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Member Section => Handguns => Topic started by: Fatman on January 23, 2010, 03:16:50 PM

Title: .380 Ammo - talk about charging 'what the market will bear' !
Post by: Fatman on January 23, 2010, 03:16:50 PM
Alamo Ammo - 380 page (http://alamoammo.com/cart/pistol-ammunition/380-auto)

Fed Hydra Shok - hold onto your cajones lest they hit the floor - $69.95 for a twenty round box!

But wait! you could get Black Talons here also (second page) for a mere $89.95 per twenty.

Hardball is overpriced, but not by too much based on what I was able to find on the shelf locally.

File this under good news / bad news.

 ;D




Title: Re: .380 Ammo - talk about charging 'what the market will bear' !
Post by: DonWorsham on January 23, 2010, 04:36:27 PM
check this site.

http://www.ammoengine.com/find/ammo/.380_ACP
Title: Re: .380 Ammo - talk about charging 'what the market will bear' !
Post by: twyacht on January 23, 2010, 05:22:50 PM
Just came back from a local gunshow, Lawman/Magtech $29.00 per 50rds... >:(

luckygunner.com Aguila $11.42 per 50 rds. The SD rds. well,,,,they suck,.....but you have to just shop around....

ammoengine is a good resource...
Title: Re: .380 Ammo - talk about charging 'what the market will bear' !
Post by: david86440 on January 23, 2010, 11:48:50 PM
I placed this order with Cabela's 7/14/09.

3 of 21-0837 Sellier & Bellot Pistol Ammunition per 50 380 AUTO 92GR FMJ @ $16.99 each
Backorder-Tentative arrival to Cabelas 08/15/09

1 of 21-7043 PMC BRONZE LINE HANDGUN AMMO/50 .380 AUTO 90GR FMJ @ $16.99 each
Backorder-Tentative arrival to Cabelas 08/15/09

4 of 21-5727 Magtech Blueline Pistol per Box Ammo 380 AUTO 95 GR FMJ @ $16.99 each
Backorder-Tentative arrival to Cabelas 08/15/09

1 of 21-0831 Winchester USA Handgun Ammunition .380 95 GR FMJ @ $17.99 each
Backorder-Tentative arrival to Cabelas 08/15/09

Not bad  ;), only a little over 6 months and they shipped the Magtech.

4 of 21-5727 Magtech Blueline Pistol per Box Ammo 380 AUTO 95 GR FMJ
Shipped-01/21/10

1 of 21-0831 Winchester USA Handgun Ammunition .380 95 GR FMJ
Backorder-Tentative arrival to Cabelas 02/15/10


I ordered 500 in October for $179.99 that are still on backorder.

1 of 21-6971 MAGTECH .380 AUTO 95GR FMJ AMMO W/DRY BOX 380AUTO 95GR FMJ500B
Backorder-Tentative arrival to Cabelas 01/15/10

 
Title: Re: .380 Ammo - talk about charging 'what the market will bear' !
Post by: ericire12 on January 24, 2010, 08:42:33 AM
I recently saw CorBon DPX for $50
Title: Re: .380 Ammo - talk about charging 'what the market will bear' !
Post by: jaybet on January 24, 2010, 11:15:55 AM
I understand the lightweight aspect, but honestly can't understand why folks would pay so much money for such a dinky little round.
Title: Re: .380 Ammo - talk about charging 'what the market will bear' !
Post by: CJS3 on January 24, 2010, 11:58:26 AM
reload......reload.......reload

Title: Re: .380 Ammo - talk about charging 'what the market will bear' !
Post by: david86440 on January 24, 2010, 01:22:18 PM
reload......reload.......reload



I do reload what I shoot most of .....38 spcl and .357 mag.

I don't normally shoot .380 so I sold a part of my stockpile and reordered from Cabela's to replace it whenever they get it back in stock.
Title: Re: .380 Ammo - talk about charging 'what the market will bear' !
Post by: Badgersmilk on January 24, 2010, 01:29:34 PM
reload......reload.......reload



+1  :)

I like the container your using to keep different bullets separated.  Good idea!  I've just left them in the factory box's until used, but like what your doing better.

Plus, if all your reloading is .380, how many lifetime's does a single jug of powder last you!?!   ;D  CHEAP!
Title: Re: .380 Ammo - talk about charging 'what the market will bear' !
Post by: bjtraz on January 24, 2010, 02:18:45 PM
I agree with the reload comment, but WHERE do you get the parts? Primers just recently became available, profectiles are doing ok, but I can't get brass, to save my life. I don't reload my S/D ammo, shoot only factory, but like to reload my practice/plinking ammo. I guess I'll have to break down and order some online. Know a good source for once fired or new?
Title: Re: .380 Ammo - talk about charging 'what the market will bear' !
Post by: david86440 on January 24, 2010, 04:05:10 PM
I agree with the reload comment, but WHERE do you get the parts? Primers just recently became available, profectiles are doing ok, but I can't get brass, to save my life. I don't reload my S/D ammo, shoot only factory, but like to reload my practice/plinking ammo. I guess I'll have to break down and order some online. Know a good source for once fired or new?

Saturday I just happened to stop in at Huntingtons in Oroville, CA (founder of RCBS) and they had small pistol primers. I've been calling them for weeks and they keep saying they were out and to check again. They actually let me buy the full carton unlike Sportsman's WH,  limiting me to 200-500 when they have had them.

I have friends that don't reload and I have them save me their fired brass. I just sorted the last bunch as it was .380, 9mm, 40, 45, .38 spcl. I weighed the bag and it was a little over 6 lbs of brass.

If you have friends that don't reload, ask them to save it for you.

Title: Re: .380 Ammo - talk about charging 'what the market will bear' !
Post by: CJS3 on January 24, 2010, 04:11:48 PM
I agree with the reload comment, but WHERE do you get the parts? Primers just recently became available, profectiles are doing ok, but I can't get brass, to save my life. I don't reload my S/D ammo, shoot only factory, but like to reload my practice/plinking ammo. I guess I'll have to break down and order some online. Know a good source for once fired or new?

There are several different places, locally, that I buy components from. I never wait until I need something to buy it. I always pick up primers whenever I can (my local reload supply limits primer sales to 500 per. For that reason he ALWAYS has primers). Same with powder. I've got a lot on hand, and buy more of the most used whenever I see a good deal (or even an OK deal). I also keep supplies of powder I don't always use, as a backup just in case. ALL of my brass is range brass (I always come back with more than I take), except for some of the odd calibers (7.62x54R and .45 AR). And bullets are always bought in bulk and on sale. If I were going to load just my 380 components, I'd have about 500 rounds to play with. I keep factory 380 for SD, but never shoot more than 5 rounds of SD per range visit.  
Title: Re: .380 Ammo - talk about charging 'what the market will bear' !
Post by: Badgersmilk on January 24, 2010, 08:40:04 PM
Cabela's, while high priced on most things is a good place for reloading supplies.  Midway is good as long as you don't get anything like powder or primers.  They charge extra for shipping of that stuff.  Much more so than other internet sellers.  Cheaper than dirt, midsouth shooters supplies, Shooters warehouse, there's tons of places on the internet that are good.  Gander Mountain, if your in MI Jay's is good, and William's Gun Sights.

The thing with getting primers is that their CHEAP!  When you see them, get a BUNCH.  I couldn't find them at all for about 6 months, but when I finally did...  I won't run out again for the rest of my life now!  ;)
Title: Re: .380 Ammo - talk about charging 'what the market will bear' !
Post by: jaybet on January 24, 2010, 09:55:34 PM
If you belong to a fairly active range there is brass to be had. The reloading craze is basically over and now that folks can buy ammo again they're too lazy to reload. The thing is you have to be willing to spend time "pecking" for brass. You have to be a brass whore. I try to always go home with more brass than rounds fired, and don't be afraid to ask people if they reload. If they don't they're usually willing to give you their brass.
Trouble is, I haven't found much 380 brass....again I go back to the fact that it's not all that popular. Most people want a substantial round and there's not a whole lot of it going boom at the ranges. Of course, maybe some of that is because of the going prices too.
Title: Re: .380 Ammo - talk about charging 'what the market will bear' !
Post by: 1911 Junkie on January 24, 2010, 10:01:02 PM
Trouble is, I haven't found much 380 brass....again I go back to the fact that it's not all that popular. Most people want a substantial round and there's not a whole lot of it going boom at the ranges. Of course, maybe some of that is because of the going prices too.

I like my Kel-Tec, carry it all the time. The popularity is one of the reasons ammo is so expensive.

Problem is that most of the .380's just aren't fun to shoot. The triggers kinda suck and they are small friggen guns that don't fit the hand well. Good for SD, not good for plinking. And there is that pesky ammo price thing.