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bullet prices??????????????
hillbille
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Just wondering where you all get the best bulk prices, Cabelas has 40 cal bulk jacketed flat nose, 500 for $60 or somewhere in that ballpark. I need 1200, just wondering if I can really find much better price, more than $5 or $10 dollars on the 500? I think these were 165gr.
after you add shipping most online sites are in the same range $60-75. so is there really a place I can save enough to make it worth the hassle. I just hate to order online, I would rather touch it or see it before buying.
after you add shipping most online sites are in the same range $60-75. so is there really a place I can save enough to make it worth the hassle. I just hate to order online, I would rather touch it or see it before buying.
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I buy directly through berrys manufacturing which offer their bullets in bulk with free shipping.
I spend more time at Cabelas than at home. The bullets you are referring to are Rainier, which are not jacketted, they are copper plated, thus the low price. You cannot buy jacketed bullets for $10 /100 unless you go back in a time machine...that I know of.
I buy directly through berrys manufacturing which offer their bullets in bulk with free shipping.
Pleading ignorance here...what is the difference between copper plated and jacketed? Platting as the name implies - just a thin layer of copper and jacketed has a sunstantial layer of copper?
berry's and rainier are roughly the same price, 69.98 berry vs 61.99 rainier, as of their last catalog. As per berry's online, cabelas still has them beat, at least as an in store pickup.
But don't you have sales tax and gas costs?
Cabelas is not your friend on prices, they are a full-bore high end retail outlet.
I just purchased some 20 and 22 cal V-max's for this summers doggin trip. Just reloading gets me in the mood for that![:p] Both my boys are going this year. Might need a part time job for the extra ammo.
I have found good deals on GB, but you have to be patient. I've paid through the nose because I've HAD to have em now.[B)]
My best deals are at Gun Shows. I have found some awesome deals. The last show in Florence I found some great deals. I got 500 Noslers for the 25-06 and 200 Hornadys for the 222 for $9 per 100.[:p] I got them so cheap because they were in the old 80's packaging. Last I heard, no matter how old they were, they were new unless you shot em.[:D]
check out tj conevera's auctions with paid shipping
OH YEAH. Don't forget to put shipping into that final price. I've been killed there too!!
www.powdervalleyinc.com
Cabelas is not your friend on prices, they are a full-bore high end retail outlet.
Bpost 28.88 vs 29.99 not that much more, that price is without shipping.
Personally, I know what I want before I go there so I don't get suckered into paying the prices that Bruce warns about.
http://www.shop.rmrbullets.com/product.sc?productId=34
I bought this bullet once and the wife was standing beside me when I opened the box. You should have seen her eyes light up when she saw the shiny bullets. They look good enough to make jewelry with.[:D]
don't mean to sound stupid here, but are you talking about ready to fire bullets, or bullets that need to be made? if so where is the cheapest place to find bulk rounds that dont need machining?
Not a stupid question at all. A bullet is the projectile that comes from the barrel of a gun. The cartridge, or round is an assembly of components consisting of a case, primer, powder and a bullet.
What caliber are you seeking?
well im trying to decide whether to get a taurus 1911 .45 acp or a springfield xdm.40 s&w. .40 is cheaper so probably the .40 cal
Picking a firearm based upon ammo cost is not a god way to pick one IMNSHO. If you are new to handguns I would rent and shoot each type to see what you feel more comfortable with.
For pure cost reasons, and allowing a lot more training, buy a Browning Buckmark or Ruger 22 pistol, bulk ammo is 1/5th the cost of center-fire ammo. After you become proficient with the 22 buy the center-fire that best suits your needs.
i also would be kind of embarrassed coming home with a .22.
Have you shot either of the guns you are looking at, putting several magazines through each?
Why would you be embarrassed with a 22 pistol??????