.357 Magnum Ammo

[glockrex]

My 686 needs some ammo to keep it happy. It's been a while since I bought .357 magnum ammo. Any other web sites besides ammoman, cheaperthandirt, midwayusa that you guys use?

What is a the going price for good practice ammo for .357 magnum these days anyway? WWB, magtech etc...

[collim1]

I have always had good results with MidwayUSA, they are the only online company I deal with anymore.

You are usually not going to find better prices or more selection anywhere.

BTW the 686 is a great gun, I would pick up some 125g Gold Dots and some 158g loads for the woods.

[fowler]

Dicks Sporting goods and Walmart about $22 a box.

[john_glock_mi]

I've been shooting S&B in .357 these days. It's the cheapest.

Sportsmanguide.com has the best prices I've found.

They always have some coupon codes available (do some quick searches to find them) for $5 off $50 order or $10 off $100 order.

The best price I found for 50 rounds of S&B .357 ammo is $13.97 a box there.

Of course you should go .38 special if your going to shoot alot of practice rounds. Then your talking only $10-$11 a box.

[allen820]

Try www.georgia-arms.com. Good clean burning ammo, and a quality company. I have used their 9mm and .44 mag. They have "cowboy" versions of the mags which I really like, as opposed to using specials (either .357 or .44) because the longer mag case length helps avoid the crude ring you get when using specials in a mag gun. The "cowboy" .44 mag is about 750 fps, or about the same as a .44 special. It is a great plinking round. I have not tried the loaded down .357, but I expect you would have similar good results.

Allen

[glockrex]

Thanks for the heads up. Man, ammo has been going up. Used to be $10 a box. My local gunshop has Winchester WB "on sale" for $15.99 a box of 50. Should I buy some boxes at that price? Walmart is like $22/box.

Georgia arms seems to have pretty good prices. Maybe I'll buy a couple of boxes from them.:)

[glockrex]

The heck with it, I just went to sports authority and bought them out. I bought 10-50 rnd boxes of WWB for $15.99/box. Figured I'd get it now before they increase prices again.

[john_glock_mi]

Originally posted by glockrex
The heck with it, I just went to sports authority and bought them out. I bought 10-50 rnd boxes of WWB for $15.99/box. Figured I'd get it now before they increase prices again.

You could have saved about $20-$25 if you listened to me......

But hey, more power to you. Happy shooting.

[glockrex]

Thanks for the info john, but it ended up being cheaper if I bought locally, to save on shipping. The cheapest they had on sportsmansguide was about the same price as in my local store. I wanted .357 magnum ammo instead of .38 too. The $10 wouldn't cover all of the shipping costs. Thanks though, I really do appreciate you're advice! Besides the WWB was about $6 cheaper per box at Sports Authority than sportsmans guide.

[Cobra64]

Originally posted by glockrex
My 686 needs some ammo to keep it happy. It's been a while since I bought .357 magnum ammo. Any other web sites besides ammoman, cheaperthandirt, midwayusa that you guys use?

What is a the going price for good practice ammo for .357 magnum these days anyway? WWB, magtech etc... Natchezss.com is where I buy most of my ammo.

[awcrooks]

I've had great luck with Independence .357 Mag ammo @ Sportsmans Warehouse. I'd like to say they are made by Speer but I can't remember for sure.

[bestseller92]

I got some Fiocchi not long ago from Sportsman's Guide for around $14 per box of 50 (buying 250 rounds). It's probably gone up since then, though.

[Zombie Steve]

I know you'll always get this answer in these type of threads, but for good reason.

Give a serious look at reloading.

:thumbsup:

[byf43]

Natchez Shooters Supply and Midway USA get my vote for suppliers for most everything.
AIM Surplus has some decent deals, too.

[machinisttx]

I know you'll always get this answer in these type of threads, but for good reason.

Give a serious look at reloading.

:thumbsup:

Shhhhhhh!

Component prices won't go up so quickly if people don't reload as much.