Cheap .223 Ammo

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Looking for cheap .223 ammo for my savage 12fv .223 for target and hunting.
Were can I find some as of now I am shooting wolf that I buy at a local farm&home supply for 5.00 for a box of twenty. But as I am only an 16 don't have a job every penny counts.
 
That is about as

cheap as you're going to find. I also don't think you will realize the full potential of your rifle with Wolf Ammo. The upside is that if you were to start reloading you can reload some premium ammo for less than what you are now spending. The downside of course is the initial expense. Also, you probably dont want to use that Ammo for anything other than punching holes in paper. I one bought some FMJ ammo while on a prarie dog hunt. More than one crawled off back into his hole. I won't be doing that again. Reloading components are becoming more expensive but so is loaded ammo so it might be something you want to consider.
 
save a couple bucks buy 100 rounds Winchester brass, 1lb. Acurate Arms 2230 powder ,100 Winchester small rifle primers 100 40gr Vmax bullets and a Lee Classic Lee loader.

Lee Loader Classic .223 REM. $19.99
Winchester Brass 100 $18.99
Accurate Arms 2230 Powder $18.99
Win. Small Rifle Primers 100 $ 2.75
40gr. V-Max Hornady 100 $16.29
total $77.01

now with this rig you can load your own. the brass is reusable to almost a life time if you keep the loads in the lower power , and they are usually the most accurate any way.

load 300 rds. and the rig has paid for itself plus reloading is fun. the Lee Classic Loader has that you will need to reload very accurate ammo. it has load data, powder measure, dies and primer intall and removal tools .

www.MidwayUSA.com has all the stuff if you can't find it locally

have fun always

dagger dog
 
Thanks dagger dog I have been looking at getting started on reloading but I don't know how long I'm going to have this rifle savage 12fv .223 with bsa 6-24x44 scope I just bought it two months ago and I am down right miticulus with it. It is my baby I clean it every 10 shots because i use wolf. I have only went through 64 shots. With it and today at school I was 600 cash for it but I think I will turn him down. I might git rid of it for 700 but not six I would like a shorter bull barrel as my gun wieghs 10 lbs it is hard to swing while hunting. great for bench bad for hunting But if I do keep it I'm going to start reloding. And I was thinking of using winchester stuff anyways as its my favorite oh hey cool fact you might like winchester has cool bachrounds for your computer on there website for free i got one its sweet! :evil:
 
reloading

I'm interested in learning to reload. where is a good place to start? Certain book i should read or just a website i can consult. I have no idea how it works, but with ammo prices... i cant afford to not learn
 
Hay3z,


the way to get started get you a reloading manual the one i recommend is by Hornady a bullet manufactuer. it covers the theory behind the facts and also has valuable load data on just about any cartridge thats in use.you will use this information as you progress in reloading information you will keep for years!

it covers the basics and the knowledge to start reloading, and is written in terms that even i could figure out. it shows how and better yet it tells why.

the title is HORNADY Handbbook of Cartridge Reloading Volume 1 Fifth Edition
its available through bookstores if you need to order or you can do as i did and pick one up at the next gun show.
 
I was shooting the blk Wolfe ammo but a gunsmith told me it would mess up my chamber. Something about the coating on the steel cases. I since started reloading. Did a little reading, chose rcbs, and then went on ebay. Bought a Trim Pro missing the handle, RCBS sent a new one no problem.
 
I was shooting the blk Wolfe ammo but a gunsmith told me it would mess up my chamber. Something about the coating on the steel cases. I since started reloading. Did a little reading, chose rcbs, and then went on ebay. Bought a Trim Pro missing the handle, RCBS sent a new one no problem.
 
I shoot wolf because its cheap but the steel cases do worry me a bit. It thought the steel might be a little harder on the chamber than the brass cases after all if it was good everybody would be doing it.
 
Wolf .223 ammo?

I just used about three boxes in my new (used) Ruger Mini 14.
Having rediscovered guns last fall after many years, I really like it.:)
Long-range accuracy means nothing to me...just reliability/durability and affordable ammo.

Some people talk about the corrosive primers in the large 7.62 x 54R rounds, required for the popular Russian Mosin Nagant combat rifle-I'm going to order one with lots of cheap ammo Monday morning. The affordable rounds are all from "eastern bloc lands". Many claim that all of it has corrosive primers.
They say to pour soapy water down the barrel. If so, how much and for how long? Then use the nitro solvent? :confused:

Is this also needed in the barrel and the chamber after Wolf .223?

What do the experienced shooters believe, based upon your results?
How about the normal nitro solvent? Some guys claim that it is not as good as soapy water or detergent down the barrel.

And how about the area under the bolt?
 
wolf isn't at all corrosive as far as i know, for corrosive ammo yes soapy water or a few squirts of windex following your shooting than when you get home clean as normal, the soapy water/ windex is just used to inhibit the corrosion until you can properly clean
 
"...every penny counts...." That doesn't change much as you age. Reloading is the answer, but you're looking at a hunk of money for that. However, the answer is to get a part time job. If there's a decent restaurant in town, look into a bus boy job. Clearing and setting tables. Usually minimum wage with tips. Easy work, but it'll interfere with your Friday and Saturday evenings. Beats hell out of McDonald's too.
Mind you, $5 per 20 is dirt cheap. Buy the 62 grain ammo, sight in at 100, but don't bother keeping the brass. Steel cases are not reloadable, when you get that far.
Wolf ammo is not corrosive. However, most of it is berdan primed. Only their .223 is not. All of it, except for their 7.62 x 54, is steel cased.
 
I already got a part time job in the summer and fall cross pollionating corn for pioneer and building fence for a nieghbor. I've got enough cash to start reloding thinking on which kit to get as for the friday and saturday night If its coon season I'm hunting. I use both there 55gr FMJ and there 62gr HP I find the 62 group a little better but not much I shoot out a 300 or more I shot a crow at 352 paces which I think is like 352 yards but I think i got lucky on that i want to move the zero in at 200 because I get way better groups at 200 then 300 at 200 I can keep it inside a 50cent piece at 300 I'm lucky if I can keep it inside a basket ball. Its wierd can't figure it out. If I had money to burn Id be shooting 69gr sierra matchkings but them things are expensive. But everythings expensive to me this is my first centerfire rifle all i ever shot was .22lr and .22mag so this it a whole new world to me.
 
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