I hunt black bear in Maine, so no grizzly story here. I do like to carry a handgun while hunting, just because. Done a lot of reading about hollow-point bullets shooting in bear meat are not too effective. The last bear that I shot weighed in at 235lbs, there were areas where she had eight-inches of fat on her. Today we went to the local gunshop where we picked up some Buffalo Bore 220 grain hard cast bullets, thought that we would try them. The problem.....they were $30+ per box of 20!! It's not the end of the world, however four boxes weren't a cheap date by any means. There's my son and myself, I'd feel a whole lot better shooting more than twenty rounds through the Glocks to make certain that they function well in the handguns before we take them on an actual hunt. Plus it is going to cost us about $100 just to fill two magazines; and, we usually will carry two extras inside of our packs.
So....the questions are (1) does anyone have a place/distributor where I can purchase some heavy (220gr) hard-cast bullets or jacketed bullets (I cannot find any), or (2) can someone give me a potential price for casting my own. I have a smelter for casting the bullets, mold handles, I would have to purchase a bullet mold, probably some gas checks, and a lubrisizer/resizer of some kind. Looking for others input and suggestions, what are the "10mm heavy bullet reloaders doing?
So....the questions are (1) does anyone have a place/distributor where I can purchase some heavy (220gr) hard-cast bullets or jacketed bullets (I cannot find any), or (2) can someone give me a potential price for casting my own. I have a smelter for casting the bullets, mold handles, I would have to purchase a bullet mold, probably some gas checks, and a lubrisizer/resizer of some kind. Looking for others input and suggestions, what are the "10mm heavy bullet reloaders doing?