Just curious what the going rate people are paying per round at the moment? I'm stocked enough at the moment but the last purchases I made were:
The last purchases I made over the past few months were .74/round (9mm 124g JHP), .55/round (9mm 115g FMJ). I've gotten some cheaper at the range but it's usually just one allowed box per session.
This is in the Washington, DC area, though most has been mail ordered.
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2Yeah around .50 to.60 for 9mm, dang near the same for 22mag that I use for classes. Haven't had to buy my other calibers.
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3That's assuming you can find it. Living in Virginia, I am often in the Washington, DC area. Every Walmart that I've seen is bone-dry, not a cartridge to be found. There's a Cabela's about 25-30 miles west of Washington, DC, and they're pretty much bone-dry as well. Same for the Dick's Sporting Goods stores.
The range where I used to work has some ammo, but it's slim-pickens. It gets snapped up as quickly as they can get it in. They ration it just so people can come to the range and actually practice.
This is why reloading is so important. We shoot mostly .38 Special with a 105gr cast bullet. It costs us about 6 cents/round at present. With jacketed bullets, it'd be around 9 or 10 cents/round.
The .45 Colt, which we also enjoy, is a bit more expensive, at about 10 cents/round. The .45 ACP costs about the same. Both loadings use a 200gr LRNFP bullet.
The range where I used to work has some ammo, but it's slim-pickens. It gets snapped up as quickly as they can get it in. They ration it just so people can come to the range and actually practice.
This is why reloading is so important. We shoot mostly .38 Special with a 105gr cast bullet. It costs us about 6 cents/round at present. With jacketed bullets, it'd be around 9 or 10 cents/round.
The .45 Colt, which we also enjoy, is a bit more expensive, at about 10 cents/round. The .45 ACP costs about the same. Both loadings use a 200gr LRNFP bullet.
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4All of this may be the fulcrum I need to get off of my ass and get in to reloading.CowboyT wrote:That's assuming you can find it. Living in Virginia, I am often in the Washington, DC area. Every Walmart that I've seen is bone-dry, not a cartridge to be found. There's a Cabela's about 25-30 miles west of Washington, DC, and they're pretty much bone-dry as well. Same for the Dick's Sporting Goods stores.
The range where I used to work has some ammo, but it's slim-pickens. It gets snapped up as quickly as they can get it in. They ration it just so people can come to the range and actually practice.
This is why reloading is so important. We shoot mostly .38 Special with a 105gr cast bullet. It costs us about 6 cents/round at present. With jacketed bullets, it'd be around 9 or 10 cents/round.
The .45 Colt, which we also enjoy, is a bit more expensive, at about 10 cents/round. The .45 ACP costs about the same. Both loadings use a 200gr LRNFP bullet.
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5Now's probably not the time to take up reloading. Accept that everything is in stupid demand at the moment. Buy the supplies once the market calms down, prep for the next panic.
My LGS isn't listing prices online anymore. Bodes poorly. When I stocked up in August, .45ACP ran me something like $18/50 for Federal FMJs, around .36/round. Colt ran .94/round for American Eagle JSPs. Have some S&B JHPs I picked up for .80/rd last spring, when they were last available.
Rimfire? I have a couple boxes of CCI Mini-mags left over from a fall sale at $7 for a 100 round box. I want to say Velocitors were going about .18/round back then. Last I saw a price on Mini-mags, they were charging Velocitor prices.
My LGS isn't listing prices online anymore. Bodes poorly. When I stocked up in August, .45ACP ran me something like $18/50 for Federal FMJs, around .36/round. Colt ran .94/round for American Eagle JSPs. Have some S&B JHPs I picked up for .80/rd last spring, when they were last available.
Rimfire? I have a couple boxes of CCI Mini-mags left over from a fall sale at $7 for a 100 round box. I want to say Velocitors were going about .18/round back then. Last I saw a price on Mini-mags, they were charging Velocitor prices.
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6The last 22LR I bought (last month) was a 800 round Federal Range Pack at $48.00 plus tax so about $0.065 a round. It is 40 grain LRN 1200fps stuff.
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7Reloading only works right now if you happened to stock up on primers last year... I have plenty of L / S rifle and large pistol, but I didn't decide to reload for 9mm until the panic had already hit so I literally have zero small pistol primers right now and a limited supply of mostly Magtech 9mm range ammo left in the safe. I don't want to admit how much I paid for it at Big 5, but I still felt lucky to even get 2 boxes.
Fortunately you can't really wear out snapcaps, so it's dryfire practice with the CZ75 for the foreseeable future and just a mag or two each time I take out the 1911.
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8Last time I bought... CCI 9mm and Wolf 223 were about 20 cents/per round after shipping. 308 was 50 cents per round. 357 Sig was super expensive at 40 cents per round.
400 Round Case - 7.62x51 NATO Magtech 147 grain M80 Ball New Ammo - 762A - $191.60
1000 Round Case - 223 Rem 62 Grain FMJ Wolf WPA Steel Case Ammo Made by Barnaul - $199.90
1000 Round Case - 7.62x39 FMJ BT Golden Tiger 124 Grain Russian Ammo - $189.90
1000 round case - 380 ACP Federal American Eagle 95 grain FMJ Ammo AE380AP - $239.00
1000 round case - 45 Auto 230 grain FMJ CCI Blazer Brass Case Ammo - 5230 - $259.00
1000 round case - 9mm Luger CCI Blazer Brass 115 grain FMJ ammo 5200 - $199.80
1000 Round Case - 5.45x39 FMJ 59 Grain Golden Tiger Non-Corrosive New Production Ammo - $229.50
I won't pay today's prices until I run out.
400 Round Case - 7.62x51 NATO Magtech 147 grain M80 Ball New Ammo - 762A - $191.60
1000 Round Case - 223 Rem 62 Grain FMJ Wolf WPA Steel Case Ammo Made by Barnaul - $199.90
1000 Round Case - 7.62x39 FMJ BT Golden Tiger 124 Grain Russian Ammo - $189.90
1000 round case - 380 ACP Federal American Eagle 95 grain FMJ Ammo AE380AP - $239.00
1000 round case - 45 Auto 230 grain FMJ CCI Blazer Brass Case Ammo - 5230 - $259.00
1000 round case - 9mm Luger CCI Blazer Brass 115 grain FMJ ammo 5200 - $199.80
1000 Round Case - 5.45x39 FMJ 59 Grain Golden Tiger Non-Corrosive New Production Ammo - $229.50
I won't pay today's prices until I run out.
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9I read through this thread, then I'm all, "Well. How much?" I looked at my reloading stuff and thought, "Some assembly required." So, I don't really know.
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10If I can help, let me know. The instructional videos are now back online, free to view and even download for your personal use, so have at it. That's what they're there for.DamnYankee wrote: Sun Feb 21, 2021 11:26 amAll of this may be the fulcrum I need to get off of my ass and get in to reloading.CowboyT wrote:That's assuming you can find it. Living in Virginia, I am often in the Washington, DC area. Every Walmart that I've seen is bone-dry, not a cartridge to be found. There's a Cabela's about 25-30 miles west of Washington, DC, and they're pretty much bone-dry as well. Same for the Dick's Sporting Goods stores.
The range where I used to work has some ammo, but it's slim-pickens. It gets snapped up as quickly as they can get it in. They ration it just so people can come to the range and actually practice.
This is why reloading is so important. We shoot mostly .38 Special with a 105gr cast bullet. It costs us about 6 cents/round at present. With jacketed bullets, it'd be around 9 or 10 cents/round.
The .45 Colt, which we also enjoy, is a bit more expensive, at about 10 cents/round. The .45 ACP costs about the same. Both loadings use a 200gr LRNFP bullet.
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11components are a problem. primers pretty much unobtanium. but yes, start getting the equipment and studying up on it. before the crunch, i figure i made high-quality consistent ammo for 1/2 the price of the cheap stuff and i expect that ratio to continue, just at the higher market prices if/when things settle down.
i'm retired. what's your excuse?
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12True, primers are a problem, especially small pistol. That's because the handgun rounds most used by the cops and military--that is, 9mm, .40 S&W, and .38 Special--are all small pistol primer cartridges.Crow wrote: Sun Feb 21, 2021 4:46 pm Reloading only works right now if you happened to stock up on primers last year... I have plenty of L / S rifle and large pistol, but I didn't decide to reload for 9mm until the panic had already hit so I literally have zero small pistol primers right now and a limited supply of mostly Magtech 9mm range ammo left in the safe. I don't want to admit how much I paid for it at Big 5, but I still felt lucky to even get 2 boxes.
Fortunately you can't really wear out snapcaps, so it's dryfire practice with the CZ75 for the foreseeable future and just a mag or two each time I take out the 1911.
-Crow
Get started anyway, even if you have to pay somewhat stupid prices for components. This current panic reminds me of the ones in both 2009 and 2013. The important thing is to get started.
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13Yesterday, my LGS sold .38 special FMJ 50 rounds for about $30.
Also a box of .357 mag lead nose for the same. Both about $.60/round.
Also a box of .357 mag lead nose for the same. Both about $.60/round.
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15I just paid that same amount in a private party sale. I saw 9mm online for .40/rd the other day....maybe things are slowly coming down???YankeeTarheel wrote: Thu Feb 25, 2021 7:51 am Yesterday, my LGS sold .38 special FMJ 50 rounds for about $30.
Also a box of .357 mag lead nose for the same. Both about $.60/round.
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16Looks like 22LR is rapidly reappearing.
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17good, 'cause i'm about to go to the range and burn some.
i'm retired. what's your excuse?
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18I see it online for many times the price it should be. Crap ammo for $0.25/rd that used to be $0.02 to $0.05 per round not long ago might be around. Any "in stock alert" I receive for decent stuff... I go there and it is already sold out and very overpriced.
I was able to backorder some CCI mini-mag for 16/rd with no idea when it would be fullfilled. After that last years-long 22LR drought, I thought it would be prudent to at least try.
I am not going to panic and pay panic prices for 22LR. I had none during the drought and had to pay $0.10/rd for CCI Mini-Mag when 22LR came back (I thought that was super high in 2015). I never thought this would happen again, so when prices drop again to reasonable levels, I will need to stock up.
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19The Federal Range Pack seems to be available in quite a few stores at $39-48.00. That works out to 6.5 cents a round including our local 8.25% sales tax.
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20OK That makes sense. Regional differences.sig230 wrote: Thu Feb 25, 2021 1:36 pm The Federal Range Pack seems to be available in quite a few stores at $39-48.00. That works out to 6.5 cents a round including our local 8.25% sales tax.
22LR is hoarded by the "buy everything when the doors open" crowd here. Even limiting purchases doesn't make it so that working people can get there in time. I have tried. However, the prices are stupid high. Probably because they know the same people are coming in and clearing it out every time they get stocked.
I am sure the hoarding/scalping will slow down eventually. I hope.
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21Eventually it will. It always has in the past.
However, it may be longer this time, because now we have gun-controllers running the House, Senate, and Oval Office. When they try any gun control legislation--and they've made it clear that they will--I think we'll see 2020 all over again, and for quite a long time. Remember what happened after the horrible Sandy Hook shooting, and the gun-controllers didn't have both chambers of Congress. Now they do.
However, it may be longer this time, because now we have gun-controllers running the House, Senate, and Oval Office. When they try any gun control legislation--and they've made it clear that they will--I think we'll see 2020 all over again, and for quite a long time. Remember what happened after the horrible Sandy Hook shooting, and the gun-controllers didn't have both chambers of Congress. Now they do.
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22But that shouldn't really have an impact on 22LR, should it?
It does. I know it does. But, I cannot understand why.
It does. I know it does. But, I cannot understand why.
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23change of plans, burned some of my .223 reloads instead of .22. F this shortage. couple of people were whining loudly about dems in DC so i said "other shooters are buying up the ammo and causing this shortage".
i'm retired. what's your excuse?
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24Yeah, the shortage started in 2020, but they love to blame anyone but DJT for what DJT did.lurker wrote: Fri Feb 26, 2021 6:49 am change of plans, burned some of my .223 reloads instead of .22. F this shortage. couple of people were whining loudly about dems in DC so i said "other shooters are buying up the ammo and causing this shortage".
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25Just poured my 2nd cup of coffee so my brain is still in free association mode:
Nothing. I avoid golf every chance I get!What are you paying per round at the moment?
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