Price of ammo now 🫣

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Last time I bought Norma lead 404Jeff, probably 11 years ago, it was £125 ish for ten rounds. Regulating the irons cost in the region of £400 to get them spot on
 
If ammo prices are genuinely a problem for you why not reload - or at the very least run a cost comparison. Yes you need to buy equipment but going second hand with the bare minimum of stuff to make ammo at least as good as factory is not a big investment. And if you don’t shoot enough to make it worthwhile ammo costs can’t be too much of an issue.

If insurance or work regs are a problem re reloaded ammo just keep a box of factory to show them or only store rounds in an old factory box.

Personally, if you’re serious about shooting I struggle to understand why you’re not reloading. They go hand in hand and they’re are so many benefits
 
harrygrey382 said:
If ammo prices are genuinely a problem for you why not reload - or at the very least run a cost comparison. Yes you need to buy equipment but going second hand with the bare minimum of stuff to make ammo at least as good as factory is not a big investment. And if you don’t shoot enough to make it worthwhile ammo costs can’t be too much of an issue.

If insurance or work regs are a problem re reloaded ammo just keep a box of factory to show them or only store rounds in an old factory box.

Personally, if you’re serious about shooting I struggle to understand why you’re not reloading. They go hand in hand and they’re are so many benefits
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I can still remember the day you sat around mine for a crash course in reloading, a bloody long time ago.
 
harrygrey382 said:
If ammo prices are genuinely a problem for you why not reload - or at the very least run a cost comparison. Yes you need to buy equipment but going second hand with the bare minimum of stuff to make ammo at least as good as factory is not a big investment. And if you don’t shoot enough to make it worthwhile ammo costs can’t be too much of an issue.

If insurance or work regs are a problem re reloaded ammo just keep a box of factory to show them or only store rounds in an old factory box.

Personally, if you’re serious about shooting I struggle to understand why you’re not reloading. They go hand in hand and they’re are so many benefits
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i used to reload but to be honest i dont have the time , if ammo cost get to a point where its a problem ill dust the gear off but as at the moment its a quid a round its not too bad
 
Chris Richardson said:
i used to reload but to be honest i dont have the time , if ammo cost get to a point where its a problem ill dust the gear off but as at the moment its a quid a round its not too bad
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Reality ammunition hasn’t gone up that much money, I was loading copper including buying it from Utah for £1.50 around all those many moons ago, and now re loading copper is probably around £2 – £2.50 around, even if you buy factory it’s £3 to £5 around depending on your favourite flavour!

So in the grand scheme of things it all comes down for affordability, there’s no point moaning about it because nothing‘s gonna change it’s only gonna get more expensive at anything.

Then, if you take the price of the bullet off of the value of the carcass in really there’s nothing to moan about, you can’t buy venison the peanuts so if you shoot it and it cost you £5 to shoot it bearing your mind obviously that’s if you have your own stalking that’s pretty good value
 
Norfolk Deer Search said:
Reality ammunition hasn’t gone up that much money, I was loading copper including buying it from Utah for £1.50 around all those many moons ago, and now re loading copper is probably around £2 – £2.50 around, even if you buy factory it’s £3 to £5 around depending on your favourite flavour!

So in the grand scheme of things it all comes down for affordability, there’s no point moaning about it because nothing‘s gonna change it’s only gonna get more expensive at anything
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looks like im getting off lightly with the ppu then :lol:
 
I struggle to understand the argument about cost of rounds, surely if you shoot a deer you harvest the meat so therefore the cost is covered, or if you sell the carcase (90% of mine are sold) the cost of the round is covered?
Also as I get older I realise there are NO pockets in shrouds.
 
Mike L said:
I struggle to understand the argument about cost of rounds, surely if you shoot a deer you harvest the meat so therefore the cost is covered, or if you sell the carcase (90% of mine are sold) the cost of the round is covered?
Also as I get older I realise there are NO pockets in shrouds.
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100% like I said it all comes down to a affordability, people moan about the price of bullets because usually they’re punching paper, and if you’re punching paper it’s gonna be expensive whereas if you’re actually deer stalking and like you say in your words harvesting a deer the monetary value doesn’t really even come into it.

Personally, I don’t punch paper only to check zero, and then it’s only two or three rounds so really the cost is irrelevant
 
Mike L said:
I struggle to understand the argument about cost of rounds, surely if you shoot a deer you harvest the meat so therefore the cost is covered, or if you sell the carcase (90% of mine are sold) the cost of the round is covered?
Also as I get older I realise there are NO pockets in shrouds.
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Probably lucky to get £15 before tax for a roe around here. So a round of non toxic, disregarding fuel to get the GD, is more than a third of the carcass value. Take fuel into account and it’s a loss unless you live 5 mins away.

That said, larger deer will have more carcass value.
 
Chris Richardson said:
looks like im getting off lightly with the ppu then :lol:
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I can't fault PPU for the price - think they'd gone up from 85p a shot to something like £1.15 last time I bought some 6.5x55 but they do what they need to. for me anyway.

Only bought first box of lead free to try ready for if/when we ever need to sell a few.

PPU will be first stop for the 308 when it arrives and i see they even do a lead free 308 now too.
 
Norfolk Deer Search said:
100% like I said it all comes down to a affordability, people moan about the price of bullets because usually they’re punching paper, and if you’re punching paper it’s gonna be expensive whereas if you’re actually deer stalking and like you say in your words harvesting a deer the monetary value doesn’t really even come into it.

Personally, I don’t punch paper only to check zero, and then it’s only two or three rounds so really the cost is irrelevant
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the driven boys will not be chiming in with how much their day cost on the grouse Lee lol
 
Skogsmannen said:
I can't fault PPU for the price - think they'd gone up from 85p a shot to something like £1.15 last time I bought some 6.5x55 but they do what they need to. for me anyway.

Only bought first box of lead free to try ready for if/when we ever need to sell a few.

PPU will be first stop for the 308 when it arrives and i see they even do a lead free 308 now too.
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i use ppu in my .308 too no difference between that and sako ammo but i only use lead my dealer still happily takes beasts shot with lead
 
HonestJohn said:
Probably lucky to get £15 before tax for a roe around here. So a round of non toxic, disregarding fuel to get the GD, is more than a third of the carcass value. Take fuel into account and it’s a loss unless you live 5 mins away.

That said, larger deer will have more carcass value.
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