Shipping charges pretty much kills online ammo deals

[ForeverPA]

I have always bought all the ammo I need at the Oaks gun show. Sportsman’s Guide has good prices on ammo ($21 for a box of S&B 45) so I picked up 5 boxes and went to the checkout where shipping charges came out to $15.99. What started out as a good deal is suddenly a very bad deal. What’s your experience?

[nfafan]

Same. Like evil bay sellers - they can make coin on shipping.

[daschnoz]

I think it depends on how good the deal is and how bad you want that ammo. AIM had some 7.62x54R on stripper clips a while back that was super cheap. Even with the shipping cost, it was still cheaper per round than Wolf was (at the time, before shipping).

OR

If they have that illusive brick of Aguila 22LR SSS...

[RockIsland]

Sign up for their email specials. They have free shipping coupons about every other week.

Check here too: https://www.coupons.com/coupon-codes...er_Cat3_Merch2

Found one on Slickguns. SH1444 Free Shipping

[ungawa]

Sounds a little amateur. The best ammo prices are online, including shipping. Buy cases. Sportsman’s Guide rarely has even good base prices on ammo without considering shipping, but I have seen exceptions. Those are my experiences as requested.

[Loggy1512]

Freedom Munitions offers free shipping on orders over $100 from time to time.
I have yet to have any issues using them.

[tl_3237]

Its just a matter of shopping around. For example: I just searched for 230gr S&B 45ACP on Ammoseek and found:

SGAmmo.com $15.95@ + shipping 5 boxes =$14

Natchezss.com $15.99@ + shipping 5 boxes = $16.85

Based on your $21 price I would have saved $25 on 5 boxes to more than offset shipping.

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Some companies are fixed price shipping but reflect a higher unit cost:

www.Grafs.com $21.59 + shipping 5 boxed = $7.95

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Some ammo search engines:
www.Ammoseek.com
www.Wikiarms.com
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Just need to either buy larger quantities to lessen unit shipping costs or pay higher unit price for fixed price shipping (ex: Graf & Sons).

[Rosco the Iroc]

Don't necessarily hate the player, look at UPS hazmat fees for ORM-D. They are just dealing with it.

That being said- yea always keep shipping in mind. Your LGS may not get a pallet of ammo and just a few cases and has to pay the same fee. So don't be surprised when the cost is about the same. A few years back when I was selling some bulk ammo on here I was able to cut costs because I was already at the out of state wholesaler and the ammo was extra.

[jthrelf]

PSA has Fiocchi 45ACP for $14...

http://palmettostatearmory.com/index...view/id/12281/

Yea shipping costs stink. Wait for free shipping periods. PSA has them quite often for orders $100+.

[gracenrich]

I have not purchased from them yet
Reviews over all positive
Free shipping on 1000 rounds
https://www.targetsportsusa.com