Ammo prices. Yikes!

HardDrive · 08-28-2007, 08:47 PM

Of all places, NPR has been talking about the spike in ammo prices because of the war and the increasing price of metals. Didn't think much of it, because I bought a big load about 6 months ago. In a store today in Bellevue, WA.....$40 for a box of .30-06 shells!!! Yeah, there were the most expensive grapes on the shelf, but holy moley! Low end 9mm for $15 a box? The shop I was in is kinda pricey, but geez....thats madness.

futuresoptions · 08-28-2007, 08:59 PM

Try finding some quality military surplus .308 that was laying around everwhere three years ago! non existant unless you want some crap from India.

svandamme · svandamme's Garage

time to start protesting against the war guys?

red-beard · red-beard's Garage

Yup, even at Walmart, the price on 9mm has gone up. I think it's $7 for a box of 50.

svandamme · svandamme's Garage

well, check out this guy
me thinks bullets need to be even more expensive

Mo_Gearhead · 08-29-2007, 03:37 AM

AMMO PRICES
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Two words: Dillon Precision.
(get busy)

targa911S · 08-29-2007, 04:24 AM

just as Remington is offering a $10 rebate on two boxes. I bought ammo for my new .243 yesterday at $12.99 per box. After the rebate, $7.99 per box. Yeah ammo is going up.

many944s · 08-29-2007, 04:51 AM

Speaking of which.....
Anybody need any .30-06 ammo?

I had ordered a few cans of linked .308 a while back, and somehow the place I ordered them from threw in a can of .30-06. It has been un-linked, and is ready to use. Pretty sure there's 100 rounds, but I will have to double check that.

Let me know!
-Nick

azasadny · azasadny's Garage

The ammo for my son's Browning Hunter II rifle is $1 per shell because it's .243 WSSM

many944s · 08-29-2007, 06:29 AM

Y'all don't even want to know what i'm paying for match grade .50 BMG!!

It almost makes me cry.

legion · 08-29-2007, 06:47 AM

My .22, 9mm, and 12 gauge hasn't been too bad.

I'm going to get a rifle in .17HMR. It will make me cry as 50 rounds of that cost more than 500 in .22...

legion · 08-29-2007, 06:51 AM

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Originally Posted by many944s

Y'all don't even want to know what i'm paying for match grade .50 BMG!!

It almost makes me cry.

Now I understand why you said your wife would kill you if you bought another gun!

Jeff Higgins · 08-29-2007, 06:54 AM

My only costs for most of what I shoot are powder, primer, and bullet lube ingrediants. I cast my own bullets from free wheel weights. I can generally get a minimum of 20 reloads per case with the higher pressure loads, and most of the time over 50 when using low pressure smokeless of black powder loads. I can shoot .45 Colts, .45-70's, .44 mags, or whatever for less than what most guys spend to shoot their .22's.

many944s · 08-29-2007, 07:39 AM

I'm with you Jeff, I have been reloading for over 10 years now, but there are somethings I just can't bring myself to reload.

For example:
If I head to a Machine gun get-together, I'll go through almost 1000 rounds of 7.62x39 in less than an hour, and probably more than that in .308. The time it would take me to reload all those just isn't worth it.

And when it comes to the BMG, factory match rounds are only $.30 more than what it would cost to buy the powder for relaoding them. Not to mention, I would need a completely different press!

I still reload all my other rounds though: .223, .270, 7.62x54R, .45-70, 8mm, 9mm, .40, .45acp & 50AE.

Yea Chris, I honestly think if I brought another gun home, the wife would find a way to have a "cleaning accident"

-Nick

Jim Bremner · 08-29-2007, 07:53 AM

I'll take the 30/06 for my M1 ifin it still an offer pm me

is it m2 ball?

and where and how much did you pay for the .308? my M1a is kinda hungry

many944s · 08-29-2007, 08:24 AM

PM sent.

many944s · 08-29-2007, 09:29 AM

Jim, here are the pics, sorry about quality, I think my camera is giving up the ghost

futuresoptions · 08-29-2007, 09:54 AM

The Gaijin · 08-29-2007, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by many944s

I still reload all my other rounds though: .223, .270, 7.62x54R, .45-70, 8mm, 9mm, .40, .45acp & 50AE.

-Nick

Hey Nick - how much do you save by reloading yourself?

many944s · 08-29-2007, 10:38 AM

Depends on the round.
I always prefer to shoot handloads in the smaller competition rifles: .270, .223, 8mm. It usually costs me about $.16 - $.18 to reload those. (buying supplies in bulk mind you)
I'll usually buy 1000-2000 slugs at a time, A: for the price brake, B: so I always have them on hand. And regularly use surplus powder (But always use CCI primers)

When it come to rounds I can reload with lead: .45, 45-70, 9mm the price drops even more as I often help on "clean up days" at our local range. It's nothing to head home with nearly 60 lbs of lead to be cleaned, melted, and re-cast.

The rounds that really pay off are the Specialty rounds: 7.62x54R, .50AE, etc..
It's nearly impossible to find good 7.62x54R ammo that doesn't have corrosive primers and/or steel slugs. And when you do find it, it's a little costly. Then of course there is the wonderful .50AE rounds for the Desert Eagle. Well, let's just say if you don't reload that caliber yourself, your going to start selling other guns just to be able to afford shooting it!

I usually judge the ammo market off the .270 prices (fairly middle of the road). Last time I was at the store they were almost $1.35 per round. What would cost $27.00 at a store costs about $4.00 to reload.

Keep in mind the initial investment to reload isn't cheep. But it can be done afford-ably, and in the long run will save TONS of money. Figure I probably go through an average of 500 handgun rounds per month, and have for the last several years. Store price on a 50 round box of 9mm about $12.00. Reload price for 50 rounds less than half that! I save myself in the neighborhood of $700-$800 a year on handgun ammo alone. It is definitely worth that!