Ammo no longer needed?

[GKC]

As a result of trading and selling some of my guns, I have some ammo in calibers that I no longer need. I don't have any plans to buy any more guns in these calibers, as I am really focusing on keeping all my guns in .45 ACP, 9mm, and .38 Special calibers. (Well, I do have one .44 Special, the S&W model 24-6, but I don't plan to sell it nor will I be shooting it much.)

What do you guys do with "surplus" ammo? Sell it online? Trade it? (If so, how and where?) Donate it to your local gun range or police department?

I have some .40 S&W, .357 magnum, .45 Colt, and some .410 handgun loads, designed for the Judge. All production ammo, not reloads. I don't have a lot of any of them, and it seems like shipping it to someone would be too expensive for anyone to be interested... I thought about just putting a real cheap price on them, or even free, and ask the buyer(s) to just pay the shipping. (Any legal problems with giving away ammo?) I know you can't trade it at a gun shop, at least none of them around here will do so.

So...thoughts? Advice?

 

[Ron H.]

As a result of trading and selling some of my guns, I have some ammo in calibers that I no longer need. I don't have any plans to buy any more guns in these calibers, as I am really focusing on keeping all my guns in .45 ACP, 9mm, and .38 Special calibers. (Well, I do have one .44 Special, the S&W model 24-6, but I don't plan to sell it nor will I be shooting it much.)

What do you guys do with "surplus" ammo? Sell it online? Trade it? (If so, how and where?) Donate it to your local gun range or police department?

I have some .40 S&W, .357 magnum, .45 Colt, and some .410 handgun loads, designed for the Judge. All production ammo, not reloads. I don't have a lot of any of them, and it seems like shipping it to someone would be too expensive for anyone to be interested... I thought about just putting a real cheap price on them, or even free, and ask the buyer(s) to just pay the shipping. (Any legal problems with giving away ammo?) I know you can't trade it at a gun shop, at least none of them around here will do so.

So...thoughts? Advice?

Sir, you might consider giving it to your shooting buddies, or swapping it to them for ammo you do use.

Hope this helps, and Semper Fi.

Ron H.

 

[GKC]

Sir, you might consider giving it to your shooting buddies, or swapping it to them for ammo you do use.

Hope this helps, and Semper Fi.

Ron H.

Yeah, I thought about that, but no one I know shoots these calibers...so, they don't need it either. I figured at least someone I know would have something that shoots .40, but nope.

 

[Bullet Bob]

There is no surplus ammo, just ammo for guns you don't have at the moment. Really.

Despite your (and my) best laid plans, a new gun always comes home with 99% of us gun nuts at some time - might as well save it for the future.

I can't tell you how many times over the last four decades I've given something away "because I would never use it", and wished I'd kept it later.

JMO though. You could rent a range gun and use it up, that would be fun.

 

[peyton]

I am in Texas and could give it all a good home.

 

[fiasconva]

You could offer it up here free to anyone who will pay the shipping. I'm sure it wouldn't last long.

 

[flop-shank]

Bullet Bob is right. Keep it. At some point I'm sure some of it will come in handy and if ammo gets/stays hard to find you can use it as bartering stock, or sell it for a handsome price.

 

[GKC]

Thanks for all the advice, guys.

 

[kvanderploeg]

Thanks for all the advice, guys.

I'd gladly give that 40S&W ammo a good home for you!

Kent

 

[kshock]

My local gun club has a swap and shop every spring. I take stuff like that to the swap meet and either swap it or sell it off cheap.

 

[lrad]

Ken, if you decide to dispose of your .45 colt I will pay a reasonable price for it.
Thanks, Roy

 

[GKC]

Thanks, all...but Peyton spoke for it first. Ironically, we are going to be traveling to where he lives next week, so I won't even have to ship it.

Thanks,

Ken