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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: gunman42782 on March 23, 2008, 04:14:41 PM
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I know we are all sick to death of ammo prices going up. (And I know you are probably sick of people like me griping about it!)I just placed an order at Midway for 500 Remington .357 mag 125 grain JHP and it cost $45.99! This was ON SALE! Last year I bought a box of 500 for $29.99, and the year before they were $24.99. So they have dang near doubled in two years. I bought a 100 30/30 Remington bullets for $19.49! They used to have these on sale for $9.99 all the time. I used to buy Sierra 168 grain BTHP Match bullets for the same price ($19.99), now they are close to $30.00. It is honestly getting to the point where I am gonna have to cut back on my shooting it is getting so dang expensive. I know I have found myself shooting more and more .22 LR (and even it went up, but not like everything else.)
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It does seem like a way to force us to 'low powered' .22 for most of our shooting. If I was a 'tin foil hat' kinda guy....
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yea, but look how much more you're making now compared to then.... Uh, .. never mind. Got tin foil??
I'm doing more .22 as well, but I did invest in an AR conversion that works nice at 25 yds. Fun anyway. Got a chance to run through a mag of .223 on a suppressed Bushmaster factory demo gun last Saturday. After about 15 rounds, I popped the mag for a look- really trash filled. It fired fine, naturally, but it was obvious that a serious cleaning was going to happen that night. Piston just has to be a better full auto, suppressed design.
I am contemplating renting sign space across the street from the local High School. Here is where political correctness yields to humor. If I post an ad for Miller Lite, with good lookin' girl, I can afford more ammo! My small farm is a 1 beer drive from the HS parking lot, and the first place outside of the subdivisions they pass. I am "given" about 5 empty cans a day (more on Fridays) when they pass by on their way home. A 200% increase, @29 cents a pound, is REAL MONEY!!
Hey, I'm just kidding. Not trying to promote drunk driving or under-aged drinking. I'm way too late for that. I'm just saying, with the rise in ammo prices, we gotta' get creative.
Mac.
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Heck, just put a "dump your cans here" sign on your driveway. :D
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I must be a lush..I cashed my cans in the other day and got $92. for the Aluminum. Do I have to go the those damn classes now? ???
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I must be a lush..I cashed my cans in the other day and got $92. for the Aluminum. Do I have to go the those damn classes now? ???
NAAAA!! They get in the way of drinking time. ;)
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Gunman,
You're talking about 50, not 500, right?
Anyone know anything about Collins Cartridge Co.? They have re-manufactured .357's for $136.00/500. That's the best price I've seen for ammo anywhere.
Gun show coming up here (Rochester) this coming weekend, time to roll my pennies and see what's available.
Art
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Gunman,
You're talking about 50, not 500, right?
Anyone know anything about Collins Cartridge Co.? They have re-manufactured .357's for $136.00/500. That's the best price I've seen for ammo anywhere.
Gun show coming up here (Rochester) this coming weekend, time to roll my pennies and see what's available.
Art
LINK!!
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Oops, knew I forgot something
http://secure.netsolhost.com/488989.498856/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=CCC&Category_Code=CRemf
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No, I mean 500. Bullets. Components. Not loaded ammo.
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Oops, knew I forgot something
http://secure.netsolhost.com/488989.498856/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=CCC&Category_Code=CRemf
They're out of 45 Colt :(. It seems everyone is!
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Just out of curiosity...
I reloaded some 45 colt today and was sitting there thinking about ammo prices. Well, I walked back into the office and did some calculating on the cost of reloading my 45 loads:
Meister Bullet $0.11
Starline Brass: $0.01 (based on price of new brass reloaded 15 times)
CCI Primer $0.03
Titegroup Powder $0.01
Total $0.16 = $80.00 / 500 rounds
I guess I better go back and reload some more.
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I take it those are lead bullets?
I can't find anything jacked in 45 or 40 for less then $.14 each when you buy 5k of them :'(
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For practice and cowboy action, I use lead. Today, I loaded 45 LC RNFP Weight: 200 GR.
http://www.meisterbullets.com/asccustompages/products.asp?s=0&categoryid=22&Page=2
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Im not seeing prices on loaded ammo much different than usual Wolf .45 ACP 500/$119 762x39 1000/$189 .223 500/$119 .40 500/$109 ammo man is out of alot and is advertising increases soon. But there are some bargains ouy there still.
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2how,
Went to ammoman.com, they have the best prices I've seen so far, thanks!
Prices are still out of my reach for much shooting, I guess it's time to get back into loading my own.
Art
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Thanks , the best thing about ammo man is all prices are out the door delivered. ;D
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For practice and cowboy action, I use lead. Today, I loaded 45 LC RNFP Weight: 200 GR.
http://www.meisterbullets.com/asccustompages/products.asp?s=0&categoryid=22&Page=2
Are you happy with Meister. I'm using Lazercast. I believe mine are a little harder. Which I come to find out is not a good thing when hitting the banditoes. I'm interested in Meister but no one I shoot with uses them?
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reloading.. is smart. I've got to start.