Where can I buy the cheapest .40 S&W ammo?
I shoot about 300 rounds a weekend on average and it’s taking a serious toll on my wallet. Where can I find the cheapest ammo? Wether by crate, can, etc…. I don’t really care. I would like to find a place that sales wholesale, like a couple thousand rounds. Thanks
I’m in the same boat. But I reload mine. My wife shoots about 300-400 rounds of .40S&W when she goes to the range, and it gets pricey. Wal-Mart (hate to say) is the cheapest place. The Winchester 100Rd white box is about as cheap as you are going to get aside from Wolf or other imported, cheap ammo.
Buying from mail order places usually incur a hazardous handling/shipping fee which, unless you are ordering huge amounts, cancels the savings on the lower price.
I would recommend, seriously, reloading your own. You will spend a lot of up front money, but after your first 1000 rounds or so of reloading, you will be cutting your ammo cost in half.
At the rate at which you say you shoot, your reloader and equipment would be paid for after about three trips to the range. After buying about 700 rounds over the counter, I bought a Dillon Square Deal B press and started loading my own.
Bullets cost about $80-90 per 1000, powder about $20 a pound, and primers about $20-30 for 1000. You can use new or fired brass to start with. I pick up the brass that I/we shoot, and whatever else I can grab without making the range operators mad, or I recommend ebay for a bunch of fired brass. It is usually cheap, and for about $50-100 you can get a decent tumbler and some media to clean up the cases before you reload them.
Do some math and you will see why some of us spend the time out in the garage pullling handles a few hours a week.
Some even say that reloading is an entirely different hobby in itself. I agree, as it is rather relaxing and peaceful.
Plug in the values above at this link and you will see what I mean:
http://www.handloads.com/calc/loadingCosts.asp
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