I cribbed this from my pal at SayUncle, but darn, it's true! I did a quick survey today...there's some 5.56 around — Wolf, a little PMC — but you're looking at around $450+ a thousand. There's a bit of 9mm around as well, but it seems to be more predatorily priced than the 5.56. If you want .380 to feed your LCP, forget it. Not there. I did a comprehensive Internet sweep for primers and drew a complete blank...none that I could find, except for a handful of shotgun primers. Even more frightening, I could find very little .22LR ammunition (CMP has Aguila .22 at a good price, but it requires a CMP-affiliated club membership).
Well, the Texas State Rifle Association counts as membership in a participating club.
ReplyDeleteYou're not joking about 9mm pricing. I've seen an Aurora, CO store (Gander Mt) pricing basic 9mm FMJ at $65 per box! Yet they also had a huge surplus of 230gr 45 ACP for only $14/box.
ReplyDeleteOn that particular trip, I was lucky enough to find some 308 WIN as well for only $13/box -- of which I purchased everything they had.
It's nice to have choices in one's ammo needs. But not everybody has a selection of calibers to choose from when prices fluctuate wildly.
.380 is available from several sources. Check out www.ammoengine.com
ReplyDeleteIndeed Mr. Bane.
ReplyDeleteAnd you and Hackathorn were spot on in Episode 104. I really want to take some Suarez training this summer - I got the time & the money for the training class, BUT NO AMMO.
So I need to find 600 rounds of practice .40S&W by July or no class for me.
I've found ammo is available, but you have to order it and wait.
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