Re: Well, It's Starting Again
PBM - I don't use midway for bullets - they're kind of high and charge shipping too. Maybe not compared to the LGS, but there are others out there with better prices. I needed to restock projectiles & this is what I went with:
Graf's
.223 Hornady 55gr soft point. $170/2k
.223 Hornady 55 gr Z-Max. $66/500
Montana Gold
9mm 115 gr CMJ. $330/4k
357 SIG 124 gr FMJ. $124/1k
RMR
.380 95 gr Speer TMJ (pulled) $128/2k
.40 165 gr Speer FMJ (pulled) $97/1k
TJ Conevera
.45ACP 230 gr Berry's plated $128/1k
Delta Precision had most things I wanted on backorder & I don't know how long their waitlist is or else a lot of this would have come from them - esp the .45 ACP.
Powder (surplus) & Primers (CCI) came from HiTech ammo. Shipping was nominal & they cover HAZMAT with either 32 lbs of powder or 30k primers. They have the best prices on primers I've seen when you figure in the low shipping - I think it's just the actual UPS shipping fee with no markup. They have the WC844 for $85/8lb so $320 of powder - enough to load about 9k .223 - covers the HAZMAT on whatever primers you get at the same time too. 30k primers was too much for me at once along with everything else I needed.
If you don't mind pulled bullets, check out http://www.rmrbullets.com The inventory changes pretty fast so check them out every few days if you're not in a hurry. They have new stuff too but often it's plated & no better than other places that sell Berry's or X-treme. But you can get some smoking deals on pulled bullets from them in pistol calibers.
I left Widener's off but they're a good resource too. I try to order from them because they're close enough to me that standard shipping gets here overnight and the shipping fee is fair (but not included like just about everyone above). Out of a lot of stuff when I checked, but they often have good deals under the bulk rifle or bulk pistol bullets sections.
A lot of people like Powder Valley too. I think their prices are good, but shipping fees are on the high side.
Lastly is Cabela's. Yeah, they are way up there but there is a way to get great deals from them. Combining the Cabela's Club coupon with what they have on sale and using any rewards points (you get a lot if you use their credit card), you can get stuff really cheap sometimes. Like right now they have Berry's on sale. The current coupon is $20 off $150 or $50 off $500. Also running a $2 shipping special now. The sale plus the coupon would make Berry's bullets cheaper at Cabela's than at TJ Conevera's right now & TJ's is typically on of the cheapest place for Berry's.
PBM - I don't use midway for bullets - they're kind of high and charge shipping too. Maybe not compared to the LGS, but there are others out there with better prices. I needed to restock projectiles & this is what I went with:
Graf's
.223 Hornady 55gr soft point. $170/2k
.223 Hornady 55 gr Z-Max. $66/500
Montana Gold
9mm 115 gr CMJ. $330/4k
357 SIG 124 gr FMJ. $124/1k
RMR
.380 95 gr Speer TMJ (pulled) $128/2k
.40 165 gr Speer FMJ (pulled) $97/1k
TJ Conevera
.45ACP 230 gr Berry's plated $128/1k
Delta Precision had most things I wanted on backorder & I don't know how long their waitlist is or else a lot of this would have come from them - esp the .45 ACP.
Powder (surplus) & Primers (CCI) came from HiTech ammo. Shipping was nominal & they cover HAZMAT with either 32 lbs of powder or 30k primers. They have the best prices on primers I've seen when you figure in the low shipping - I think it's just the actual UPS shipping fee with no markup. They have the WC844 for $85/8lb so $320 of powder - enough to load about 9k .223 - covers the HAZMAT on whatever primers you get at the same time too. 30k primers was too much for me at once along with everything else I needed.
If you don't mind pulled bullets, check out http://www.rmrbullets.com The inventory changes pretty fast so check them out every few days if you're not in a hurry. They have new stuff too but often it's plated & no better than other places that sell Berry's or X-treme. But you can get some smoking deals on pulled bullets from them in pistol calibers.
I left Widener's off but they're a good resource too. I try to order from them because they're close enough to me that standard shipping gets here overnight and the shipping fee is fair (but not included like just about everyone above). Out of a lot of stuff when I checked, but they often have good deals under the bulk rifle or bulk pistol bullets sections.
A lot of people like Powder Valley too. I think their prices are good, but shipping fees are on the high side.
Lastly is Cabela's. Yeah, they are way up there but there is a way to get great deals from them. Combining the Cabela's Club coupon with what they have on sale and using any rewards points (you get a lot if you use their credit card), you can get stuff really cheap sometimes. Like right now they have Berry's on sale. The current coupon is $20 off $150 or $50 off $500. Also running a $2 shipping special now. The sale plus the coupon would make Berry's bullets cheaper at Cabela's than at TJ Conevera's right now & TJ's is typically on of the cheapest place for Berry's.
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