I have a one ounce silver bar branded Coors and imprinted on the front "Silver Bullet".

Since I reload as well as cast lead bullets ... have always thought about casting a a silver bullet out of 100% or 90% silver and reloading it into a 38 or 357. Gotta do some research on how to do this.

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(And be careful. Addiction is possible)

I can attest to that.

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I opened this eager to read about a member with a werewolf problem.

That was my first thought, too.

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Premiums are all over the place these days. I keep a list of 8 or 10 dealers in my favorites and scroll through when I'm ready to purchase. In silver, I prefer RCM or BRM products. US mint premiums are currently out of control. Liberty Coin, Bullion Exchanges, SD & JM Bullion, Provident and Monument Metals to name a few. Also, when you look, check Ebay listings. Some of the big dealers will discount on Ebay to draw in casual buyers. Have fun! (And be careful. Addiction is possible)

Ebay, yeah, I've mostly run that course for the most part. I like to look for overall availability but stopped after it started collecting tax. I may be slightly underwater on ebay bars and halves but then again I was buying when it was being sold. There's a lot fewer sellers these days it seems. Scottsdale bars were plentiful 2 years ago. These days I mostly look at M. Barr Coins ebay store. Free shipping, Lots of Morgan and specialty coins and bars.

It might be a little addictive but you can go be addicted to something else and come back,

These are my favorites right now.

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I like to look for overall availability but stopped after it started collecting tax.

Pretty sure that's a state-by-state thing. There is no sales tax on bullion purchases in PA so long as the value is based on metal content. Numismatic coins are a different story.

The cheapest way to buy 92.5 silver is at antique shows. Just look for odd silver forks and spoons. You've got to be good at guessing weights. Generally forks have more silver than spoons. Dented items are a good buy too.

Sign of the times as gold hits 2000 again and silver finding support at 24.

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March 29, 2023
A Historic Quarter for SD Bullion and Current Business Update
Thanks to our amazing customers and partners, SD Bullion has seen significant growth throughout the entire Q1 of 2023. In what was a steady market, we offered best in market value via competitive premiums as buyers were less active than usual. Our customers responded overwhelmingly, clearly supporting the decision to reduce premiums where we were able to do so. The leadership of this company invests in precious metals personally, so we understand the value of affordable physical.

As we have grown, we have continued to hire as many people as possible to join our team and service the business. While we’ve been successful in some ways, we admit that what we have done has not been enough to prepare for what occurred in early March.

On March 10th, we all woke up to the news of the Silicon Valley Bank collapse; which sent a ripple effect through investors worldwide. There has been and continues to be a massive influx of demand as savvy investors are now evaluating counterparties, including banks, in a more scrutinizing fashion. The takeaways from the banking collapses have been clear: you don’t own what you don’t hold. As a company, we went from “extremely busy, but keeping up” to “all hands on deck” overnight. Orders came in waves, and the amount of metal per order more than doubled. The bottom line is bigger orders take longer to ship than smaller orders.

This perfect storm has created very difficult challenges in the short term at SD Bullion, both internally (our phone queues flooded with calls that there simply aren’t enough man hours to answer) and externally (customers are experiencing delays outside of our normal shipping time frames as we endeavor to push out every order possible daily).

We have been aggressively hiring since mid-February and we continue to do so. We’ve raised wages, offered higher signing and referral bonuses, and restructured teams to maximize available support to shipping and phone teams. Everyone at SD Bullion, top to bottom, has been diligently working to get us out of this hole. In short: it has simply not been enough and we continue to under-deliver in ways that we won’t accept.

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Bump. anyone buying?. Oliver saying $30 for silver within a couple months. Having to be real picky right now.

Best prices are here,
https://findbullionprices.com/

If you've never shopped from SD this is the best deal you can get, anywhere, anytime. BUT you can only do it once.

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