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<blockquote data-quote="Fiftydriver" data-source="post: 277667" data-attributes="member: 10"><p>With a case this large and with brass walls this thick and heavy, you really have to use a live fireforming process to fully form a case. The good news, generally, fireforming loads shoot EXTREMELY well even at long range. A couple weekends ago I took a customers 510 AM out to test it for accuracy and with fireforming loads, it was easily 3/4 moa at around 1100 yards.</p><p> </p><p>Shooting a BMG is expensive but so are any of the other high intensity rounds. If you look at brass costs, look at the 338 Lapua, you will be paying around $2.40 to $2.60 per case. I just picked up 100 Win 50 BMG cases for $2.00 each so its actually cheaper there.</p><p> </p><p>Bullets are spendy, no doubt, you will be looking at around $2.00 each for match bullets, around $1.00 each for new surplus bullets. If you look at some of the new custom long range bullets in conventional calibers, they are in this same price range...... Certainly some are much cheaper so on average the BMG is more expensive but remember you will not be putting 100 rounds through a BMG rifle in a session or even weekend.</p><p> </p><p>Primers are much more expensive then conventional primers but this is not a huge investment for 500 primers, well under $200 and 500 shots out of a single shot BMG is alot of shooting.</p><p> </p><p>Powder, this can vary GREATLY. Most of the surplus powder out there such as WC860 and WC872 work great in the BMG as thats what they were made for but they are dirty and a bit sensitive to temp changes. Still at around $60 per 8 lbs, its hard to beat for plinking loads.</p><p> </p><p>For match ammo, H-50BMG works great but is about 2.5 times more expensive then the surplus powders. VV 20N29 is a great match powder as well but even more spendy.</p><p> </p><p>So for high volume shooting ammo, the surplus powders are great, when you want to get serious, get some good powder.</p><p> </p><p>Yes they are more expensive but not dramatically more then the top end conventional chamberings.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fiftydriver, post: 277667, member: 10"] With a case this large and with brass walls this thick and heavy, you really have to use a live fireforming process to fully form a case. The good news, generally, fireforming loads shoot EXTREMELY well even at long range. A couple weekends ago I took a customers 510 AM out to test it for accuracy and with fireforming loads, it was easily 3/4 moa at around 1100 yards. Shooting a BMG is expensive but so are any of the other high intensity rounds. If you look at brass costs, look at the 338 Lapua, you will be paying around $2.40 to $2.60 per case. I just picked up 100 Win 50 BMG cases for $2.00 each so its actually cheaper there. Bullets are spendy, no doubt, you will be looking at around $2.00 each for match bullets, around $1.00 each for new surplus bullets. If you look at some of the new custom long range bullets in conventional calibers, they are in this same price range...... Certainly some are much cheaper so on average the BMG is more expensive but remember you will not be putting 100 rounds through a BMG rifle in a session or even weekend. Primers are much more expensive then conventional primers but this is not a huge investment for 500 primers, well under $200 and 500 shots out of a single shot BMG is alot of shooting. Powder, this can vary GREATLY. Most of the surplus powder out there such as WC860 and WC872 work great in the BMG as thats what they were made for but they are dirty and a bit sensitive to temp changes. Still at around $60 per 8 lbs, its hard to beat for plinking loads. For match ammo, H-50BMG works great but is about 2.5 times more expensive then the surplus powders. VV 20N29 is a great match powder as well but even more spendy. So for high volume shooting ammo, the surplus powders are great, when you want to get serious, get some good powder. Yes they are more expensive but not dramatically more then the top end conventional chamberings. [/QUOTE]
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