AMMO on the CHEAP

You'll get back loaded ammo in the cartridge you ordered - doubtful it will be your specific brass.
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Yeah, I doubt they would make a special run just for your brass, unless it was a whole heck of a lot.
 
USAammo deal

I hope all of you took advantage of the $50 voucher for $100 worth of ammo that cougar gt-e posted today in this forum. With the 50% off shipping code on the site I walked away with 500 rounds of new 9mm FMJ for $57.35.:D

Funny, but over the weekend I was going to purchase a couple hundred rounds to sample as I have not used USAammo before then I got busy and forgot. Today saw the post in the forum. Sometimes I guess it does pay to get side tracked. I'll have to tell the wife. :p
 
Thanks for asking our advice

Handloading doesn't take all that much room, nor all that much gear. My entire setup (for 7 different pistol calibers) fits in 3 medium size toolboxes (largest is 16"x5"x6") and powder, bullets, brass and primers for 10,000 rounds can all fit in the volume of a laundry basket.

Having cut my preaching short, here is my answer to your question.

Ask around at your local gun stores and shooting range for a local commercial reloader. Find out who supplies your police department with their training/practice ammunition.

If they don't have a reputation, or at least a storefront, check credentials. Most commercial loaders will be proud to show you proof of insurance and their Federal License (they cost enough!). If they don't have those, buy elsewhere.

Good luck.

Lost Sheep
 
Thanks for that link, RT. I wasn't sure what "local" meant, but it turns out that he's in Arkansas. I prefer to buy in Arkansas when I can.
 
Cheapest ammo to be had is handloads, using bullets you cast yourself.

Next cheapest is handloads, using milsurp bullets. Not an option for .40 and most rifle calibers other than .30 and .223.

Next cheapest is reloads using store-bought bullets (projectiles.)

Store bought ammo is the most expensive.
 
Yeah, but those of us who have neither the machinery nor (more importantly) the space to reload, we just have to look for the best bulk prices. I'm pretty sure that something in my apartment lease prohibits me from storing large quantities of gunpowder. Go figure. . .
 
Become friends with a local walmart employee.... you get to know when shipments are coming in.... and you can use their employee discount!.;)
 
Ammo on the cheap

In MA most Walmarts don't sell ammo anymore. There is a Cabelas in E. Hartford, Ct. (30 min drive) which has sales from time to time. But I found the cheapest way for me to buy ammo is when Cabelas online has a sale because they will ship it to one of their stores for free. I get together with a couple of buddies, order what we need and go on a road trip. That way we share gas and we all save a few bucks.
 
Check www.mastercast.net, a reload service. I have fired off many thousand of their products (9mm and .38sp) without a problem. Reliable, prompt, and inexpensive. This last (inexpensive) is especially true if you send them your spent brass in exchange (same type and number). Mastercast is a Mom and Pop operation (her name is Pat) in rural western Pennsylvania -- exactly the kind of business we need to support.

If you choose to send them your spent brass, do it by USPS Priority Mail. I usually sent them a thousand cases in a ten dollar box. Any other way I know of costs twice that.

Cordially, Jack
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I can second the recommendation for Mastercast. I have shot many hundreds of their .38 special wadcutters and they shoot as accurately and consistently as the much more expensive "match" wadcutters I have tried. If I save my brass and send it to them, the price per box comes out to about $9 -10 per box of .38 special if I buy over 500 rounds, even including shipping back and forth. It's a good stopgap measure until I can get into relaoding.
 
I have dealt with Georgia Arms for years. Great product, good prices.

I also like the fact that when I emailed them about the ammo avaliabilty, they were straight with me. No BS. When demand was outstripping supply, they just told me. No bs about the President, or the war, or the price of metal. Just a simple,"We are selling it as fast as we make it. So we don't have any left over to build up in inventory." I liked that.

Things are better now. Most of the popular stuff is avaliable.
 
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