.38 Special ammo prices!

I have purchased .38 ammo, new PMC 130 grain FMJ, for $ 12.50 a box (per 1000 rounds) from The Armory. A case is $ 249.00 plus S&H,
$ 27.00 for me, UPS. Delivery was within a week. I have no complaints regarding PMC and reload the brass.
Thanks for this link, but I didn't see any case quantities.

I have used PMC Bronze in a .380acp and it performed well.
 
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Can hardly find any now , but gunshops always had 1 or 2 brands of mixed brass .38 Special reloads. Usually $4 for a box of 148gr target wadcutters -or $5 a box of 50 158gr lead SWC.

Can't remember the last time I saw new production 148gr target wadcutters of any brand on the shelf , let alone on sale.

All I see is that anemic 130gr FMJ-RN or $1 a round zombie/tactical hollow points and $2 frangibles.
 
I purchased 1,000rds of priv-partizan 38 special 158 lc but by the time i received it and went back for another 1k it was sold out. SGAmmo.com | Family Owned and Operated, Stillwater Oklahoma had it the cheapest.

I figure it was cheaper once to purchase the loaded ammo on the first go around than to buy the new brass, bullets, primers and powder plus we get to shoot it once then reload it. If the new ammo is affordable.
 
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"I looked at their website,saw a product that I am unfamiliar with.Anyone shooting ".38 special short"?"

Looks as though it might be .38 Short Colt. Very similar to .38 S&W but the same case diameter as the .38 Special. A very old caliber, but still loaded and has a following among revolver shooters in certain types of rapid-fire competition due to its very low recoil and short recovery time. There is also the .38 Long Colt, its case is still a little shorter than the .38 Special.
 
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