Reeder Custom Guns - Shooting in these days of shortages

During these times of short supply of primers and powder and bullets, I have been shooting smaller calibers and lighter loads. While not helping conserve primers, the powder and lead do go further than when shooting the larger calibers.

IF my math is correct ......

9mm 115 gr. bullets -Number of Shots Per Pound of Powder
Bullseye - 4.2 gr. ....................1666
700X ----- 4.0 gr. ...................1750
231 ------ 4.5 gr. ................... 1555
Unique --- 5.6 gr. ...................1250

.38 Special 160 gr. bullets
Bullseye - 3.0 gr. ................... 2333
700X ------3.2 gr. ................... 2187
231 -------3.8 gr. ................... 1842
Unique ----4.0 gr. ................... 1750

115 gr. bullets cast 60 to the pound.
160 gr. bullets cast 43 to the pound.

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for it's 115 gr. bullets. That's 2500 shots to the pound of Bullseye I bought special for it and .32 S&W Long. I figure 1200 bullets to a full RCBS melting pot batch of alloy. Last mess of brass I bought for .32-20 were already primed! Some guys are not looking at that, bonus!

I'd not relish the idea of reloading primers but it's nice to know it can be done in emergency. It would be worth it to enjoy and savor some target shooting. I bet it would take all evening to do 100 though, and a BIG magnifying glass for me.

I still think Manson needs to make a reamer to "make" small primer pockets into Large primer pockets in brass.

Shooting in these days of shortages

Yep my .32-20 uses 2.8 gr. Bullseye

Fortunately I have lots of trail boss

HAVE LOADED 6,000+ ROUNDS OF