04-17-2020, 07:42 PM
Reload for sure. It's fun, relaxing and, over time, saves you a bunch of money...plus you get better accuracy and performance from your gear. First of all, Kalifornication has gone the non-lead route. The rest of the country is following. I would not be surprised if most of the country had a lead ban within 10 years or so. There are plenty of non-lead bullets available right now and more are coming out all the time. The one I am working up a load for right now is the Barnes 115 grain TAC-TX which was specifically designed for the 6.5 Grendel. I also have a lead load using the Speer 90 grain TNT for out-of-state work on prairie dogs. Barnes has been the leader for non-lead bullets, but there are others out there. The load for my 223 upper uses Barnes 55 grain MPG's and is DEADLY! Just as a suggestion, you might switch to CCI #41 primers for an AR platform. They were specifically designed to be used in an AR and are slightly "harder" to avoid "slam-fires".