need a case of 9mm - what to buy?

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bdog

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I am going to be taking a level 2 defense class and a case of ammo for it. I was wondering what is the cheapest 9mm that is reliable. I was thinking probably 115 gr fmjs since I will only be shooting targets, but I don't want some crappy ammo that is going to be misfiring on me during the class. I found some stuff at www.cheaperthandirt.com but I was wondering which brands of the cheap stuff are ok, and which to stay away from.
 
The stuff from South Africa is nice clean ammo, shoots well (I have shot a lot thru sub-guns). Their .45 works well in my pistols.

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For practice, I've been using the 115 gr FMJ from Georgia Arms. Comes in 100 round poly bags and is affordable. Had one DNF in 300 rounds.
 
Bdog, I have shot about 5000 rounds of the S&B (Czech made) ammo over the past few years without a single failure. It's very consistent and well made. i still have no idea how they can make ammo that cheap.

CTD has this ammo in stock.

CMOS

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I've shot a lot of S&B ammo over the years, in .380, 9mm, .40, .45, 6.5x55, .303 Brit, 12ga. I've never had a misfire. Only complaint is that it's a bit dirty. Not as dirty as UMC, mind you.

M1911
 
I will second the vote for S&B -- the only complaint is that the primer pockets are a bit tighter than other brands of 9mm Luger. So if you don't reload, forget about the above comment. :)

Cheapest place I've found South African PMP is $109 delivered from GFCC. See http://www.gfccarmex.com/

HTH

Justin

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Justin T. Huang, Esq.
late of Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
 
Reloading S&B brass is doable, but it takes a big more push to seat the primers than most brass. I've reloaded over 1K rounds of it.

Buying it new is cheap and reliable. Their packaging is very compact.
 
I have heard that Cheaper Than Dirt hits you pretty hard on handeling and shipping cost. I've never ordered from them but you may want to establish a firm shipping price from them before ordering. We have a member here that works nights at CTD that may be able to shed some light on the subject but my old timers is kicking in and I can't recall his user name.
I have also had good luck with S&B ammo.

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Gunslinger

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Cheaper than Dirt has fixed rates for shipping depending on how much you spend. If you spend over $100 the rate is around $19 I think (just going from memory).

My solution to that is to pile on and try and order everything I want at once.
 
Greetings,

I also order ammo from GeorgiaArms.com. It's not the cheapest, but it always goes bang (not KABANG).

Regards,

Ledbetter
 
TX? Well, Academy Sports in the state offer Blazer 9mm FMJ at $5.99 for 50. Sometimes on sale for $4.99. True you have to pay tax and it is not reloadable. But, I've shots many thousands of rounds over the years with not one ammo failure.
 
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