rpenmanparker
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True Shot Gun Club is running a super sale on Rio Elite 12ga ammo including the #8, 1 oz, 1200 fps, 2 3/4” 2 3/4 dram equivalent target ammo I like best for $47.60 a case. No tax, but shipping does bite into the savings. I find their cheapest shipping per case is on 3 cases for around $36 to Texas. Other quantities, either more or less, cost more per case for some reason. So my bottom line price on 3 cases yesterday was around $179, or put more simply, $6 a box.
So what’s the issue? Well, every day of the week I can get Rem Gun Club at Gander in a similar loading (maybe the same weight and speed, maybe just a little heavier depending on what I find available) for $49.99 a case plus state tax, delivered free or picked up locally at the store. That’s about $160 for three cases. In fact, it is sometimes a little cheaper in the store, but the $49.99 price is a reliable fall back all the time. So a box averages out around $5.35 or so.
Now the Rio Elite is premium stuff, I think, and it is only $0.60 more a box than the very mediocre Gun Club. What say you guys? What is the bottom line analysis? (Truth be told, I will probably waffle back and forth, buying the Rio when it is offered at that price, and the Gun Club the rest of the time.). But it is a rainy Friday and the ‘Stros aren’t playing the Yankees until tomorrow, so let’s discuss.
One other thing, I wonder if I put together a large order with some friends (I have one or two), like maybe 20 cases, would True Shot eat some of the shipping, which is already pretty reasonable. Just a thought.
So what’s the issue? Well, every day of the week I can get Rem Gun Club at Gander in a similar loading (maybe the same weight and speed, maybe just a little heavier depending on what I find available) for $49.99 a case plus state tax, delivered free or picked up locally at the store. That’s about $160 for three cases. In fact, it is sometimes a little cheaper in the store, but the $49.99 price is a reliable fall back all the time. So a box averages out around $5.35 or so.
Now the Rio Elite is premium stuff, I think, and it is only $0.60 more a box than the very mediocre Gun Club. What say you guys? What is the bottom line analysis? (Truth be told, I will probably waffle back and forth, buying the Rio when it is offered at that price, and the Gun Club the rest of the time.). But it is a rainy Friday and the ‘Stros aren’t playing the Yankees until tomorrow, so let’s discuss.
One other thing, I wonder if I put together a large order with some friends (I have one or two), like maybe 20 cases, would True Shot eat some of the shipping, which is already pretty reasonable. Just a thought.
