Walmart 9mm

Hakaman · Post by **Hakaman** » Mon Dec 08, 2014 10:07 am

The Walmart close to home has been getting some Union Metallic Cartridge Co. 9mm ammo in recently. A 250 rd box is $72.97.

Post by **Bullseye** » Mon Dec 08, 2014 7:52 pm

Are those 115 or 124 grain bullets?

R,
Bullseye

Hakaman · Post by **Hakaman** » Mon Dec 08, 2014 10:58 pm

It was the yellow package. Almost sure it was the 115 gr., but not positive.

Post by **Bullseye** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 6:31 am

The math works out to approx. $14.50 per box of 50 rounds at that price. Seems pretty good in these times of inflated ammo prices.

R,
Bullseye

Hakaman · Post by **Hakaman** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 12:28 pm

$14.50 seems to be decent , plus it's just plain hard to find these days. I have been shooting for about 15 years now and it's rather sad when I compare the days back then to today. I could go to the proshop and buy as much 9mm, 22lr, you name it, and just blast away. I remember shooting about 250 9mm, 100 45acp, 300 22lr all in one session. Those were the 'good ole days'.

charlesb · Post by **charlesb** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 8:05 pm

These days when I take my rifles to the range, I seldom fire more than twenty rounds through each before heading back to the house.

An exception is the .223 bolt gun, it gets shot a lot more than the others.

All reloads, usually reduced loads at that. Since the reduced loads are accurate, and I'm just range shooting, I don't see any reason to use twice as much powder just for a louder bang.

The paper never knows the difference.

My .223 load for example is 12 grains of AA5744 pushing a 55 grn. Hornady V-Max at 2022 fps, .017" off of the lands.

I'm trying out different .224 bullets these days to see which one I might want to buy in bulk, to save a few more bucks.

I don't shoot my Hungarian Smith/Hi-Power hybrid 9mm very often at all, it's a self-defense gun and I already know how to shoot it, what to expect from it.

Post by **Bullseye** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 6:19 am

I like to shoot some of the IDPA BuG matches and using bulk 9mm ammo in my converted G27 makes it more fun for me. I'm with you, the cardboard cut-outs aren't concerned with loudness of the sound.

R,
Bullseye

Hakaman · Post by **Hakaman** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 7:41 am

How did the bulk compare to your choice loads in competition?

Post by **Bullseye** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 5:32 pm

With the IDPA targets I'm shooting center-of-mass instead of a small scoring ring on the bullseye targets, so I haven't even attempted to compare match loads to the bulk rounds. I can still put them in a 'fist' sized hole either way. To me, the IDPA stuff is just kicking back and relaxing to have some fun blasting away at the cardboard targets.

R,
Bullseye