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Agreed, it does take patience. All of my usual spots have dried up. I had hit my minimum stockage level. Since it was time for live fire practice, I topped off. Now I have to check my budget. This batch was $0.06 more per round than I had been paying. Now I have to see what the impact of the $0.06 increase is on my training budget for the rest of the year.strogg wrote: Wed Jul 08, 2020 2:00 pm That's significantly cheaper than my purchase this morning. Midway had a 500 case of Winchester White Box for $168 shipped. I have plenty of 9mm here, but I always like to keep a set amount of safety stock because reasons.
I've found that it is pretty easy to find 9mm online for reasonable prices with minimal patience. There's no shortage of ammo, just a larger than normal demand, so one needs to be quick when finding a deal. Same goes for 5.56 and .45. Fortunately, 5.56 prices have not really gone up all that much if at all.
I bought 1300 rounds at Shoot Point Blank in NW Houston today. 1000 of 9mm, 150 of 40 cal, and 50 each of 45, 357, and 38.oljames3 wrote: Wed Jul 08, 2020 4:16 pmstrogg wrote: Wed Jul 08, 2020 2:00 pm That's significantly cheaper than my purchase this morning. Midway had a 500 case of Winchester White Box for $168 shipped. I have plenty of 9mm here, but I always like to keep a set amount of safety stock because reasons.
I've found that it is pretty easy to find 9mm online for reasonable prices with minimal patience. There's no shortage of ammo, just a larger than normal demand, so one needs to be quick when finding a deal. Same goes for 5.56 and .45. Fortunately, 5.56 prices have not really gone up all that much if at all.
Agreed, it does take patience. All of my usual spots have dried up. I had hit my minimum stockage level. Since it was time for live fire practice, I topped off. Now I have to check my budget. This batch was $0.06 more per round than I had been paying. Now I have to see what the impact of the $0.06 increase is on my training budget for the rest of the year.
foljames3 wrote: Wed Jul 08, 2020 12:40 pm I was at the Shoot Point Blank in Round Rock this morning and bought 500 rounds of their remanufactured Midwest brand 9mm, 115 grain, FMJ. They had thousands of rounds on the shelves. $11.99 plus tax. My membership gets me 5% off of ammo. $123.31 out the door. SBP is sold out on line. You have to go to the store.
Did you buy the Midwest brand of ammo?Vol Texan wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2020 12:23 amI bought 1300 rounds at Shoot Point Blank in NW Houston today. 1000 of 9mm, 150 of 40 cal, and 50 each of 45, 357, and 38.oljames3 wrote: Wed Jul 08, 2020 4:16 pmstrogg wrote: Wed Jul 08, 2020 2:00 pm That's significantly cheaper than my purchase this morning. Midway had a 500 case of Winchester White Box for $168 shipped. I have plenty of 9mm here, but I always like to keep a set amount of safety stock because reasons.
I've found that it is pretty easy to find 9mm online for reasonable prices with minimal patience. There's no shortage of ammo, just a larger than normal demand, so one needs to be quick when finding a deal. Same goes for 5.56 and .45. Fortunately, 5.56 prices have not really gone up all that much if at all.
Agreed, it does take patience. All of my usual spots have dried up. I had hit my minimum stockage level. Since it was time for live fire practice, I topped off. Now I have to check my budget. This batch was $0.06 more per round than I had been paying. Now I have to see what the impact of the $0.06 increase is on my training budget for the rest of the year.
I have an LTC class this weekend, and I assume many folks will show up without ammo (plus a few extra boxes for Little Miss Vol Texan and me - she is fond of shooting my Python these days)
Yes sir. I hope to find out how good it is this weekend.oljames3 wrote: Fri Jul 10, 2020 10:43 pmDid you buy the Midwest brand of ammo?Vol Texan wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2020 12:23 amI bought 1300 rounds at Shoot Point Blank in NW Houston today. 1000 of 9mm, 150 of 40 cal, and 50 each of 45, 357, and 38.oljames3 wrote: Wed Jul 08, 2020 4:16 pmstrogg wrote: Wed Jul 08, 2020 2:00 pm That's significantly cheaper than my purchase this morning. Midway had a 500 case of Winchester White Box for $168 shipped. I have plenty of 9mm here, but I always like to keep a set amount of safety stock because reasons.
I've found that it is pretty easy to find 9mm online for reasonable prices with minimal patience. There's no shortage of ammo, just a larger than normal demand, so one needs to be quick when finding a deal. Same goes for 5.56 and .45. Fortunately, 5.56 prices have not really gone up all that much if at all.
Agreed, it does take patience. All of my usual spots have dried up. I had hit my minimum stockage level. Since it was time for live fire practice, I topped off. Now I have to check my budget. This batch was $0.06 more per round than I had been paying. Now I have to see what the impact of the $0.06 increase is on my training budget for the rest of the year.
I have an LTC class this weekend, and I assume many folks will show up without ammo (plus a few extra boxes for Little Miss Vol Texan and me - she is fond of shooting my Python these days)
This morning I went to SPB in Round Rock and fired five rounds each from 11 different boxes. Everything went bang as expected and I saw no difference in point or aim or impact. I'm feeling good about this buy as a back up to my usual brands. This is as low as I will go. No Tula steel or lacquer for me.Vol Texan wrote: Fri Jul 10, 2020 11:38 pmYes sir. I hope to find out how good it is this weekend.oljames3 wrote: Fri Jul 10, 2020 10:43 pmDid you buy the Midwest brand of ammo?Vol Texan wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2020 12:23 amI bought 1300 rounds at Shoot Point Blank in NW Houston today. 1000 of 9mm, 150 of 40 cal, and 50 each of 45, 357, and 38.oljames3 wrote: Wed Jul 08, 2020 4:16 pmstrogg wrote: Wed Jul 08, 2020 2:00 pm That's significantly cheaper than my purchase this morning. Midway had a 500 case of Winchester White Box for $168 shipped. I have plenty of 9mm here, but I always like to keep a set amount of safety stock because reasons.
I've found that it is pretty easy to find 9mm online for reasonable prices with minimal patience. There's no shortage of ammo, just a larger than normal demand, so one needs to be quick when finding a deal. Same goes for 5.56 and .45. Fortunately, 5.56 prices have not really gone up all that much if at all.
Agreed, it does take patience. All of my usual spots have dried up. I had hit my minimum stockage level. Since it was time for live fire practice, I topped off. Now I have to check my budget. This batch was $0.06 more per round than I had been paying. Now I have to see what the impact of the $0.06 increase is on my training budget for the rest of the year.
I have an LTC class this weekend, and I assume many folks will show up without ammo (plus a few extra boxes for Little Miss Vol Texan and me - she is fond of shooting my Python these days)