Anyone got a good place to find .223/5.56?
- Thread starter jeffl838
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GunBroker. You can always find it there but you may pay more than you want. Anywhere is cheaper than......cheaperthandirt.
Tough one. I'm finding local gun shows to be the most likely source, however you may have to endure long lines.
Lol! I don't even bother going into the Walmart stores around here anymore. Since I can't get there at 7:00 in morning and hang around until stock is put out, there is never anything on the shelves when I do have time for a quick run during lunch or after work around 7:00 pm. Occasionally there will be some 7mm-08 or something else not in huge demand, but that's it. And it's been that way since the beginning of the year.
There is a bit starting to show behind the counters at Dick's and Gander, but that's infrequent and about it for availability in reasonably priced box stores here in Central Florida.
Gunbroker is a good place if you want average pricing. Its about $.50 per round for steel. Competition around the country makes thr price stable.. Local forums tends to have better deals if you check often. Like calguns.net. Their sale section is robust. It has the gougers like any other forums though.
I have found that browsing gun forums gets the best results. this forum, arfcom, m4carbine, and my local gun forum have all had great deals. granted they are sprinkled in between overpriced deals but if you search enough you will find deals. gunbroker also works, alot of people misspell auctions or have retarded headers so their auctions go unnoticed and you can get a good deal that way. gunbot is also a good resource but damn you have to be fast.
I believe that you'll be hard pressed to find those prices, they're coming down but they ain't there just yet (in abundance). 62gr seems to be going for about twice what u quoted, and I haven't seen any 77s. But who knows YMMV...
We have a store here in Colorado that just brought in 20, 1000 round cases of Privi but it's $899 a case, pm me if you want to know where. I'm afraid this is the new normal. I've been looking for 22lr at a decent price and FGMM 168 grain forever. The cheapest I can find the FGMM is $2 a round, hope this comes down.
