Ammo price question

silverhawks

silverhawks

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Anyone know of a place online where I can get a better price than $53 for a box of .30 carbine shells?

Any help would be much appreciated.
 
MikeStanart said:
You should check out

http://www.gunbroker.com

It's like the e-bay of guns / ammo.

Their prices are decent sometimes, but always shop around.
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I'll second this. GunBroker is my first stop for any weapons/ammunition online. I actually have a buying and selling account there.

I also keep a distant eye on ammoman.com sometimes ammoman has some blowout deals if you buy in bulk. (now is not one of those times)
 
GunnyFreedom said:
I'll second this. GunBroker is my first stop for any weapons/ammunition online. I actually have a buying and selling account there.

I also keep a distant eye on ammoman.com sometimes ammoman has some blowout deals if you buy in bulk. (now is not one of those times)
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I've been looking there as I JUST got my pistol and rifle permit here in NJ. Only problem is, it would appear from some of the prices that I could just buy a new pistol - based on some people's buy it now prices??

I think.

I have no idea what fair prices are since I'm stepping into this (I guess) at the worst possible time.
 
Phenom24 said:
I've been looking there as I JUST got my pistol and rifle permit here in NJ. Only problem is, it would appear from some of the prices that I could just buy a new pistol - based on some people's buy it now prices??

I think.

I have no idea what fair prices are since I'm stepping into this (I guess) at the worst possible time.
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Definitely let the buyer beware and do your research first -- but most of the weapons at GunBroker being sold at brand-new prices...are probably brand new. They should tell you either way. If not, don't buy from that buyer. Code phrases like "NIB" mean "New In Box" etc.

A lot of dealers in brand new weapons frequent GunBroker also.
 
I've gotten good deals on gunbroker but you always have to hunt. It may take a month or two before you find what you want at a good price and then you need to snap it up ASAP. The good deals always get snatched up quick. I've seen several fantastic deals I couldn't get because I didn't have the cash. To this day I remember a great deal on a custom mosin nagant that included all the original stuff as well. the guy had put a synthethic stock on it, and a sniper style bolt on it that was also jeweled. I believe it had a scope too or a rail at least and it was all for 185 bucks.
 
Here is a thing to think about. The cheapest ammo right now that I can find is 5.45X39 for rifle and 7.62X25 for a pistol. These are soviet rounds but You can get then for 1200 rounds for around 150 bucks on AIM. The Russian TT-33 is the pistol that shoots the 7.62X25 and the AK74 or the Smith and wesson M&P15R shoot the 5.45X39.

The reason I would buy these two guns is because its cheap as hell to shoot and cheap as hell to stock up on ammo. I bought a AR15 & a M1A which is very expensive to feed and I don't get any range time in due to the prices.
 
Apples and oranges.

Never mix up 'range time' ammo cost with "Main Battle Weapon" ammo

I kid you not when I say that EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW which you can get from a range, you can get on a .22 LR

I cannot possibly stress the point enough, to spend all, or almost all of your range time behind a .22 and only range with your MBR so you know the sights.

Choose your MBR based on it's expected mission and POST-SHTF ammo availability

Post SHTF we'll see a glut of .308 .45 .40 9mm and .223

Standard American stuff. Unless China comes over and brings it, Russian stuff will dry up.

Don't look at what's cheaper NOW, look at what will be available THEN

And for heaven's sake; don't blow your MBR ammo on the range! RANGE your MBR and that's it. Maybe learn some wind effect for good measure. That's mostly applied math -- just like ranging.

Do ALL your practice on a .22

If I say that 1000 times it won't be enough.

Someone works 400 rounds a week on the MBR, spends over $10,000 a year to practice.

Someone else works 200 rounds a week on the .22 and spends MAYBE $30 a year to practice.

Chances are the .22 shooter is a better shot. And that doesn't change when you put a MBR in his hands. You have to "listen harder" to the .22 And you have to work the problem better with wind and range. Maintaining all the fundamentals, are EASIER on a .22 and that locks you in the habit.

I don't care who you are, if you drive a .30 class boom-stick and drop hundreds of rounds a week, you will develop a buck and or a flinch at least on some level. You could spit thousands from a .22 without developing that bad habit.

Other than ranging and windage familiarization with your MBR...

Do ALL your practice on a .22

If I say that 1000 times it won't be enough. seriously
 
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I bought a GSG-5 the other time to get more range time which I don't regret one bit. If I had to do it over I wouldn't of purchased a .308 and a .223 just because of the cost. The reason I would go with the 5.45X39 is because its cheap to shoot and its a combat round to boot. So if the rounds are cheap it wouldn't hurt You to buy 5k rounds and to sit on it. I am currently under 1k rounds for my M1A and for my AR15 and I'll leave it that way for now due to the cost. Now a M1A is good to have if the SHTF due to its stopping power but to be honest do I really need that much power especially since You can take down a deer with a 22LR?
 
It's better to have the power and not need it, then to need the power and not have it.

I am down to only 40 rds of .30-'06 20 of which are carbide-core AP rounds. I'd love to have lots more, but my MBR is an AR-15 for which I have about 1500 rds at the moment

I sincerely believe that in a SHTF scenario (Most of the likely ones anyway) we'll do a lot better to have rifles chambered in NATO spec rather than Russian spec. The reason that ammo is so much more expensive right now is 1) higher production quality and 2) most of it is being bought up and shipped out to the desert.

Should the wheels come off, that NATO spec ammo will build up here in the States until the production companies go under, leading to a glut.

Right NOW it is a lot cheaper to stock up on Russian Spec ammo. However after the SHTF, I am convinced that it will be easier to acquire NATO spec. ESPECIALLY since most reloaders in the US reload NATO spec.... and after a while in a SHTF scenario, reloads will be all that's available.
 
GunnyFreedom said:
Apples and oranges.

Never mix up 'range time' ammo cost with "Main Battle Weapon" ammo

I kid you not when I say that EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW which you can get from a range, you can get on a .22 LR

I cannot possibly stress the point enough, to spend all, or almost all of your range time behind a .22 and only range with your MBR so you know the sights.

Choose your MBR based on it's expected mission and POST-SHTF ammo availability

Post SHTF we'll see a glut of .308 .45 .40 9mm and .223

Standard American stuff. Unless China comes over and brings it, Russian stuff will dry up.

Don't look at what's cheaper NOW, look at what will be available THEN

And for heaven's sake; don't blow your MBR ammo on the range! RANGE your MBR and that's it. Maybe learn some wind effect for good measure. That's mostly applied math -- just like ranging.

Do ALL your practice on a .22

If I say that 1000 times it won't be enough.

Someone works 400 rounds a week on the MBR, spends over $10,000 a year to practice.

Someone else works 200 rounds a week on the .22 and spends MAYBE $30 a year to practice.

Chances are the .22 shooter is a better shot. And that doesn't change when you put a MBR in his hands. You have to "listen harder" to the .22 And you have to work the problem better with wind and range. Maintaining all the fundamentals, are EASIER on a .22 and that locks you in the habit.

I don't care who you are, if you drive a .30 class boom-stick and drop hundreds of rounds a week, you will develop a buck and or a flinch at least on some level. You could spit thousands from a .22 without developing that bad habit.

Other than ranging and windage familiarization with your MBR...

Do ALL your practice on a .22

If I say that 1000 times it won't be enough. seriously
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I second this
 
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