Im lactose intolerant,which means I cant have dairy products like milk or cheese and so on.So Im wondering,what would be a fair price to pay someone to reload about 200 25-06 rounds.I dont reload,but I have a friend of a friend who does.I want them reloaded with 117 BTSP to factory ammo specs,and I'll be supplying the brass.That would be 10 boxes of shells at $28 a box,so that would be a little over $300 with tax to buy them .Thanks for any help
2010-10-03T17:24:44Z
Damn,i reckon what Mr Wolf is sayin,is to buy my ammo in the store.well i've done it for years,so I guess I will keep on.By the way GlacierWolf,I bought that 444
Glacierwolf2010-10-03T17:14:03Z
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Not good.
Remington, Winchester, Federal etc etc all fired 5,000 to 10,000 rounds of test 25-06 ammo to produce the ammo you find on the store shelves for any one caliber. The factory load and powder used is a trade secret.
In reloading, we have a suggested 'Start' load and a 'Max' load that should never be exceeded. And for any one bullet - there can be 10 to 15 different powders listed. Some lucky people get a very accurate load at the start, some in the middle, some near Max - and some unlucky gun owners don't find one at all...... and then move to the next powder in the list.
Sometimes I will make 10 plus trips to the range firing off dozens of 10 shot strings of different loads to find what works in a new rifle. Along with the powder charge - using different primers, and, using different case over all lengths (COAL) will make a big difference in accuracy.
This is one reason why you never ask a buddy to reload for you. If he is the kind of expert you can hand a rifle to and ask him to work up a good load in the next month or two - that is fine. Maybe you can do an engine swap or sheet rock a room in his house in trade....... because working up a load takes dozens hours and dozens hours of time.
Next - Unless he has paid $500 for a three year Federal ammunition manufacturing license and has the required $500,000 in liability insurance - he cannot legally accept a dime from you for making ammo that you shoot. The court systems in every state have had cases where good buddy A made ammo for good buddy B - and when good buddy B's rifle blew up in his face, he sued buddy A. Or Buddy B was hurt so bad he could not go back to work and the family had no choice but to sue buddy A in order to get disability benefits. Or, buddy B died, and buddy B's family sued bubby A.
If you want to shoot for less money - you need to learn how to reload and accept responsiblity for your own actions.
Bottom line. Unless you have already worked up a load for this rifle - your buddy can't reload for you. With a dozen or so powders and each one having 60-80 different possible loads in .1gr incriments...... where does he start? You got no idea if it will be 10 boxes of total crap that fire 6" group at 100 yards, totally wimpy and have too much drop between 100 and 200 yards, or if it will blow up in your face.
Gun shops all over America are decorated with the blown up rifles of folks who did exactly what you are asking to do.
If you want to shoot for less - you really need to get into reloading yourself. The excess carbon on your hands from handling the different gunpowders will help your lactose intolerance.... really.
What does being lactose intolerant have to do with not being able to reload your own ammo? I don't see the correlation. Unless of course you are mocking a certain kalifornia skool teacher, who seems to be in the habit of giving too much useless info in her questions. If that's the case.