9mm Pain Point?

[Legionnaire]

Agreed. I've started saving my 9mm brass again.

 

[Swampman]

What??? I've been paying $55 a box for Armscor from CTD all over the place. I thought that was a great buy.

YOU WISH!
That awesome bargain is SOLD OUT.
https://www.cheaperthandirt.com/arm...50-rounds-fmj-115-grains/FC-812285022529.html

But don't worry, Cheaper Than (Dog) Dirt has as even better deal available for us!

https://www.cheaperthandirt.com/tul....html?utm_source=wikiarms&utm_medium=ammofeed

Yep, TulAmmo 115 grain fmj for only $54.89/50.

That's LESS than $1.10 per round!

Buy it cheap and stack it deep...

 

[Rembrandt]

Shaking my head at present commercial ammo costs

Currently reloading for about $.13 per round. Hope I can keep it that way for a while.

 

[Scrod314]

YOU WISH!
That awesome bargain is SOLD OUT.
https://www.cheaperthandirt.com/arm...50-rounds-fmj-115-grains/FC-812285022529.html

But don't worry, Cheaper Than (Dog) Dirt has as even better deal available for us!

https://www.cheaperthandirt.com/tul....html?utm_source=wikiarms&utm_medium=ammofeed

Yep, TulAmmo 115 grain fmj for only $54.89/50.

That's LESS than $1.10 per round!

Buy it cheap and stack it deep...

You realize that they sold out because people actually paid their asking price. Unbelievable.

 

[TomJ]

YOU WISH!
That awesome bargain is SOLD OUT.
https://www.cheaperthandirt.com/arm...50-rounds-fmj-115-grains/FC-812285022529.html

But don't worry, Cheaper Than (Dog) Dirt has as even better deal available for us!

https://www.cheaperthandirt.com/tul....html?utm_source=wikiarms&utm_medium=ammofeed

Yep, TulAmmo 115 grain fmj for only $54.89/50.

That's LESS than $1.10 per round!

Buy it cheap and stack it deep...

A couple of weeks ago one of my neighbors told me he was was out of ammo, so I sold him my last 4 boxes of Tullammo for what I paid for it, $7 a box. I reload and am well stocked, so I was happy to help him. How the people at CTD sleep at night is beyond me.

 

[Howland937]

Picked up some steel cased stuff today. Limit 1 box/person/day. $12.99 and was bummed they wouldn't let me buy 2.
Me: "but you close in 5 minutes. If you let me buy 2, it'll be like one tonight, one first thing in the morning"
Them: "nice logic, but nope"

 

[SharpDog]

I would say $.40 per round for the next two months. It could be more than 10x that after

 

[gifbohane]

Rembrandt-

I compute my 9mm to be the same cost at .13 a round.

next year...who knows.

 

[FL-NC]

We are well past my "pain point". I saw this coming and invested heavily in 22 LR early in the craziness, and that is what I am mostly shooting. My expenditure of 9mm is very limited as of late. Hoping for a brighter future- which is not much of a plan.

 

[DustyGmt]

I am waiting on a preordered 1k case of 9mm I ordered in in late may, hopefully that comes soon and is still $215.

My LGS has 100rd packs of 9mm WWB for $28 every now and then, I can live with that. I fairly recently bought a 200rd value pack of federal for $50 from the same LGS. Hes a good guy and is selling guns and ammo cheap compared to what's going on everywhere else which is strange because it's a very secluded hole in the wall shop in east bumshoe belmont, VT. You wouldnt think he would be blowing up big box store distibutors.......

 

[Zaydok Allen]

I honestly don’t know. I started reloading 9mm last year and I don’t regret that decision. I think I did the math and was coming in at like $5 or $6 per 50 round box.

I’d really struggle if I was paying more than $12 per 50.

 

[brutus51]

I've saved some 9mm brass and have dies but I don't know why. Keeping all my .355Ø bullets for my all American 38 Super.
Only shot the 9mm because the ammo was cheap when I was to lazy to reload other stuff.
Same with .223, both ships haven't sailed I'm afraid they've sunk, at least that's the Dumbocrate plan.

 

[TomJ]

I saw this coming and invested heavily in 22 LR early in the craziness, and that is what I am mostly shooting.

My range sessions have changed as well. In the past I shot 9mm almost exclusively, going through 500-600 rounds per session. I stocked up on 22 while it was inexpensive and added a GSG .22 1911 and M&P 22 Compact to my Mark IV and SR22. My range sessions now are split 50/50 between either 9mm, 40 or 45 and one or two of my 22's.

 

[Cannibul]

I just ran some numbers for my 9mm and you are definately doing something righter than me.

i came up with
primer 0.03
powder 0.02
bullet 0.025

I have run out of free or almost free coww and have been buying lead and sweetners.

What powder are you using to get $0.02 in powder in a 9mm? I'm loading with Clean Shot right now and it's under a penny. I'm out of pure lead, I need to pick some up this week. I should also hit some of the tire shops. I've got around 200-300 lbs of wheel weights coming that are free.

I just finished the last of my 500 lbs of wheelweights I had. Those cost me $0.27 a lb. At 56 bullets to the pound that's $0.004 per bullet, or just over 2 bullets to the penny. But I have to add in the cost of the coating so I just round it to a penny each.

 

[Hartkopf]

I’m pretty well stocked but I would top off at 30 cents per round because it can still get way worse. No telling how bad politicians could make this by next year. I don’t have 9 years worth of ammo so I still look for deals and dollar cost average.

 

[reddog81]

But don't worry, Cheaper Than (Dog) Dirt has as even better deal available for us!

https://www.cheaperthandirt.com/tul....html?utm_source=wikiarms&utm_medium=ammofeed

Yep, TulAmmo 115 grain fmj for only $54.89/50.

That's LESS than $1.10 per round!

Buy it cheap and stack it deep...

$1.10 for TulAmmo is sold out. Don't worry though you can get 500 rounds of reloads for the low price of $2 per round ($999 for 500). Limited to one per order because it's a high demand product...

https://www.cheaperthandirt.com/bva...15-grains-r9115hpvp500/FC-04806015502012.html

 

[T_Walker]

25 cents shipped for fmj brass was my limit. Although, I bought my wife 5 boxes of 147gr blazer brass (50 rds) for $14.99 each with her G34. She wanted some to call her own, and I couldn't say no.

 

[herrwalther]

When I see light at the end of the tunnel, I will get dies and supplies for 9mm and 5.56. I hit my pain point awhile back.

 

[grammontS]

Another question to ask ......... What is your pain point for a box of primers? SPP were going for about $36 for a 1000 primers , now they're selling for $100 or so on the internet.

 

[U.S.SFC_RET]

Its not so much the pain point its the gouging. I now reload for everything I shoot with the exception of 22LR.

 

[CoalTrain49]

Everyone has a different comfort level for ammo prices. As soon as 9 mm FMJ hits 0.50/rd the shelves will once again be stocked and people will buy it at that price, but not many.

I've bought a few boxes at $0.30/rd but mostly I just roll my own for about half that cost. Keeps me off the street.

 

[huntsman]

I really don’t see it as gouging but price fluctuation. We’ve been blessed with a stable market for years and right or wrong we’re getting a taste of instability.

I view ammo/firearms as essential but selective purchases, if I have the need and can afford I buy. Simple as that no lamenting past or future pricing, because there’s no guarantee of tomorrow.

 

[JR24]

$.40/round is good prices these days!

I haven't bought range ammo 9mm in years, so I guess my pain point is when I finally rub out of components and can't get more, then I'll have to pay whatever it is.

Luckily I'm doing fine on components for now, though I could always use a few thousand more primers.

 

[theotherwaldo]

My pain point was when I had to reinforce the floor to hold all of the reloads.
I reload when I get bored. ...

 

[Pelo801]

My threshold has been $200 per 1000 and thats pushing it even. When its below the $200 mark id rather have the time. When its over $200, ill spend the time to reload.