At Today's Prices, How Much $$$$/Ammo's Worth Did Youy Burn Today?

[SharpsDressedMan]

I went to the range yesterday and today, and burned about 80 rounds of .45ACP (reloads). If I had bought ammo at today's inflated prices, I'm guessing that might have been as much as $80 (aren't some paying a dollar a round?). Made me feel good to have been reloading all LAST year, whenever I could afford to. How much inflated costing ammo did you fling downrange?

 

[Robert]

$0.

 

[ZeSpectre]

$-300.00 (I reloaded today so I suppose I "made money").

 

[PabloJ]

I have lifetime supply of ammo for my G20. Shooting at paper or similar targets is boring.
I haven't shot at Colonial Shooting Academy ("health spa" of local indoor shooting) once jet and I could walk there from my home.

 

[medalguy]

Well we just returned from shooting 1200 rounds of 7.62 NATO in the 1919A4 so I guess I would have spent a lot. However I reloaded it all so..........

 

[radar1972]

Well, I bought some .38 special from Bud's back in Feb. for about 40 cents/round incl. shipping. My wife and I went to a range yesterday and shot about 80 rounds. So that would be $32.

 

[Blackstone]

There is a shortage of ammo in my part of the world too, though apparently not related to what's going on in the US. Paid quite a bit more for my box of 9mm today than I did before. Luckily the shortage is supposed to end in the next week or so

 

[rdhood]

Yesterday: 50 rounds .223, 20 rounds 7.62x39, 75 rounds 9mm, 200 rounds 22lr

All except 22lr was reloads. Actual cost was about $30. The guy at the station next to me at the outdoor range was blowing 223 cases over me the whole time, and let me have them. so I brought 80 extra 223 cases home with me (at 10 cents per case), reducing my cost to about $22.

yes, reloading can save you money. Today, I am going to make up about 300 rounds of the 223 based on the test reloads I shot yesterday. This will cost me about $60. The last retail PMC that I purchase at Cabelas was 300 rounds for $100, and that was brass cased to I subtract $30 to bring the total to $70. I wouldn't reload this caliber if I could still get ammo at those prices. But the availability is nil and the price is so much higher than reloads that for the time being I am going with reloads.

 

[wgaynor]

I went fishing instead of shooting. Equally relaxing and the worms were free. I did carry my kel-tec PF9 (aka catfish killer) in the hopes of bringing home some catfish.

 

[au01st]

I've been fishing more as well. Dropped $10 on a few rooster tails and some crawdad lures. I'll be hitting the range next weekend with my dad and brother where I plan to shoot 100rds of .223, 100rds of 7.62x39, 200rds of .45, and 500rds of .22 CCI's, and 50rds of .38; of course, I haven't been since January so I'm treating myself to a full day.

 

[Ignition Override]

None. It was bought from 2009-'12. No ammo was bought at today's prices.
Lately it has been rainy, drizzly or cloudy and dark almost every day off.

Only one thing is very clear to me about affordable long-term regarding interm./full power ammo.
If 7.62x54R or 7.62x39 (5.45x39) ammo returns to prices somewhat close to what they were months ago, a good MN (maybe Finnish M39) or SKS/AK-74 could be the most economical.

UN treaty influence or import tariffs/bans would quickly create a permanent price spike, unless other exporters were found.

 

[wally]

Too much, I don't want to think about what it would cost to replace now, but I'd stocked up years ago in anticipation of retirement, which is almost here. Best investment of all!

 

[Fishslayer]

I went to the range yesterday and today, and burned about 80 rounds of .45ACP (reloads). If I had bought ammo at today's inflated prices, I'm guessing that might have been as much as $80 (aren't some paying a dollar a round?).

.45ACP is generally going for $.40-$.60/round when you can find it. Yesterday I went through about 100 of my .45ACP reloads. About $15.

 

[r1derbike]

Zero. I used to hit the range every week. Now, I'm lucky once a month. It's not enough. I can't find a revolver my wife wants anywhere. Ammo/guns; the new version of hide-n-seek. My XD-S .45 and I need practice; it tends to pull at the leash, until it's shown who's boss. I have to practice with it to stay on top. It needs to be fed, or it will starve. If I feed it, I will starve.

I'm not touching my 5.56. I've got enough, maybe. Depends. Need no practice with it.

 

[dragon813gt]

Not a cent. Spent the morning casting a couple thousand bullets. And the afternoon prepping brass. I don't even know what ammo costs now to total it up if I did shoot.


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[Sheepdog1968]

I shot about 100 rounds of 22 LR. It was from a bulk pack so $4 or $5. I plan to shoot the 22 much more as well as clay sport shooting which runs 20 or 30 cents a round. Both are lots of fun and don't break the bank.

 

[jrdolall]

We shot a lot yesterday as the kids were out for Good Friday. Around 1100 rounds of .22 LR with a cost of about $19 per brick so $40 or so. Replacement cost of $150 or more at stupid prices. I didn't count the 5.45x39 rounds but probably 250 or so. Prices on this ammo are about the same as pre-stupid. 150 rounds of 9mm purchased for $8.97 per box and now around $20 per box. A small amount of other pistol calibers and maybe 20 or so .223.
We probably blew through $150 worth of ammo with a replacement cost of around $270 and that with the 5.45 being about the same price. The only one I will replace is the 5.45 as I have plenty of the others and wouldn't pay $75 for a brick of .22 EVER.

 

[clutch]

Well I hiked over the ice and snow to see how the handgun range looked, I was there not intending to shoot but to see how much more snow needed to melt. However there was a standing pepper popper and I had my j frame carry gun. So that was 5 rounds or a $1.70. If I could find my second speed strip it would have been 3.40 but I used the strip in my pocket to reload. I'm not carrying a empty handgun.

Later in the day I function checked my new to me Colt Trophy Gold Cup 1911-22 so that was 24 rounds of 525 Blazer bulk I bought last fall so that was a buck twenty.

Then I put some cr ppy crossman air gun pellets though my IZH-46M so I'm up to a bit over 4 bucks and had a good time.

If the snow was gone today, I'd have burned 40 to 50 bucks easy.

Clutch

 

[beatledog7]

$0. I taught all day (something other than shooting) then cooked for Easter. I might shoot a few Monday, but the grass needs cutting...

 

[r1derbike]

If I could find my second speed strip it would have been 3.40 but I used the strip in my pocket to reload. I'm not carrying a empty handgun.

Clutch

I did that exactly once. Used every bit of my target ammo at the range, and forgot my carry ammo.

Felt stupid and naked all at once. Doh!

 

[Aiko492]

Today none, yesterday 2 boxes of blazer brass .45 acp @ $21.99 each.

 

[Peter Kuykendall]

I plan to shoot the 22 much more as well as clay sport shooting which runs 20 or 30 cents a round. Both are lots of fun and don't break the bank.

Same here. For the foreseeable future I'll mostly be shooting .22LR (6 cents / round) and 12 GA bird shot (25 cents / round). Just a few rounds in other calibers / shot configurations, as they are so much more expensive.

BTW there is no shooting that costs $0, sadly. It's like driving your vehicle and burning up 10 gallons of fuel that you bought last year or 10 years ago and claiming it's free. No, it's not, it's worth $35 or $40 or whatever at today's prices. Even if you somehow received it as a gift, it's still worth the market rate, and you could convert it to cash in 5 minutes if desired. Shooting it rather than converting it into cash means you have less cash than you otherwise would have. I wish there was a free lunch, but there just isn't. Reloading can lower the cost, but not to zero. Pity.

 

[Queen_of_Thunder]

$7.69 nor counting tax

 

[mljdeckard]

I'm hoarding. Today I burned about five bucks in fuel for the ATV.

 

[bikerdoc]

Dont know, dont care, shot some reloads, mowed the back field, took the grand kids out for ice cream and the wife to dinner.
Aint never seen anyone hook up a u-haul to the back of their hearse and take it with them.