So how much do you spend on ammo?

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colorsman

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I read a thread where the poster stated he just bought 60+ K rounds of 7.62x39 for $119 per thousand. Thats over $6600. I have to wonder what bills are not being paid to shell that kind of money on one caliber. If if the better half knew I spent that kind money on ammo she would have a s*** fit. So wonder what the average person is paying for ammo these days.
 
I shoot weekly and spend about $100-125/mo on ammo. This is way down (25%-50%) from last year. Rough caliber breakdown is as follows:

.32ACP: $25-35/mo
.22RF: $30-50/mo
9mm: $30-40/mo

A lot more .22 is getting used, and I have all but stopped shooting in competition (temporarily) due to ammo prices. I just go through too much 9mm practicing for IDPA. I have also stopped just plain plinking; even with .22 every shot has to have a purpose to justify the cost.
-Paul
 
I spend a couple of hundred dollars a year on primers and gunpowder, but I think I'm gonna hold off for a year or two until the current hysteria dies down. And maybe $20 or $30 a year on .22LR ammo (I buy the moderately expensive stuff there.)

I spent about $150 this year on lead, but that's going to last me a while (400+ pounds)
 
Here is an odd thought... maybe, just maybe, some people make enough money that spending that much on ammo is not a hardship for them. Why is it that you assume that some guys kids are going without shoes just because he spends more money than you would on ammo?

And to answer the question, the amount of money I spend on anything is none of your business.

Scott
 
I haven't spent anything since last summer.

I haven't stopped shooting, either. Just not experimenting with as many different types of loads... Pretty much got everything I want, dialed in.

Sure hope that things are a bit more normal by Chritmas. I'll be down to my last few thousands of 9mm; 44 & 223. :p
 
If that pricing is true, and I don't think it is, then the person was probably investing in a product sought as a resale opportunity.

1,000 rounds of 7.62x39 for $119 turns out to be less than $0.12 per round. This time last year, a 700 tin of surplus I bought locally cost $175 before taxes. Certainly large volume purchases receive discounts, but in this economy those 60,000 rounds can easily be turned out at gun shows for $0.35-$0.45 per round. Even on that lower end, you're looking at $21,000 in sales. And yes, there are plenty of people who have $6,600 sitting around looking for a sound investment opportunity, and one like this that requires nearly zero work on your behalf as a reseller, just sit there and look pretty at your table, making a $14,400 profit over the course of a month or two, pretty sound and pretty sane.

But I don't believe those numbers. 60,000 is a lot for us as shooters, but is not a lot in the grand scheme of the shooting populace. With hordes of people eating up 1-2 thousand bulk purchases as soon as they pop up for sale, I believe I could even turn 60,000 over in a few weeks online. So I can't imagine anyone selling bulk packs so severely discounted when it'd be more profitable to retail it directly, or wholesale it out at 2008 retail prices without breaking a sweat.
 
Cost of ammo:

I just spent over $550 today here at a Jacksonville, FL at gun show.

Wow, it was some .45acp, 9mm, .38+P, .357 magnum, .22 magnum and (3) boxes of Hornady 6.5x55 hunting ammo. I really didn't get that much ammo and it was over $500! Unbelievable the price of ammo nowadays.
 
At the Reno Gun Show last week the line for ammo was 2 hrs. long and they sold over $1,000,000.00 of ammo in 2 days. I don't think the hording is going away any time soon.:eek:
 
When I get thinking that I spend too much on guns & ammo I look at folks buying beer and cigs. Although the ammo goes up in smoke the guns retain value. All is lost with booze and tabaco. I never buy guns or ammo with credit cards. If I don't have the cash I can't play the game. I do spend too much on this hobby, but you only live once. I do drink a beer now and then, but it is not on the grocery list. My friends tease me that they know when I have seen a gun I want. They say that it is when I'm the most broke. As for the ammo I handload. My wife hates that part the most because I hide in my reloading room for extended time and won't even take a call. The only part that she may hate more is the time I spend on Gunbroker and Here.
 
Spend on AMMO$$

Last Summer during the Primarys I spent $200 weekly on Primers, Powder and Brass. I had plenty of Bullets. This year I have spent $$$ on Bullets at Zero over in Alabama, cash in the front door, they load your SUV out back till it tilts. Lots of stock, parts and pieces to assemble out in my local Storage Vault near the house.....
 
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Reloading is a wonderful hobby, as is bullet casting. Keeps costs way down, especially if you had a good stock in before the craziness began.
Pete
 
It varies for me. I shoot what I buy for the most part. I always have at least 50 gold dots on hand but I don't keep boxes of ammo. This month I bought a total of 15 boxes of .9mm and shot all of it in three outing's. One outing was a quick 50 rounder, just to make sure a new pair of sights were zeroed in.
 
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