$500 Ammo buying spree

[Qball]

I roll my own for everything but .22Lr
But one can't have to much gun powder

 

[Joe Hohmann]

Aside from .22 it would be .38 special and .44 special. These are for target shooting my S&W 686 and Ruger Super Blackhawk Bisley.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

I am stocked up on reloading components, pistol ammo and Rifle ammo. So I would buy shotgun ammo. I have 28 flats (10 boxes), mostly of 12 and 20, so $500 would buy 5 flats of AA Super Sport 410 or 28 gauge!

Ivan

 

[Joe Hohmann]

I developed a number of interesting side interests.


a crossbow, experimented with piwerful break action air guns and started reading books on bow making. I also started shooting BP guns. Diversification can be a good move in addition to stockpiling or as an alternative.

I am also into archery (traditional bows) and air guns. When not at my gun club, I have a 20 meter archery setup in my back yard, and a 10 meter air pistol range in the basement.

 

[S42N8]

I'd go for .45 ACP, .38 Special, .44 Special and 9mm. Range ammo only; the good stuff is too 'spensive, and the range ammo will always work if necessary. 9mm and .45 has gotten reasonably priced lately; .38 is still available, but the .44 Special isn't really getting better.

<sigh> CCI is no longer making Speer Gold Dot in .41 Mag. Quitters.

 

[TeaDub]

If you're good on all calibers for the range, I'd actually use a healthy chunk of that $500 on self defense ammo. Pick up more than you "need". With all the craziness in the world, and potential ammo scares at home, having enough SD ammo to allow occasional rotation/practice might be a wise thing to have. Many CCW carriers seem to only have enough for their gun and a couple of spare mags worth on hand.

Right now the pricing is better than it's been in a while. I'd even pick up a couple of boxes in calibers for guns you "rarely" carry. I've done this exact thing over the last year. I'm now set for the next decade if it comes to that. Buying online, $0.50 a round is pretty easy to find. It may not be there next year.

 

[petepeterson]

I'd buy .38 CCI shotshells. I've heard rumor that they exist, but I haven't run into a box since before the stegosaurus.

I figure $500 should get me at least 2 boxes of 10, which I should be able to sell for a handsome profit!

 

[Philadelphia Patriot]

I can get 1,000 rounds of 9mm for $200, so I'd get 2,000 rounds of 9mm and spend $100 on 7.62x39mm.

 

[pawngal]

Well the other night online I put in my order with LAX ammo, but I tripled the allowance you set......a hard pill to swallow but what good are my arms if I have no ammo to shoot.

10mm
.45acp
.357 mag
.38 special
.44 special
.44 magnum
Super 38
9mm
.45 colt
5.56
7.62x39
30-30

I buy all my ammo from them.
They have the only reasonable priced .41 mag around.

 

[Whitwabit]

1/2 380 ACP and 1/2 40 S&W .. for my 2 carry weapons ..

 

[yashua-p]

I would be buying 7.62X39 and 5.56. Stocked in 9MM and .45ACP. Adequate in most everything else. I might add some 7.72X54R.

regards

yashua

 

[moralem]

I buy all my ammo from them.
They have the only reasonable priced .41 mag around.

Great minds think alike.....it is where all my ammo comes from too best prices on 10mm and 44 special that I buy in multiple buckets from them.

 

[fdw]

38 and 45, with a dash of 380.

I have plenty of 9

 

[RJJ 1971]

9mm, 40sw, & 12 gauge.
Sold my DPMS, so need for .223 anymore.
And I have enough 22lr for awhile...

 

[S42N8]

Great minds think alike.....it is where all my ammo comes from too best prices on 10mm and 44 special that I buy in multiple buckets from them.

I have a wee bit of LAX ammo, but Georgia Arms also carries 41 Mag. Out of stock at present.

 

[model70hunter]

I was very low on 22 LR when the pandemic hit. Only 4 or 5 bricks. Found a brick at Academy recently about 34 bucks. And a tub of REM 22 at Dicks.
I have 2 Kimber 84's in 7mm 08 and found 10 boxes of REM for them in an old hardware store. I bought them just a few weeks before the ammo pandemic hit. I went back there to buy 22 some one had cleaned them out.

I have a 270 and a 300 WBY mag with enough ammo to do all my remaining deer hunts.

I'd probably buy some 5.56 and or reloading supplies for the 45 acp.

 

[radar1972]

.44 magnum for both range and SD.

 

[bushmaster1313]

Well the other night online I put in my order with LAX ammo, but I tripled the allowance you set......a hard pill to swallow but what good are my arms if I have no ammo to shoot.

10mm
.45acp
.357 mag
.38 special
.44 special
.44 magnum
Super 38
9mm
.45 colt
5.56
7.62x39
30-30

I see you were already well stocked with .40 S&W

 

[Gpsman]

Lol..good luck finding that 41 mag. Never see ammo very often..but I did find a good bit of brass and a fair amount of bullets lately at gun shows. And last week I did buy a NIB Blackhawk 41 mag with my favorite bbl length... short 4 5/8. Price was right...deal was real.



To be honest I hardly ever buy ammo. I do however buy brass powder primers bullets. I'd probably use the 500 to buy another handgun. Or in the case of a S&W..half a handgun. Saw a 25-2 in exc condition but it was priced at 1100 bucks

Try Georgia Arms or Underwood Ammo.
Plenty of .41 Magnum

 

[Gpsman]

.44 special and Magnum and .45 Colt for me.