Anyone care to list which on-line ammo/reloading dealers they buy from? It would be nice to have recommendations before buying from an on-line company.
For instance I have bought from
sgammo
psa
wideners
powder valley
midsouth shooters supply
midwayUSA
Anyone use the following? What do you use?
LAX Ammo
Surplus Ammo
What are you reloading and what are you looking to buy and why on-line?
I reload shotgun shells (lots and lots of them) and after looking around on-line decided to simply ask my fellow shooters at the local club where they get there stuff. I was given a phone number and a local address for some guy that sells everything I need out of a barn 10 miles from my house and it’s 1/2 the cost of what Midway would sell it (8# jug of powder for $96, etc.) AND there is no hazmat fee for shipping powder or primers.
I don’t buy primers or powder online as you said the hazmat fees are high. Local gun shops are still pretty high on these and I have not seen any 8# cans of powder locally, but my neighbor will go about 2 hours away in PA and get some better prices then we can get locally. So mostly I am buying bullets and ammo online. Both are significantly cheaper than local prices. I do watch locally and buy some, but even with shipping on-line pricing is usually cheaper than Cabelas and other local stores.
natchez shooting supplies. Prices good and when you buy in bulk the hazmat fees aren’t too bad. Midway charges a hazmat fee for primers and then one for powder if they are the same order, since they can’t package them together. Natchez does not.
For range ammo, Natchez. For harder to find duty ammo, I have used Streichers Police Equipment.
edit: Looks like Streichers has reduced the number of brands they carry, too bad.
I like Natchez and Wideners probably the best, but have also bought from Ammoman (selection is a little hit or miss even in the days of cheaper/readily available ammo). I have also bought from Lucky Gunner, although they tend to be a little higher priced. This is for .45, 9mm, and 5.56 ammo only, no reloading supplies (not into that yet).
Did you ever figure out your cost per round saved and how many you’d have to reload to break even? Just curious as I went through this exercise years ago and it was a money loser on .45. If you have any numbers please let me know as my mom and pops still shoot 9 and this would be a great winter time filler for dad when he is stuck inside! Thanks.
Did you ever figure out your cost per round saved and how many you’d have to reload to break even? Just curious as I went through this exercise years ago and it was a money loser on .45. If you have any numbers please let me know as my mom and pops still shoot 9 and this would be a great winter time filler for dad when he is stuck inside! Thanks.
I did the math three years ago on 5.56x45 and I’d have to shoot about 120rds/week iirc to come out ahead amortizing the equipment cost over five years (though it would likely last much much longer than that) and putting a value of $0 on my time.
Surplus Ammo as in Surplus Ammo and Arms? If so, an old golfing buddy of mine used to buy tons of stuff from them and had nothing but good things to say. Granted that was a few years ago, not aware if anything has changed.
It wasn’t even close really once I started going out to the traveling gun show making offers to vendors to buy up their bulk. If you wait to the end of the day on the last day and they’re faced with the prospect of taking a bunch of it home vs getting rid of it I have yet to go home empty-handed with ridiculously cheap bulk
Did you ever figure out your cost per round saved and how many you’d have to reload to break even? Just curious as I went through this exercise years ago and it was a money loser on .45. If you have any numbers please let me know as my mom and pops still shoot 9 and this would be a great winter time filler for dad when he is stuck inside! Thanks.
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.45acp is one of the most popular pistol rounds to reload. My neighbor regularly collects .45acp brass and sells it to reloaders. I am not sure how you are calculating, but if you go to gunbot for reloading costs you can see it is easy to make plinking rounds for 10-15 cents/round cheaper than you can buy comparable brass cased plinking rounds. That does not include the cost of brass which you reuse. Purchasing .45acp case trimmers, dies, and case length gage, you can add a caliber for about $120-150 depending on the die set. So 1200-1500 rounds of .45acp should break even.
Now if you are including your whole set up, it will take longer depending on what you buy for a press, case prep etc.
But quality of rounds is the main reason I am into reloading. I’m not sure that maters as much on pistol. It probably does, but, for rifles a proper load can effect accuracy greatly.
yea I can beat gunbot reload prices with brand new ammo from a gun show. there hasn’t been a time i paid more than .30 cents/round for brand new cci aluminum at a show. figure in not having to buy and hardware like a press in addition to my time and it’s not even worth considering for me.
what kind of rifle ammo are you blasting so much of? are you using reloads on a hunt? just curious.
I had never considered that strategy. Thanks, I’ll keep that in mind in the future.
I had never considered that strategy. Thanks, I’ll keep that in mind in the future.
Just be nice and respectful and realize they need to make a dime too. My approach has been ‘hello there sir I sure like your selection of ammo. would it be worth it to you to entertain an offer to buy up a nice bulk of your supply here?’. Every time I get ‘sure, what did you have in mind?’. He makes up for the margin loss on volume, gets rid of toting around ammo and frees up cash. Win win.