where do you buy small amounts of ammo online?
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sigcurious
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IMO, If I were you I would either buy those couple of things with a larger order of other ammo you need/want to offset the shipping, or keep an eye on cabela's if you need any other stuff, they frequenty have shipping deals, but they require $99-150, or for you to buy something from a specific category(they just ended one for 1 cent shipping with any item of clothing or footwear in your order).
LakeCruiser
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bundle it up
Ditto...you will want to offset the s/h with a few other items. If you get on the mail in list for some of the bigger suppliers you can watch for shipping specials. Cables, Midway and others send notice of many of their sales.
Ditto...you will want to offset the s/h with a few other items. If you get on the mail in list for some of the bigger suppliers you can watch for shipping specials. Cables, Midway and others send notice of many of their sales.
http://gun-deals.com/
I also have a local shop that waives shipping and transfer fees if I pick up my purchase at the store. My location is not near "swamp people" though, so no recommendation there.
I also have a local shop that waives shipping and transfer fees if I pick up my purchase at the store. My location is not near "swamp people" though, so no recommendation there.
Walklightly
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That's what I do, but sometimes I have to wait until I need enough stuff to, what I call is, a piggy back order.
Usually I have to wait about a month or so until I can justify making an order, but it saves me a lot of money on shipping, and most stuff is either discounted or on sale.
Not a big fan of Midway but they usually have everything I need in one order.
aarondhgraham
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Brownell's is also selling ammo now. Brownell's, Midway, and Graf's all accept a C&R and give you dealer prices after that. Well worth the $30 a year you will pay for the C&R. I've been buying my bulk CCI .22's with my C&R from Brownell's lately since their price was the best once you figured everything in. And I always seem to be ordering some AR stuff from them anyway!
Gregg
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Aguila Blanca
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The Sportsmans Guide Company sells ammo by the box or by the case. I don't know how their prices compare with some of the other sources already provided, but IMHO their prices aren't bad.
$9 for shipping any small amount of ammo doesn't seem to be too much of a price to pay. That's only the equivalent of about 2 gallons of gasoline, and the UPS truck does need to drive to your doorstep, pay the driver and all of the cargo handlers along the way. It's the 1st pound of cargo that costs the most, with the price of additional weight costing much less.
Minimum wage here is $8.25 per hour, and UPS pays over $10 per hour to their workers that load trucks here, and the average pay for UPS drivers is $75,000 per year.
Sometime early next year shipping any ammo will require paying a hazmat fee. That will add a significant price increase for shipping small amounts of ammo. Unless that hazmat fee requirement is changed, we won't be able to ship or receive ammo for anywhere near as cheap as it can be done right now.
Minimum wage here is $8.25 per hour, and UPS pays over $10 per hour to their workers that load trucks here, and the average pay for UPS drivers is $75,000 per year.
Sometime early next year shipping any ammo will require paying a hazmat fee. That will add a significant price increase for shipping small amounts of ammo. Unless that hazmat fee requirement is changed, we won't be able to ship or receive ammo for anywhere near as cheap as it can be done right now.
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That's a pretty good deal - save $3.05 on shipping.
http://www.grafs.com/retail/content/index/contentId/1
But does Graf's have the products that he wants and at the same price?
Super Max .22 ammo - available
http://www.grafs.com/retail/catalog/vendor/vendorId/195
Federal Flitecontrol 00 Buckshot????
http://www.grafs.com/retail/catalog/category/categoryId/383?
http://www.grafs.com/retail/content/index/contentId/1
But does Graf's have the products that he wants and at the same price?
Super Max .22 ammo - available
http://www.grafs.com/retail/catalog/vendor/vendorId/195
Federal Flitecontrol 00 Buckshot????
http://www.grafs.com/retail/catalog/category/categoryId/383?
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If there is an LGS you have dealt with on a regular bases that orders ammo from the manufacturer you want ammo from, be it Federal, Aguila, CCI etc., the LGS would probably not charge you much(if any) shipping on a couple boxes of special order ammo as long as you wait till they(LGS) is placing an order from that manufacturer for the ammo the LGS normally carries.
In other words, you want to try a couple boxes of Federal Flight Control. Wait till your LGS is placing an order from Federal and see if they'll include your two boxes.
Then try and talk your LGS into stocking the Flight Control rounds.
In other words, you want to try a couple boxes of Federal Flight Control. Wait till your LGS is placing an order from Federal and see if they'll include your two boxes.
Then try and talk your LGS into stocking the Flight Control rounds.
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I recomend http://www.ammoengine.com/ find the ammo you want and what it costs at what site. Up to you though.
arcticap said:
I hadn't heard of this, so I looked it up. It looks like FedEx will still ship small quantities without the hazmat fee: http://www.fedex.com/us/hazardous-materials/current-requirements/index.html
I haven't located the definition of Limited Quantity, and I have stuff to do right now. Anybody have that information? Or maybe I should start a new thread when I get back online. Not much info on TFL about it.
Full text of the changes:
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-01-19/html/2010-33324.htm