price of WM 9mm ammo

[ssgrock3]

Dang, if you guys are buying retail ammo and shooting more than a box a month, there should be a law that you must start reloading. I know all about set up costs and such, and loading 9mm sucks on anything that is not mechanical in some capacity, but $9.95 for federal, hms? was about $15, wwb (which is Waaaay overated) was upwards of $15. This is why I used to load it on a single stage in 1990. Guess components have gone up, and are harder to lay hands on, but that is a hard price to swallow, and that is plain jane full metal jacket ammunition.

 

[flatwins]

Yeah my bro and I were just having this discussion this morning. I'm about done buying commercial ammo (with some exceptions) and am reloading 38 Spl with a press right next to this laptop. ;-)

 

[ssgrock3]

I have always enjoyed loading .38 special, simple and you can make much better performing ammo for a lot less than the premium stuff (or target for that matter.)

 

[dlbleak]

with j&k bullets i'm loading loading 9mm for around $5.50 a box. hardly worth the hassle when you can buy ammo for $8.97 from wally world. the real savings come when you mold your own. accuracy may suffer some if you don't size but cost become almost nothing. i don't really count powder because there is 7000 grains in a pound. lets just say that a pound goes a long way. also, i have such a stash of powder that its almost impossible to factor.

i'll start molding 9 and cut the cost to nothing but primer and powder. how does 5 cents a round sound? thats why you cast and load!

i already have cast boolits for 38/357, 44, 45. been shooting these for almost free for years.

save your brass and buy some equipment. it WILL pay off.

 

[Old Fart]

What dlbleak said.

I've been casting my own for around 30 years.
Last time I checked I was reloading 38spl for about 3 cents a piece.
Biggest cost is primers.

 

[ssgrock3]

with j&k bullets i'm loading loading 9mm for around $5.50 a box. hardly worth the hassle when you can buy ammo for $8.97 from wally world. the real savings come when you mold your own. accuracy may suffer some if you don't size but cost become almost nothing. i don't really count powder because there is 7000 grains in a pound. lets just say that a pound goes a long way. also, i have such a stash of powder that its almost impossible to factor.

i'll start molding 9 and cut the cost to nothing but primer and powder. how does 5 cents a round sound? thats why you cast and load!

i already have cast boolits for 38/357, 44, 45. been shooting these for almost free for years.

save your brass and buy some equipment. it WILL pay off.

I bet you are actually cheaper than that per box, unless you are having to buy your used brass, but even then should be a bit less. for $5.50 you can load a nice fmj or even hp, for sure a plated bullet.

short of buying golddots, I cannot remember the last box of retail 9mm or other caliber I have purchased (pistol at least). My reloads kill paper and other breathing or not thing I have shot with them. Not as pretty as factory and not new brass, but still work just fine.

 

[_CY_]

purchased lead smelting equipment awhile back... more as a backup
may have to melt some lead soon, just to try it out.

 

[WhiteyMacD]

Can someone point me to the aisle where the 8.97 9mm is at? Cheapest my local WM keeps in stock is somewhere around $12 per 50. Right now, I am building 125gr CMJs at around .09 per round.

 

[adluginb]

Federal is $9.97 at Owasso Walmart for 50 fmj's.

 

[z06man]

I just figured up my cost on 9mm. Using J&K bullets they run about 9 cents a round, they'll be a little less, maybe down to 8 cents, when I place a bulk order, probably next time. That puts me at $4.50 a box versus $9 + tax, so I'm saving a bit over 50%. If you want to shoot several hundred rounds a month like my wife likes, it definitely adds up, plus I really enjoy reloading some days.