YAGunT: Where to get brass ammo cheaper than Walmart ($0.20/round)?

[JEDI]

9mm Box of 100 = $20

cant find anything cheaper online. WTF?

 

[rudeguy]

gunbroker.com

You have to buy in bulk to get a deal. And even then its not going to be that much cheaper.

 

[coxmaster]

In most cases its pretty much impossible to find it cheaper than Walmart.. I buy in bulk online simply for the convenience because its uncommon for my Walmart to have a large quantity of what I want.

 

[gorcorps]

Cheaper than dirt

 

[OverVolt]

Walmart for me is .21-.25 per

So I order it online for like .217

 

[Anubis]

is that a lot? knowing nothing about guns i woudl assume that $0.20 a bullet is normal

 

[OverVolt]

$.20-$.23 is normal for brass cased 9mm yea

You might be able to get reloaded ammo on sale for $.19 and thats it.

With the big runup in gun sales I would imagine there is also high demand for ammo now, more guns people are now trying out.

9mm had spiked to $0.27/ea after the election

 

[adairusmc]

ammoman.com

 

[gorcorps]

Actually I replied before I saw the price you got. If you have brass ammo at walmart for $10 per box you're already lucky because that's what I look for online. Best I can find is $12-13 for brass 9mm in stores.

 

[coxmaster]

Actually I replied before I saw the price you got. If you have brass ammo at walmart for $10 per box you're already lucky because that's what I look for online. Best I can find is $12-13 for brass 9mm in stores.

And that is why it is incredibly economical to reload

 

[Tiamat]

Not easy to find. I bought at 22.5 cents per brass 9mm federal American eagle. The Walmart by me is almost always oos of decent ammo

 

[gorcorps]

And that is why it is incredibly economical to reload

I looked into it with friends a while ago, and I'd have to shoot a shitload of 9mm to pay for the equipment and such. If you're reloading .40 and up it makes more sense but 9 is fairly cheap (comparatively)

 

[OverVolt]

Agreed on the equipment.

Need like 5 shooting buddies to chip in for it to be worth it.

 

[coxmaster]

I looked into it with friends a while ago, and I'd have to shoot a shitload of 9mm to pay for the equipment and such. If you're reloading .40 and up it makes more sense but 9 is fairly cheap (comparatively)

I guess it does depend on how much you shoot. I started loading exclusively 9mm 5 months ago, and I've already shot enough to have saved the money I spent on a press. So from here on out its just saving money.

 

[OverVolt]

I save money by shooting less. Maybe if I get like 5,000 casings saved up I'll buy a reloading bench.

Stop trying to rationalize blowing through like 10,000 rounds of ammo and "saving" money lol.

 

[jpeyton]

With current ammo prices, reloading is getting economical when compared to any new production brass-cased ammunition.

As of today, the lowest prices I can find for the following common calibers, for brass-cased new production reloadable FMJ ammunition:

9mm - 20 cents/round
45ACP - 30 cents/round
.223/5.56 NATO - 35 cents/round
.308/7.62 NATO - 65 cents/round

The occasional deal pops up, particularly on the rifle ammunition, where you can knock down the cost by a few cents/round, but not much more than that.

Steel-cased handgun ammunition isn't really cheap enough to warrant shooting it versus brass, but steel-cased rifle ammunition is.

7.62x39 - 23 cents/round
5.45x39 - 22 cents/round
.223/5.56 NATO - 25 cents/round
.308/7.62 NATO - 40 cents/round

If you don't mind shooting corrosive milsurp, you can save even more. I prefer shooting non-corrosive ammo because I'm not religious about cleaning my gun after every range trip. Non-corrosive brass-cased milsurp is hard to find, especially for a decent price. People are selling cases of milsurp 7.62 NATO for $600 when new production ammo isn't much more.

I only buy firearms chambered in common calibers. Currently I shoot 9mm, .223/5.56 NATO, .308/7.62 NATO, and 7.62x39.

 

[coxmaster]

I save money by shooting less. Maybe if I get like 5,000 casings saved up I'll buy a reloading bench.

Stop trying to rationalize blowing through like 10,000 rounds of ammo and "saving" money lol.

I've shot right at 1600 rounds since I started reloading, which has saved me basically exactly the amount I spent on the equipment. I don't really consider 1600 rounds to be a ton of ammo, since I would shoot that much any way..

 

[OverVolt]

Isn't a setup like $500 or so? $500 buys you 1,000-2,000 rounds depending on the ammo type.

 

[coxmaster]

Isn't a setup like $500 or so? $500 buys you 1,000-2,000 rounds depending on the ammo type.

Depends entirely on what kind of setup you want. I spent $140 on the press because I got a good deal, and $20 on a hand primer. Besides that I already had everything else needed (bench, bucket, etc). It really isn't as expensive as people think.

 

[gorcorps]

Depends entirely on what kind of setup you want. I spent $140 on the press because I got a good deal, and $20 on a hand primer. Besides that I already had everything else needed (bench, bucket, etc). It really isn't as expensive as people think.

That's because a lot of people buy into the Dylan hype from what I've seen. The Lee and Hornady stuff is still just fine for most people and are a lot easier to afford. That's at least what I found when I was looking into it.

 

[jpeyton]

Isn't a setup like $500 or so? $500 buys you 1,000-2,000 rounds depending on the ammo type.

You can reload 9mm for half the price of new production ammunition.

The savings add up fast. If you shoot any larger caliber it adds up even faster.

 

[mnewsham]

I shoot primarily .40 and .22LR I only have a single .40 but five(soon to be six) .22 not sure if buying the equipment to reload would be worth it considering in a year I probably only shoot 500 rounds of .40 and 2500+ rounds of .22

 

[velillen]

I shoot primarily .40 and .22LR I only have a single .40 but five(soon to be six) .22 not sure if buying the equipment to reload would be worth it considering in a year I probably only shoot 500 rounds of .40 and 2500+ rounds of .22

22 isn't worth reloading. Can buy it cheaper anyways. 380 is the same way. 9mm is generally the smallest people reload.

Rough estimate with rounding up on cost its 12 cents a round for 9mm for me. 223 is like 18 cents. 308 matchgrade ammo is around 25cents. K

I reload 9,40, 10, 357mag, 44mag, 223, 308, 300blackout, and 30-06. Saving over factory have more than paid for my equipment.

 

[AmdEmAll]

Anyone know of decently priced .223 thats actually in stock??

 

[mnewsham]

22 isn't worth reloading. Can buy it cheaper anyways. 380 is the same way. 9mm is generally the smallest people reload.

Rough estimate with rounding up on cost its 12 cents a round for 9mm for me. 223 is like 18 cents. 308 matchgrade ammo is around 25cents. K

I reload 9,40, 10, 357mag, 44mag, 223, 308, 300blackout, and 30-06. Saving over factory have more than paid for my equipment.

Yup, and I figure at only 500 rounds of .40 it would take a long while to recoup the initial investment.