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Their prices are quite good. You can also try www.ammoman.com as I've heard good things about them.
But unless you're buying in large quantities, it might be better to buy local. Wal Mart sells Winchester White Box 100-count boxes for $13.00, it's hard to beat that. The weight, therefore shipping, of ammo is what drives the cost of it up when you buy online.
As for self-defense, I would recommend going out and buying a couple boxes of different SD ammo and putting it through your gun to make sure that it feeds and ejects properly before I would trust my life to it.
I am still quite new to all of this and had not yet had the opportunityu to shoot any defenseive ammo trhough the gun. i will do as you suggested and try several brands to see which is best.
I forgot to welcome you to the Forum. Welcome and feel free to ask questions. If you let us know your location, perhaps we can help you locate some local shops.
A few of my favorite SD rounds:
Federal Hydrashock
Winchester SXT
Winchester Ranger
I just bought a bunch of .223 (Lake city M855) and .308( LC M80) from Ammoman.com.The price was better than cheaper than dirt, for the same ammo,and if you pick it up at the store it's cheaper yet.
They are nice folks to deal with.
I ordered from http://www.wideners.com/ (located in TN) last month. Placed order on a Friday, they shipped on Monday (next business day) via UPS ground. It was very well packed, box within a box, and no extra charge for the effort, only the UPS fee.
mrmeval has a great list of online vendors but one thing that needs to be considered is how far away is the vendor shipping point. Ammo is typically shipped by UPS or FedEx and the freight charges can make a big difference in the final cost.
Both UPS and FedEx use zones for calculation shipping charges so you may find a cheaper unit price at one place but the shipping can make the price higher than some other place that shows a higher cost but less freight.
Also, some of these vendors will not ship to certain states due to laws in that state.
For target ammo, I buy Miwall ammo from www.outdoormarksman.com They have reloaded 9mm 115gr bulk pack at great prices in 500 or 1000 round ammo cans.
For personal defense ammo, that can be a tough choice. As mentioned you should try different brands to see what works best in your pistol. Reliability as well as accuracy has to be considered. Some pistols will "like" one type of round over another so it's very important to see what works best. It can get expensive to test ammo but if you spent say $500 on a pistol, what's another couple hunderd to insure your safetry and that of your family?
Personally, I use Remington Golden Saber 124gr +P in my Ruger P98 for home defense. I shot about 350 rounds through it with zero failures of any kind. I had tried Federal HydraShoks and firing the same number of rounds, I had a total of about 5% failures of some type with that stuff.
keep in mind when buying from ammoman.com that shipping is factored in to the price of his bulk stuff and smaller boxes you need to buy five and there is no shipping. So with them at least there isn't a huge shipping charge that just made it not worth it.
Keep an eye on the Dick's ad in the Sunday papers.
I just bought Remington 50 round 9mm for $6/box. The .45 ACP is usually "on sale" for about $11. They normally knock off a dollar a box if you buy the case
Wally World is still a little cheaper, but I'd rather browse around Dicks than WalMart.
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