Ammo prices

[ChickNorris]

My husband asked how much ammo we have & I sai...

[Mazin]

I will reiterate the PM I sent to a few "members" and will send to anyone else here that has a problem with the way this site and the and the TP is ran.

If you don't like it leave, plain and simple.

[theGinsue]

My husband asked how much ammo we have & I sai...

Now that is funny!

[Jer]

I will reiterate the PM I sent to a few "members" and will send to anyone else here that has a problem with the way this site and the and the TP is ran.

If you don't like it leave, plain and simple.

Sadly, many people have.

[Great-Kazoo]

Sadly, many people have.

oh well. if one is that butt hurt over any web sites policy they leave. With this as more of a community, than say FB or other social media. Perhaps they really were not part of the community.

I"d still be leery of the non - residents on the forum.

[Martinjmpr]

I'd probably have a lot less ammo if there were decent places to shoot outdoors here. I get jealous when I drive through places like Montrose that have a nice, big public shooting range on the outskirts of town. I lived in Laramie, WY from 2000 - 2005 and the shooting range was 15 minutes away. Even in the dead of Winter I could usually get there in my 2wd Ranger. I'd go shooting after class or on weekends because ammo was pretty cheap and range membership was only $50/year. It was about the cheapest entertainment I had.

WRT the whole "steel case ammo" controversy, the biggest downfall of steel case is that (a) you can't shoot it at (most) indoor ranges and (b) most of the ranges that are within a reasonable driving distance of Denver are indoors.

I know some of the older/cheaper Chinese 7.62x39 ammo that was imported in the 1990's had steel-cored bullets that apparently did a lot of damage to the backstops of indoor shooting ranges, but I don't know if the Russian 5.56 and 9mm ammo that is currently imported (Tula et al) is steel jacketed or steel cored. Either way, most indoor ranges won't let you shoot anything with a steel case. Whether it's because they fear damage to their equipment (which is reasonable) or because they'd rather you purchase their more expensive ammo at the range, it makes a day of shooting a more expensive proposition than it would be otherwise.

So that puts me in the dilemma of: Do I go to an indoor range and pay exorbitant prices for range ammo, or do I drive an hour or two to Pawnee Buttes or Harris Park to shoot steel case?

The old "Money or Time" dilemma has prevented me from doing much shooting lately, but on the flip side that means I'm well stocked for the Covid-19 Zombie Apocalypse.

[Irving]

Sadly, many people have.

Membership is definitely a little stale, but for many more reasons than the trading post

As far as steel case, I generally don't worry about it in my hand guns, but I had a steel cased .308 get stuck in my Savage that kind of soured me on the whole experience. When I went to knock it out with a rod, the primer just opened up like a little door and made everything much more difficult to work with. I ended up having to take it down to Bowers. That one case cost me several days, right before hunting. Not that I'd have been using steel case for hunting ammo, but that could have easily ruined a hunt.

[Jer]

Membership is definitely a little stale, but for many more reasons than the trading post

As far as steel case, I generally don't worry about it in my hand guns, but I had a steel cased .308 get stuck in my Savage that kind of soured me on the whole experience. When I went to knock it out with a rod, the primer just opened up like a little door and made everything much more difficult to work with. I ended up having to take it down to Bowers. That one case cost me several days, right before hunting. Not that I'd have been using steel case for hunting ammo, but that could have easily ruined a hunt.

It's become a rather hostile environment with little intervention by forum staff. I'm not sure why they tolerate such aggressiveness between members and yet feel like it is important to intervene in for sale posts. I don't understand but it's not my forum so it's not important for me to understand. This is a freedom-loving crowd in general and most tend to appreciate the free market model over draconian control of who can sell what & at what price. It's not like anybody is being forced to make a purchase so I don't understand why they feel the need to regulate prices on what they determine is fair. All that should matter is if the buyer & seller agree on a price.

Personally, I used to list a ton of stuff in the marketplace section of this form. Lots of good transactions both a buyer & seller plus I got to know more members this way then at any other capacity. It was a little more free-flow at the time and while things weren't perfect I felt like it was a welcoming place to trade between the members of this forum. There has become so many rules that I tend to shy away from listening stuff simply because I don't want to get reprimanded because I made a mistake on some weird rule I didn't even realize I broke.

Not trying to ruffle feathers, just giving some honest constructive criticism that I hope is received that way by forum staff. I feel I've been around long enough through some of the changes to qualify to state my opinion on the topic.

[3beansalad]

If you are a FBer, Mrgunsngear is constantly posting sources for online sales at reasonable prices.

[WillysWagon]

I've used Ammoseek in the past with good results of accurate cost/inventories.