Greetings,
Most of the shops around here have limits. Turner's is two boxes. Big 5 is three boxes. It seems like everyone gets a new shipment once a week, it's hit-and-miss what they'll have in stock, and it's all sold out that day. At Turner's and Big 5 the cost has been 50 cents a round or cheaper. One day I drove a half hour to a recommended shop (that supposedly had no limits) and paid $60 for fifty rounds of WWB 124 grain. Since I had driven all that way I went ahead and bought two boxes. I didn't want to waste the trip. At those prices they are still selling out. But I'll not buy there again.
Today, being Monday, my local Turner's usually gets in their shipment. I got to the store before the big rush, only had to wait eighteen numbers until mine was called.
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Big 5 and Turners usually have the Federal 115 grain range ammo, but it can vary, Fiocchi, Aquila, etc. I do love bringing home these bright yellow bags.
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Today Turner's had some very generic white box ammo.
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It was $25 a box total, 50 cents a round, limit 2 boxes, 100 rounds. I commented to the sales clerk, "Wow, that's some really generic white box ammo." She said it's CCI. I thought, OK, cool. I got home and, sure enough, here's the fine print.
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I've been collecting ammo since picking up my XD9 last month, but at a pace that's only 100-150 rounds a week. I'm lucky I have a friend with oodles to spare. He gave me 400 rounds, of which half is gone. I have 20 rounds of SD ammo, a 147 grain JHP from Federal. The rest is range ammo, but still less than 1000 rounds.
I've been thinking of buying online from one of the few dealers who will ship to California. I've been trading at a gun shop who charges a flat $20 fee to do the FFL thing. But the cheapest bulk ammo I've found (~61 cents/round) is at ammunitiondepot.com:
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I'm not familiar with U.S. Cartridge at all. Plus by the time you add shipping, taxes, FFL, etc, it adds another 10 cents a round. They will ship to my gun shop. That's good. But I'm torn between being patient, building up my inventory slowly to save a little $$, or buy a case at that price just to have it and hope that it tides me over until the prices start to stabilize again. It's tough to get in a good practice at the range when you want to shoot a few hundred rounds but can only replace it at 100 rounds a week. I guess I'll get one range day a month for a while.
OK, I'll stop rambling. Call me "impatient". I'd be happy to hear your thoughts and suggestions, especially if you know where to order cheap ammo. I suppose a lot of us who are late to the game are in the same boat. There's no real point to this post, just blowing off steam. Thanks for your time.
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
Most of the shops around here have limits. Turner's is two boxes. Big 5 is three boxes. It seems like everyone gets a new shipment once a week, it's hit-and-miss what they'll have in stock, and it's all sold out that day. At Turner's and Big 5 the cost has been 50 cents a round or cheaper. One day I drove a half hour to a recommended shop (that supposedly had no limits) and paid $60 for fifty rounds of WWB 124 grain. Since I had driven all that way I went ahead and bought two boxes. I didn't want to waste the trip. At those prices they are still selling out. But I'll not buy there again.
Today, being Monday, my local Turner's usually gets in their shipment. I got to the store before the big rush, only had to wait eighteen numbers until mine was called.
Big 5 and Turners usually have the Federal 115 grain range ammo, but it can vary, Fiocchi, Aquila, etc. I do love bringing home these bright yellow bags.
Today Turner's had some very generic white box ammo.
It was $25 a box total, 50 cents a round, limit 2 boxes, 100 rounds. I commented to the sales clerk, "Wow, that's some really generic white box ammo." She said it's CCI. I thought, OK, cool. I got home and, sure enough, here's the fine print.
I've been collecting ammo since picking up my XD9 last month, but at a pace that's only 100-150 rounds a week. I'm lucky I have a friend with oodles to spare. He gave me 400 rounds, of which half is gone. I have 20 rounds of SD ammo, a 147 grain JHP from Federal. The rest is range ammo, but still less than 1000 rounds.
I've been thinking of buying online from one of the few dealers who will ship to California. I've been trading at a gun shop who charges a flat $20 fee to do the FFL thing. But the cheapest bulk ammo I've found (~61 cents/round) is at ammunitiondepot.com:
I'm not familiar with U.S. Cartridge at all. Plus by the time you add shipping, taxes, FFL, etc, it adds another 10 cents a round. They will ship to my gun shop. That's good. But I'm torn between being patient, building up my inventory slowly to save a little $$, or buy a case at that price just to have it and hope that it tides me over until the prices start to stabilize again. It's tough to get in a good practice at the range when you want to shoot a few hundred rounds but can only replace it at 100 rounds a week. I guess I'll get one range day a month for a while.
OK, I'll stop rambling. Call me "impatient". I'd be happy to hear your thoughts and suggestions, especially if you know where to order cheap ammo.
I suppose a lot of us who are late to the game are in the same boat. There's no real point to this post, just blowing off steam. Thanks for your time. Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
