Ammo

[tn94z]

I'm looking at surplusammo.com for some cheap target rounds. I see the refurb'd stuff is cheap. WHat kind of quality is it? What about the Magtech rounds? Anyone used either of these? I need about 400 rounds by Saturday.

[jipped genes]

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most of the stuff you get will be just fine. honestly if it's 9mm ammo walmart has prices that compete with anything online.

check Centerfire Systems, Inc. - Your Home For Ammo, Firearms, Magazines, and Gun Accessories, and ammotogo.com I got 500 .556 rounds from ammotogo and had it the second day after making the order

[tn94z]

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Mine is a glock 40. I'll check those out. Thanks

[tn94z]

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Well, after talking with a few places on the internet, they couldn't get it here quick enough. So I went to walmart and bought 6 boxes of the TulAmmo. The only problem is it is 180 grain which means some really good recoil. But that's all I could find. Good thing is that it was only 12.97 box. That's cheaper than anything I found on the internet plus no shipping fees

[yamaha147]

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THE REDURB'D STUFF IS FINE ESPECIALLY FOR RANGE USE

[O2BESOHUGE]

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PRICES FOR THE 40 START GETTING HIGH FOR TARGET SHOOTING...I GOT MY DAUGHTER AND WIFE A MARLIN 795 FOR CHRISTMAS AND I LOVE GOING WITH THEM SHOOTING 22'S. I COULD DO THAT ALL DAY!

[tn94z]

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THE REDURB'D STUFF IS FINE ESPECIALLY FOR RANGE USE

The refurb'd stuff was a descent deal, but then it would be about 20.00 for shipping which puts it almost cheaper just buying around here. The problem with around here is I can't find any smaller grain.

PRICES FOR THE 40 START GETTING HIGH FOR TARGET SHOOTING...I GOT MY DAUGHTER AND WIFE A MARLIN 795 FOR CHRISTMAS AND I LOVE GOING WITH THEM SHOOTING 22'S. I COULD DO THAT ALL DAY!

You aren't kidding! I didn't do adequate research whenever I first bought the gun (I was young and didn't think about it). If I had it to do over, I would have just bought a 9mm. If I start target shooting a lot, I will buy something different to do that with. My wife has a .380 and I was noticing in walmart that the .380 ammo was more expensive than the .40 in the same brand I was buying.

But, my next purchase will probably be an AK....unless I could pull off the AK and a 9mm

[jipped genes]

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tul ammo is fair quality russian ammo. it is not corrosive but it is dirty. also make sure its brass cased. alot of russian ammo is steel cased with a zinc or lacquer coating to help feeding. it does wear your pistol out faster than brass. in a 200 rounds i would not worry about it but over the life of the pistol try to shoot brass.

.380 is expensive. dont know why.

[tn94z]

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tul ammo is fair quality russian ammo. it is not corrosive but it is dirty. also make sure its brass cased. alot of russian ammo is steel cased with a zinc or lacquer coating to help feeding. it does wear your pistol out faster than brass. in a 200 rounds i would not worry about it but over the life of the pistol try to shoot brass.

.380 is expensive. dont know why.

Great info! Yeah, it is not brass. That's about the cheapest I could find on short notice so it was kind of a no option situation...unless I wanted to spend quite a bit more. I will for sure use brass only after this. Thanks

[jipped genes]

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Great info! Yeah, it is not brass. That's about the cheapest I could find on short notice so it was kind of a no option situation...unless I wanted to spend quite a bit more. I will for sure use brass only after this. Thanks

no worries. steel no matter how its coated is hard on the steel in your pistol. brass is soft and slick. i have 500 rounds of .556 for my ar15 that is silverbear zinc coated. i have fired 500 already with no visible wear. i bought a used makarov which used steel case all its life. it was visably worn.

try the winchester white box ball ammo. cheapest brass i have found

[tn94z]

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no worries. steel no matter how its coated is hard on the steel in your pistol. brass is soft and slick. i have 500 rounds of .556 for my ar15 that is silverbear zinc coated. i have fired 500 already with no visible wear. i bought a used makarov which used steel case all its life. it was visably worn.

try the winchester white box ball ammo. cheapest brass i have found

Cool, thanks. The class got rained out and will be re-scheduled so I would have had time to order some now....but I had to be ready.

Another good thing is that a new indoor shooting range just opened up locally. It's 250.00 annually for a family membership. Sounded like a good deal to me. We will probably be joining there so we can go shooting whenever we want.

[jipped genes]

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Cool, thanks. The class got rained out and will be re-scheduled so I would have had time to order some now....but I had to be ready.

Another good thing is that a new indoor shooting range just opened up locally. It's 250.00 annually for a family membership. Sounded like a good deal to me. We will probably be joining there so we can go shooting whenever we want.

thats awesome. find out if you can shoot rimfire and if so buy a .22 lr pistol or 2. my Son's .22 1911 handles like a lighter version of a .45 1911 and costs penjnies to shoot

[tn94z]

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thats awesome. find out if you can shoot rimfire and if so buy a .22 lr pistol or 2. my Son's .22 1911 handles like a lighter version of a .45 1911 and costs penjnies to shoot

This is off their site:

The following calibers are ALLOWED:

Pistol calibers (see calibers not allowed below)
Rimfire rifles (.22 LR or .17 HMR)
Shotgun rounds allowed Saturday 6:00pm-9:00pm - customers may shoot any shotgun ammunition
.223 caliber allowed Saturday 6:00pm-9:00pm - customers will shoot our frangible ammunition
.454 Casull
.50 AE (Desert Eagle or similar)
.50 GI
Full-autos and .223 rental firearms are allowed during all business hours (.223 rentals are not restricted to Saturday night)
Taurus Judge .45LC can be shot anytime (Taurus .410 shells can only be shot on Saturday nights as they are a shotgun round)



The following are NOT ALLOWED:

S&W 500 MAG - NOT ALLOWED
S&W .460XVR - NOT ALLOWED
5.7 x 28 FN - NOT ALLOWED
High-powered, centerfire rifles - NOT ALLOWED
Blackpowder - NOT ALLOWED
Any round over 2000 feet per second velocity - NOT ALLOWED
Any round over 2000 energy level - NOT ALLOWED