9mm ammo availability

[velocette]

Just last week I bought 100 rds of 9mm JHP ammo from the Sig Sauer website.
It is their Elite ammo using Sierra 124 grain JHP that is highly rated on Harrell's website.
Not only is it available but it is less expensive than other "premium" 9mm ammo.
Worth a look.

 

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velocette: You might have become familiar, years ago, with online sources.
But many people are afraid to buy online - not just because they now perceive the X-Files (black helicopters etc) as plausible reality one day.

 

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velocette: You might have become familiar, years ago, with online sources.
But many people are afraid to buy online - not just because they now perceive the X-Files as plausible reality one day.

I know some of my ammo is imported but I had no idea it came that far. No wonder shipping is so high these days.

 

[Racinfan83]

I've been finding 9mm in stores for cheaper than online sites. I buy and have bought a lot of ammo online, but my go-to sites are more expensive than Bass Pro or Farm & Home Supply...

 

[JR24]

Plenty of 9mm at the local Fleet when I checked the other day. About $18-19 per box of 50 depending on brand, which is better than a lot of what I’ve seen online, or at least on par.

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

Plenty available here locally for $20-22 box/50.

 

[AK Hunter]

There is no way I would be buying ammo right now. That's the reason it is so high priced, too much demand. We all need to put off buying or shooting any new ammo for a month, then the shelves would fill up & the prices would drop like a rock.

 

[MosinT53Hunter]

Been finding 9mm anywhere from $16 to $25 per box.

If its under $20, and being Federal, Remington, Sig Sauer, or higher grade then Tula steel case, I usually get one or two boxes.

 

[WVsig]

9mm brass cased ammo is everywhere now for $300 to $350 a case delivered to your house for FMJ depending on the brand. It is available it just costs more than it used to.

 

[CoalCrackerAl]

The LGS had it for 14.00 the other day, Blazer it was,

 

[Atavar]

Lot’s Of 9mm in at L&M for $16 or $18 today. A bunch of aluminum blazer for $14 but nobody wants that.

 

[WVsig]

Lot’s Of 9mm in at L&M for $16 or $18 today. A bunch of aluminum blazer for $14 but nobody wants that.

Blazer Alum shoots well. I use it where it is a pain to pick up brass.

 

[Riomouse911]

I went to the range the last two Friday’s. Both times there were a lot more shooters in the lanes, and they were shooting more rounds, than there have been for any of my other bi-weekly trips there over the last two years. In fact, for several straight trips at this time last year I had the joint practically to myself for a couple of hours until the lunchtime folks trickled in. (It was so slow I was afraid they’d close up.)

In So Cal., the return of regular people to shooting, not just the hardcore reloader types, is a really good sign things may be swinging more towards normalcy.

Stay safe.

 

[barnetmill]

Lot’s Of 9mm in at L&M for $16 or $18 today. A bunch of aluminum blazer for $14 but nobody wants that.

$14/50 = 28 cents a round plus what ever sales tax and shipping is. AL blazer is good range fodder.

 

[CapnMac]

Availability is all over the place. Month or so ago, I hit on what was then a great deal--PSA had the SIG JHP for $19.95, so that was worth getting a few boxes. My LGS keep surprising me with JHP prices, Grabbed some Silvertips for $25.

FMJ have been even more all over the place. I've been staying out of the big box stores just out of general principals, but the LGS have not had great deals on FMJ. The gun shows have been more reliable for name-brand FMJ.

 

[peeplwtchr]

Ginex SPP limit 5k.

https://www.powdervalleyinc.com/product/unis-ginex-small-pistol-primer-1000-ct-box/

BTW, that picture is of a 5k case.

 

[TTv2]

Lot’s Of 9mm in at L&M for $16 or $18 today. A bunch of aluminum blazer for $14 but nobody wants that.

There are some guns that won't run it, but in general most guns will shoot it. However, because people are convinced brass is the only stuff that works when there's plenty of evidence out there that aluminum and steel will run fine. I guess to some people having one malfunction out of the 200 rds they shoot is a disaster because it makes them think "what if it happened when I was defending myself?" Then they go into a cold sweat, get home and shake nervously rocking back and forth in the shower feeling like they've been violated by aluminum or steel case ammo, that shooting it made them feel... dirty.

Hey, the less people that buy steel and aluminum means more for me.

 

[Atavar]

Most people don’t want aluminum cased ammo because you can’t reload it. It shoots fine and it’s ugly.

 

[JR24]

Blazer Alum shoots well. I use it where it is a pain to pick up brass.

indeed, if I run into more I’ll grab some for when there’s a foot of snow at the range and I don’t feel like spreading a tarp out

 

[JR24]

Most people don’t want aluminum cased ammo because you can’t reload it. It shoots fine and it’s ugly.

Honestly, most people don’t reload.

I see plenty of aluminum and steel cases at my range. Too much for my brass pickin’ heart

Always hate not leaving the range with more brass than I came with

 

[TTv2]

There's more than enough 9mm brass at the ranges to reload anyway, not that it really matters when primers are still out of stock or $100 a brick.

And for those that don't reload, there's not much reason to pay for brass case.

 

[JEBruns]

And for those that don't reload, there's not much reason to pay for brass case.

Agreed. However, at the indoor range I'm a member of, steel case and steel bullets are not allowed. I shoot there once or twice a week and don't see much aluminum casings. But if I was not a reloader, I'd not be afraid of shooting those.

 

[Atavar]

You *can* reload the aluminum. A couple times. They just work harden quickly.

 

[CapnMac]

It shoots fine and it’s ugly.

Dunno, Blazer burned me out in the 90s. Was cheap enough, but accurate--not enough for me.
When one box would not hold to one zero, all it was doing for me was making noise.

The Blazer brass was decent enough, but it was not common "back in the day" and you could get WWB or AmEagle just as easily.

But, that's an entirely personal bias of mine, utterly subjective and not definitive in the slightest.

 

[Racinfan83]

Stacks of 9mm around here, most of it in the $20 a box range. I bought some Herters (Winchester) 100 Rd boxes a couple weeks ago for $32 ea. Didn't really need it but who knows which way the prices are gonna go next year? I don't shoot steel case anything, haven't seen any aluminum case but I would buy that if it was cheap enough..