A while back I bought some .50-caliber Speer bullets from American Reloading. I don't remember how much I paid for them, but it was a good price, and after I bought a Desert Eagle recently I decided to look for more . . . but unfortunately they're out of stock.
However, I did notice that they have Speer 54-to-50 and 50-to-44 caliber sabots in their Bargain Bin, so I started looking hard at those. From the pics, it sure looked like they use regular Speer handgun bullets, just stuck into a plastic thingy to make it a sabot. So, I took a chance and ordered a couple thousand of the 54-to-50 and 250 of the 50-to-44. Today a couple of godawful heavy boxes arrived:
And inside:
Here's one of the .50-cal bullets alongside one of the .50-cal bullets that I had bought earlier:
My micrometer confirmed a diameter of 0.500", and my scale showed 325 grains.
And here's one of the .44-cal bullets:
Diameter is 0.429", and weight is 270 grains.
I'm pretty convinced that the .50-caliber bullets are Speer #4495. Bought like this, they are 20 cents each. Bought from Midway (if they were in stock), they would be 52 cents plus shipping:
https://www.midwayusa.com/product/37475 ... -box-of-50
I believe that the .44 bullets are Speer #4461. Again, 20 cents each from American Reloading or 37 cents from Midway, though they are again out of stock:
https://www.midwayusa.com/product/59170 ... -box-of-50
By the way, after I checked this I went back to buy more .50 and I apparently got the last 250-pack. Sorry.
They still have .44 available, though!Both products are shown here:
https://americanreloading.com/en/278-bargain-bin
Thoughts, insight?
