If you are interested, Normashooting has 357 180 grain ammo for $31.99 with free shipping if you order more than $150
Best price I've seen in awhile.
Best price I've seen in awhile.
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What would be a good price for the silver box Winchester 158 JSP or JHP or 145 Silvertip?
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I don't know but, at present, I refuse to pay more than $35 for a box of 50 357 mag. And that includes shipping and taxes.
$35 for 50 357 is old prices. With this inflation and failure of government, $31 is basically theft. Depending on your state, they might be able to shoot you for that. Like, where are people getting enough to sell at those rates?
I'd definitely put a few hundo on that if I wasn't a loader
I'd definitely put a few hundo on that if I wasn't a loader
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Last time I purchased factory .357 ammo was about 50 years ago. Federal 158-grain JSP for $5.97 per box. Started reloading my own about the same time, started casting bullets the next year (1973). Haven't run out since that time.
Still using pre-panic supplies of primers and powder. Still salvaging lead alloy for bullet casting. Still processing cases and turning out loaded ammo while everyone else seems to be watching stupid network TV shows. My standard .357 ammo costs me about $3 per box of 50, and I have about 800 rounds in the ammo locker now.
If you aren't reloading your own ammo, especially after the past 2 or 3 shortages and huge price gouging exercises, you should consider it. The basic equipment will cost a couple hundred bucks, maybe another fifty for each additional caliber. At today's prices you will recoup your investment with the first 8 or 10 boxes of ammo.
No rocket science involved. You don't even have to graduate from barber college to understand the basics.
Still using pre-panic supplies of primers and powder. Still salvaging lead alloy for bullet casting. Still processing cases and turning out loaded ammo while everyone else seems to be watching stupid network TV shows. My standard .357 ammo costs me about $3 per box of 50, and I have about 800 rounds in the ammo locker now.
If you aren't reloading your own ammo, especially after the past 2 or 3 shortages and huge price gouging exercises, you should consider it. The basic equipment will cost a couple hundred bucks, maybe another fifty for each additional caliber. At today's prices you will recoup your investment with the first 8 or 10 boxes of ammo.
No rocket science involved. You don't even have to graduate from barber college to understand the basics.
The only problem is similar to factory ammo. Finding components.
I've noticed that primers are just not very available.
Kudos for stocking up when the stocking was better.
I might be able to scrounge 1k rounds of something but then my brass would be about expired.
I wish I had stocked up too but then, ammo was cheap(?) and everywhere.
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$35 for 50...that's funny!! You'd be lucky to get 20 for $35 now. Refusing to pay the current prices for ammo is one thing. Refusing to recognize the current price for ammo is just ignorance...
Availability of .357 Mag still quite good on this side of the pond, cheapest I found today is $24/box of 50 (Fiocchi 142gr) and $25/box of 50 (S&B 158gr). Most expensive is Black Hills Honey Badger 127gr at $134/box of 50.
As a note;
there is the 50 box target stuff and then there is.......
the high $$$ SD ammo that comes 20 in a box.
Do you really need that $2-3 a round SD ammo ?
I am lucky enough to have a second option in my home.
there is the 50 box target stuff and then there is.......
the high $$$ SD ammo that comes 20 in a box.
Do you really need that $2-3 a round SD ammo ?
I am lucky enough to have a second option in my home.
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And yet, I just purchased 5 boxes of 50 Norma 357 for $31.99 a box. With free shipping and about $12 in taxes that comes to $34.39 per box.
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"And yet, I just purchased 5 boxes of 50 Norma 357 for $31.99 a box. With free shipping and about $12 in taxes that comes to $34.39 per box."
Wow! You found one of the cheapest range loads available for right at your "limit". Now go buy some defense ammo for that...not to mention you had to buy 5 boxes to get over the amount needed for free shipping just to try and hit your number. Give us the price for one box including shipping and tax if you want an honest cost estimate...
Wow! You found one of the cheapest range loads available for right at your "limit". Now go buy some defense ammo for that...not to mention you had to buy 5 boxes to get over the amount needed for free shipping just to try and hit your number. Give us the price for one box including shipping and tax if you want an honest cost estimate...
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I think the smartest thing a shooter can do is buy primers when they can, if they can afford to. Of all the things necessary to create your own ammo, primers are the one thing you can't work around. And they take up the least amount of room too.
If you have primers, you can buy or barter for everything else. Heck, you could trade primers to a reloader for loaded ammo.
Prices for SD ammo are just nuts, even in good times. The cost of the projectile isn't a buck a pop for the manufacturer, so the prices are gouging. Some of the gimmickey machined ones might be, but are they REALLY worth it?
If you have primers, you can buy or barter for everything else. Heck, you could trade primers to a reloader for loaded ammo.
Prices for SD ammo are just nuts, even in good times. The cost of the projectile isn't a buck a pop for the manufacturer, so the prices are gouging. Some of the gimmickey machined ones might be, but are they REALLY worth it?
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These are 180 GR – HEXAGON FLUTED HOLLOW POINT rated at 1115FPS so I'm sure they would be just fine for defense. I didn't "have to" buy 5 boxes, I wanted 5 boxes so why would I buy one box? This isn't a cost estimate, it's an actual price, and there is nothing dishonest about it.
As PHS327 said, If I buy online, the minimum I'd buy is 250 rounds bulk (or five 50-round boxes). When I can find a good deal, I actually go for 500 rounds at a time, so meeting the 'Free shipping' minimum is easy.
One would be foolish to buy only 1 or 2 boxes and pay an extra shipping fee. The last time I checked, ordinance shipping is a minimum of $15 and will probably be going up soon.
Norma is a good reliable brand and one of the better prices out there right now.
One would be foolish to buy only 1 or 2 boxes and pay an extra shipping fee. The last time I checked, ordinance shipping is a minimum of $15 and will probably be going up soon.
Norma is a good reliable brand and one of the better prices out there right now.
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Thanks for the tip. Normashooting has been out of much of their handgun ammunition for a while now. I've previously purchased several cases of 9mm from them and like their ammo quite a bit, particularly at their price point.
I just placed an order for five boxes of this .357 Magnum ammo, though I've got plenty of factory ammo on hand in this caliber. I don't think the price will ever be lower that this, for any .357 ammo.
I was at Cabelas this weekend, they had a grand total of 2 boxes of .357 (2 x 25 round Hornady Critical Defense). They were swimming in 9mm, some but not a huge supply of .380, .40 S&W and .45 auto. Even some .25. Prices were high of course. No .38 special.
LGS, sportsman's warehouse, Wal-Mart. You know, everywhere. Haven't seen 357 lower than $35 a box in A DECADE. I don't buy a lot of stuff online if I can find nearby. 357 isn't a super common ammo for most people. I know a small town nearby where most of the revolver ammo in their local shop is 41 mag. When I asked why, they had no clue that it wasn't the most common thing ever.
I understand that most people don't comprehend basic economics and can't define inflation, but that's what prices have always been since I could legally buy a handgun. Everybody round these parts as a 9mm plastic fantastic or Ar-15.
I've used Norma Shooting a few times, when they had a sale and free shipping.
Good ammo, no problems.
Good ammo, no problems.
I really enjoy shooting Norma. Great target ammo that is affordable is always welcome in my book. I prefer S&B FMJ, but Norma and Armscor are also nice to shoot at the range with very little drop off in performance.
