What is your EDC caliber?

[Route 45]

IDK...I can buy .38 Special, .40 S&W, and .45 acp cheaper than I can 9mm, and .380 acp is more expensive than 9mm at a LGS.

 

[Skip]

I reload, handload and I cast bullets. With components purchased under Obummer, I can load 50 rounds of 38spl, 158gr LSWC for less than $.50 using old/used brass. Most of my lead, around 500lbs, I got for $30. I load my own carry ammo but use purchased JHP bullets for them. I’ve done that for years and years. I can afford to practice although, small pistol primers are about gone…. For once I had planned ahead a bit…lol

 

[Amishman44]

Where are you buying 38 Special, 40 S&W or .45ACP cheaper than 9mm? I can find 9mm for $0.18 / round (new brass-cased). Those other rounds are at last one and a half times that cost. If you can come even close to that price for the other rounds, let me know! I want to buy there!

Are you talking JHP (home / personal defense) or FMJ (plinking) ammo?
For plinking purposes, 9mm is cheapest (except for .22lr) per round.
For home / personal defense, 9mm has become more costly per round, compared to other calibers, mainly due to demand!
It's in the home / personal defense category that other calibers are equal to or cheaper per round.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

Are you talking JHP (home / personal defense) or FMJ (plinking) ammo?
For plinking purposes, 9mm is cheapest (except for .22lr) per round.
For home / personal defense, 9mm has become more costly per round, compared to other calibers, mainly due to demand!
It's in the home / personal defense category that other calibers are equal to or cheaper per round.

The question still stands of where, then? I'm not seeing .45 Auto or Colt equal to or cheaper than 9mm anywhere. .38 Special is on par, but slightly more.

 

[indiucky]

The question still stands of where, then? I'm not seeing .45 Auto or Colt equal to or cheaper than 9mm anywhere. .38 Special is on par, but slightly more.

45 Colt hovers up there in 44 magnum range...$50 plus

ouch lol

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[BehindBlueI's]

45 Colt hovers up there in 44 magnum range...$50 plus

ouch lol

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[cedartop]

Does anyone else see 357 sig or 5.7 and think “we got some Richie Rich edc folks in here”!

I owned a 357 sig back in the 90s or early 2000s, when the FBI switched to it. Gosh was it expensive compared to 9mm.

If you don't practice, cost is mostly irrelevant.

 

[Skip]

If you don't practice, cost is mostly irrelevant.

How true THAT is!

44Mag & 45 Colt.
With the components I have, less than $2/box of 50. I can have what I want when I want as many as I want.

 

[88E30M50]

If you don't practice, cost is mostly irrelevant.

The key is to reload. It's not really any more expensive than 9mm when you roll your own. Plus, many folks with a .357 Sig, practice with .40. Simple barrel swap but same mags and recoil spring. .40 has a tad more recoil but otherwise feels very similar in my P229s.

 

[BiscuitsandGravy]

I do have some .45 Super on the way from Underwood to try in my USP.

 

[Amishman44]

The question still stands of where, then? I'm not seeing .45 Auto or Colt equal to or cheaper than 9mm anywhere. .38 Special is on par, but slightly more.

Name of store??? Thomlinson's in 'Busco, Wrigley's in Fort Wayne, Auburn Arms, etc.
The bigger name-brand box stores, such as Sportsman's Supply, Gander Mountain, etc., don't come close in pricing.
The cheapest 9mm plinking ammo I find is around $0.32 cents per round, per 50-round box, not including tax...and .45 acp is around $0.42 cents per round for comparable ammo.
Home / Personal Defense ammo is where the difference lies as a 20-round box of 9mm tends to run higher than other calibers, with some 9mm ammo running upwards of $32 per box.

 

[Amishman44]

I do have some .45 Super on the way from Underwood to try in my USP.

They have some back in stock...didn't see it for awhile.
That makes for some good outdoor / hiking ammo...
But, DANG...$29 - $59 per box, depending on the load! OUCH!!!

 

[Dean C.]

IDK...I can buy .38 Special, .40 S&W, and .45 acp cheaper than I can 9mm, and .380 acp is more expensive than 9mm at a LGS.

Where is this cheap 45acp of which you speak? It’s on average about double what 9mm costs and very close to 10mm pricing now

 

[BehindBlueI's]

Name of store??? Thomlinson's in 'Busco, Wrigley's in Fort Wayne, Auburn Arms, etc.
The bigger name-brand box stores, such as Sportsman's Supply, Gander Mountain, etc., don't come close in pricing.
The cheapest 9mm plinking ammo I find is around $0.32 cents per round, per 50-round box, not including tax...and .45 acp is around $0.42 cents per round for comparable ammo.
Home / Personal Defense ammo is where the difference lies as a 20-round box of 9mm tends to run higher than other calibers, with some 9mm ammo running upwards of $32 per box.

Thanks for the info. I was hoping maybe someone was actually giving a deal on .45, but it sounds like they are just jacking up 9mm.

I honestly can't recall the last time I bought factory ammo at a brick and mortar establishment. It's not tough to find 9mm carry ammo for well under $1/rd online.

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[DadSmith]

A new gimmick to sell ammunition?
Handgun specific ammunition?

Obviously their new short barrel 9mm load.

 

[Skip]

Old technology…..lol

 

[BehindBlueI's]

A new gimmick to sell ammunition?
Handgun specific ammunition?

Obviously their new short barrel 9mm load.

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They "partnered" with Springfield? I read that as Springfield financially assisted, personally. Some kickback to advertise on the box, basically. Just my guess.

 

[Skip]

Here is my snubby load. 158gr LWC 38spl at 1100fps from my M60 3". (From when I carried a revolver)
6th round just for pictures….lol
The Load came out of the Speer #8 manual.

 

[DadSmith]

Here is my snubby load. 158gr LWC 38spl at 1100fps from my M60 3". (From when I carried a revolver)
6th round just for pictures….lol
The Load came out of the Speer #8 manual.
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Where do you get your 158gr LWC at?
Or do you cast them yourself?
All I can find to buy is 148gr LWC.

 

[Skip]

Where do you get your 158gr LWC at?
Or do you cast them yourself?
All I can find to buy is 148gr LWC.

I cast them myself. They come in at 160gr. It’s a really old mold. Only 2 cavity. Takes forever to cast a bunch!