Bullet pricing not what I expected .308 vs 6.5x55

[daniel craig]

So I was looking around at different calibers because eventually I'm going to need to get a different one and for me my choices are either 308 or 6.5 of some kind probably 6.5x55.

I thought that 308 being the most common caliber would have cheaper reloading bullets across the board. Admittedly I just went to one place which was Graf's but it seems like the 65 reloading bullets were about 20 or 30 cents cheaper for the same quantity as 308. That's definitely not what I would have expected and I wonder why that's the case.

 

[Walkalong]

How well they are selling is my guess.

 

[rayatphonix]

Generally the .264 bullets are lighter, so less material. Raw materials have skyrocketed over the past couple of years. That’s a factor.

 

[edwardware]

If you shop full price weekday MSRP retail, then price is a nearly direct function of weight (within a construction) and not diameter.

If you shop sales and secondary markets, market volume per caliber matters a lot, but this requires patience. I have a lifetime supply of premium 75gr .224 HPBT bullets, bought for 50% of retail, because a caliber junkie was moving to 6.5CoolerThanYou. Those deals come along a couple times a year. . .

 

[Slamfire]

Generally the .264 bullets are lighter, so less material. Raw materials have skyrocketed over the past couple of years. That’s a factor.

You are using logic, pricing is determined by the irrationality of the human mind.

I still don't understand why short bed trucks are worth more, when they are less useful.

 

[Charlie98]

because a caliber junkie was moving to 6.5CoolerThanYou.

That's probably the funniest thing I've read all week.

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

You are using logic, pricing is determined by the irrationality of the human mind.

I still don't understand why short bed trucks are worth more, when they are less useful.

AMEN!!!
And why are flat-bed trucks nearly twice the price of a fleet-side when there's less material and less labor involved? Makes ZERO sense.

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

That's probably the funniest thing I've read all week.

Wish I'd said it. But then, if I posted it, it would've been deleted.

 

[kalielkslayer]

I see .308 bullets on sale all the time, not so much with .264.

 

[AJC1]

I have not observed your findings. I shoot exactly the same two rounds and find way more deals on 308 bullets than almost any other...

 

[jmr40]

Depends on the bullets. I can find cheap FJM bullets in 308 cheaper than 6.5. But once you get to decent hunting bullets the smaller calibers are always cheaper. Even more difference when you get to premium bullets. Less raw material makes sense to me.

 

[Bush Pilot]

You are using logic, pricing is determined by the irrationality of the human mind.

I still don't understand why short bed trucks are worth more, when they are less useful.

Speaking of short bed trucks. Did you see the episode of Myth Busters that proved people that owned short bed trucks are wannabes and would be better off in a Prius?

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

Speaking of short bed trucks. Did you see the episode of Myth Busters that proved people that owned short bed trucks are wannabes and would be better off in a Prius?

No, but I have seen a few of those new Maverick’s on the road. James Garners estate should sue.

 

[AJC1]

Depends on the bullets. I can find cheap FJM bullets in 308 cheaper than 6.5. But once you get to decent hunting bullets the smaller calibers are always cheaper. Even more difference when you get to premium bullets. Less raw material makes sense to me.

On the Sierra website the 142 smk is more expensive than the 175 smk.... those are bullets of the same quality and purpose.
https://www.sierrabullets.com/product-tag/matchking/page/3/

 

[Fooey]

And why was unleaded gas more than leaded gas when the lead was an additive to non-leaded gas. We got the shaft I think!

 

[Nature Boy]

Diesel costs less to refine than gasoline, yet it costs more at the pump?

Another one of those mysteries of life I guess

 

[Charlie98]

And why was unleaded gas more than leaded gas when the lead was an additive to non-leaded gas. We got the shaft I think!

Another one of those mysteries of life I guess

Not really. Higher demand vs supply, higher taxes per gallon, higher costs to refine, particularly with low sulfur, and now ultra low sulfur variants. It is similar to when 'reformulated' gas was mandated, and now ethanol-blended gasoline. Anytime you modify something and make it 'better,' it almost always winds up costing more. One of the mysteries of life is how people got brainwashed into accepting E-blend fuel, when it is an absolute train wreck on almost every level.

 

[Bcwitt]

Once upon a time, there were huge quantitys of 308 dia. Fmj available from militery surplus stocks. Thats not the case anymore.