I didnt realize .380 was sooo expensive. - XDTalk Forums - Your HS2000/SA-XD Information Source!

dasanii19 · 03-09-2008, 11:32 PM

I've never owned a .380, ive never bought .380 ammo. Well being that I have a Ruger LCP .380 on order I thought now's a good time to start buying/stocking up on some plinking rounds for it. I make a stop at my local Walmart only to find WWB .380 100 round packs for $29.xx WOW!!! I was shocked, I thought .380 being a smaller round it would be a lot cheaper, kinda like a .22 round if you will.... This stuff is as expensive as WWB .45acp 100 round.. What's the deal? I know ammo prices have driven way up over the past years but why is this tiny little round even near in price with 45acp? A .380 round is smaller then 9mm, why isn't it cheaper? Is .380 that "popular? really?

Oh and then get this, I look over at the .25 cal only to see it on sale/clearance for $5 a box (originally $17) should I have bought a 25 instead?

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I'm still crossing my figures that the increase in ammo is all a huge marketing scheme and prices will eventually lower with time. War,metal, china, i'm not buying it, im bull headed..sorry.

**scjbash** · 03-09-2008, 11:41 PM

A friend of mine and I were just talking earlier today about this. It's BS.

retired · 03-10-2008, 12:39 AM

I have read threads here and on other sites within the last year or so and people have commented about the high price of .380, so I don't believe it is anything new.

I don't have one and have never shot one, so this is only what I recall reading.

**Frenchy** · 03-10-2008, 12:46 AM

I prefer the option of the 9x18 Makarov.

dasanii19 · 03-10-2008, 01:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Frenchy

I prefer the option of the 9x18 Makarov.

Whats that?

Delija · 03-10-2008, 01:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Frenchy

I prefer the option of the 9x18 Makarov.

Me too....but it isn't any cheaper for US made ....the East Block stuff can be fairly cheap, but it's gotta be mail order (plus shipping) or gun shows.

I just paid $18 (or so) for Federal 9x18

As for .380 and .32 being expensive, I think it's just that they not manufactured in huge quantities like 9mm and .45acp - 9mm is BY FAR the most popular cartridge....but even that has doubled in price at Walmart in the past year or so.

Don't know a thing about .25auto...except other than possibly feeding better in a semi-auto it has nothing over a .22 in energy or anything else I can think of.

Quote:

Originally Posted by dasanii19

Whats that?

Makarov ...East Block 9mm

Peace
D.

**Frenchy** · 03-10-2008, 02:32 AM

I always order in bulk...Much cheaper that way. Wolf and Hungarian MFS.

**mhillsing23** · 03-10-2008, 06:21 AM

I had no idea .380 was that expensive. I was just showing my Mom the new LCP, and she like it a lot, but she won't be happy about ammo prices.

**AZXD** · 03-10-2008, 06:30 AM

380 has always beed expensive. They most likely don't make much because the demand is low, so guess what happens to the price ?

Besides dasanii, the LCP is a pocket gun. It's not really a range toy. Once you have it broken in, you most likely won't shoot it that much.

dasanii19 · 03-10-2008, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by AZXD

380 has always beed expensive. They most likely don't make much because the demand is low, so guess what happens to the price ?

Besides dasanii, the LCP is a pocket gun. It's not really a range toy. Once you have it broken in, you most likely won't shoot it that much.

True, very true. I just need to figure out which hollow points it likes to eat, so lets just say atleast $100 to figure that out..

03-09-2008, 11:32 PM	#1
dasanii19 XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Nevada Posts: 3,632	I didnt realize .380 was sooo expensive. I've never owned a .380, ive never bought .380 ammo. Well being that I have a Ruger LCP .380 on order I thought now's a good time to start buying/stocking up on some plinking rounds for it. I make a stop at my local Walmart only to find WWB .380 100 round packs for $29.xx WOW!!! I was shocked, I thought .380 being a smaller round it would be a lot cheaper, kinda like a .22 round if you will.... This stuff is as expensive as WWB .45acp 100 round.. What's the deal? I know ammo prices have driven way up over the past years but why is this tiny little round even near in price with 45acp? A .380 round is smaller then 9mm, why isn't it cheaper? Is .380 that "popular? really? Oh and then get this, I look over at the .25 cal only to see it on sale/clearance for $5 a box (originally $17) should I have bought a 25 instead? . I'm still crossing my figures that the increase in ammo is all a huge marketing scheme and prices will eventually lower with time. War,metal, china, i'm not buying it, im bull headed..sorry. __________________ MY NAME IS SUE!!! HOW DO YOU DO!!! "I started out with nothing, and I still have most of it."

03-09-2008, 11:41 PM	#2
scjbash XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: West Virginia Posts: 580	A friend of mine and I were just talking earlier today about this. It's BS. __________________ Life is hard; it's harder if you're stupid. - John Wayne

03-10-2008, 12:46 AM	#4
Frenchy XDTalk 10K Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Mid-Missouri Posts: 14,848	I prefer the option of the 9x18 Makarov. __________________ ~SC Harvey~ "The Republicans know we have a constitution, and they dismiss it with contempt and arrogance ... The Democrats simply never heard of it ..."--Livyjr-2008

03-10-2008, 02:32 AM	#7
Frenchy XDTalk 10K Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Mid-Missouri Posts: 14,848	I always order in bulk...Much cheaper that way. Wolf and Hungarian MFS. __________________ ~SC Harvey~ "The Republicans know we have a constitution, and they dismiss it with contempt and arrogance ... The Democrats simply never heard of it ..."--Livyjr-2008

03-10-2008, 06:21 AM	#8
mhillsing23 XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: +38 26 31 -90 22 48 Posts: 3,178	I had no idea .380 was that expensive. I was just showing my Mom the new LCP, and she like it a lot, but she won't be happy about ammo prices. __________________ Governments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them. - Ronald Wilson Reagan

03-10-2008, 12:39 AM	#3
retired XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: S. Calif. Posts: 5,599	I have read threads here and on other sites within the last year or so and people have commented about the high price of .380, so I don't believe it is anything new. I don't have one and have never shot one, so this is only what I recall reading.

03-10-2008, 06:30 AM	#9
AZXD XDTalk 15K Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Valley of the GUN Posts: 17,774	380 has always beed expensive. They most likely don't make much because the demand is low, so guess what happens to the price ? Besides dasanii, the LCP is a pocket gun. It's not really a range toy. Once you have it broken in, you most likely won't shoot it that much. __________________ . . The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all. John F. Kennedy The very word 'secrecy' is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths, and to secret proceedings. John F. Kennedy *Birth Certificates are a "Reasonable"* Secret** So-called "reasonable gun control" measures will take us all to the day when the last single-shot shotgun that grandpa owned is cut into pieces.

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