Ammo Prices

[alldodge]

Haven't fired my gun in many years, and been looking around at prices for 25-06 120 grain. Looking at 1.50 a round and at those prices, target prices will be minimum. I have a cheap hand reloader which also have not used for years.

Hey MTboatguy I know you reload, but know any places I should check out?

Admiral has finally ok with me to get a deer so long as she doesn't see it until it comes back from the processor. I can get 4 at my location and they do need to be thinned out some. I don't want 4, but we have a local processor the does it for Hunter for the Hungry

 

[MTboatguy]

Hey Dodge, take a look at Ammo Seek, they pretty much keep up on daily ammo prices from just about anyone. 120 grain is not quite as easy as some of the 90-100 grain rounds, but if you don't want to reload, that is a good place to keep a check on things.

https://ammoseek.com/ammo/25-06-remington

Unless you have powder, bullets and primers already your initial investment is going to be higher than buying a couple of boxes of 20, power and primers have got expensive these days, but coming up on hunting season, be sure and check the stores around you to see what they might have on sale, lots of stores run sales this time of the year.

Let me know if you need anything or have more questions.

 

[alldodge]

Thanks, will look into it.

In my 40's the gun kicked like a TN mule, and in my 50's, I added a recoil pad, hope that my 60's I can still take it. Do like how flat it shoots but my shoulder is taking a beating.

From my reading it still shows the Remington 120 gr core-lock is the round to use for deer and quick kills, to keep the speed above 2600 fps

 

[alldodge]

Ever deal with grab a gun, they seems real low on price?

https://grabagun.com/rem-25-06rem-120gr-psp-cl-20-200.html

 

[MTboatguy]

Thanks, will look into it.

In my 40's the gun kicked like a TN mule, and in my 50's, I added a recoil pad, hope that my 60's I can still take it. Do like how flat it shoots but my shoulder is taking a beating.

From my reading it still shows the Remington 120 gr core-lock is the round to use for deer and quick kills, to keep the speed above 2600 fps

The 117 grain is a good bullet as well for deer out of that gun, I know lots of guys that use those and have never heard a complaint from any of them, it is the same load many use here in Montana for Pronghorn as well, the bullet that comes to mind the most is the Hornady 117 SST, great bullet, I have used it in my .270 and it is a nice good performing bullet.

https://www.hornady.com/ammunition/rifle/25-06-rem-117-gr-sst-superformance#!/

 

[ezbtr]

sgammo.com is who my brother and I use, overall seem to have best prices, and I get all mine mailed to house (unlike CA.) :biggrin1:

 

[MTboatguy]

Ever deal with grab a gun, they seems real low on price?

https://grabagun.com/rem-25-06rem-120gr-psp-cl-20-200.html

I have not bought anything from them for quite a while, of course I have not bought any reloading stuff or ammo for a while, I have thousands of rounds in the magazine for all of my various weapons, I either reload it or buy several boxes or a couple of cases when they have stuff on sale.

 

[alldodge]

Did look at sgammo thanks

I probably have 60 to 100 casings to reload, but as you said, would need to buy primers, power and would like to use something other then my single hand reloader. Probably going to buy 30 to 40 rounds and use some of my old ones for target practice.

Have maybe 1000 rounds of Federal 22 ammo but found the rounds do hit well for each round, but I'm sighted in with CCI Stringer HP and they hit a tad higher at range. The extra velocity of the CCI is real nice on the ground hogs

 

[alldodge]

Need another scope for my 22 Mag, the one I have has been junk from the beginning. Had a dealer suggest the scope (don't remember the brand) but I have never been able to hit anything with it. After enough trying, found out the reticle keeps moving.

I like the Nikon 22 rim fire (3x9 - 40mm) put on my speed master, maybe get another one of those

 

[MTboatguy]

Need another scope for my 22 Mag, the one I have has been junk from the beginning. Had a dealer suggest the scope (don't remember the brand) but I have never been able to hit anything with it. After enough trying, found out the reticle keeps moving.

I like the Nikon 22 rim fire (3x9 - 40mm) put on my speed master, maybe get another one of those

These days, I don't even look at .22 scopes, the small tube scopes are difficult to use and you loose so much light in them that they are hard to see, the last scope I picked up for a .22 was actually a 4X that Walmart had on sale and I was so impressed with it, I bought two more, one for the .270 and I have one on one of my AR rifles, nice clear, lifetime warranty and a pleasure to use, I think I paid $39.95 for the first one and caught the other two on sale for a little less. Heck I was surprised, my Dad, left all of his guns to me when he passed off and hist 10/22 that he bought about 4 months before he passed, he put a scope on it that was over $300 and it is a nice scope, a bit more than I would have spent, but he pretty much was impulsive right before he passed.

 

[alldodge]

The Nikon or the other that is on the Mag are not the skinny tubes, both have 40mm tubes. Have a 2 inch or so eye relief, but will, paid around $50 for it during a sale

https://www.amazon.com/Nikon-PROSTAFF-RIMFIRE-3-9X40-BDC150/dp/B00SMX95IA

 

[dwco5051]

Makes me think back 45 years or so when I used to reload 38 special practice ammo for less than a dollar a hundred. About 2500 rounds from a pound of bullseye, cast my own 148 grain wadcutters from scrap lead mixed with scrap wheel weights, and primers about 85 cents a box. Then I started shooting silhouette in our local pistol league. 14grs of 2400, 160 fmj and 550 mag primers. Still plenty cheap compared to today since I had 5 gallon buckets of brass. Since I was using my service revolver with a 4" barrel I still would get hits on the ram and not knock it over. Those were the good old days.

 

[JRJ]

I didn't realize a 25-06 kicked, good to know.