At one time, I bought reloads in a certain obsolete odd-ball caliber from a buddy who reloaded. He had the dies for it, while I did not. He also is the guy who taught me to reload, and we shoot together often. I paid only the cost of the materials - he made no profit. Hey, nobody's gonna GIVE you ammo at the cost of lead and brass.......
Now, I got the dies and load ALL my own ammo.
Years ago in the Navy, I got .45 ACP reloads from another buddy - but I had to trim excess lead from the case mouth/bullet joint - he was sloppy. That's a big reason I got into 'rolling my own'......
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