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Anybody ever bought ammo for a firearm before you purchased it? #4432187 07/30/13 02:09 PM
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I was at Wally World earlier this morning and no one was in line like they usually are for ammo and just looked through the counter for chuckles and grins and they had about 20 boxed of the new .17 Win Super Mag ammo! I've been trying to get one of the Savage B-Mags in this new caliber and thought what the heck go for it! 3 boxes of the 25 gr. polymer tips was like $42. Not as bad as I expected it to be. That's .28¢ a round not too shabby! Just wanting some opinions guys.

Re: Anybody ever bought ammo for a firearm before you purchased it? [Re: PonchoMike] #4432267 07/30/13 02:35 PM
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Iv'e got 9mm but have yet to get the aftermarket barrel to convert my .40 m&p

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Originally Posted By: jbd76266
Iv'e got 9mm but have yet to get the aftermarket barrel to convert my .40 m&p


I did the exact same thing, stockpiled 9mm then got a barrel


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Not ammo, but I have bought optics and accessories for guns I didn't own.


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Re: Anybody ever bought ammo for a firearm before you purchased it? [Re: TexFlip] #4432494 07/30/13 03:31 PM
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Yeah I bought some .22 ammo when I was expecting my dad to send me a single action .22.


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Re: Anybody ever bought ammo for a firearm before you purchased it? [Re: Humannpower] #4432577 07/30/13 04:00 PM
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Yeah I grab 6.8 ammo but I haven't got my upper yet





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Re: Anybody ever bought ammo for a firearm before you purchased it? [Re: Hooligan] #4432900 07/30/13 05:43 PM
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I have if I found a good deal on it.

Re: Anybody ever bought ammo for a firearm before you purchased it? [Re: Hooligan] #4432904 07/30/13 05:45 PM
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Thinking about picking up a box of 35 whelen and 9.3x62 for an autoloader I have. Thanks.


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Re: Anybody ever bought ammo for a firearm before you purchased it? [Re: Aggiebanker06] #4432908 07/30/13 05:46 PM
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Yup. Ammo, optics, all kinds of stuff for calibers I didn't own at the time.

Re: Anybody ever bought ammo for a firearm before you purchased it? [Re: Spent Brass] #4433561 07/30/13 08:42 PM
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bought some old 5.7 rounds a while back because they were being discontinued.

bought some 50gi just to check out the size when I was considering the glock 50 cal glock conversion.

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Re: Anybody ever bought ammo for a firearm before you purchased it? [Re: Scary Poppins] #4433607 07/30/13 09:01 PM
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Yes.

I've been sitting on some (1000 rnds) 9mm ammo since last summer if I remember right. Still haven't purchased the gun.


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3 or 4 yrs ago I was in academy, they had miss labeled .22 hornet "$1.95" I went to every store in Austin and bought all they had. thf member (Ft Worth) bought from me.

Re: Anybody ever bought ammo for a firearm before you purchased it? [Re: hoss77] #4433908 07/30/13 10:40 PM
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No. But I won a Berger certificate, at a rifle match, for 300 bullets of my choice. I submitted for 300 180gr 7mm VLD Hunting, and I didn't even have the barrel yet. I also bought brass, powder, and primers before the rifle was put together.


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Re: Anybody ever bought ammo for a firearm before you purchased it? [Re: J.G.] #4433944 07/30/13 10:56 PM
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Yessir, I did this morning. I picked up some Nosler Partitions for my T3 7mm-08 and I won't have the rifle for another 2 months.
I'm buying about a box per week of cartriges for deer season. Then when the rifle comes in, I'll be testing each cartridge to see what the rifle likes best. The losers will become coyote ammo.

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Kind of....like FJG, I bought all the stuff to have a 6.5x47 built. At the last minute I changed my mind and sold it all. Fortunately, I came out of it without losing to much money.


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Re: Anybody ever bought ammo for a firearm before you purchased it? [Re: Judd] #4434013 07/30/13 11:24 PM
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Before,I Probably would not have worried about it unless I stumbled on a good deal. After everything that has happened in the last year I ended up buying 200 rounds of 9mm and 80 rounds of .308 without having a firearm that shot either. I have the .308 rifle now, but still have not purchased 9mm. My buddies gave me a hard time about hoarding, but really I just can't stand to have a firearm with no ammo, and not knowing when I would have a chance to shoot a new firearm.

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Originally Posted By: Old_School
Yessir, I did this morning. I picked up some Nosler Partitions for my T3 7mm-08 and I won't have the rifle for another 2 months.
I'm buying about a box per week of cartriges for deer season. Then when the rifle comes in, I'll be testing each cartridge to see what the rifle likes best. The losers will become coyote ammo.


My wifes T3 7-08 shoots federal fusion very well. She took 2 deer and 2 pigs with it last season. No bullets recover and nice exits. All animals DRT but that's more shot placement than bullet performance.

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100 bullets for a 9mm I just bought I just got a 5.56 sig I have yet to shoot bought 300 bullets for it


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Originally Posted By: TexFlip
Not ammo, but I have bought optics and accessories for guns I didn't own.


^^^^this^^^^


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Re: Anybody ever bought ammo for a firearm before you purchased it? [Re: TXHOGSLAYER] #4436481 07/31/13 07:08 PM
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Yes...and then decided I wanted a different caliber...face palm...


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Re: Anybody ever bought ammo for a firearm before you purchased it? [Re: Deuce87] #4436569 07/31/13 07:33 PM
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Walmart seems to consistently have the best prices on ammo. WHEN I brave Wally World, I will often buy a box of "somethin". Never can have too much


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I've done it. Not proud of it, and probably not the best idea, but I can imagine it will happen again at some point knowing how I operate.


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