.357 Mag

[Urj]

What is a "normal" price for 50 rounds of .357 mag? I got two boxes of 158grn hollowpoints for $17 each from Collectors when I bought my GP100. Since then the only 158grn I've seen has been $50 a box for soft points, or $30 at Dicks for the same stuff.

This is IN. SANE.

Am I unrealistic here? Help me decide what to pay and what not because I'm new to this caliber.

 

[SA John]

Reload.

 

[pj150]

.38spl isn't that much cheaper either.

 

[Urj]

Reload.

I do. Don't have the dies, conversion kit, toolhead, powder drop, etc. to load .357 yet and it's going to be awhile. Not to mention try finding primers, and bullets to actually load.



Thanks for being helpful.

 

[cobblepot]

Typically I can find 158g .357 for anywhere from $17.00 to $24.00 for a box of 50.00. I bought a box of S&B 357 158g at Blue Northern a couple of weeks ago. It was maybe $22.00. Mostly I shoot my own reloads. I keep some factory loads around for carry ammo and I buy a box now and again for the fresh brass. 158gr LSWC and Plated bullets are easy to get at Collectors or Northshore. Primers are impossible to find.

 

[Urj]

Thanks, that's what I was looking to find out.