What were pre-crazy .30 Carbine prices?

[monkeylizard]

Back before Covid, and the ammo price spike, what was .30 Carbine going for? I need some but I want to wait until prices are back to normal. I can be patient, but I don't know what the old normal was for this caliber.

Edited July 10, 2021 by monkeylizard

[No_0ne]

25 minutes ago, monkeylizard said:

Back before Covid, and the ammo price spike, what was .30 Carbine going for? I need some but I want to wait until prices are back to normal. I can be patient, but I don't know what the old normal was for this caliber.

Can't help you on the exact prices, as it depends on how you define "normal".  30 carbine is not a caliber I buy, as I don't have a rifle in that chambering, but I do remember several discussions on here and elsewhere about ongoing shortages and high prices for this ammo, even during times when other calibers were plentiful and relatively cheap.  It seems to be one of those rounds that are only manufactured at irregular intervals, and is thus in short supply a lot of the time ...

[A.J. Holst]

I bought a case of Fiocchi for $.34 per bang late in the Obama administration. 

If I ever saw it on the shelf, it hovered around $.50 - $.60 per in a box of 50

 

[gregintenn]

It has been a good reloading candidate since the milsurp ammo supply dried up years ago.

[FUJIMO]

Just before we hit this last stretch of panic buying I dug out some 30 to sell off as I will never shoot all I have. Pricing then , late 2019, was still 50-75c /round for factory loaded stuff. For whatever reason I held off and decided it was cheaper to buy something to shoot it out of instead

How much you needing @monkeylizard ?

[Garufa]

This is an excellent price in today's market:

https://aimsurplus.com/prvi-partizan-ppu-30cal-carbine-110grn-sp-50rd-box/

 

[FUJIMO]

54 minutes ago, Garufa said:

This is an excellent price in today's market:

https://aimsurplus.com/prvi-partizan-ppu-30cal-carbine-110grn-sp-50rd-box/

 

I have some of that somewhere in 30 and 380 maybe. Not bad stuff

[Quavodus]

I think I bought a couple boxes around 2017 for about $30. 

7 hours ago, gregintenn said:

It has been a good reloading candidate since the milsurp ammo supply dried up years ago.

Yeah, I got a set of used dies off of my wife's cousin. 

[gregintenn]

1 hour ago, Quavodus said:

I think I bought a couple boxes around 2017 for about $30. 

Yeah, I got a set of used dies off of my wife's cousin. 

How are ya set for brass?

[Moped]

5 hours ago, Garufa said:

This is an excellent price in today's market:

https://aimsurplus.com/prvi-partizan-ppu-30cal-carbine-110grn-sp-50rd-box/

 

That's not too over priced at all.  If I was lucky enough to own a M1 carbine, I'd be snapping that up right now!

Over all, prices are coming down, though.

[Quavodus]

4 hours ago, gregintenn said:

How are ya set for brass?

I've got about 150 rounds I guess. 

Edited July 11, 2021 by Quavodus

[Grayfox54]

Back when Mil-Surp ammo was plentiful and cheap, .30 Carbine still sold for around $.25-30 per round.  Despite the popularity of the M1 Carbine, the demand for ammo has never been that great.  So the price has always been a little high.  I just checked Ammoseek and it appears that the cheapest right now is Wolf @ .55 per round. But I won't use that stuff as a few years ago some of that steel cased Wolf broke the extractor in one of my Carbines. 

The stuff Garufa posted seems to be a good bargain right now. Plus its soft point. I'd jump on that if I needed some. 

 

[monkeylizard]

Thanks, guys. Looks like $0.30 is a steal, and $0.50 is about the norm. That gives me something to work with. I may pick up a few boxes from AIM to get started, then keep an eye out for a better price per round on a bulk order.

Edited July 11, 2021 by monkeylizard