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To: Blueflag

If you don’t already have pistol powder sitting on your shelf, you are probably out of luck. I’ve been trying to resupply for months, only a few bottles of rifle powder at the shops and no luck even at the gun show.

If you can find powder, for a short barreled light gun, you want a lighter bullet with faster burning powder.

For self defense rounds, buy ammo, don’t reload. To get proficient, load and shoot a lot. I’ve shot 10s of thousands of rounds, a good portion of them 185 grain cast bullets sitting on top of 5 grains of bullseye or Red Dot.


17 posted on 04/07/2014 6:33:11 PM PDT by dangerdoc
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To: dangerdoc

If you have one nearby, head to a gunshow. Get there early, the line for supplies is the longest you will see there.


18 posted on 04/07/2014 6:37:15 PM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: dangerdoc

Oh sorry...saw you tried. Live in Az where it’s common and no issue.


20 posted on 04/07/2014 6:38:16 PM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: dangerdoc

Powder is hard to find. I started reloading to make some light loads for my Ruger LCR. Later, I made the mistake of shooting some of the reloads in a larger revolver. One went ‘poof’ instead of bang. Bullet stuck in the barrel. Thank God I stopped shooting.


23 posted on 04/07/2014 6:43:44 PM PDT by aimhigh (John 14:21)
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To: dangerdoc

primers are hard to find, especially CCI primers, but pistol powder is off the shelf here in GA; same for the brass and bullets.

Online places have ‘em, but what I don’t have a feel for yet is what is a good price, and what is a rip-off.


26 posted on 04/07/2014 6:46:53 PM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
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