What is your $ bullet limit?

[Critter Picker]

Can't truthfully answer that question. At one time I thought a penny a primer was outrageous. My last primers were over $100.00 for a brick after hazmat. I paid it or would have to go without. As prices go up it's pay the price or go without. I like to shoot,so I pay.

 

[just_jon]

I hunt exclusively with Hammers. I'm currently shooting them in 14 rifles. Yes, they do cost a fair bit more, but they are almost always in stock. I cannot count the number of posts I've seen here where a member is desperately searching for their unicorn bullet a month away from a big hunt. Also on the plus side, I've never shot a bullet that makes load development so quick and easy. If OCW takes more than 15 shots, I likely did something wrong.

 

[Mike D Texas]

I hunt exclusively with Hammers. I'm currently shooting them in 14 rifles. Yes, they do cost a fair bit more, but they are almost always in stock. I cannot count the number of posts I've seen here where a member is desperately searching for their unicorn bullet a month away from a big hunt. Also on the plus side, I've never shot a bullet that makes load development so quick and easy. If OCW takes more than 15 shots, I likely did something wrong.

Hammers have not been that easy to tune for me. I'm at 50/50 at best. I literally have a 260 Ackley that shoots Bergers in the .3s but the Hammers so far are 3" groups.

 

[WildRose]

Hammers have not been that easy to tune for me. I'm at 50/50 at best. I literally have a 260 Ackley that shoots Bergers in the .3s but the Hammers so far are 3" groups.

Twist rate maybe? Unfortunately being less dense mono's run quite a bit longer for equal weight bullets and require faster twist barrels.

 

[Mike D Texas]

Twist rate maybe? Unfortunately being less dense mono's run quite a bit longer for equal weight bullets and require faster twist barrels.

It's a 7.5 twist. Should be more than sufficient.

 

[yorke-1]

I've spent enough time playing with large bore rifles that my idea of an "affordable" bullet is pretty high. Lathe turned, match solids for a .375 or 50 BMG have been a few dollars each for a long time. Good quality target bullets for the .338s have always been more expensive than the majority of hunting bullets. Paying $1-2 each for hunting bullets just doesn't seem that unreasonable. Buy a box of 50 to work up a load, then buy another box of 50 if you find a load your gun likes. You should end up with at least 50 rounds of ammo to practice and hunt with.

Nobody needs to shoot an expensive bullet. The cheapest cup and core bullet you can find will still kill animals just fine, you just might need to adjust your approach to hunting to get satisfactory results. I wouldn't shoot Winchester Power Points if my primary gun was a 300 RUM, but I wouldn't be shooting a 300 RUM if I was worried about the cost per shot. I also wouldn't feel the need to shoot a $1-2 bullet out of a Rem 7600 in 30-06.

If shooting is really a high priority for me, I'll just be sure that I build that into my budget. If an expensive scope, custom rifle, or boutique bullets are important to me, I'll just build those into the budget as well.

 

[bdeternv]

I am willing to do whatever it takes to get the edge on game. If I am going to try a long range kill, I feel that I owe it to the animal to get an ethical kill. When you add up all the money that goes into a once in a lifetime hunt, the bullet is the least of my cost worries. If I am just plinking targets, it is going to be dirt cheap.

 

[Txhillbilly]

The cost of the materials, labor, and shipping for everything involved in getting bullets made has been accelerating now for two years at an exponential rate.

This isn't Berger taking advantage of us, it's industry wide. As their costs go up so too will ours continue to go up.

I know that, but I just won't justify paying their prices when I can shoot Hornady & Sierra bullet's for near half as much with almost the same accuracy. Once Berger's got over $.50 a bullet, I decided I didn't need to shoot them anymore.
The 2k that I bought when I decided to build my 25CM were the last that I'll ever buy. They will last the life of that barrel.

 

[WildRose]

I know that, but I just won't justify paying their prices when I can shoot Hornady & Sierra bullet's for near half as much with almost the same accuracy. Once Berger's got over $.50 a bullet, I decided I didn't need to shoot them anymore.
The 2k that I bought when I decided to build my 25CM were the last that I'll ever buy. They will last the life of that barrel.

I don't shoot them either but that's a choice everyone gets to make.

The prices of Hornady and Sierra have gone through the roof as well.

It's industry wide.

 

[CBH Australia]

In Australia the Nosler BT in .22cal might be 60 cents each and the Hammer 30cals are not cheap but come in under $2.

The Hammers are very accurate in my .308 and I have plenty of Nosler BT in .22 that I bought at around 32 cents each.

Fuel always outweighs the cost of ammo for me so I am looking for performance.

I want a bullet that kills cleanly, the accuracy just improves confidence. Aim small hit small.

 

[Rflshootr]

What does everyone think would happen if we all stopped buying components and ammo for 6 months or even a year?

 

[Frank in the Laurels]

What does everyone think would happen if we all stopped buying components and ammo for 6 months or even a year?

Unfortunately the hoarding greedy dawgs amongst us would continue their ways....welcome to the dawg eat dawg world created by our fellow so called shooting brothers...not the DEMS or inflation argument causes but corporate component manufacturers and shooters pure greed...I ain't buying 200-800% increases...the only ones smiling are the anti's who've had their dreams fulfilled by us, imagine that !!!!!!

 

[yorke-1]

Unfortunately the hoarding greedy dawgs amongst us would continue their ways....welcome to the dawg eat dawg world created by our fellow so called shooting brothers...not the DEMS or inflation argument causes but corporate component manufacturers and shooters pure greed...I ain't buying 200-800% increases...the only ones smiling are the anti's who've had their dreams fulfilled by us, imagine that !!!!!!

You know that the price of non-shooting related items has also gone up, right? The dramatic price increases aren't limited to just the shooting sports. Have you priced a new boat lately? Does the crazy liberal "anti fishing" lobby cause that?

 

[Petey308]

What does everyone think would happen if we all stopped buying components and ammo for 6 months or even a year?

Like "6 months to flatten the curve"?