There’s a shop near mine that takes in used guns and, on occasion, ammo. That is to say, when someone comes in and wants to sell a gun they often throw in a few boxes of ammo as well. After all, they get a few bucks more on the deal and since htey’re selling the gun they no longer have a use for it. But, more often than not, the boxes are ‘broken’…they are partials. A box of 50 with only 48 still in it. That sort of thing. Can’t really put it on the shelf so, so I make stupid lowball offers on it. Picked up these today:
There’s two rounds missing from each of the .357, and none from the .45. But, for $7.50 a box, who wouldn’t?
Also picked up some .44 Special ammo, which is ironic. I used to have a very nice .44 Special, and someday I will again, but the ammo will remind me of it.
Good score. I do that…I buy ammo for guns I don’t have…yet ????
Yes, that’s a very good score. Nice work. If they had remainder ammo opportunities regularly in stock at that price, why would you ever buy ammunition elsewhere?
Just a reminder to very carefully check the contents to ensure that it is NOT reloads. I’ve encountered reloads in factory boxes, and wouldn’t think of running it through any guns, as you have no way of knowing what it consists of. I would relegate it to a components category, for safety reasons, if there is any doubt of it being factory ammo.
Yeah, I take that into consideration. Usually you can tell pretty easily, but I always have other factory loads to check against.
Whenever I took in pistol ammo that was suspected of or known to be reloaded I’d run it through a pistol caliber rifle or a rifle suitable for that caliber. For instance I’d blast .45LC through a Siamese Mauser, .32-20 through a .300 Win Mag using an adapter and my personal favorite, a Ruger #1 with an adapter for everything else!
If nothing else, you can sock it away for the future when you and the others from Bullet Farm are bartering with traders from Gas Town.
Or the fine folks from Poledancer Creek and Coed County.
Return my treasures to me, and I myself will carry you through the gates of Valhalla. You shall ride eternal. Shiny, and chrome!
Those are outstanding prices on the above and the seller getd rid of ammunition not needed. Win – win for both sides. I shoot a lot of that Winchester USA white box ammunition – good stuff.
Any thoughts (good / bad) on Federal ALUMINUM case ammunition ? Local Wally World has that for $15 / 50 rounds of .40 S&W and I wondered if you had personal feed back on it. About $5 – $10 less than brass case ammo and the person intended for doesn’t reload. I used to shoot CCI Blazer 9mm years ago, but I’ve been out of the recent aluminum case ammo so is why I ask.
I’m okay with aluminaum cases in revolvers, where extraction and extractors arent as big a concern. I know that aluminum cased ammo has been around for years and theyve worked almost all of the bugs out of it but…for range shooting and non-critical stuff I’m okay with it, but for self-defense type stuff I prefer brass cased even though, realistically, it probably doesn’t make any difference. Steel cased ammo I only shoot out of guns designed around it…which are usually Commie guns. While my Glock may eat steel-cased 9mm all day, I prefer not to shoot it because I can’t help but imagine it wears the extractor out and all that jazz. And, again, Im sure these aren’t really issues any more but I still have these preferences.
Okay, I appreciate the quick feedback. You have a good weekend.
I have used the Federal 9mm 115g in my Glock 17 and 19 for practice. Works fine, no problems!!! I decided since I do not reload, I may as well save some money. As far as duty ammo goes I use Gold Dot 124g.
That is Federal Aluminum by the way!!!!
I tried some of that Wally world Federal ALU 9mm in my glocks. (2 boxes)
The 19 did FTF twice while running through 3 17rd mags
The 26 liked it fine.
Strange. They both pretty much eat anything they’re fed. The Federal aluminums are ok for the range only, I’d say.
It was 20 degrees out that day, too. Maybe that’s a factor.