New .45 ammo shipment arrives

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New .45 ammo shipment arrives

Post by CZHarry » Fri Mar 13, 2009 10:06 am

OK, I'm in the US. As you may have heard, there's a lot of panic buying, relative to arms & ammo. I just made my last big ammo purchase. I usually shop online because the prices are better. Shipping cost is a little stiff, but sometimes it works out just fine.
Many people on my local forum board have been going from store to store trying to find ammo. They've even started posting the stores where they've seen even a few boxes of this precious commodity. Prices are very high now, with vendor price gouging and the smaller shops going to the large chain stores to buy that ammo, then mark it double to sell in their shops.
Having said that, I got a 'heads up' that some 220gr FMJ, South African PMC .45 cal ammo was back in stock at one of the on-line vendors. I went ahead & ordered some on Feb. 20th. It just arrived on March 12th. I don't know the currency conversion, but including shipping, the cost was US$313.00 for 1000 rounds (20 boxes).
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Re: New .45 ammo shipment arrives

Post by raj » Fri Mar 13, 2009 11:30 am

1000 rounds...
:cpix: ...its really an eye candy as in india we get to see only a few cartridges ...
have a happy & safe shooting....
the cost you mentioned is cheaper (when converted to INR) than the cheapest .22 rimfire cartridges.


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Re: New .45 ammo shipment arrives

Post by lazybones » Fri Mar 13, 2009 9:51 pm

A sight for sore eyes :D
Here's wishing that your lucky streak continues indefinitely.

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Re: New .45 ammo shipment arrives

Post by simar » Wed May 06, 2009 11:52 am

jeebers man, only 1000 rounds?? please tell me you have other calibers too, just incase..

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Re: New .45 ammo shipment arrives

Post by Tai Ahom » Wed May 06, 2009 2:51 pm

Why is our condition so pathetic :deadhorse:

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Re: New .45 ammo shipment arrives

Post by MoA » Wed May 06, 2009 3:21 pm

CzHarry... why not reload? You could knock up a 1000 rounds on a progressive in a couple of hours...
Then again given the current shortage of supplies maybe not...

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Re: New .45 ammo shipment arrives

Post by eljefe » Wed May 06, 2009 4:41 pm

Good show,
out here, powder is limited to 5kg at one go for an appropriate licence holder, from select (explosive)shops only
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Re: New .45 ammo shipment arrives

Post by mundaire » Wed May 06, 2009 8:20 pm

Has anyone seen this one yet?

http://gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.a ... =128271630

Don't forget to read the item description...

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Re: New .45 ammo shipment arrives

Post by penpusher » Wed May 06, 2009 9:46 pm

mundaire wrote:Has anyone seen this one yet?

http://gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.a ... =128271630

Don't forget to read the item description...

Cheers!
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Re: New .45 ammo shipment arrives

Post by BJL » Wed May 06, 2009 11:27 pm

penpusher wrote: Now if only he had brassoed it :mrgreen:
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Re: New .45 ammo shipment arrives

Post by MoA » Thu May 07, 2009 1:12 am

Eljefe..
5 kG of powder is about 11 lb... or 77000 grains...
At an average load of about 6-7 grains per .45 cartridge... it is a ton of cartridges to load.

I have a half empty 2 Kg jar of N320 which has already helped me shoot several thousand 9mm/+P and will last for a few more years.

Now for rifles... it is a different story.

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