wiljen
posted this
09 February 2008
Gatorchecks sells exclusively to commercial casting outfits as he doesn't have the time/resources to handle small orders. We do groupbuys through the forum so we handle all the packaging and shipping of the small orders and he produces a single large order like he would for the commercial casters he caters to.
As for molds, we have had molds made in custom designs as well as classics. I have a 6 cavity Aluminum mold in the 311407 and 311291 designs from group buys. I also have a 300 gr 45-70 bullet with about as large a meplat as will reliably feed in the lever guns. Right now the group buys include a 311041 in a 6 cavity mold and the BD45 design a hunting bullet for the 45 ACP amongst others.
In addition to the 6 cavity lee molds which usually run about $60, we have also had custom molds made by NEI.
The way the buys usually work is we have a single point of contact between the vendor and the group. This person is called the honcho. Honcho's collect orders and funds at the outset of the buy and keep addresses of participants until the end of the buy. When the product arrives, the honcho is responsible for testing the product and if it is within specs, he sends them on to all the participants.
NEI is generally very quick in turn around. Lee can take up to 6 months.
I hope this provides enough explanation to help.
wiljen
