Ammo pricing...

[NM_Shooter]

Saw an ad in the paper today for .380 Auto ammunition.  50 round box, and the seller wanted $50. 

Unbelievable!

-f-

[pagan]

Sounds like someone looking for a sucker.

[NM_Shooter]

Yeah... I saw another add a couple of days ago.  A guy was selling 500 pcs of .40S&W lead projectiles (not jacketed) for $55.  You can buy these online for $72 per 1k.

I won't buy lead unless it is $0.05 each, or jacketed for $0.10 

I haven't been able to buy anything for awhile.  Luckily I have a couple of pieces in reserve. 

[MountainDon]

I've heard that 380 is one of the more difficult calibers to find for the past couple months. Not that any are easy.


We did score on five hundred .308 Prvi Partisan 168 gr match at 0.80 ea ($16/20) which is good enoug these days.

[NM_Shooter]

I've heard that 380 is one of the more difficult calibers to find for the past couple months. Not that any are easy.


We did score on five hundred .308 Prvi Partisan 168 gr match at 0.80 ea ($16/20) which is good enoug these days.

Holy cow.  Hang onto your brass.  Is it boxer or berdan primed?

Hmmm... actually, if you are into collecting brass, you should probably bend over and grab your brass with both hands. 

[MountainDon]

Boxer primed, reloadable   


with shipping it comes out to 83.8 cents a round

[peternap]

Boxer primed, reloadable   

You can reload the Berdan primed brass Don. It adds two extra steps and some time, but considering how hard brass is getting to find, I'ts certainly worth saving.

[MountainDon]

We are saving the brass.

A reloader is in the foreseeable future.

[apaknad]

the only thing i am having trouble finding is 357 mag. cabelas has it but i don't get down there often.

[cordwood]

 Try pricing a box of 45-70 rounds!!!!!!!!!!!! Now the price kicks harder than the gun

[NM_Shooter]

Stopped in a local gunshop yesterday at lunch.  The proprietor told me that his cost on a box of .38spl is $35 !!!!

Either the middle man or the manufacturer is making huge profits.

There was also an interview with one of our local sheriffs who said that they can't get ammo to practice with. 

This is weird.  A few "experts" said that interest in hoarding ammo was waning as of a couple of months ago, as most folks felt that they had as much ammo as they needed, and that supply levels should be returning to normal.  Not yet it isn't!!! 

[Windpower]

My supply of ammo is 'adequate' at this point but I did walk over to the ammo section at the Farm 'n Fleet in Northern IL just for fun


there were 2 boxes of 223   

and a half dozen or so boxes of 12 gauge bird shot

that was all

and they stock virtually all the common calibers normally

lots of empty shelf there

a few weeks ago I was in Cabelas they had just about everything you could imagine -- even some uncommon African rounds like the 404 Jeffery


but it wasn't cheap

[peternap]

Learn to cast and swage bullets. Horde brass and powder and primers.

Buy every 22LR that isn't painted.

Smile at the empty ammo shelves

[MountainDon]

small heavy box (.308) arrived today   

plus last night I found 500 more 22LR Mini-Mags




...getting closer to a decision on a blackpowder gun......

[Redoverfarm]

Boxer primed, reloadable   

You can reload the Berdan primed brass Don. It adds two extra steps and some time, but considering how hard brass is getting to find, I'ts certainly worth saving.

Peter

My dad has been loading Berdan primers for years in my 30-06. 

[peternap]

Good for him John!
It's a terrible waste to throw it out like many people do.
It's also not that hard to do after you get the first primers out and ream the pockets.

[Redoverfarm]

I just got an E-mail advertisement from Sportsman Guide on Ammo sale.  Some didn't seem that bad and others maybe.  They even have $10 off for over $99 purchase.

http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/section/sl.aspx?s=6999&gif=Y

[MountainDon]

Here's a funny our son told us at dinner.

He saw an auction on gunbroker.com (a joke auction) for a single 45 ACP round, starting bid $1000. It ran up over $500K before it was pulled.



Dinner was for Mother's Day and on his dime. Mom also received her own allotment of the 308 ammo.   

[glenn kangiser]

Sportsman's Guide - 40 S W seems about non-existent until June.