In anticipation to having 4 mags for my shield .40, last week i ordered a box of speer gold dots duty 165 grn. I got 50 for 38.00. Last week i saw a box of 20 for 32.00. I will never buy ammo at my LGS ever again. Got a box of speer GD 124gn +p (50) for the same price coming next week. Heck, i'll probably buy a box of both every month until i run out of room to store them.
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Ammo to the max
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Oldiron
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Set your goals a little higher than that. That will put you at a little over a case per year. With shooting you will be lucky to have a half case per year left over. Cans and paper don't care if they are shot with gold dots or cheap ammo, so get you something like a case or two of good stuff per year and and two or three of the bulk ammo. About 4 cases per year will keep you ready for whatever and your friends (at least those of us here) will not think you are strange. Also it has to be costing you way too much to pay shipping on one box at a time. JMHO
Larry
Larry
I find it VERY strange that people don't buy ammo in bulk, for the calibers/gauges they shoot the most. The last bulk purchase I made of 308 Winchester was a few years ago. A local Wal Mart store was closing and moving down the street to a location where they owned the property. They had Federal Gold Medal Match 308 Winchester 164 gr on sale for $1.98 per box of 20. I saw the price and bought 40 cases (16,000 rounds) No way on earth I could reload it that cheap even if I got all of the components for free as time cost money.
At our duck club we order 4 cases per hard core member and 1 case per member for the members that only show up every weekend or so. We have averaged 30 cases for the last 4 years. Our local ammo pusher is more than willing to cut us one hell of a deal on 30 cases of 12 gauge shells.
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mc5aw
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I do my best to support my LGS, even if I pay more. I hate big retailers like Dick's, and it's the large chains that have driven so many LGSs out of business. Will I buy from Wally World? Yes, if my LGS doesn't have what I need. Do I usually buy in bulk? If available.
Sebago Son
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I like to support my Local Guys too and I buy from them if they have what I'm looking for.
However, if you need a good source for in expensive .40, look no further than AMMOMAN.com.
AMMOMAN.com. .40 Smith & Wesson
50 Rounds of 165 Gold Dots for $29.99 DELIVERED at 10 boxes...
50 rounds of 165 FMJ PMC Bronze for $18.90 DELIVERED at 10 boxes....
A pretty fair deal I'd say...
Drew
However, if you need a good source for in expensive .40, look no further than AMMOMAN.com.
AMMOMAN.com. .40 Smith & Wesson
50 Rounds of 165 Gold Dots for $29.99 DELIVERED at 10 boxes...
50 rounds of 165 FMJ PMC Bronze for $18.90 DELIVERED at 10 boxes....
A pretty fair deal I'd say...
Drew
Fishslayer
US Veteran, Absent Comrade
Buy a reloading press & you'll run out of room pretty quickly. I know...
We can clone Gold Dots for what?
Speer #4397 Gold Dot 165 gr 40 cal = $25/100. Add a nickel for powder and primer and reuse brass... = $15/50.
Retail = $38/50.
Saving $23 per box, if a person goes through 20 boxes they just saved $460 - enough to buy a really nice press and all the goodies!
For real?I had a discussion with a dealer here (about some .401WSL)
who said that he want $120 for a box of 20 .308.
Man, i realy need to emigrate
For real
. I sold some of it to a couple of friends. For a couple of years GMM was our plinking ammo.
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Doug M.
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I buy most of my ammo in case lots, generally in multiples of each - 5K of Black Hills .223 for my AR; 2K of practice ammo for the 9mm and 45ACP; 2K of .38 SWC; 1 - 2K each of duty/carry ammo for the 9/357Sig/357Mag/45ACP.
rburg
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I've been accused of being a backward boy. I grew up with great insecurity because I never knew where or when my next box of ammo would arrive, if ever. Back then I wasn't talking about multiple calibers, we were talking 22 rimfire. Having 2 full boxes was riches beyond my fondest dreams. Once my uncle guessed my problem (he had girls) and gave me not 2 boxes, but two bricks of ammo. I couldn't sleep at night for a month. And I violated one of dad's rules about storing guns and ammo out of sight. He gave me a pass, understanding how comforting it was to me to be able to look at it. There was a light on a pole out front and down a little. I stacked them on top of each other, right where that light shone in. That way I could wake up and see them. Made me feel all warm and fuzzy. I felt better then than I can even describe. I had a similar but lesser feeling when I put a semi auto on the dresser and the Tritium night sights lit up the room. 
I'm sure that early upbringing was partially responsible for my adult feelings of never having enough ammo. We moved a couple of years ago, and everyone questioned my sanity. The most common thing was "why does anyone need that much ammo". Especially from my son's who had to cart it all out of the old house. They kind of got even because they gave it all back, but wouldn't help me move it into our new house. I just loaded it from the van to the back of a jeep, then drove around the house. For a while I even relaxed thinking I had enough. But now I have this question coming back that maybe I don't really have enough ammo. Once, a couple of years ago, I even sold off the ammo that I didn't have guns for any longer. But rebuying a caliber was painful, so now I've vowed to just keep it.
And a side problem of this phobia is reloading components. Someone asked recently, and I think it was my oldest son, in disgust, asking me if I had any idea how long it would take to use all of the components I already had. That was while he was carrying 2000 bullets out to the car. The discovery is related to projectiles aren't Texas cotton balls.
The simple fact seems to be that its a harmless hobby. It can get kind of expensive.
The answer to the OPs question is ammo is where you find it. I'm convinced that It takes years of trying to ever obtain and keep enough ammo. I know people who don't have any ammo they've had more than a year. They just shoot it up. I could never do that, so I have stuff of mixed heritage. The other people may have a better system than I have.
I'm sure that early upbringing was partially responsible for my adult feelings of never having enough ammo. We moved a couple of years ago, and everyone questioned my sanity. The most common thing was "why does anyone need that much ammo". Especially from my son's who had to cart it all out of the old house. They kind of got even because they gave it all back, but wouldn't help me move it into our new house. I just loaded it from the van to the back of a jeep, then drove around the house. For a while I even relaxed thinking I had enough. But now I have this question coming back that maybe I don't really have enough ammo. Once, a couple of years ago, I even sold off the ammo that I didn't have guns for any longer. But rebuying a caliber was painful, so now I've vowed to just keep it.
And a side problem of this phobia is reloading components. Someone asked recently, and I think it was my oldest son, in disgust, asking me if I had any idea how long it would take to use all of the components I already had. That was while he was carrying 2000 bullets out to the car. The discovery is related to projectiles aren't Texas cotton balls.
The simple fact seems to be that its a harmless hobby. It can get kind of expensive.
The answer to the OPs question is ammo is where you find it. I'm convinced that It takes years of trying to ever obtain and keep enough ammo. I know people who don't have any ammo they've had more than a year. They just shoot it up. I could never do that, so I have stuff of mixed heritage. The other people may have a better system than I have.
