy, rather than trying to get rid of a bunch of loaded ammos.
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Like you, I got caught short during the Obama years and had to wait for the Trump years to restock. I vowed never to be caught short again. However, I no longer load 1k lots as I found the pandemic stopped me from shooting due to the shutdown of local ranges. So I now load just enough for a month or two and keep a good inventory of reloading components on hand. I figure reloading components will hold their value over time.
 
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