Ammo

[tomjonesa22]

What gun out of your collections costs the most to shoot? I thought my 45 acp was expensive until I bought a 5-7. I paid like 230 for 500 rounds which where all burned through but the 5-7 runs me a box of 50 for 22-24 at a retail store.

[5.56 SS109]

If I didn't handload I wouldn't be able to shoot my AR15s regularly.

Prices on .223 are ridiculous, but I can train with 75gr BTHPs for as much as it would cost to buy steel cased Tula garbage at Walmart only because I reload.

[mizled]

M1 Garand.
Even buying Korean or Turkish surplus 30-06, it's still almost 50 cents a round.

I'm going to have to start reloading.

[reggie_love]

I have yet to buy ammo for my FiveseveN. But, probably that.

[sepht]

Originally Posted by 5.56 SS109

Prices on .223 are ridiculous

bullshit

I can buy a 20 case at walmart for $7

yes it's low velocity garbage and I have to coat it for it to feed right but it still shoots

My 8mm mauser is expensive as fuck. First of all it's difficult to find stores that actually sell it and when I do it runs for $30 for a pack of 10. I'm afraid to shoot my M24/47 because it's from WW2 and could potentially explode so I just keep it wrapped in a gun case in my garage for novelty.

My carbon fiber bow arrows are $10 each but they are easily reusable so that's not really an issue.

[tomjonesa22]

1 clip of the 5-7 is 10 bucks lol idk my 22 is working fine which is weird I'll prolly go back to that. Untill I get a 10 mm

[5.56 SS109]

Originally Posted by sepht

bullshit

I can buy a 20 case at walmart for $7

yes it's low velocity garbage and I have to coat it for it to feed right but it still shoots

My 8mm mauser is expensive as fuck. First of all it's difficult to find stores that actually sell it and when I do it runs for $30 for a pack of 10. I'm afraid to shoot my M24/47 because it's from WW2 and could potentially explode so I just keep it wrapped in a gun case in my garage for novelty.

My carbon fiber bow arrows are $10 each but they are easily reusable so that's not really an issue.

For what 60 rounds of Tula garbage costs you I can reload 100 full power 55gr softpoints that hold about 2.5 MOA out of a 16" carbine.

You're paying too much for what you get.

[tomjonesa22]

Check online sepht for your 8mm
http://www.ammunitiontogo.com/produc...oducts_id/6316
Hand loading from what I've heard is about half of cost you buy it for. The guy at the range says a box of .45 costs him about 7 bucks to make . It's prolly better than the federal shit I shoot

[sepht]

I know hand loading is cheaper but I don't think that's the point of this thread. The point is the cost of store bought ammo yes?

[5.56 SS109]

Originally Posted by sepht

I know hand loading is cheaper but I don't think that's the point of this thread. The point is the cost of store bought ammo yes?

Don't know for certain. Just went ahead and answered the question as it was asked.

[5.56 SS109]

Originally Posted by tomjonesa22

Check online sepht for your 8mm
http://www.ammunitiontogo.com/produc...oducts_id/6316
Hand loading from what I've heard is about half of cost you buy it for. The guy at the range says a box of .45 costs him about 7 bucks to make . It's prolly better than the federal shit I shoot

Using range pick up brass I can load 100 rounds of .45 defensive ammo for no more than $30.

You need to take it up, especially shooting some of the calibers you do.

[Malice]

Originally Posted by sepht

bullshit

I can buy a 20 case at walmart for $7

yes it's low velocity garbage and I have to coat it for it to feed right but it still shoots

Terrible price. You guys should jump on this deal, prices aren't coming down (probably, there could be something I don't know or haven't thought of).

http://palmettostatearmory.com/index...nc-plated.html

Oh, they increased the price $5.

[LavaRed]

7.62x39mm is currently running around $2 per round in my country.

.357 Magnum would be next at around $1 per round.

[Groundhog whacka]

I am out of touch with ammo prices because I reload almost everything I shoot. If I didn't reload I surely would not have a 6.5x47 Lapua. It is a proprietary round and is $62 for a box of 20. Hell the bare brass is $1 a round.

[Om Namah Shivaya]

Originally Posted by LavaRed

7.62x39mm is currently running around $2 per round in my country.

.357 Magnum would be next at around $1 per round.

the price to kill a man is cheap in your country

[reggie_love]

Originally Posted by Om Namah Shivaya

the price to kill a man is cheap in your country

Huh? That's expensive as shit for ammo.

[Om Namah Shivaya]

Originally Posted by reggie_love

Huh? That's expensive as shit for ammo.

I just found it kind of funny that you could theoretically end a mans life for 1 dollar.

[Malice]

You could theoretically end a man's life with a stick.

[mrbarbwir3]

Mans life + big rock = dead man for free.

[1983]

45-70 Government... Costs about 58 - 65 a box of twenty.

Al

[tomjonesa22]

Damn al that sucks do u reload that? I just bought 200 5-7 rounds for 93.10 the ammo was stale Its been sitting at the gunstore for almost a year. It's backordered everywhere....

[The Pat-Man]

prolly 30-06 but i shoot the thing maybe once a year.

[1983]

Originally Posted by tomjonesa22

Damn al that sucks do u reload that? I just bought 200 5-7 rounds for 93.10 the ammo was stale Its been sitting at the gunstore for almost a year. It's backordered everywhere....

Yeah I and a buddy of mine reload so we trade off and pass along ideas and secrets.

Still though they're as fun as they are expensive... Nothing quite like the feeling of sending a 200 grain copper encased load of hot leaded death downrange.

Al

[tomjonesa22]

That's sweet al is that gun a lever action? Ironically enough I bought 300 .22 rounds only cost me 20 bucks also today.

[1983]

Single shot break action.... Shoots smoother than a babies diarrhea and hits your shoulder like the feathered touch of an angels wings.

Gunna put a scope on it at some eventual time so it'll be a railroad spike driver.

Funny thing about when I first bought it, My boss was at the auction with me and:

Boss man:
"You bought another shotgun?"

Me:
"Nope" *huge shit eaten ear to ear grin*

Boss man:
"It's got to be a shotgun" *odd look*

Me:
"It's a 45-70"

Boss man:
"What the hell is that?"

Me:
"It's a big gun"

Boss man:
"What would you shoot with something like that?"

Me:
"Anything I want" <-- (this face)

Boss man:
*gives me a weird look and stops talking to me*

Me:



Dunno why but I got a raise soon after that.

Al

[tomjonesa22]

That's fucking awesome. He gave u a raise Caz he knows u can handle ur shit. Háve you killed anything with it?

[1983]

Originally Posted by tomjonesa22

That's fucking awesome. He gave u a raise Caz he knows u can handle ur shit. Háve you killed anything with it?

An old computer and possibly some green shooters shoulders and a few eardrums.

And I think the raise came from me being bat shit insane and well armed.

Al

[My Mom Is Dead]

The most expensive round I shoot is 44 magnum. It's eighty-cents per round, if I buy locally.
I reload it for moderately cheap. Maybe fifty-cents a round, but each time I reload the brass, it decreases the base cost.
If you reload in a common enough round, you can just pick up brass for free at most ranges. This is unfortunately not the case with 44 special or magnum.

[p6867]

I hate that i don't get my rounds paid for anymore. I also miss righting off my membership and rounds as business expenses. But the most expensive caliber i've ever owned was .338 lapua mag.

4-5 dollars a round for decent ammo, 2 dollars for shit.