Thread: Anyone Reloading 50BMG?

Gents.
Is anyone reloading for 50BMG or are you just buying ammo when it’s available?
Dollars wise, it looks like it’s hardly worth reloading.

Cases and powder are available most of the time but who stocks primers and cheap projectiles for general blasting fun?

Cheers.


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Just out of general curiousity, how many types of single shot or 10 mag max, bolt action rifles are likely to still be around?


If you have an opinion on the semis as well after the cull closed let's hear it

As long as they are bolt action and hold less than 10 rounds they are all still legal (For now) same as any other centre fire rifle.


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@Kiwi Greg

[QUOTE=Simon;936198]As long as they are bolt action and hold less than 10 rounds they are all still legal (For now) same as any other centre fire rifle.


Legality was not what i asked as I am well aware of the legality of single shot and 10 max mags bolt actions.... which is why i asked in another sentence about semis.

So, is your answer that you have no idea?

Originally Posted by Kiwi Sapper

Just out of general curiousity, how many types of single shot or 10 mag max, bolt action rifles are likely to still be around?


If you have an opinion on the semis as well after the cull closed let's hear it

Logically as they are still legal there will be the same number or a few more than as before.

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Originally Posted by Simon

As long as they are bolt action and hold less than 10 rounds they are all still legal (For now) same as any other centre fire rifle.


Legality was not what i asked as I am well aware of the legality of single shot and 10 max mags bolt actions.... which is why i asked in another sentence about semis.

So, is your answer that you have no idea?

It looks like you edited your original post as I was typing my response hence my response does not make much sense.

There are a surprising number of 50BMG bolt actions in NZ with more on there way.
Doubt there are any illegal semi versions still around as they are unusual so would be easier to find I would suspect.

If you know were reloading components can be purchased for 50BMG I would be interested.


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Originally Posted by Kiwi Sapper

If you know were reloading components can be purchased for 50BMG I would be interested.


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Serious Shooters has a Dillon press set up in .50bmg and some Ruskie 14 point something in the shop that gets used, I would start there

Blimey !

Originally Posted by Simon

Gents.
Is anyone reloading for 50BMG or are you just buying ammo when it’s available?
Dollars wise, it looks like it’s hardly worth reloading.

Cases and powder are available most of the time but who stocks primers and cheap projectiles for general blasting fun?

Cheers.


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When I was looking for projectiles to assemble a dummy belt, belmont ammo had the cheapest projectiles I found. From memory was about $2ea for pulled FMJ's. Maybe give them a bell?

[QUOTE=Simon;936209][QUOTE=Kiwi Sapper;936200]

It looks like you edited your original post as I was typing my response hence my response does not make much sense.

It seems so, I did so to clarify a degree of fuzziness about legality


If you know were reloading components can be purchased for 50BMG I would be interested.

Some Gun city have advertised rounds, (suitable for reloading?) and powder

https://tinyurl.com/t856yvu


And Belmont have rounds also.

https://tinyurl.com/r28fju9 as NZshoota has mentioned. They are closed until 13 Jan.

Using the cheapest components from Workshop Innovation and GunsNZ, each round would cost $15.31 for the first shot and $8.31 each from then onwards reusing the brass.
A suitable press and dies along with trimmer would be $570.
Hardly worth reloading unless shooting many hundreds of rounds per year or the ammo is not readily available which it is not sometimes.

Cheapest loaded rounds (currently out of stock but more coming April) is from Ammo Direct.
$6 to $7 each, Freedom Munitions.





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