I have a Guncrafter No Name longslide on order in 10mm. I have decided it's time to start stocking up in preparation for its arrival (8 - 10 months out). This will be my 50+ yards pistol.
I found Cabelas had Hornady 180 grain HAP bullets on sale and have 1000 on the way.
I have primers and an assortment of powders.
I need brass. What can be found is between $250 and $300 per 1000 for once-fired! Seriously? That's $12.50 to $15.00 per box.
I can find re-man ammo for $25 per box and new for $30-ish. I will need some break-in ammo for this gun, so should I just buy some loaded ammo for that and source my own brass? Re-man or new?
Keep looking its out there ,try some different sites you can find brand new brass Hornady, Federal, etc for about 25.oo to 30.oo bucks per 100.One thing to remember in 10mm you want to be very careful buying so called once fired .This is a very powerful caliber and you dont want cheap brass that says it may be once fired ,possibly 3-4 times fired and worn out. I bought 1000 all new when I got my 10 its money well spent.The problem with buying once fired is you do not know how they have been loaded and 10mm cases don't have the life of say a 45 or 40. if they have been abused.
Unfortunately brass can be tough. Starline just this week opened up preorders for a run of 10mm brass towards the end of the month. Downside is it has sold out. Rumor has it they apparently sold the entire 300k of production in a little over a day. Best advice is to get on their email list for alerts. Prices start around $0.16 /round for 500 and go down from there based on quantity ordered.
If you're in a real pinch, shoot me a PM and I may be able to help.
I'm not moving to 10mm for fun ... it's to save money!
Same reason my favorite revolver is a 41 Rem Magnum. I can save $35 for every box of reloaded ammo I shoot. Factory rounds are close to $1 each. I can reload them with premium components for far less.
I won't save that much on 10mm, but I'll surely be saving more money than if I kept shooting 45 ACP and 9mm P.
If you see flaws in my logic ... please keep them to yourself ...
Try the Brass Exchange and Georgia Arms and Ammo for once-fired; Starline for new brass.
I've never found it necessary to "break in " a firearm, but I don't believe it would make any difference if you were shooting quality reloads or new ammo.
I've never found it necessary to "break in " a firearm, but I don't believe it would make any difference if you were shooting quality reloads or new ammo.
Point taken. I guess I really mean I will need a bunch of rounds to break me in for the new gun and new caliber. I figure I'll probably "plink" with it for a thousand rounds or so before I get seriously engaged in finding the right load and focusing on accuracy.
Denver,
PM me your address.
I have a couple of hundred once fired Starlines that have been filtered out of a barrel of brass I picked up at a local gun manufacturers test range. They test only with new ammo, so I know the source well. (My son is a gunsmith that once worked for them).
I would be happy to send that along to you, otherwise I will wind up scrapping it.
Denver,you will save a lot of money, you will be able to reload 10s for about the same as a 40.I shoot some lead out of mine right now and some good plated and it will cost you around 10 cents for the bullet 3 to 4 cents for the primer and about the same for the powder at the most, so for around 16-20 cents per round depending on what bullet you choose its the way to go for 10mm. If you choose premium bullets like a Hornady hp or equal then your cost will go to 30-40 cents a round.
Look through the wanting to sell page on here, there was a thread linking to a 10mm brass group by from somewhere. I don't remember how much it cost, but I think it was new brass
Thanks to all who have helped! The advice is much appreciated. Griz44 sent me some brass ... and bullets ... on his dime! Hope I can pay it forward soon. Another forum member sold me some he had in excess at a good price. And I'm for the group buy with Earl. I should be all set! Again, what a great community we have.
This is very important to keep in mind with the 10mm, especially the part about the pass-thru sizing dies not curing the problem of "Glocked" brass.
As for using the 10mm solely with low velocity plinking loads, well.....I guess it's been done before. It's amazing how many folks buy .44 magnums and then shoot only .44 Special or lighter ammo thru them exclusively(????). Whatever rocks your boat I guess. It must be a prestige thing for most.
I won't use light loads exclusively. I'll load light for indoor 25 yard range and the reactive steel. Outdoor 50 - 100 yards gets full-house loads. This is why I am buying this gun ... 100-yard gong!
I scored 500 Starline cases from Amazon, glad for that.
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