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Midwayusa has a screaming deal on 50 grain .224 dogtown HP bullets. $35/500.

I bought (2) and with shipping, it was $83/1000. Good deal!

These bullets are actually made by Nosler, quality stuff.
 
If you're looking for varmint bullets that's a good deal. If you just want cheap plinkers RMR Bullets has good deals everyday. Like 42gr Sinterfire frangibles http://www.shop.rmrbullets.com/224-...ble-NEW-1000-Ct-224-42-Frangible-NEW-1000.htm and 55gr fmj http://www.shop.rmrbullets.com/224-...il-NEW-1000-Ct-224-55-RMR-FMJ-BT-New-1000.htm

Free shipping from RMR on all orders, quantity discounts, and a there's a 5% discount that they offer to THR members too. Not to mention fast shipping and great customer service. I've ordered from Midway before (3 hour drive for me) and ordered from RMR the next day. I had my RMR package 2 days before the Midway package!!!

I'm not trying to step on your post. And Midway is a good company to deal with, but RMR has been exceptional in my experience. Just thought I might give you a heads up on them.
 
Awesome deal at Midway! What makes you think they're made by Nosler? That would make this even more of a great deal!
 
Just looking at the RMR website; a thousand bullets for $82; a thousand primed brass for $135; then add three pounds of powder for another hundred and it's as cheap to buy ammo already loaded...
 
Just looking at the RMR website; a thousand bullets for $82; a thousand primed brass for $135; then add three pounds of powder for another hundred and it's as cheap to buy ammo already loaded...
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You're pretty close to right on that one. I started reloading way back when most people left their brass lying on the ground. I picked up way over 10,000 pieces in just a few years. I had been using it for years up until we started getting this primed brass. I like the primed brass because I don't have as much time as I used to and it saves me the time in sizing, trimming, chamfer/deburr, swaging, and priming. I agree, if you have the time to scrounge or buy range pickup brass for $50/1000 you can save a lot of money in reloading. I've bought my fair share of range pickup brass. The only problem I have ever had with it is that some of it was obviously not "once fired" as advertised. It's kind of a crap shoot and usually quite mixed between 50 manufacturers. There are some advantages to the primed brass to those who pay for it.

That said, we also have the 55 grain 2nds for $72/1000. I'm getting just over 1" 10 shot groups with them. Granted, I'm shooting a $3500 rifle setup that will shoot 69 grain matchkings at about 1/2 MOA.

Or you can look into the 42 grain new frangibles for $68/1000.

Even using your math, it should still be a little cheaper to make 1000 of them for $290 ish shipped.
 
Clearance deals like this are what I look for. While I didn't "need" another 1,000 .224 bullets my bolt gun with a slow twist loves these things. Think back a few years when we couldn't buy bullets to save our lives. Deals like this afford the hand loader an excellent opportunity to stock up and stash reloading components just in case we see another shortage. I learned during the early 90s how quick things can change. Fragile system. :)

Ron
 
My brass is free, its from factory ammo.

Bullets = 8 cents/round
Primers = 3 cents/round
Powder = 10 cents/round

Total = 21 cents/round. $4.20/box of 20

The cheapest factory fmj ammo runs 30 cents/round and I enjoy the handloading experience, plus my ammo is more accurate and consistent.:neener:

Made by Nosler is in the description: http://www.midwayusa.com/product/27...er-50-grain-hollow-point?cm_vc=ProductFinding
 
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Just looking at the RMR website; a thousand bullets for $82; a thousand primed brass for $135; then add three pounds of powder for another hundred and it's as cheap to buy ammo already loaded...
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Sometimes that is true, sometimes I hand load ammunition with a cost well exceeding what I can buy basic bulk garbage ammunition for. Where the point is often missed is I can hand load much, much more accurate quality ammunition tuned for specific rifles I own. So do I want cheap blasting garbage ammunition which I can buy in bulk for less that I can roll my own or do I want high quality accurate ammunition that in some cases cost more but is tuned to my specific rifles? My choice is the latter. When I do buy cheap bulk like Winchester USA or Remington UMC I am after the brass once the initial stuff is shot.

Ron
 
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Just looking at the RMR website; a thousand bullets for $82; a thousand primed brass for $135; then add three pounds of powder for another hundred and it's as cheap to buy ammo already loaded...
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My post was to point out their deals on bullets. I know it's possible to find bulk 55gr bullets cheaper sometimes, but they're more often than not out of stock in the places I find them listed. RMR has good everyday deals on bullets. I don't personally buy primed brass, so I don't pay attention to those prices.

And $100 for 3lbs of powder? That's pretty high. I pay about that much for powder for my "hunting cartridges" that I don't shoot too often. And pay about $25-30 for 1lb when I want to try a new pistol powder, but for bulk .223.....well I wouldn't even consider buying my chosen powder a pound at a time. I order that in bulk from Powder Valley, and still pay tax because they're in my state, and pay a good bit less than $33/lb.

And as Reloadron pointed out, it's not just about saving money. Most cheap .22e shoots about 2MOA in my rifles. Using bulk components I can get my reloads down to 1MOA or less. Even if I break even compared to buying cheap plinking ammo, the better accuracy is worth my time at the reloading bench.
 
At 25 grains/charge it takes 3.5 lbs of powder to do 1000 rounds of .223. At $25/lb....that's actually 9 cents/round on powder.

7000 grains in a pound divided by 25 grains/case = 280 rounds.

I'm playing around with 1lb canisters of powder to figure out what I want to buy in an 8 lb keg. I think I found it today.....Accurate 2460!
 
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At 25 grains/charge it takes 3.5 lbs of powder to do 1000 rounds of .223. At $25/lb....that's actually 9 cents/round on powder.

7000 grains in a pound divided by 25 grains/case = 280 rounds.

I'm playing around with 1lb canisters of powder to figure out what I want to buy in an 8 lb keg. I think I found it today.....Accurate 2460!
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If you can afford to buy powder in bulk (I consider 16lbs, 2 8lb containers as bulk) you can get that powder price down considerably. Ordering 4 8lb containers of CFE-223 from Powder Valley, after tax/shipping/hazmat my price was right about $20.00/lb. At 27gr per round with a 55gr bullet, that's less than $0.08/round for powder. Being in Colorado you wouldn't have to pay the 6 or 7% state sales tax that I have to pay being in the same state as PVI, unless Colorado makes you pay sales tax on online purchases.

0.08powder from PVI +.08bullet from RMR +0.03primer from PVI +free brass=$0.19 per round for ammo that shoots groups half the size of the cheapest (usually about $0.30/round) .223/5.56 factory ammo. So even with RMR's high bullet prices I save $110 per thousand rounds of .223. I'll take it. If I had to amortize the time I spend reloading that 1000 rounds compared to my hourly wage, it wouldn't be worth it. But I do it in my free time, time that might otherwise be wasted doing something less productive.
 
With the 50 grain hollowpoints I just bought from Midway, I can run these for 20 cents/round.

Bullets = 8 cents
Powder = 9 cents
Primer = 3 cents.

I'm just slightly higher than your cost, but I agree buying in bulk is the way to go. When I place my order, it will be for an 8 lb keg of 2460, plus a 4 lbs keg of Longshot for my pistols. I'll throw a couple bricks of primers in there as well.
 
I prefer the hollowpoint bullets to FMJ's when I can find them. The HP's will always be more accurate.

Some of the reviews stated they wouldn't feed in an AR-15....I had no issues at all today, fired 20 of'em.
 
I agree that the hollowpoints will most likely always be more accurate. I just wanted to show you and possibly others that RMR has good/decent deals everyday, not just when they have a sale or clearance.
 
Thanks for the heads up on a sale ColoradoShooter77.

As always, it pays to have a lot of things bookmarked and check them frequently. Deals are out there to be had these days now that things are caught back up for the most part.

7 cents a bullet is a good deal on a quality HP these days. :)
 
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