Reloading dies, ALOT of bullets and misc.

[NJ Marty]

Went to a garage sale today and while looking at a gun cleaning kit the guy said he has more stuff in the garage. I took a gamble and made him an offer of $25 per box. I figured I can get at least $15 per empty box. Well there was a lot of reloading stuff and a lot of bullets. the weight in lead is at least 125lbs. There are thousands of bullets, (didn't take pictures of all of them, too many) all new old stock. And the ones in the baggies are all reloads. The boxes are packed, this is a small sample of the contents. I think I will recoup my money.

 

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[cheese]

Nice? What caliber dies did you get?

 

[NJ Marty]

Ill have to look, the calibers of the bullets are 223, 22, 9, 38, 44,45 so ill bet that's what the dies are.

 

[Baltimore]

Those beer crates are killer too! Nice!

 

[vpnavy]

Nice buys NJ Marty. Thanks for sharing...

 

[The Boots]

Now that's what I call a deal. Nice finds.

 

[clovis97]

Wow!!!! Nice score!!!!

Where will you sell these?

 

[war-digs-it]

Nice scores!

 

[NJ Marty]

Wow!!!! Nice score!!!!

Where will you sell these?

I have friends who hunt and reload and they have already let me know they are interested in the lot minus the crates. The two beer crates, I should be able to get $90-$100.

 

[FreedomUIC]

Those RCBS 9mm Carbide dies sell new for $90.00 dollars and are as scarce as hens teeth!!!!!!!!!!
Newer Carbide dies from RCBS come in gray boxes while the normal dies come in green. But I can see the word CARB
on the 9mm set. I doubt the .223/.556 are carbide as most rifle dies are not.

Cleaned brass will bring upwards of $30.00 per 250 for 9mm and .40.

You did real well with the dies!!!!!!! I would throw out a figure of roughly $400.00 on just the dies alone.
.40 CJFP bullets are roughly $70.00 dollars for 500, the cast bullets are cheaper and you have a ton of them.

You did find a treasure trove! Congratulations

 

[jerseyben]

Could someone please explain - what is the purpose of the dies? Thank you.

 

[FreedomUIC]

Could someone please explain - what is the purpose of the dies? Thank you.

Ok, reloading is quite a journey from start to finish so I will give just the beginners guide.
Using the Die set that is open in the pic's above to explain.

Pretty much all dies are interchangeable with different presses except lyman, I believe but am not positive, might be Lee.

Step 1) The middle die in the open box is the de-priming die and resizing die. You screw the die into the press,
place the shell holder (Not showing in picture) into the ram on the press. Insert the used and tumbled clean brass
into the shell holder on the ram. You lower the handle on the press and the casing slides into the die. The piece
of metal sticking out of the die will push the used "Cap" out of the casing and size the casing to the proper spec's.

Step 2) Insert the left most die in the package into the press. This die will gently expand the mouth of the casing
so that the bullet will just barely sit on top of the casing. You don't want it to lose nor to tight.

Step 3) Load the required powder measure into the casing and place bullet on top of casing.

Step 4) Insert the right most die into the press. This is the die that seats the bullet to the casing and
then crimps the brass around the shell. Just slide the casing into the shell holder on the ram and guide
it into the die so that the bullet enters the die in the correct position and push down until the ram until
it is fully extended into the die.

Step 5) Mic the bullet to ensure that it falls within specs.

Hope that helps.....

 

[DixieLandMan]

Great score. I've shot 1000's of hornady bullets. They are really good.

 

[rainwolf75]

Great Score!!!

If you have not already sold them, I bet that you could get them sold very quick if you target sale to the dooms day preppers. Just a thought.

 

[duffytrash]

nice drive-by....