Is cheep .45 Ammo No MOre? Need Help.. Too Da*n Expensive

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Just went by the local Wal-Mart. Plenty of 45 there today. Has been sporadic there, and by the looks of it they got a good shipment this morning that hasn't been cleaned out yet.
 
Oh, I'm sorry. I forgot that there are other places outside of Wyoming, that have no primers, that have no bullets, that have no powda', whereas locally in many small towns, known as cities to us in Wyoming, these things can be had reasonably and still regularly, maybe not in great abundance, but reasonable abundance. I'm so very sorry that you do not live in Wyoming.
 
Ahh.. look at you show-offs.. Your walmart in Alabama , WYoming, Texas all have plenty of ammo, I just must be out of my mind?

How about you all (wait, let me say y'all), come up to our liberal blue states of Oregon and Washington and help supply us poor oppressed gun enthusiasts here in liberalville with some lower cost ammo and supplies.. You will have a name for you written in heaven , I promise..


I just called the local sporting goods store.. ITs 30 min drive. He said he would sell me some taxed .45 ammo at like 1.5 times the cost and he woudl even allow me to buy 2 whole boxes of 50 each.. Yes, every gun store here has ammo rationing, the ones who don't, well they don't have ammo.. Wow, what a great guy, I begged, I pleaded, he change his 2 box policy, he said NOO!.. Yeah, and after the phone call, weeping a little bit, I frantically went back to gunbroker to look at the small supply of overpriced ammo and ponder if I should just pay the tax priced and hate myself later.
 
I refuse to reload for autos. I use Winchester White box for practice. It is $0.39 per round if you buy boxes of 100 and is very consistant. Right now, Cabela's has me on backorder until mid-August for Winchester White box. Times are tough. I just shoot my revolvers more because I can get components more easily.
 
In the last 2 weeks, I have bought 200 rounds (4 boxes) of Winchester FMJ 45acp for $15 a box. I also bought 250 rounds (5 boxes) of Ultramax RN 45acp for $15 a box. The MOST I have paid for 45acp ammo in the last year is about $23 a box of 50. It's definitely out there. But no matter what the price of ammo; you can still go out and plink, practice, and maintain proficiency without shooting your $30-$50 a box of ammo hand guns. Shoot 22's; Buy and Shoot 9mm Mak or Tokarev. The price of ammo alone would pay for the gun in less than 10 boxes of ammo. Play more with shot guns.

Unfortunately, there are some out there that also continue to maintain the attitude of: "I practice with what I shoot". They are blowing off $30 a box of 20 for self defense ammo. (Sorry, but I have absolutely no sympathy for these shooters). Even when prices were cheap, that's still silly. Anyway; guns are tools and can also be fun. There's plenty of ways to stay proficient as a tool and to have fun without shooting $30-$50 a box ammo.
 
45acp has been reappearing at the central Texas WalMarts with far greater regularity (if in small quantities) than in the past 6 months. One must be able to visit them regularly to look, I'll admit, but they even get WWB 230grain JHP at times, all at FAR better prices than you'll find anywhere else. I have the ability to visit one or two regularly on the way home and on the way to the range. At $13.50+tax/50 the round price is $.29

That's cheaper than Russian 7.62, cheaper than CMP 30'06. I wish I shot 9mm, but don't and likely won't; Wally sells Blazer9mm for $10/50, less than $.22/round after tax. The influx of BlazerBrass 9mm and 40 S&W has been astounding compared to past months. If only 45 would hit those levels!
 
$0.39/round for practice ammo is okay ah guess - be fer me, ah'd rather have that $0.27/round in MY pocket. However, I DO enjoy reloading, and understand it ain't for everyone. Thing is, it's not uncommon for me to go through 200 rounds on a range trip - more if the better half is along. So it's both economics AND pleasure, I guess.
As to practicing with what you shoot, I can understand that. It's one of the reasons it takes me a while to work a load up, because I'm looking for the same impact points from my hand loads as I get from factory loads. Gives me the best of both worlds - cost-efficient practice AND consistent results.
Other than that - to each their own. If someone wants to shoot diamond-crusted loads, that's fine with me - just as long as they don't complain about the costs.;)
 
Our local Academy got in 2 cases of WWB .45 FMJ & JHP ($14/box) a couple weeks ago.

They have a 5 box limit on each caliber, and it was all gone by lunch.

It sucks, but you need to be able to be at the store when in it opens; they usually have some ammo come in once or twice a week, different makers & calibers.
 
Reloading

It's a nice way to spend an evening and can save you some money. However, it DOES take time for a less than frequent shooter to get his money back. If you only go through, say, a box of each caliber you shoot every month or two, it's going to take you several years just to get back to even (depending obviously on what you can buy off the shelf).

Personally, the reason I reload is better performance in my cowboy loads and availability -- assuming I can get primers.
 
You can't find .45 ACP for under $23.00 in Kansas City, that's for sure. I've been to every shop on the west-side of the river and the cheapest around is Show-Me-Shooter's with PMC ammunition. It's just standard ball, hollow-points we over thirty a box.

Damn I miss my CZ-82.
 
I guess I better make my shots count or use my 22LR is my conceal carry piece, since practicing with .45 will soon be impossible.
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I guess you should have started reloading before there was a panic driven shortage.

I started reloading in 1980 because I thought .45acp practice ammunition was too expensive THEN. Shortages and "panics" weren't even on the radar.

I've got a good 5,000 .38 Special cases and at least 2,000 .45acp, with smaller quantities of everything else in addition. I've got bullets, powder and primers to last me quite a while, probably beyond the panic at my present rate of consumption.

There's a reason why people try to get AHEAD of the curve.
 
 
I managed to get some WWB .45s about a month ago in Walmart 300 rounds for about $100. about $35 a box of 100. That's all I've found since Osamma took office. I heard that the SD ammo (Hornady TAP, Hydro shock, Black Talons) is all but gone...
 
I heard that the SD ammo (Hornady TAP, Hydro shock, Black Talons) is all but gone...
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Black Talons have been gone for a looooooooong time. :p

I'm out of my 230 LRNs....and almost out of my 230 XTPs. All my best sources are still backlogged by a couple of months or so. My primers are low too. I've been trying to restock for a few months but I think I'm screwed for now.
 
I recommend you check a website called ammoengine.com
It will tell you who has ammo online and what the price is.
I find it to be pretty accurate.

Right now, the cheapest is $.37 a round at Georgia Arms.
 
As long as we are gradually moving closer to a socialist society, I don't see ammo being plentiful or affordable. I haven't been to the range in eight months because I can't replace my ammo, so, I've basically given up on the sport for the time being. I look at guns and ammo for defensive purposes only these days. I have purchased one gun this year (no-lock 442) and a bit of 7.62x39 before it went way up.

In an area close to me there is a network of guys that keep each other informed by texting when ammo is in at Wally World. They then make a mad dash to the area stores and buy what's available so they can resell it at the gun shows. As long as people are in a panic things will not get much better.

And, for those of you that keep suggesting that everyone reload, that is all but a joke. I bought all of the tools to start but there haven't been primers in my area for months.
 
Price issues with rifle rounds that I like to shoot have led me to begin my reloading education process. However, Blazer isn't a bad range round at all. I've shot their stuff for years---there's nothing wrong with it. It stinks and it's dirty, but so what? You should be cleaning every time anyway, and it's supposed to stink.
 
I bought some Monarch .45ACP at Academy last week for $14.50 a box/50--which runs out to $.29 a round-- this was rare lately though, and I have paid from $15.86 ($.32/round) for Blazer Brass up to $20 ($.40/round)for a box of Aguila at the gunshow-- I am fairly well stocked, but I do try to pick a box or 2 up when I find it. I swear Wally World had WWB for $13 and change a couple of weeks ago, but I had already spent my weekly allowance, so I had to pass.. 8*(
 
cheap ammo will not return unil the demand drops signifigantly. and that probably will not happen until Oblama gets ousted out of office. even then, if we get another anti-gun administration, it will not happen. right now, you will probably need to make freinds with a couple of shooters who do reload, and will reload you some ammo at a decent price. just be aware that with the increased demand for components (because of the increased demand for ammo that is not available) has driven the cost of reloading up as well. it has forced me and many others into casting our own bullets to try to save money. but the prices of primers has doubled in the last year, and the limited availability insures that those prices will not come down soon. you can thank all of the voters that voted "for a change" for this situation. things are changing, for the worse! and not just in the shooting industry either!
 
WalMart is getting 45 back in. I check on the days I know they are getting shipments.
Picked up 500 rounds at 30 cents per round Winchester brass (value boxs of 100) last week. Been stocking up on 22 also as it shows up. WalMart is one of the few that actually has dropped the prices on some of it's ammo.
I work all over the state, so it is easy to make pitstops and check ammo selection :)
 
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