Before You Load Up On Rifle Ammo...

RE: Shipping Costs; It's "usually" less costly when one buys larger quantities.

I always buy in quantity off the internet. By quantity I mean 500-1000 rounds, or more at a time. Even then you have to look at overall cost. While there are instances that Cheaper Than Dirt actually has the best price going with a specific round including shipping (they charge shipping fees) ammoman.com pays shipping to your door. That can save quite a bit of money in the long haul. I only mention those two vendors because I have had more dealings with both and have yet to have had a bad experience with either. Shipping 40+ lbs of ammo is expensive any way you go.

So, the moral of the story is to get a job a Walmart?

68wj said:

So, the moral of the story is to get a job a Walmart?

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Uhh... no.

Jeff56:
Do you suspect that the on-line rumors since March, that ammo prices (at several distributors) would jump 15% by May induced people to clean out Ammoman's entire supply of Wolf x39 months ago?

Maybe he is holding back, waiting for competitors' prices to rise?

There are plenty of places that ship cheap or free. Yes shipping can hurt but just pass the non flat rates up. That is where they nail ya!

I've always wondered why people buy 100 or 200 rounds at a time online. Unless it's a very difficult or expensive load to get, like .338 Lapua or .300 Win Mag Match ammo or .260Rem match, etc, there should be no reason to be buying in such a low quantity online if your goal is simply to save money. As already pointed out, the savings comes in the bulk. I recently bought 2 cases of 5.56 online for $598. Shipping set me back $24. If I had bought the ammo for the same price locally, sales tax would have cost me $43.50. Basically, I saved $19.50.
Shipping costs me $12/case, whereas state sales tax costs me $21.75/case.
And that's just for where I shop. There are some places where shipping is free if you get a case or more. I do most of my shopping with PalmettoStateArmory.com. However, some places tend to be more expensive as well.

ATG.com tends to have higher shipping costs. If you want a place to buy AK/SKS ammo, go to AIMSurplus.com. They sell it for around $.18/rd, or $0.17/rd if you buy it by the case. After shipping is included, their ammo is around $0.19/rd.
http://www.aimsurplus.com/product.aspx?item=A76239Yugo&name=Yugoslavian+7.62x39+123grn+FMJ+15rd+box&groupid=39