Factory 44spl /44 magnum going prices
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Alk8944
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They are whatever they are at the particular source you choose to purchase them from! As with everything else prices have a fairly wide range depending on where you are in the country. Simply "Google" what you wish to purchase and you will receive numerous sources as a response.
Lowest 44 Special cowboy ammo around me is $46/box. Same ammo 30 miles away is $59/box. I lucked into three "old" boxes to include a box of Black Hills Thunder Ranch Keith loads for $100. It is not cheap.
Check out Gunprime.com. Their ammo deals are pretty good relatively speaking. The 44 Special is ballpark $1.00-$2.00 each and the magnum a bit more.
Is it fair to ask .70 cents per round for a mixed lot of 44spl/44mag ammo then ? Not per box , but for the whole lot.plus Shipping.
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I picked up two boxes of Fiocchi 44 magnum at my LGS yesterday and it came to $119 plus tax. Never paid that much for ammo before. GULP! Won't be plinking with that.
$1.00- $1.10 per round
nate-dogg
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I always use ammo seek. They currently show 44mag 86.4 cents per round free shipping
I'm glad you brought this up! I NEED to VENT!
I have "set up" at several gun shows here in Ohio recently and "attempted" to sell 44 special factory ammo...I believe my prices are super LOW (FTF ONLY)...$40 a box of 50 rounds both in Magtech 44 special 240gr FMC and Fiocchi 210gr cowboy loads...people stop, say they need some, pick it up, put it back down and just walk away...hard to figure out what they are thinking when this same ammo is retailing for $49 to $54 a box elsewhere...I have decided if I can't get $40 a box I will take it out and shoot it all up...thanks for letting me vent...Roger
I have "set up" at several gun shows here in Ohio recently and "attempted" to sell 44 special factory ammo...I believe my prices are super LOW (FTF ONLY)...$40 a box of 50 rounds both in Magtech 44 special 240gr FMC and Fiocchi 210gr cowboy loads...people stop, say they need some, pick it up, put it back down and just walk away...hard to figure out what they are thinking when this same ammo is retailing for $49 to $54 a box elsewhere...I have decided if I can't get $40 a box I will take it out and shoot it all up...thanks for letting me vent...Roger
Agree. I offered a LOT of factory 44 special and 44 magnum mixed brands ammo at 70 cents per round and people say it's way too much. (?)
It's fine because I don't need to sell it. Just strange that 70 cents per round is somehow too much.
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How much is a lot? Were you trying to sell it all at once?
It seems like most people either want to buy a box or two of 44 or reload. Not much of a market for people that want to buy 1000 rounds all at once.
A couple of years ago when the big clampdown was just starting on ammo, I picked up a couple of short cases of .44 special from SGAmmo. 500 rounds of CBC brass Magtech 230gr FMJFP, 100 rounds of Hornady 180gr XTP (now discontinued), and 100 rounds of Hornady 165gr FTX. Less than $250 for the 500, less than $100 for each of the Hornadys. Not in stock now, and may never be again. I have two Ruger 44 Vaqueros, and a GP100 44spl that shoot them all well. I haven't tried any of them in my 1923 S&W 44HE. I have a box of HSM cowboy action loads waiting for it. Handloads come later.
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Ky6906fan
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Picked up a few boxes of 44 special at a Pawn Shop a few weeks ago for $22. They had got them from a guy pawning a pistol so I was only able to get 3 boxes.
I have a 5" 629 that really likes the PMC 240gr TCSP
My favorite LGS got a shipment in
Charged me $1 per round
Bought 250 of them
My favorite LGS got a shipment in
Charged me $1 per round
Bought 250 of them
PMC Bronze 44 Remington Magnum Ammo Truncated Cone SP - Ammo Deals
That's good ammo and they have it in stock, for now. Joe
murf205
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Wow, I feel for you guy's who don't "roll your own". I guess I've been out of the factory ammo game so long that these prices are scary.
My time is worth something too.
After a long day at work, I don't wanna come home and WORK more, I just wanna shoot
I understand the time thing... I reload because I enjoy it. I make a way bigger deal out of cleaning cases, priming, powder measuring, bullet seating and load development than needs be but it satisfies that "machinist" need most of us have. Just an extension of the hobby to me...
9m/m is SO much cheaper than other centerfire pistol and rifle ammo and I just paid $14.99/50 Blazer brass from Acadamy. I now have 4 guns chambered in it and I never really liked the round until recently. I phased out my .44 SP, .41 Mag, .44 Mag, .40S&W, .32acp, and a few others and now my only other pistol calibers are .380. .38Sp, .357Mag, .45acp, and my new 10 mm. My 10mm is the most expensive, especially because I only shoot the hot loaded ammo but I love it. My S&W $100 rebate card was used up just buying two boxes of ammo. Thinking about getting the Smith 9mm folding carbine just because ammo is so cheap.
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