Where to Buy Ammo? What You Need To Consider When Buying One

How and where to buy ammo for your firearms? Check out this roundup and some helpful pointers to consider when purchasing your ammo.

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Where to Get Your Ammo & What You Need To Consider

Where To Buy Ammo

1. LuckyGunner

It's a great place to checkout for its amazing selection. You won't have to worry about stocks either because of the real-time inventory.

2. Palmetto State Armory

You will love Palmetto State Armory if you are a fan of bulk buying. They have excellent prices for bulk rounds of popular cartridges like the .45 ACP and .223/5.56, 9mm. You can also be lucky enough to earn free shipping, which would otherwise not cost you more than 30 dollars.

3. Cabela’s

Cabela’s will be your new joint if you hunt with stocks of almost every hunting caliber imaginable. What’s more, it will be your one-stop-shop for all your branded firearm accessories like rifle bags, optics, and jackets, especially with their low prices.

4. Brownells

Besides great ammo deals, Brownells will supply you with gun parts as well as speciality tools. They are tech-savvy, making it easier for you to shop online with them while allowing you to compare prices with other sites.

5. Sportsman’s Guide

Sportsman’s Guide is another excellent place for your one-stop hopping needs, from ammo to power tools and guns. They always have good deals, which are even better with the Sportsman’s Guide membership. Saving doesn’t get better than 5% off ammo and guns and 10% off gear.

7 Things to Consider When Choosing Where to Buy Ammo

1. What Will You Shoot

Every experienced gun owner knows that there are different types of ammo for various shooting needs. Therefore, are you looking to hunt, log some time at the range, or load your self-dense pistol?

In other words, you need to know whether you are purchasing hollowpoint ammo or full metal jacket ammo. Hollowpoint ammo expands after making contact with the target, but full metal jacket ammunition doesn't. This lowers its cost substantially, allowing you to save money over time.

2. Ammo Velocity

As you may remember from high school physics, gravity affects all objects in the same way. It, therefore, takes the same amount of time for a bullet to hit the ground regardless of whether you drop or shoot it from a gun at the same height.

Bullets with higher velocity are quicker to get to the intended target and have less time to drop. Lesser accommodation for bullet drop more often than not results in higher accuracy. Therefore, consider how much bullet drop you're willing to deal with and compare that to the muzzle velocity of the ammo you're buying.

3. Ammo Quality

After deciding between a full metal jacket and hollow point ammo, your next big decision is on the quality. As far as hollow point ammo goes, you might want to buy the best performing round regardless of the cost. These are the rounds that will protect your life in a self-defense situation, so you'll need the best available in the market.

Purchasing full metal jacket ammo, on the other hand, is a little complicated. Quality doesn't matter as much for these rounds, but low-end brands cause more misfires and jams than higher quality ammo. This is contradicting because the point of buying full jacket ammo is to lower the overall cost.

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4. Return Policy

Every gun owner knows that bought ammo doesn't always measure up to our expectations. Whether it is prone to misfires or too slow or too, sometimes we just don't gel with the ammunition once it is out of the box.

For the sake of such unforeseen scenarios, it's essential to familiarize yourself with your supplier's ammo return policy. If they allow returns, you can purchase knowing that you can always swap them out for others to your liking. If they don't, then you may want to look for more flexible suppliers. No one wants to end up with a shelf of ammo that you'll never use.

5. State Laws

Most online stores will inform you about state selling and or shipping limitations (your state, the store's state). It is, however, your responsibility to know your state laws as far as buying ammunition is concerned.

In some states, buying ammo is as easy as buying candy in a store. Other states, however, are much more restrictive, with some requiring all online purchased ammo to be shipped only to an FFL. You can check your state government's website for the latest rules.

6. Bulk Purchase Advantages

Due to the discounts associated with buying online, you can buy in bulk at a time. Usually, this enables substantial savings compared to buying lesser quantities.

Also, bulk buying may earn you reduced shipping charges. If you can’t tell this on the ammo product page, try adding the product to your cart to see actual shipping costs.

Note: You can always remove the product from the cart otherwise.

7. Prices

Buying ammo online increases your chances of getting the best deals. Even with shipping charges, you will often still spend less compared to buying in your local stores. This is, however, dependent on factors like the brand or type of ammo, availability, or whether you’re bulk buying.

In any case, consider price shopping online and in your local stores to get the best deal available. We all want a chance to save as much as we can without compromising on what we want.

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What ammunition you buy is, more often than not, an overlooked element of any shooting experience. Yet, it can lead to frequent misfires and financial frustrations which no gun owner is willing to deal with at any given time. Therefore, by paying attention to these vital aspects, you will know where to buy ammo and which ammo to go for, which will save your headaches in the long run.

What other things do you consider when buying ammo? Let us know in the comment section below! 

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