Remember when people would tell you to only buy the commonly made rounds and those you would be likely to find during an apocalypse. I knew a guy who literally sold everything he owned that didn't chamber 9mm, 5.56 and 7.62. I bet he is hating that decision about now. My 9mm hasn't been fired but a few times during this pandemic bullshit but I'm burning up some .45 Winchester ammo on the cheap and stashing any 9mm I find at the moment.
I don't know where you are looking but on the Ammo Buy search engine you can find quite a large selection of 9mm. Descent quality (no steel or reman) for under 70¢ a round. 45 ACP is is over 90¢ with good availability but not as good as 9mm. On the rifle side, I can hardly find anything in 6.5 creedmoor, if you can it's $3 per round. Similar size cartridge 7.62x51 (308 Win) is widely available at about $1/round. I just bought a cheap 308 just to have something to shoot.
Remember when people would tell you to only buy the commonly made rounds and those you would be likely to find during an apocalypse. I knew a guy who literally sold everything he owned that didn't chamber 9mm, 5.56 and 7.62. I bet he is hating that decision about now. My 9mm hasn't been fired but a few times during this pandemic bullshit but I'm burning up some .45 Winchester ammo on the cheap and stashing any 9mm I find at the moment.
I don't know where you are looking but on the Ammo Buy search engine you can find quite a large selection of 9mm. Descent quality (no steel or reman) for under 70¢ a round. 45 ACP is is over 90¢ with good availability but not as good as 9mm. On the rifle side, I can hardly find anything in 6.5 creedmoor, if you can it's $3 per round. Similar size cartridge 7.62x51 (308 Win) is widely available at about $1/round. I just bought a cheap 308 just to have something to shoot.
Laughs in reloading
The shortage in powder and primers is even worse.
I managed to score some 22lr for 15 cents a round, and I was pretty happy.
If you find it on a store shelf the price has crept up to 12 cents for bulk, and 15-20 for quality stuff.
9mm is running 35-45 cents on the same shelf.