Has anyone seen any good online deals on .45ACP lately?

 

I'm looking for approx. 500 rounds.

 

(already checked out Ammo Engine and Gun-Deals)

walmart stroudsburg had some a few weeks back for $13.48 for 50. remington.

I gotta be the smartass and say, my reloading press. 5 dollars per 50 FTW!

walmart stroudsburg had some a few weeks back for $13.48 for 50. remington.

 

Had none of any kind on Tuesday.

Aim has PMC for $17 a box of 50. I don't have any .45 but in my lurking, it seems like anything around 14-17$ a box of 50 is "good".

man if I was still paying those prices I would never shoot. With the economy the way it is, I don't know how you guys find the money to go pay that much for ammo.

I picked up a case of 45 acp for $290 the other day. Speer lawman 230 gr. Not too shabby. Might have to get a couple of more cases.

 

Matt, sometimes when deals come, you have to jump on them, even when there is no forseeable use in my future.

 

ps, I think i spelled four see able wrong

I gotta be the smartass and say, my reloading press. 5 dollars per 50 FTW!

I gotta be a newbie and ask, where do you get your supplies for that little? Can I achieve this kind of CPR with FMJ 9mm?

I'm reloading a 115grain FMK 9mm for about 5.50 per 50.

 

The biggest thing is buying in bulk and knowing what to buy. I don't buy CCI primers because they are too expensive. I only buy wolf primers because I can get them for about 18 dollars per 1k shipped to my door but you have to buy in bulk.

 

I also buy all of my bullets in bulk. For 9mm, I had to buy 4k bullets in order to get it down to that price.

 

Lastly I have a friend pick up all of my powder from Gene Soloman down in South / Central jersey. He has the best prices of powder and I don't have to pay a hazmat fee in order to get it.

 

Then it's just sitting down with your press and investing the time to get good at reloading. Once your good, if you have a progressive press you can easily knock out a 100 rounds per half hour and that's without really even trying.

 

M

FYI,

 

There are 7000 grains in a pound of powder. For 45acp use 5.2 grains of powder per cartridge. So, I get 1346 cartridges to a pound of powder, and I just bought powder for $16.05 per pound. I am not averse to shooting lead bullets, I buy 200gr SWC which feed well in my 1911, those are about $89.50 with shipping, and I had Remington large pistol primers for $30 per 1000.

 

So, breakdown per cartridge for 45acp:

Powder = $0.0119

Cases = reused

Primers = $0.03

Bullets = $0.0895

 

Total = $0.1314 per cartridge, $6.57 per 50 rounds, $13.14 per 100 rounds.

 

That said, I could get primers for less - but you can see what a deal that is compared to buying loaded ammo.