Your most expensive ammo to shoot

6.8 spc is expensive as a factory round but is not expensive to load for if you have brass.
 
two77 said:
6.8 spc is expensive as a factory round but is not expensive to load for if you have brass.
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You can recover about half your cost in factory 6.8 if you find decent deals on ammo and then sell your brass.

I've bought several hundreds rounds in the last month for ~$.60/round, and the brass goes for ~$.30/round.
 
dman24 said:
It used to be .44 mag at about .80 cents a round or 30-06 at around $1 a round. I don't shoot the -06 enough to worry about it and don't have time to load much any more so I sold the .44. I liked shooting it but so did everyone else but they weren't paying for it.
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I've been getting S&B 180gr SP in 30-06 for 80 cent-ish delivered to the house. Good plinker ammo, shoots good/pretty clean/happy.

I had some of these 41's in semi wad cutter bear-loads, I can't remember what brand, but they were stupid hot. After folks shot those they usually put the gun down. I'm gonna have to get some more of those.
 
The last time I bought factory ammo was to keep the .243 R700 varmint rifle fed. Almost as expensive as 175gr GMM for the M1A.
 
Some of the match-grade 7.62x54r for my PU Sniper runs $1+ per round.

Likewise, some of the fancier .30-30 for my Model 94 runs the same.

I do not reload.
 
.300 Weatherby Magnum, by far. Try $4 bucks a round or more for hunting rounds. On Sale!

https://www.midwayusa.com/300-weatherby-magnum/br?cid=22237

I gave that gun back to my bro in law because 1. I wasn't buying dies and brass for it and 2. Ammo is just rediculously expensive and hard to find. 3. it doesn't outperform a .300 WinMag or WSM by that much in a 24" barrel to make it worth it.
 
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myst173 said:
Hmm, most expensive shooting right now, prob 338 lapua, right around $6 each boom.
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Yep. That's my most expensive ammo that I shoot. Not regularly either.
 
At the moment for me, since I don't reload, it is .308 and 10mm.
 
I handload for everything I shoot. 10mm is still expensive to get started on. The brass, even for once fired, is stupid pricey. But, as long as you're not loading nuclear rounds, you'll be able to run that brass for quite some time.
 
two77 said:
6.8 spc is expensive as a factory round but is not expensive to load for if you have brass.
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When I got my 6.8, it was a wash between factory ammo n rolling my own with new brass. I said screw it n bought ~1200 rds of ammo. As my ammo is "depleted", my brass collection grows.

Wish I'd have bought a bunch of the Federal 90gr and S&B when PSA had it for cheap.
 
Most expensive ammo? Why, this kind.....

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Why? Cuz like a Lay's potato chip, nobody can shoot just one! It tends to be consumed by the belt instead of by the cartridge....
 
Scsmith42 said:
Most expensive ammo? Why, this kind.....

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Why? Cuz like a Lay's potato chip, nobody can shoot just one! It tends to be consumed by the belt instead of by the cartridge....
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What do you feed that to?
One of my bucket list guns is the M3 semi that I got a few years ago.
I need to get it out sometime.
 
455 Webley. Box of 50 cost about 70 dollars currently.

Probably picking up a type 26 revolver soon. That stuff is 85 dollars a box, plus shipping.
 
You guys who shoot 300blk need to start casting. Blk is my cheapest ammo. Cheaper than 22lr... About a nickel a round.

High brass 12ga ammo is probably the priciest thing I shoot...
 
45-70 for my Springfield Trap Door I don't recall the numbers but I hunted around and got the "cowboy" rounds for their lower power and soft lead cause the gun is so old.
 
The 260 is a touch more expensive than the 6 creedmoor. That's only because I use lapua brass and Berger bullets though and hornady makes the 6mm brass a bit cheaper.
 
I picked up a pre-owned 83 Rem 700 in .284 win
I have not found any ammo available anywhere so it's looking like it will have to be reloaded (I don't reload at this point but likely to in the future).
 
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