Cheapest carry ammo you have carried?

[improperlyaged]

This is just for my curiosity. I was wondering what is the cheapest ammo that you have carried in your ccw? I at one time carried a mag full of wwb 115 jhp 9mm because it was the only jhp I could afford at the time (1st year of college I was broke).

 

[badkarmamib]

I carry WWB JHP in my Sig .40, because it has been proven 100% reliable in that gun. I haven't spent a lot of time or money trying other loads, because this one works. My 1911 runs WWB JHP during the summer, and Hornady A-Max during the winter.

 

[RetiredUSNChief]

When I didn't have specific self-defense ammo for whatever reason, I'd carry whatever target ammo I had. Typically, that's WWB. 115 gr. FMJ 9mm or 230 gr. FMJ .45 ACP.

It's accurate, it's reliable, and it'll certainly poke holes in a bad guy if necessary.

 

[X-Rap]

Can't get much cheaper than home rolled with XTP's or Golden Saber.

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[guyfromohio]

A cheap round nose is better than not having anything. I do only carry hp now. Cheapest now is probably Freedomuntions reman hps. However I like the Hydrashoks.

 

[Load Master]

My handloads are by far the lowest cost for highest quality. Using the best of components, charge development, and loading, it is at most 20¢ a round. Most likely less. About $4 for 20 of them. The biggest variable is the materials used to develop the proper charge not including time.

 

[FL-NC]

Some kind of Russian hollow point JHPs in a Ruger LC9. Cause they were available and functioned reliably. I remember there was some kind of animal on the box.

 

[Teachu2]

In the past, 230gr ball .45acp.

Currently: http://www.sgammo.com/product/speer...ld-dot-147-grain-hollow-point-gdhp-ammo-53619

 

[GBExpat]

Other than my reloads, probably .45acp Ball.

 

[aarondhgraham]

Five years ago,,,

When the shelves were empty,,,
I carried a semi full of Federal Aluminum FMJ 9mm.

Aarond

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[BSA1]

I carry Barnaul Silver Bear FMJ in my 9x18 handguns from Europe.

A buddy carries JHP in his 9x18.

I prefer pentetration. He prefers expansion. We both think we are well armed.

 

[olkowsr]

I now carry 9mm critical duty 135 +P, but I use to carry the WWB all the time.
- Did some research on over penetration and made the switch.

With that being said I do carry a full mag of WWB 115 gr if penetration is needed (SHTF Moments Only).

Thanks,
Ron.

 

[Browning]

Freedom Munitions remanufactured 115 grain XTP JHP - $15/50 rds

https://www.freedommunitions.com/ammunition/pistol/9mm/9mm-luger-115-gr-xtp-reman.html

 

[M-Cameron]

its not uncommon for me to carry Tula 9mm ($9/50).....

i usually carry premium defense ammo, but sometimes when coming or going to the range, i dont want to unload and reload mags, so ill go with whatevers loaded....which is often tula 9mm.

runs fine in my gun, so why not.

 

[huntsman]

9mm Fiocchi JHP $22.00 for 50, .380acp Remington Express FMJ $20.00 for 50 .45acp WWB JHP $28.00 for 50.

 

[Deaf Smith]

158 gr LSWHP reloads in my Speed Six. 4 gr of Unique powder. 850 fps or so.

Shoots right on the money, don't kick much, and is not over penetrating.

And is maybe 10 cents a round. And I tell folks it's my squirrel load I just happen to have in my gun.

Deaf

 

[entropy]

230 gr. FMJ WWB. I've carried a magful home from the range many times.

 

[MedWheeler]

I still carry the cheap Remington-MC 115-grain JHP in my PF9. It's readily available, and the gun runs it. No reason to change.

Ditto for the R-UMC 88-grain JHPs in my Bersa Thunder 380.

In my .38 snub that I've rarely carried, there has been WWB 130-grain "target" loads.

I've dropped .22LR pistols in a pocket every now and then, but they've always been stoked with MiniMags, so I guess they don't count.

 

[bannockburn]

Probably the cheapest ammo I used were my own handloaded .38 Special with 148 gr. wadcutters. I was just starting out and didn't have a lot of money for factory ammo. Bought a Lee Loader Pistol kit and got busy rolling my own. I think I still have a few of those rounds somewhere in all of my reloading supplies.

 

[amlevin]

Handloaded rounds using Gold Dot HP's.

Each and every round is carefully assembled from quality pieces with individually weighed charges. BETTER than factory for a fraction of he cost.

I don't care what M. Ayoob says, there's no more or less liability from a handload. If you ever have to shoot in self defense you're either totally in the right or totally in the wrong. THAT alone will determine the outcome, not the caliber or ammo you used.

FWIW, many States now have laws that require the State to pay all legal expenses if one is prosecuted and found not guilty by reason of Self Defense. Puts a curb on any so-called "highly motivated prosecutors".

 

[wnycollector]

During the 2013 ammo drought I carried Remington 100 round "value pack" 115gr 9mm jhp and Fiocchi 165gr 40 jhp.

 

[RetiredUSNChief]

Handloaded rounds using Gold Dot HP's.

Each and every round is carefully assembled from quality pieces with individually weighed charges. BETTER than factory for a fraction of he cost.

I don't care what M. Ayoob says, there's no more or less liability from a handload. If you ever have to shoot in self defense you're either totally in the right or totally in the wrong. THAT alone will determine the outcome, not the caliber or ammo you used.

FWIW, many States now have laws that require the State to pay all legal expenses if one is prosecuted and found not guilty by reason of Self Defense. Puts a curb on any so-called "highly motivated prosecutors".

Centuries of legal cases involving self-defense put the lie to your statement of "If you ever have to shoot in self defense you're either totally in the right or totally in the wrong". If it were always such, then many cases would never have gone to trial and many which did would have been much shorter than they were. So "that alone" will be a woefully inadequate defense in a court of law.

And while one can arguably make a case for higher quality in hand loaded ammunition, the issue with the legal system isn't quality or "liability", necessarily, it's interpretation of forensic evidence. Handloaded ammunition does not have the OQE that factory amunition does, for starters.

But we seriously digress from the OP's topic here. There are several threads and posts on just this issue. Please take the time to read through and study them. Here is one such link:

http://www.thehighroad.org/showpost.php?p=7200128&postcount=11

 

[M-Cameron]

Handloaded rounds using Gold Dot HP's.


I don't care what M. Ayoob says, there's no more or less liability from a handload. If you ever have to shoot in self defense you're either totally in the right or totally in the wrong. THAT alone will determine the outcome, not the caliber or ammo you used.

you sure about that?.....

say you are walking down an public alley way at 1:00 am......you trip and hurt your ankle on a pile of construction equipment a crew left there......all of a sudden you see someone coming at you with a large pipe, you cant run away because you hurt your ankle......so you yell at the guy to stop or youll shoot.....he continues to walk towards you......you draw your gun and fire and kill him.

good shot right?....well no.....

turns out the guy was a construction worker working late.......hes mostly deaf and partially blind, so he didnt see or hear you......and he wasnt coming at you with a pipe.....he was carrying construction debris to the pile you just tripped over........

but how could you have known?.....hell, most reasonable people wouldnt be expecting someone to be working so late......and if you see someone walking at you with a pipe, you can assume theyd mean you harm.

 

[Barry the Bear]

For lack of better options locally. I'm currently carrying WWB .38 125 gr sjhp for now until my buffalo bore ammo comes in.

 

[mavracer]

CCI blazer 22LR (@ 3 cents per) in my Beretta Bobcat, I've since stepped up to mini mags @ 6 cents per