What is your $ bullet limit?

[RockyMtnUT]

All this bullet talk and prices of reloading in general has me thinking.
1. What is your max limit for purchasing a box of 100qty bullets for hunting?
2. Is there a too much ?

I know on powder, some guys are digging in their heels at $40-50 thresholds. Where others don't necessarily care as long as they have it. ($50-90)?

 

[Shane Lindsey]

Hammers are about $1 bullet depending. I think that is fair for a premium hunting bullet that gets the attention to detail and ease of load development.

I am seeing Bergers for close to the same price...not so much. I guess I will just be dry firing for awhile. Plenty to hunt with for many generations, but the plinking is getting expensive.

Not to mention some of the dudes trying to fleece folks on this and other sites for them.

 

[Creedmoor shooter]

50 maybe 60 bucks tops per 100. I dont need bullets that cost over a dollar to kill whitetails and black bears.

 

[bultinkle]

Totally depends on the bullet

I'd probably pay 60-70 each for a 215 hybrid but I'd only pay 40 each for a 130 eldm

 

[Recon$$]

For a hunting bullet I will pay whatever I need to to give me the edge and performance I want in the realm of reasonable. I'm not shooting a boatload of my hunting rounds. Maybe 2-3 max would be my threshold. I currently shoot berger and hammer so I'm not paying those prices but I would if I had to.

Powder 50 a lb is it.... I move along anything over that.

 

[manitou]

Until I get desparate I am solid at $70 or less, which is about the old norm for the bullets I shoot.

 

[Frank in the Laurels]

..we've already surpassed mine...won't participate in the gouging of sportsman by the component manufacturers...they've accomplished the anti's goal without a single argument....strange turn of events ..

 

[Mark37082]

It seems everything I want to try is in $1.00 range. It still makes sense when you compare factory ammo in the $60-$100 range per box. Now when it comes to target shooting or plinking, I look for $0.25-0.50 range. For hunting bullets I favor Hammers, Bergers, and Nosler.

 

[wasskeet]

Depends entirely upon how well it shoots in a given rifle. Same goes for powder. A friend told me, probably 30 years ago, that the benchrest winners shot Norma 133 powder (I think). When it became unavailable, folks were giving in the $80-100 pound range then for it.

 

[cohunt]

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[Outlaw6.0]

For a hunting bullet I will pay whatever I need to to give me the edge and performance I want in the realm of reasonable. I'm not shooting a boatload of my hunting rounds. Maybe 2-3 max would be my threshold.....

Exactly what I was going to say. If it's purely for hunting, I really don't care about the cost. a 100rnd box will last quite a while in that scenario.

For target/plinking, I am a bit of a cheapskate....



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[FEENIX]

All this bullet talk and prices of reloading in general has me thinking.
1. What is your max limit for purchasing a box of 100qty bullets for hunting?

Thus far, the most I have paid for a bullet is $1-1.25 each. I am willing to pay up to $2 a bullet to try.

2. Is there a too much ?

Same as #1, but there are bullets I will never pay for or buy even to try at this time.

 

[Shane Lindsey]

Lack of materials, labor, import fees, blah, blah...

Quality FGMM 308 ammo in early 2020 could be had for about $22 a box. Now I have seen it for $38 at my honey hole and from some place almost $50. This is like 2005-2008, when home values doubled in a year. Those willing to pay only hurt the long term I guess.

I'm on my way to Bass Pro to pick up a sling shot....

 

[sdakotaguy]

Cup & core bullets in my case .243 diameter I aim for less than 50 dollars per 100. Solid copper alloy bullets I am expecting to easily keep each bullet well under a hundred bucks per 100.

The frustrating part for me is the higher price the bullet, the less data we seem to have available to help wring out the potential of the premium bullets.