[joeren22]

Just at my local Walmart and purchased some Blazer Brass ammo. It was marked $11.97 box of 50 for 45ACP and $9.97 for 40S&W. I'm thinking that it was a deal so I bought all the 45s they had (3 boxes) and a few boxes of 40. :neener:

Cheers
Joe

[.40man]

just for the issue of money they are pretty good. A buddy of mine got 5 boxes of 40s&w and we haven't had any problems so far. We put the rounds through a pre owned HK USP and have no problems so far.

[CountGlockula]

I gotta go to WalMart to stock up!

[TimboKhan]

Going by the prices I have seen around here lately, I think you got a very good deal. WWB is in the neighborhood of $15-16 a box right now....

I dunno, other places may be cheaper, but I would have bought all I could afford at those prices.

[longtooth]

If it is at Wal-Mart I do not consider it a deal. I would rather go to my local independently owned gunshop & pay a little more.

[okienate]

The Quality of the ammo has been good for my on the Blazer Brass .45 ACP I've been shooting for a couple of years. Sounds like Walmart must have standardized prices on the .45 stuff. That's the same price I pay for mine.

IMHO, the prices you paid are really pretty decent, about as low as I can find.
Here in Oklahoma, Walmart has the cheapest .45 ammo while a local Academy Sports is about $2/box cheaper on 9MM ammo ($7/box of Blazer at Academy and closer to $9/box at Walmart).

Just have to keep your eyes open to other options that are available in your area and pick and choose. I've found that a little bit of looking around and you end up spending less on box quantities than you would going through the internet and pay shipping for whole-case quantities....every once in a while I've found deals online that were worth a look.

[RP86]

I think that's about the same price they have it down here. I always try to buy as much as ammo as I can afford at the time, because prices are only going to keep rising and saves me trips to Walmart. Once I get my reloading setup and enough brass on hand I won't be seeing Walmart for a while.

[TRP1]

same price here, usually buy several boxes at a time:D

[Cougfan2]

Good deal. Best I can find around here is $12.97 at BiMart for .45 ACP.

[Deanimator]

They've got the best price on quality .44 Magnum.

[SKM&P9]

Same at the one by me. Always between $ 10.97 and $13.97 for the .45 ACP. And I usually buy all they have. Never had an issue with the Blazer brass ammo.

[ARGarrison]

I think it is the only current deal on .45 ACP right now. I bought two boxes today.

[TehK1w1]

OT, but heya Longtooth, how ya doing? Have you gotten a new GP100 yet? :)

[skinewmexico]

My Walmart has 45 for $9.97. Great stuff.

[GJgo]

Prices are up everywhere around here, but Wal Mart is still the cheapest. Not a great selection, though..

[doc2rn]

I gotta say worst dealer around on .357 sig. Yes they carry it at $19.99-24.99 a box, but I can get from a Wichita dealer for $12.99 a box. Who would you go to?

[Javelin]

Damn ammo is just getting more expensive every month.

:(

[jgorniak]

Buying online in bulk, even with shipping factored in, is usually a better deal for me. Not a bad deal for walking in off the street, though.

[Chris0403]

Personally I shoot blazer brass b/c they are the same people who make Gold Dots and as a matter of fact that is a good deal i would stay away from the winchester white box stuff. In my opinion that stuff shoots good but is nasty to clean up.

[AZ Husker]

Blazer makes Gold Dots? Can you document that?

[Chris0403]

both blazer and gold dots are cci products sorta like agulia and remington. Remington owns agulia. Cci/speer are pretty much the same company

[asknight]

Remington owns agulia.

Uh, no. :uhoh:

Remington equipped and trained the staff at the Industrias Tecnos S.A. de C.V. plant in Cuernavaca, Mexico. In exchange, Aguila made "Mohawk" brand ammunition for Remington. When the production of Mohawk ammunition ended, so did their relationship.

CCI and Speer are both ATK (Alliant Techsystems Inc) companies. Thus the Blazer and Gold Dot are both ATK products, not CCI.

[LKB3rd]

I have used Blazer brass @11.97 in my xd45 for close to 1000 rounds without any problems.
The cases are stamed "CCI"

[greenflash107]

About the only ammo I buy from them now is the 22's. Just bought a box(550) of the Federal. I think it was around $11.00

[JP from Phoenix]

never had a problem with any walmart ammo i ever got

[CajunBass]

Why would you think ammo from Wal-Mart would be any different than other ammo, except perhaps for price?

[modifiedbrowning]

No Blazer brass at my Walmart. The best deal they have is WWB for $15.76 per 100 of 9mm. Sportmans Warehouse has Ultimax for $7.99 per 50 (no thanks) and a local store has Magtech for $7.99 per as well.
So, Walmart comes out a little ahead. I have 2100 rnds of the WWB stocked up right now and I just bought 500 rnds of Miwall reloads at the Funshow last weekend.

[evan price]

I have to say the CCI Blazer Brass .45's are the cleanest ammo I have shot so far. The cases are shiny even before I tumble them, unlike WWB which have black soot coating them.

Of course, I am reloading .45 ACP 230grain for $6.50 a box using Rainiers or $4.50 a box using lead...

[jack the toad]

Local Wally's have decent prices on common stuff (9, 45, etc.) but
I've been stocking up on the .22's also.
I prefer the Federal stuff over the others.

[Scorpiusdeus]

As many times as I've run the comparisons Walmart has the best deal.

[grandpa75672]

Academy Sporting Goods had the best price on 9mm around here at 6.99 for 50. I went through the Midwayusa on line catalog and they had nothing to come close to that price. I havent come up with any concrete figures yet but reloading 6.99 9mm cost more.

[JackOfAllTradesMasterAtNone]

Read post #16

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=318682

-Steve

[jdorian]

I buy almost all my ammo from Walmart, sometimes a few boxes from gun shows if its something that I have not tried before. If I can find a deal somewhere else because its on sale, I would buy it from there too, but Walmart is consistantly the cheapest. For defense loads, I might have to go to Gander Mountain or a specialized gun shop, but thats fairly rare that I shot those.

[SHOTGUNJOE]

I just ran 100 rounds of WalMart blazer brass through my new SA XD.40 with no problems. I pay $7.47 box of 50 blazer brass .40S&W at WalMart on Spring Creek & 75 in Plano Texas. I picked up 22 boxes. Their .45acp is $9.49 per box of 50. These are the cheapest I've seen around these parts.

[hecate]

Wally World is the cheapest in my area for .45 ACP practice hardball. I buy all my Blazer Brass there, 500-1,000 rounds at a time. If I'm going to gun school, I call ahead so they'll have 2,000-3,000 or whatever the class requires put aside for me. Of course, if I'm going to Front Sight (I have a membership) I just call up the Wal-Mart in Pahrump and pick up my ammo when I get there.

All of the ammo-counter guys around here are shooters. The only problem I ever have there is wasting way too much time talking to them about gun stuff.

[Just Jim]

Ok, I went to wally world yesterday and bought some ammo. The clerks (three of them) told me I had better stock up cause the price of all ammo was going to double in January. While one of them hedged on what they were saying by telling me he didn't know the exact date, he swore it was true.

jj

[Quoheleth]

I'm "pals" with a couple of the gals in our WM sporting goods. They tell me it goes up every year a few weeks before and after Christmas and then settles down.

Supply & demand.

Q

[Red State]

I buy most of my ammo at Walmart and I noticed that the prices definitely jumped a good 10-20% in the last month. By the way, the WWB and Blazer Brass and UMC all shoot fine out of all my semi autos.

Reloading is definitely cheaper, but its a matter of whether or not you have the time to do that........maybe when I am retired.

[fletcher]

CCI Blazer at Wal-Mart is one of the best retail ammo deals around.

[Darthbauer]

the problem with wal-mart is the selection. they might have a place for it on the shelf and the price is lower than everywhere else but they are also out of it at every store in over a 100 mile radius. I buy .223 from wal-mart and it just went up in price but its still the cheapest at wal-mart.

[Black Majik]

It's not really a deal per se, but it is better than anywhere else. What's great is when Wal-mart has sales for their ammo. Last time came out to $12.50 for 100 rd WWB value packs of 9mm.

They even had Blazer Brass for $9/50 of .45 ACP!

But, I can't disclose which Wal-Mart usually has that. :evil:

[Gearhead Jim]

Back in September, the Winchester or Remington 100 rd Value Packs of 12 ga trap loads were $16.97 at WalMart. In October, the Remington went up to $19.44, a 14% increase. Today I noticed that the Winchester is $23.88, that's a 41% increase over September.

Winchester handgun ammo is still the same, for example the 100 rd Value Pack of WWB 9mm ball is still under $16. But just wait...

[asknight]

Gearhead Jim, I noticed that as well and wondered just how much "metal" was in those. It's mostly cheap plastic (hull), and stamped metal in it's base. Taken to the extreme... it calculates as follows:
7/8oz lead per shell
100 shells per $23.88
87.5oz (5.47lb) of lead per $23.88

That's $4.37 per pound of lead! Of course, my basic calculations didn't adjust for the plastic and primer in the shot nor did it allocate for sales tax on the finished product.

Lead is showing to be trading at $1.20/lb currently on the LME/COMEX/NYMEX.

[Gearhead Jim]

The 12 ga shells contain 1 1/8 oz of shot, so that would change the numbers somewhat. Regardless, it's a huge increase. The only part that wouldn't apply to metallic cartridges is the plastic hull of a shotgun shell, but the brass for pistol & rifle cases has gone up a bunch also.

[tblt]

I buy mine from DICK'S remington umc for practice and federal hydrashocks for carry.You get a better price buying by the case.

[obiwan1]

I did a price comparison a few days ago between WallyWorld and Bass Pro. WalMart Blazer is the best deal by far.

[thebaldguy]

I always keep my eyes open for ammo deals; I find WalMart sometimes has some pretty good ammo prices, so I pick up a few boxes here and there.

[jdorian]

I bought out 3 Walmarts nearby of all their ammo in .40 for Blazer Brass. Since I do a lot of travel, I should be able to stop by a few of them again in a week or so and get some more. But I'll probably start getting more WWB if I can't get Blazer.

[ZombiesAhead]

I buy all pistol ammo (9mm and .38 special) at walmart and get great deals. Rifle ammo, shotgun shells (other than practice birdshot) I usually support my local gun store.

WARNING: OVERSTAFFED OLD-GUY EMPLOYEE GUN STORE GOSSIP/RUMORS AHEAD:

Supposedly, if brands like Winchester White Box get really old or get wet they sell them off to WalMart and this is one of the reasons the prices are so low...

...I don't believe it for a minute but correct me if I'm wrong.

[WVMountainBoy]

I know I probably miss out by not checking Walmart, but I only buy from their sporting goods department when its a urgent late night run for a forgetten item that is needed for the next days adventure. I make a geniune effort to do my business at my local Hunting/Fishing shop. I do sometimes pay a little more on certain things, but the guys there make it up by giving me promo items, discounts on trivial things that don't sell well, and by calling the house when they come by something they know I'd like. They recently opened a Gander Mountain in my area. I was initially interested in having such a large sporting goods store that actually seemed to carry hunting and fishing gear, since most of the larger sporting stores here (Dick's and SportMart) focus more on team sports, camping, canoeing, golf, and such. After several trips and dissappointment at not finding anymore than a 5% saving on anything that I use...I haven't even bothered darkening their door with my presence. I'm sure ammo goes on sale there, and I'm sure I'd save a couple hundred a year if I'd wait catch it on sale and buy in bulk. I think I really just like my bi-weekly visits to the shop to pick up the ammo I need and check out the seasonal fishing gear.

[Lichter]

The $9.97 for the .40 Blazer Brass is the cheapest I can find. This summer when I was on vaction, I went to a Walmart in Pensecola, Fl and they had the same stuff for $7 something.

[kd7nqb]

I am super glad I read this thread, I just went to Walmart a few nights ago and bought 2 boxes of .40 Blazer Brass. I normally buy the WWB 100rnd packs but it was cheaper this time to buy 2 50rnd boxes of Blazer Brass. I have not shot it yet but cant wait. Sounds like its great range ammo but not great enough for CCW which is fine with me.

[jdorian]

I'm definitely going back today to get more ammo. Walmart has what I need when I go there, and I tend to buy them out every trip. But ammo has dried up locally for the most part, very little at Gander also except they have tons of .40 in the UMC 250ct boxes. Almost nothing in JHP anywhere, so whenever I find some, I better stock up.

[PakWaan]

I've used Blazer for years, both in aluminum and brass. My little Kel-Tec doesn't like the light aluminum cases, but my 1911, my Glock, my Taurus and my Kel-Tec do fine with Blazer brass in .45, 9mm and .380. Good deal.

I was talking with the owner of one of the big on-line ammo shops yesterday - he said the prices were getting ready to jump again. He just placed a new wholesale order to replace his depleted stock, and the price had gone up (again).

The demand for ammo by the US military for the war in Iraq combined with the massive growth in China is driving up the price of all the base metals.