- Mon Oct 27, 2008 11:41 am
#2443
This would be the most obvious question to follow up my "I'm getting an AR" thread, so here goes.
Anyone know of any competitive deals online or off for bulk .223 ammo? I spent most of yesterday afternoon bumbling around the internet looking for deals, and though there were a few contenders, I'm surprised how expensive ammo has gotten. Really makes me appreciate all the free ammo the army let me shoot! Anyways, the cheapest ammo I can find is of the Wolf brand, which I also happened to see at JoJo's themselves for about $150 per 500. Go online and the same can be found for roughly the same, and up to about $30-40 cheaper. However, Wolf ammo IS the cheapest, and in a world I presume "you get what you pay for", I'm a little hesitant. I'm not worried about a little extra time needed for gun cleaning or anything, or even the most dead-eye ammo out there, but what made me hesitate most was the fact that it was steel cased as opposed to brass. Most reviews for this ammo were positive, but a few said the steel casing could damage the extractor, while other negative ones stated the ammo was EXTREMELY dirty; problem causing dirty...so I'm up in the air over it as a cheap plinking ammo.
Wolf ammo tangent aside, I have found a few decent looking websites, the front-runner being aimsurplus.com. This site currently has 500 rounds of .223 by Centurion for $169, and this ammo has for the most part gotten rave reviews on sites such as AR15.com. It's what I'll most likely be buying first, but any thoughts on ammo brands, places to get ammo, or any other ammo related jargon would be more than welcome!
Anyone know of any competitive deals online or off for bulk .223 ammo? I spent most of yesterday afternoon bumbling around the internet looking for deals, and though there were a few contenders, I'm surprised how expensive ammo has gotten. Really makes me appreciate all the free ammo the army let me shoot! Anyways, the cheapest ammo I can find is of the Wolf brand, which I also happened to see at JoJo's themselves for about $150 per 500. Go online and the same can be found for roughly the same, and up to about $30-40 cheaper. However, Wolf ammo IS the cheapest, and in a world I presume "you get what you pay for", I'm a little hesitant. I'm not worried about a little extra time needed for gun cleaning or anything, or even the most dead-eye ammo out there, but what made me hesitate most was the fact that it was steel cased as opposed to brass. Most reviews for this ammo were positive, but a few said the steel casing could damage the extractor, while other negative ones stated the ammo was EXTREMELY dirty; problem causing dirty...so I'm up in the air over it as a cheap plinking ammo.
Wolf ammo tangent aside, I have found a few decent looking websites, the front-runner being aimsurplus.com. This site currently has 500 rounds of .223 by Centurion for $169, and this ammo has for the most part gotten rave reviews on sites such as AR15.com. It's what I'll most likely be buying first, but any thoughts on ammo brands, places to get ammo, or any other ammo related jargon would be more than welcome!
- By SR9