Academy drops limit

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AJC1 said:
I was buying Norma white tail for 24 a box and when the price jumped to 34 a box I was done. Wanted the brass.
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I was fortunate that my competition bug had switch to NRL22 instead of something centerfire. So for most of my informal shooting and hunting I have been using stuff out of my current stocks. I could do this for a few more years without buying too much. I could use some small rifle primers but other than that I am in no rush to buy anything.
 
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Exactly how many boxes can one buy without a bank loan. The price is high enough they don't have to worry about a run...
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LOL!!! Hate to put it so indelicately cuz’ but there’s folks on this very forum who make more on the interest of their Christmas card slush fund every month than slobs like us make a year. Good thing, too. If it weren’t for the Daddy Warbucks reloaders buying up inventory the manufacturers wouldn’t bother selling consumer gear to the public. There’s no money in selling one lead pot to one bullet caster once every 30 years.
 
ballman6711 said:
$50 a box for 357??? I'm so glad I started loading that caliber. Didn't realize they had gotten that expensive, and there isn't an Academy anywhere near me that I'm aware of.

$1 a round for 556 is kinda expensive too! Glad I do that one too!

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Yup. Nearest Academy to me is Daytona Beach - about a 3-1/2 hour drive, each way. 7 hours on the road - burning $3.50/gallon gas - on the off chance they might have something I need? Nah. I’ll leave it for someone else.
 
berettaprofessor said:
But primers....still haven't seen any at Academy near me....at any price
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Been a couple years since I bought any ammo there, but I had to throw 'ammo' in post 1 as primers are sporadic. :D

The (2) blue bricks (and more) were acquired (800) primers per trip. (Wife comes with me) Did that in July / August.
Grabbed the gold one today 'justbecauseicould'


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GeoDudeFlorida said:
Yup. Nearest Academy to me is Daytona Beach - about a 3-1/2 hour drive, each way. 7 hours on the road - burning $3.50/gallon gas - on the off chance they might have something I need? Nah. I’ll leave it for someone else.
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I’ll take some of that…….$3.50 a gallon of gas. I’m paying $5.59 locally. I can save a $1 a gallon in Reno, an hour away. Trip actually pays for itself.
 
kalielkslayer said:
I’ll take some of that…….$3.50 a gallon of gas. I’m paying $5.59 locally. I can save a $1 a gallon in Reno, an hour away. Trip actually pays for itself.
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Yeah, I noticed that when I was in San Francisco. Gas prices are insane there. I saw as high as $6.35/gal. $900/month power bills for 2-room walk-ups. I actually paid for a couple of meals because the hotel food was so awful: $15 for a $5 poke bowl and $10 for a small “breakfast burrito” and a cup of coffee. I hate to think what the actual cost of shooting is over there.
 
GeoDudeFlorida said:
Yeah, I noticed that when I was in San Francisco. Gas prices are insane there. I saw as high as $6.35/gal. $900/month power bills for 2-room walk-ups. I actually paid for a couple of meals because the hotel food was so awful: $15 for a $5 poke bowl and $10 for a small “breakfast burrito” and a cup of coffee. I hate to think what the actual cost of shooting is over there.
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Shooting costs. Who cares? I hate to think what was in the burrito.
 
Been able to find SPM in stock (at one store or another, we have several here) for the last 4 weeks. 8 cents / primer for Fed SPM / Rem 5 1/2 and 10 cents each for Fed SPM Match. Haven't seen a better deal on the same product locally or online.
 
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Was by our local one today and they had one box of SST in 270 and one box of XTP'S for something. That was it for loading components. I didn't get close enough to see weights or the caliber of the XTP.

We looked at some of the ammo prices and just walked away.

Glad to be able to craft what I need as I need it.
 
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