Amazon Has " Some" Reloading Equipment

[Blaine]

Not sure what everybody is having trouble getting, but there seems to be a good variety.
I even saw some Lee Loaders in 357/38 special.
Like chicken soup, it couldn't hurt to look.

[JimT]

I have been looking for some 9mm dies. I checked Amazon. There are 2 sets of dies for sale, one for $159.00 and one for $160.00!!!! For a $40 set of dies!

[Sixgun]

I have been looking for some 9mm dies. I checked Amazon. There are 2 sets of dies for sale, one for $159.00 and one for $160.00!!!! For a $40 set of dies!

Funny thing...I got a call the other day asking me if I had a set of 9mm dies I wanted to sell which I replied in the negative.....he said he had 380 dies and I told him to use them the same as he would 38 Spl/357mag..... 38 super would also work but you couldn't crimp but your not supposed to crimp anyway.

Imagine a 38 Spl/357 carbide die, which are usually tight would work just as good and as long as you used 357 dia.cast bullets or removed the expander.

I'd never thought I'd see the day when even dies and moulds would be hard to get. Now would be the time to sell all this junk I have laying around but I'm really getting lazy with age and then there's the uncertainty of the mail system.

Back to basics Jim.....like when we was all young guys and had to make do with what we had....we survived.....I think.---6

[shasta_steve]

I just got a set of 221 and 222 dies off of Amazon. My 338 dies were supposed to be here last Sunday but are now back ordered. Like Jim I am looking of a set of 9mm and 45 Colt but am not going to pay that price just yet. I did get a really nice RCBS press off of Brownells in December but they have been hard to find.

The worst part of all this for me is I used to have a really nice press and dies for everything I owned. Somehow they got "borrowed" and I am having to buy them again.

[Scott Tschirhart]

I found a FCD for my .300 Blackout, and I didn't have to pay through the nose for it. I can’t tell you how many rounds I loaded on one of these. But they came in a cardboard box in those days.

[Ray Newman]

SixGun: Is there a range by you? Put up a "4 sale" notice on the bulletin board if they have one or put some/all of the gear in your car trunk on a Saturday and Sunday, drive to the range, and let shooters there know you have reloading gear for sale. Bet it sells quickly. I saw this tactic successfully and profitably used a few days ago....

[vancelw]

I have been looking for some 9mm dies. I checked Amazon. There are 2 sets of dies for sale, one for $159.00 and one for $160.00!!!! For a $40 set of dies!

Check back every now and then
My search results were the same, then a few days later I found some new RCBS carbide dies at $57. Not cheap, but not ridiculous.

[Blaine]

I have been looking for some 9mm dies. I checked Amazon. There are 2 sets of dies for sale, one for $159.00 and one for $160.00!!!! For a $40 set of dies!

Check back every now and then
My search results were the same, then a few days later I found some new RCBS carbide dies at $57. Not cheap, but not ridiculous.

Amazon throws a wide net. Not my favorite people, but they save from most of my WalMart trips, and all that driving around for other stuff. I never thought to look for shooting supplies.

[jhrosier]

Is this the same Amazon who has closed down the voice of opposition by shutting down Parler?
The Constitution is worth more than 2nd day delivery of our toys.

[Ray]

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[Sixgun]

SixGun: Is there a range by you? Put up a "4 sale" notice on the bulletin board if they have one or put some/all of the gear in your car trunk on a Saturday and Sunday, drive to the range, and let shooters there know you have reloading gear for sale. Bet it sells quickly. I saw this tactic successfully and profitably used a few days ago....

Great idea Ray but I've been there......all the guys at the club have everything. I've set up tables at state levergun Silhouette matches...dies at $15...500 pack of cast bullets $40...nice RCBS powder measures $30..Rock Chucker presses...$60....I could go on for an hour....sometimes I'd make enough for gas and turnpike fees up and back. In the end it was not worth the hassle.

Then...let's pretend.....I have a $200 press that's like new priced at $75.....the guy will offer me $50.

I'll wait until the auction houses start back up and just drop it all off then pick up the check in the mail a week later. I probably have 75 sets of dies, 10 presses, scales, even a like new Hornady Projector press with 15 shell plates....the plates themselves are $35 apiece.

If you notice I sold the lead to one buyer only.....don't need the aggravation..."hey man, how about $10 for 30 pounds and you pay shipping? Been there...done that.---6

[JimT]

Back to basics Jim.....like when we was all young guys and had to make do with what we had....we survived.....I think.---6

Oh I have been getting by. No problem there. I can make things work until I get a proper set of dies. I bet most people who are regulars here can do the same thing.

[Blaine]

Is this the same Amazon who has closed down the voice of opposition by shutting down Parler?
The Constitution is worth more than 2nd day delivery of our toys.

As much as that made me angry, a private/or publicly held company in under zero constitutional requirement to keep customers they don't want.