Where do you guys buy ammo?

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If you are going to shoot, you have got to learn to reload.
Trust me, the expense at getting started it worth it! Tonight I cleaned 200 rounds we shot at the range this afternoon. (Cold, but we did it anyway!) Listened to the BB game and set my first stage up and loaded 50. Tomorrow night, I will listen to another BB game and reload another 150.

If I can do it, just about any one can. (And I have learned from videos and reading.) 9mm and .308 Too much fun at 1/2 the price! :D
 
other than shotgun and 22 rimfire, i do not buy ammo. it is just way to expensive, plus i can make ammo that shoots way better in my guns. the stuff i do buy is really purchased randomly. if i find something i want to try, or find a deal on it, i buy it where ever i happen to be. wal-mart is just a royal P.I.T.A.! if there is someone in the department (which is about 2% of the time) they do not have keys. so then that person goes off looking for the person that does have them. 5 minutes later, they finally figure out who has them, and they have to page him. eventually, someone shows up with keys. if you ask for more than 2 boxes of ammo, they make you feel like a mass murderer. no thanks. i can not even imagine buying a firearm from them.
 
It looks like everyone just wants to tout the merits of reloading. The OP asked about places to buy ammo. Consider for a moment that he may not be able to reload, or that he may not want to. Some of us find it a tedious, mind numbing task better left to machines, and have plenty of money to buy all of the factory ammo we want. I'm not trying to be pompous, but firearms are my only hobby, and that leaves plenty of cash for ammo. I can't imagine how much you car collector/golfers/ and photographers spend.
 
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I do alot of on line bidding for deals(Auction Arms, Gun Broker), also my local gun shop has deals now and then, and still buy bulk from the Sportsman's Guide when the price is right. Of course when I buy ammo, I buy in bulk, 1000 rounds+
 
I only reload rifle stuff, so when I need rimfire or shotshells, I buy at Wal-Mart. If you buy at your local gun store that's fine, but don't look down on people who don't.

Want your town to die? don't shop at your locally owned businesses.
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And if I want my bills to be paid and still shoot, I'll shop at Wally World.
 
I reload all my ammo except .22 cal.
When I buy a new gun I purchase a box or two of new ammo to have a
looksee.
Buy most of my brass & bullets on line.
Still reloading shotgun shells purchased years ago.
Gives me something to do....................................:)
 
It looks like everyone just wants to tout the merits of reloading. The OP asked about places to buy ammo. Consider for a moment that he may not be able to reload, or that he may not want to. Some of us find it a tedious, mind numbing task better left to machines, and have plenty of money to buy all of the factory ammo we want. I'm not trying to be pompous, but firearms are my only hobby, and that leaves plenty of cash for ammo. I can't imagine how much you car collector/golfers/ and photographers spend.
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People here with hundreds of years of collective experience are giving someone advice which MAY make his shooting BOTH less expensive and more rewarding.

I can't name a store in Cuyahoga county which stocks factory 200gr. LSWC .45acp or 148gr. LWC .38 Special ammunition. If they did, they'd charge an arm and a leg for it. Of course I don't know who makes 200gr. LSWC .45acp anyway. If they did, it'd probably be loaded much hotter than I want it.

To the best of my knowledge NOBODY commercially loads my standard .30-06 load of a 200gr. Sierra Matchking BTHP over IMR-4350. If they did, it'd probably rival .50BMG ball in price. The ONLY .30-06 you'll find here is softpoint hunting ammunition or ball, which are worthless to me. On those VERY rare occasions when I see anything else, it's the obsolete 168gr. BTHP that's of no use to me.

Yeah, you can shoot without reloading. Unless you're George Soros, it's VERY difficult to shoot SERIOUSLY without reloading.
 
I like variety so I shop...

Ammunition To GO in Brenham Texas...

Everything you need for pistols or long guns and they ship fast...

Many different brands - and prices are always good.

Yall should check them out:

http://ammunitiontogo.com

And no, I'm not a salesman, I'm a very happy customer.
 
Want your town to die? don't shop at your locally owned businesses.
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I agree, buy your ammo from your local dealer. The folks that frequent WM's are typically the type that are first to complain about losing service related jobs and can't understand that they are the root of the problem. If we didn't have such an affinity for cheap stuff we could all afford to buy locally and shoot more often. Ironic isn't it.
 
Yes the OP asked about buying ammo but as Deanimator says, there is nothing wrong with presenting the option to reload to someone who might not have considered it before.

Seems the OP's question was about cheap ammo sources so mentions of reloading are not really wildly off topic. He's free to ignore the option of reloading if he wants.
 
OP asked about where you buy ammo you replied with:

Deanimator... Other than self-defense ammunition, I DON'T.

I'm set up to reload every handgun and rifle caliber I use on a regular basis.
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This did not add anything to the thread. If you reload that is great but the OP wants to know where people are buying loaded ammo. No mention of reloading. When someone pointed that out you went on a tirade...

Deanimator...

Yeah, you can shoot without reloading. Unless you're George Soros, it's VERY difficult to shoot SERIOUSLY without reloading.
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I guess those of us who do not reload are not shooting seriously. LOL

Why not at least list where you get your components like other reloaders did. :scrutiny:
 
I buy bulk at Wally-World, then reload the empties that I shoot. I'll pick up a couple bulk .45ACP and .44 Mag whenever I have some extra spending money. Those get stashed away in ammo cans. I have not shot but maybe 50 rounds of factory ammo in the last year. I shoot my carry ammo about every six months to a year, and reload mags with fresh ammo. Carry ammo is just WWB 230 JHP .45ACP, works just as well as any other .45ACP ammo out there IMHO, and have never had any problems and is accurate in my guns.

Now .22LR is a different story, I buy a bulk pack or a few when I can, and that gets labeled as to date bought and I shoot my oldest first. Have a few ammo cans full of 550 packs, and minimags. You can fit 4 550 bulk packs and two 100rnd CCI MiniMag boxes in the .50 cal cans.

I have a bit of money in reloading supplies; Primers, powder, bullets, cases. Enough to reload a few thousand .45/.44 rounds.
 
Guess what guys. All local shops are doomed when walmart makes it to town. Did yall take action and petition against them coming there in the first place?
 
I guess those of us who do not reload are not shooting seriously. LOL
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Yep.

I don't know anybody who's more than an occasional shooter, who competes, or who shoots for accuracy who doesn't reload.

Factory ammunition is either:
  1. lowest common denominator plinking stuff
  2. hellishly expensive
  3. inappropriate for the task
I guarantee you that Walmart sells NOTHING that would even fit in the magazine of my Giles .38 Special M1911.
 
I don't know anybody who's more than an occasional shooter, who competes, or who shoots for accuracy who doesn't reload.
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Oh there are plenty. Is reloading necessary for bowling pin shoots, IDPA, a competive match against friends? Nope, factory target rounds do a fine job, and I can pay someone else to do the loading. Win/Win
 
Try ammunitiontogo.com they're a bit cheaper on most stuff than Aim, I got my 7.62X54R from them and saved about 10 bucks after shipping. Aim is also good though, it's easy to shop around online so I would go with whatever these guys say and mine and compare. Compare AFTER shipping of course.
 
It is if you're not rich, especially today.
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Well thats not what you said initially, you said no one that was serious about shooting would shoot anything off of the shelf, and then proceeded to give 3 reasons why. OK it is cheaper to reload ammo if thats your thing. But buying ammo certainly isn't expensive for most people that don't live in a refrigerator box. $12/50 rounds of 9mm, $16/45 acp. C'mon, even at a few hundred rounds you don't have to be "rich". How much time do you spend reloading? How much is your time worth? It would cost a lot of people more to shoot reloaded ammo than off the shelf stuff.
 
Sounds like a simple disagreement over what being a "serious shooter" is. Let's leave that topic OK?

Back to the question, I have used the following in the past with great results. Wonderful thing the Internet, lots of choices:

Natchez
AIM Surplus
ammunitiontogo
wideners
ammoman.com
midway
Northwest Shooting Supplies

Doesn't seem to be one vendor who is consistently cheaper than the others, prices seem to vary depending on what ammo you're looking at so it's worth it to compare them all.

Watch out for shipping costs. Some include shipping in the price of their ammo, some don't. When comparing be sure to figure that in.

I used to buy a lot of remanufactured ammo from Georgia Arms but it seems like they are out of stock pretty much all the time now.
 
Add surplusammo.com to the list. I have found some screaming deals there. Last year Winchester 38 spl 130 gr fmj, $169/1000.
It pays to check in occasionally they have some great deals.
 
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