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richkrt99:
IMI 62gr FMJ BT with cannelure.
Got it from a guy in Hawaii who was selling a bunch of reload stuff to increase his honey bee business.
I bought them just for plinking really, but I lucked out....I was lookin at his stuff on GunBroker (this is way back when I first got the bench and could not find any materials), and I made an inquiry to him and he reached out and told me what he had and I bought a shit TON of stuff from him.

He paid for all the shipping - I asked how he could afford to ship it from HI and apparently the USPS honors their priority mail nationwide including HI, so he uses priority mail and the weight didn't matter.  I think the damn boxes weighed like 40-50 pounds each. I bought tons of stuff, and it was pretty cheap:
500 rounds IMI 62gr FMJ BT + 500pcs .223 brass $105  ($.21 for brass and bullet)
500 rounds IMI 62gr FMJ BT + 500pcs .223 brass $112  ($.22 each with brass and bullet)
(I bought the first two items on GB then during email contact he said he had a bunch of other stuff and I just bought the rest direct from him)
1000 rounds IMI 55gr + 1000pcs .223 brass $180 (.18 total for both brass and bullet)
1500 .45ACP 230gr + Brass $380  (.25 for brass and bullet)
1500 NEW 45 ACP Federal/Speer PRIMED brass for $315  (.21/pc each for primed new brass)  (I had totally forgotten about this till I looked at the list today - I've yet to even load my first .45ACP round.  I don't even shoot it much.  I don't know if it is small or large primer, but I'm guessing small, but the damn primers alone cost more than twice that now.
2000 cleaned 1x brass - 5.56 mixed stamp for .08 each (not processed, but very clean)
500 9mm brass + 124gr bullets, plus the 9mm DIES all for $150  ( I couldn't find 9mm dies anywhere)
Even bought 3000 9mm 1x Brass -(cleaned, not processed) for .04 each
2000 pcs .38 spcl NICKEL cases for $140... .07/each
I spent over $1600 with the guy, but he basically inventoried my entire reloading setup.
Dude even sent me two quart sized jars of his fresh Hawaii Honey.  It was definitely different than our local stuff...a bit darker in color.  Not a big honey guy myself (No..not the whiskey, the regular honey), but my wife uses it in her tea, etc.  Gave one to a girl in the office who was big honey freak, and we'd never go through a full quart of it.

Anyway, that was EARLY in my reloading world, but I got a bunch of stuff from the guy.  I only know the pricing cause I started a spreadsheet at a time to track what everything was costing me to produce finished rounds. (don't want to look at the SUM column)

BY the way - if you ever get tired of sizing/processing your brass....I've used this guy for both processing some of mine as well as purchased some processed once fired brass.
He occasionally has some oddball stuff like 6.5CM and such.  I bought some 5.56 and even some 7.62x39 last year, and have had him process my 5.56 one time (about 1200 rounds)  He's down by Roanoke somewheres.


https://blueridgebrass.com/
Anyway, nothing like a very long winded explanation to your simple question.  :wackysmile:


I do have some 69gr and 77gr bullets too - just haven't loaded any yet.

alta:
I’ve got a program for inventory. It tracks guns/serial numbers, safes, ammo, powder, brass, primers, presses, anything you want enter. I got it just to keep a record of serial numbers, but have added more stuff over the years. One day I was playing around with it, and there was this button that said “report”. So i pressed it. It was summary of everything I entered, with a big column for cost. Boy oh boy, I wish I hadn’t seen that. Mind you that’s cumulative over many years, but still.

richkrt99:
What kind of program?  I'd be interested in seeing it.

I basically just started one spreadsheet, then it turned into multiple pages/tabs...


Inventory - list of guns & serial numbers, and where stored  (I don't have as many safes as you so this one is pretty simple)
Builds - list of my builds with all the parts used:  Part / manufacturer /, Supplier /  Cost, and and all the extra spare parts inventory
Powders - this was early on when looking for stuff and it's mostly been superseded by the Supplies sheet
Reload Supplies - list of everything:  bullets / shells / primers /  cost / where purchased / date purchased / recaptured brass / total reloads / loads fired  (this one is very extensive and the $total is shocking like you said.
Reloads - list of all my reloads/formulas, notes, etc  (also have a separate hand written load log, but the spreadsheet is easier to see everything)
Ammo - separate sheets for factory ammo and all my hand loaded inventory.
Bench - list of everything I was looking for and have purchased / reload press / press parts / dies / meters / scales / prep tools / basically everything to do with the reloading process.

I started this mess originally to track stuff I needed for the reload bench (dies & such) to keep it straight what I had bought, and what I still needed/wanted, but then I added the gun inventory, then the reload stuff and on an on ....

alta:
It’s an app called Gun Log, got it maybe 8-9 years ago. It seems secure, and I can print out stuff from it provided I have a printer that communicates with my ipad.

Mickstix:
So I went to the range last month. 1st time in a few years. Fucking 9mm slide bit me. Never had that happen before. And Im on blood thinners, so that little nick bled like I'd lost an entire digit.  :raised-eyebrow:  Something I'd never though about adding to a range bag. (medical supplies) The range hooked me up though. So, I bandaged it up and left in shame.  :-( :snicker:

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