Buying Ammo v. New Gun

You cant shoot without ammo. Having those guns without ammo is useless.

subtle brag....I have over 20,000 of 22LR and 8,000 223

How hard is it to reload? I never looked into it at all.

OP I can't help I do the same thing. I should be buying a bunch of ammo but keep wanting more guns too. Once I build this sbr and get a ruger 22 lite pistol I'll work on ammo.

Buy Ammo & a few spare parts for the weapons you have.

Just took inventory.

223 120
5.56 90 (loaded into 3 magazines)
7.62x54R 90
7.62x39 6
308 80
17HMR 370
22LR 2.2k
9mm 350
40S&W 1
357 40

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Everyone I talk to who reloads tells me they do it for accuracy and the savings are negligent. How much per rd of 556 do you save?

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If you go to the range and save brass from yourself and other people, you can get .223 down to 17 or 18 cents for cheap plinking stuff. And reloading isn't hard. Watch the bapple videos on it. I am about to start myself.

Right there with you. I spent $312.00 on prescriptions yesterday and was thinking it could have been used as "Tactical" money of some sort.

I managed to spend a couple of hundred dollars total on ammo Tuesday at Field & Stream and Lafayette Shooters. Both had great selections of 22LR and 9mm and it was all much cheaper than in NELA.

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Can you explain the savings to me? Everyone I talk to who reloads tells me they do it for accuracy and the savings are negligent. How much per rd of 556 do you save?

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Here's a "dirty, dark secret" about handloading........you probably won't save any money, but you'll shoot a lot more for the same amount of money Been handloading >30 years. It started out as a way for me to save money so I could shoot my 44 Mag Red Hawk more. Now it's integral to all my shooting. I don't remember the last time I shot a deer using factory ammo. When I go on a prairie dog hunt, I'll shoot about 100 rounds/day. Most of my guns have to be handloaded as they are wildcat rounds the factories don't load for (22 Rem BR, 6 Rem BR, 221 Rem Fireball, etc), factory ammo can't be found or factory ammo is cost prohibitive. I find handloading relaxing. There are considerable expenses up front, but after that it's mainly bullets, powder and primers. The 22 cal bullets I use on my pd hunts usually run 12-13 cents/round when bought in bulk, but I can sometimes find them cheaper at the Nosler blems/2nds store. Hornady V-Max and Z-Max bullets are least expensive quality bullet around when bought in #500 box. Nosler Varmageddon is also very inexpensive, yet very good bullet. Once you've determined your powder, if it's a gun you're going to shoot a lot, buy an 8# keg instead of 1# bottles and save more money. Doing it like this, the powder for my 221 Fireball only costs 6 cents/round.

Yep, I'm in the same boat. I was about to buy more ammo and then saw psa had a sale on there lowers with free shipping...but all an ar15 is without ammo is an expensive hammer.