Cost of ammo?

[Ucsdryder]

I keep seeing this brought up on here. Does the cost of ammo really dictate the amount you shoot? I was surprised how close the cost of 300prc and 6.5/6cm is!

At my local gun store, here are the prices of white box Hornady…


300prc - 42.99
6.5prc - 39.99
6.5cm - 39.99
6cm - 37.99
338 Lapua - 119.99

All pretty reasonable compared to what we’ve seen over the last couple of years and hopefully a trend that continues.

 

[svivian]

I’ve been selling my brass to make it even cheaper! At one point I was getting almost $1 per round for once fired Hornady 6.5prc brass.

Only down side with the PRC for me is the barrel life. Will probably go to a cm for my next barrel.

 

[justinspicher]

I sell my brass as well, but it doesn’t even come close to covering the cost of my shooting adventures.

 

[need4sneed]

I'll stress Cheap at times, specifically to people pouring through forums to ask which caliber or which "one and done" hunting rifle. The true shooting hobbyist sport has a lot of barriers to entry and it is just that much easier to develop and grow into if you chose a 308 vs a 300 WSM etc
The overall sentiment being: if you spent three months researching to buy $1000 rifle - It is not likely that you're coughing up $700 in ammo to meet a 200rd ammo requirement for a $400 day-long shooting course.

 

[Macintosh]

Cost of ammo is something to me—it’s by far the largest cost per year for my shooting. I generally dont pay as much as shown in the op for match-grade practice ammo though. Last couple years I dont think I’ve paid more than $28 for a 20-round box. I dont see special buys like that for most cartridges though. I think thats the difference—even if the everyday list price is closer to the same, some of the standard cartridges have frequent opportunities to purchase in volume at significantly lower price.

 

[mxgsfmdpx]

Cost of ammo is something to me—it’s by far the largest cost per year for my shooting.

Now that I have to buy my own ammo I'm in the same boat! Luckily I still have some contacts and get good pricing, otherwise it would hard to justify shooting as much as I do.

 

[wind gypsy]

Ammo at full price is expensive. Luckily there is usually solid creedmoor ammo on sale somewhere online for $1.15-1.50 per round.

 

[Hnthrdr]

Yeah I’d say my current purchases are 26-32 bucks a box for 6cm and 6.5cm, .308 a little cheaper and .223 coming in at 17-19 for hornady black (coyote ammo in Co). Online is better just have to order enough to make the shipping make sense. Blows me away when some box stores want 50+ bucks a box huge margins on that

 

[S-3 ranch]

I feel the pain , shooting a .375 ruger, $80-$120 per box
I hoard my brass from the very low quality hornday factory stuff offered
But the components are almost as expensive, just better quality

 

[SteveAndTheCrigBoys]

Haven’t bought rifle ammo in a store in years.

Ammoseek and >8 shipping, easy.

I’d say time is more of the issue. Too many hobbies. And proximity to quality shooting locations.

 

[Hnthrdr]

Haven’t bought rifle ammo in a store in years.

Ammoseek and >8 shipping, easy.

Shhhhh this is the secret sauce right here

 

[Marshfly]

Yup. Just had a case of 6ARC hit the porch found on Ammoseek. Love how cheap that cartridge is to shoot.

 

[TripleJ]

My strategy is to buy a bunch when it's on sale. Local store had 6.5 cm Hornady Match 147ELDM for $29.99/box last week, was able to score a couple cases.