300 Blackout

[Grimmis]

Anyone know of a good price to get decent priced 300 blk? I've been waiting on freedom munitions to get some back in stock but it's been months. Any referrals would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

 

[jd4320t]

I used Ozark Ordinance before Freedom. Not sure what they have in stock though

Slick guns.com is a good resource for ammo availability.

 

[Bfish]

I'm not trying to offer a solution that wasn't asked for, but you should really consider reloading. I know I wouldn't have "bought into" 300blk if it weren't for reloading, at least not at what it costs. I do get that getting into reloading can be expensive, but it will pay for itself pretty quickly especially when shooting something like 300blk where the price of factory vs loaded ammunition is so great.

 

[Amishman44]

I'm not trying to offer a solution that wasn't asked for, but you should really consider reloading. I know I wouldn't have "bought into" 300blk if it weren't for reloading, at least not at what it costs. I do get that getting into reloading can be expensive, but it will pay for itself pretty quickly especially when shooting something like 300blk where the price of factory vs loaded ammunition is so great.

Which reloading set-up do you have...and, if I might ask, how much do you have invested (total) in your reloading set-up? I'm wanting to get started in reloading (hopefully, this fall)...but am not sure which way to go for a reloader? Considering Hornady set-up at top of list right now!

 

[Bfish]

Which reloading set-up do you have...and, if I might ask, how much do you have invested (total) in your reloading set-up? I'm wanting to get started in reloading (hopefully, this fall)...but am not sure which way to go for a reloader? Considering Hornady set-up at top of list right now!

I have a Dillion 550b. I bought mine new off of a guy who'd never even set it up. It was still in the box. However, if I had to guess you could get a running set up with dies and everything ready to go for around $600 cranking out ammunition. I am loading 300blk for 25cents a round and that's including the 10cents a round I paid for the brass. Each time you reload that brass the price goes down. But heck at 25cents a round for subs that normally run about 50cents in 1,000 rounds I've saved $250. So with 300blk it adds up quickly.

That being said if you were loading on a single stage press sucks has a hornady locknload kit you could about pay for your entire upfront cost in $1,000 rounds. I haven't been reloading for a very long time and I'm pretty close to breaking even in what I've invested in my press and setup just from loading 300blk and 9mm.

I have a hornady single stage press that I do some rifle loading on and sometimes resize and deprime with. However, I started reloading with the progressive and while most people will strongly recommend against it I think it was the right choice for me and is an ok choice for many to make. I went slow when I started and I also didn't buy the most wizbang press out there with all the gadgets and feeds etc. I bought the one I knew I could handle.

It depends on what you want to reload, if you want to reload rifle rounds I would consider a single stage depending on the volume you shoot (not the best idea if you crank out a lot of rounds on an AR when out shooting). And if you are wanting to feed a pistol or shoot a lot I would buy a progressive. Reloading for pistol is probably the place to start also just because there is less to it and easy to get comfortable in my eyes.

 

[tacticalmaster45]

I have also had great experience ordering from Ozark (147gr) and its the cheapest bulk I could find. I also have ordered Remington UMC subs off SGammo ($16/box), blemished subs from Gemtech ($17/box), and Remington Premium subs from PSA ($14/box on sale). I need to purchase a set of 300 blk dies though and get my Dillion set up for them - it would save me a lot of money.

 

[Grimmis]

I just started reloading .223, but I haven't built up enough brass on the 300 yet. I only put 30 rounds through it to test the upper. I definitely plan on reloading, but I want to get about 500 brass casings first.

 

[ViperJock]

Zx has some like $15/20. Silencer Co brand. That's the best price I've seen in town. Wrigley's and Gander both carry the Sig brand but it's a little more.

 

[Grimmis]

I'm headed to ZX towards the end of the week. I'll have to see what they have in stock over there.

 

[bmbutch]

FOG has great ammo, I reload so rarely buy, but they are where I buy from.

 

[throttletony]

For reloading u can get a Lee classic turret (whole kit, w/ book) + dies + a better scale for $300-350 (correct me if I'm wrong.
Then brass from Detroitammoco, and powder/primers/bullets locally .

 

[ljk]

GCGBrass: 300 Blackout Brass - $120.77/K Shipped - 300BlkTalk

 

[Grimmis]

Thanks for that link! I'm gonna order a thousand!

 

[Bfish]

GCGBrass: 300 Blackout Brass - $120.77/K Shipped - 300BlkTalk

Man keeps going up... The first time I ordered from them it was $100 shipped. But it's quality LC brass all ready to load and the length was consistent across the board of everything I measured. I was very impressed honestly.

 

[SteveM4A1]

I would not buy ammo from Ozark because of their shilling in multiple forums in the past. Also ammo issues in the past.

 

[Grimmis]

I found the same thing when I started researching Ozark. Lots of really bad reviews....

 

[jd4320t]

Wow. Interesting. I haven't had any issues with the Ozark I've ran.