Need Some Feedback on Friends New Business - Bulletboyammo.com

[coop68]

was curious what press and or machines you are using to make the reloads? i am a reloading myself and invested in a dillon 550 last dec! i am guessing you have bought a 1050 or some other machine to improve time and productivity? if i read correctly you have shot high power service rifle matches back in the day?

i currently am on the boulder rifle junior high power team we load everything are selves only way to do it! The thing we dont do is brass resizing we out source this! if you have a machine just for resizing good chance i will pass the word to my shooting coach and you could have quite a bite of business from us if you can clean and re-size large amount of brass. let me know

thanks, coop

[sniper7]

I have a few questions/concerns

I looked at the website but haven't seen the legal side of the business truly covered. what kind of warranty will be implied? Are you going to carry insurance to CYA is someone has a KaBoom or destroys their gun?

as for prices, I seem them a little on the high side. i have seen federal .223 selling for $300-$330 for 1000 rounds.

http://www.ammunitiontogo.com/catalo...3-556-fmj-ammo
they have PMC for $328/1000 for brand new ammo.

http://www.marksoutdoors.com/ also occasionally has 1000 rounds of federal for $300 or 900 rounds on strippers for the same price.



I also would like to know type of powder and primers and bullets you will be using. particularly for .223. I reload myself and am picky on what I use.

My final question is: what separates you and your reloads from me spending just a little bit more for brand new ammo covered by a large manufacturers warranty?

I think it is a great venture and I wish you the best of luck, I always try to support the local guy but have to justify the cost as well.

[BulletBoyAmmo]

Hey Coop! I believe I helped coach you a few times at Boulder when you first started out. Mike and Stewart have told me you are doing great! I used to reload with Boulder back in the day too. You guys get your brass all prepped from Scharch. I do have all the same brass prep equipment they do so it is possible for me to prep brass for you guys, I know they have a good relationship with Scharch though.

[BulletBoyAmmo]

Sniper 7. I will have warrenty, refund, and the legal contract info all up soon. You have probably noticed those pages are blank. This is my last step. I'm still wainting on my lawyer to wrap that end up.

Yes, ammunition-to-go has their cheapest 223 at aruond $0.32 if you order 1000. If you go all the way through checkout it ends up with shipping being $355. If you order 1000 rounds from me, you get free shipping. If you ship your brass to me with USPS flat rate it will be like $6. So you save about $50 by going with my ammo. That's the first time. After 2 reloads you've saved $100 bucks, and after 3, $150. It adds up pretty fast depending on how much you shoot or order. I can adjust my prices after I open if it looks like I'm not getting as much business; however, in marketing, it is not always good to be way below the lowest prices because people then assume your product is low quality. So again, I'm pricing right below the lowest out there, I want to stay competitive.

Let me know what you think about my thought process here

[coop68]

oh very cool I bet i have meet you, i can't remember you i am a face guy not name really nothing is ringing a bell! sorry i was young and ya young at the time i started i was to much interested in shooting the black guns! mike is no longer doing it he has had some health issues he had to address! earl took over, but i am not sure what we are doing with are brass from my understanding it is still sitting in the locker in the new boxes or at earls house. we also started a new label system so we can get more life out of the brass! we have switched to winchester brass now buying new 100 round bags! we have not used the LC stuff from scharch in a long time i think i have the last of it at my house that i am using to start my own loading, so i can compete next year when i am no longer a junior! not much life left on them though its on its third cycle might get one or two more out of them well see! i will be home in a couple of weeks from college and will talk with earl never know might be able to work somthing out since you are close and know the program!

yes i have been doing fairly well with the sport thanks to the BRC which i am now a member of. was able to make it to perry last year and going again this year for my last year as a junior and hopefully continue to help after, cant wait for perry this year!

BTW can you tell us what machines you are using or just the brand? just curious! best of luck with the venture BTW


thanks, coop

[BulletBoyAmmo]

I'm using a dillon 550 right now and will eventually upgrade. Dillon knows what they are doing.

I also have a Lee turret press for smaller reloading jobs.

Sniper 7, I've adjusted the 223 down to $.28. That is about as far as I can go with my profit margins. I'll have to guage demand with the business to see if I need to lower or raise prices later on.

[coop68]

Dillon has good stuff was able to get mine last December!

After i looked over your website and saw your bio i can put a face to a name! thanks to you and mike i fired my first rounds out of an AR-15. I was wondering where you ended up glade you are doing ok and still around starting this venture in Colorado!

frank is a good guy you can deal with him in confidence once he is open!

[BulletBoyAmmo]

Thanks Cooper! Hey, did you get your BRC membership? Even if you didn't we should go shooting sometime soon. I'm at the range about twice a week. I'll let you know next time I go. You are in school at Boulder right?

[coop68]

Thanks Cooper! Hey, did you get your BRC membership? Even if you didn't we should go shooting sometime soon. I'm at the range about twice a week. I'll let you know next time I go. You are in school at Boulder right?

yes i did get my membership!

well currently i am in NE going to school at Hastings College! i will be back around may 13th ish a couple weeks! nice thing about Hastings is i can find reloading components for a fare price right now and hornady manufacturing is 20 mins away! can't buy stuff but got a free tour!

once i am back i am more than willing to go shooting i normally am down there twice a week as well when i am home for practice on Thur and plinking, that is if I'm not working. let me know when you are going down when I'm back home. you should come out to a high power practice one day when I'm back home a lot of new shooters just started we shall see if they stay with the program, but i bet everyone would enjoy seeing you! send me a Pm with you cell number and we can hopefully hit the range some time soon!

[henpecked]

Dont forget this guy

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