Savvy Jack Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Wow, just wow!!!! Never thought I would ever see $45 Cowboy loads selling for $100. Unbelievable. Darn good thing I don't need any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tex Jones, SASS 2263 Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 The other way to say it is you own hundreds, maybe thousands, of dollars worth of 44-40 ammunition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frontier Lone Rider Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 2 minutes ago, Tex Jones, SASS 2263 said: The other way to say it is you own hundreds, maybe thousands, of dollars worth of 44-40 ammunition. Just don't let Congress know or they will start taxing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gateway Kid SASS# 70038 Life Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 1 hour ago, Savvy Jack said: Wow, just wow!!!! Never thought I would ever see $45 Cowboy loads selling for $100. Unbelievable. Darn good thing I don't need any. I don't shoot the 44-40 myself but I have read most of your threads about loading it and using it. most informative, especially to a novice such as myself. thanks. That said hasn't 44-40 and also 38-40 been very high priced for quite some time? and what would be a "normal" price for those rounds? It has been a long time since I have seen any on the shelves at all and the last time I saw it at Sportsmans I think it was around $55 or maybe even $60 last march. Regards (and keep posting please) Gateway Kid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dantankerous Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Lately I've seen 45 Colt Remington cowboy loads priced at $119.95/50 round box. Makes that 44-40 almost seem like a bargain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gateway Kid SASS# 70038 Life Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 10 minutes ago, Dantankerous said: Lately I've seen 45 Colt Remington cowboy loads priced at $119.95/50 round box. Makes that 44-40 almost seem like a bargain. Holy cow! I must be living a sheltered life! First there is nothing on the store shelf to compare to. Second I have not used factory anything in my guns in years, I load everything I shoot except 22. Third the last factory ammo I bought was at least 10 years ago and is still in my storage cans. ex. 9mm marked $7.99, 40 S&W marked $9.99, 44 mag marked $15.49. Even 22's marked 99 cents. Don't know how you guys can afford it. All the best Gateway Kid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dantankerous Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 I don't afford it. I reload. No other way unless your name is Buffet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene, SASS # 27489 Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 37 minutes ago, Dantankerous said: I don't afford it. I reload. No other way unless your name is Buffet. Yeah, that guy just sells a few records and can buy all the ammo he wants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tex Jones, SASS 2263 Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 1 hour ago, Abilene, SASS # 27489 said: Yeah, that guy just sells a few records and can buy all the ammo he wants. I think Dan meant Warren Buffett, but Jimmy can afford anything he wants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkey Flats Jack Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 I saw some on mewe. Fellow wanted $250 for 3 boxes. However they were vintage. Im thinking from the 60s or 70s. All ammo of any caliber right now is at a premium. I have friends trying to buy my reloads at what id consider ridiculous prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkey Flats Jack Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 4 hours ago, Gateway Kid SASS# 70038 Life said: Holy cow! I must be living a sheltered life! First there is nothing on the store shelf to compare to. Second I have not used factory anything in my guns in years, I load everything I shoot except 22. Third the last factory ammo I bought was at least 10 years ago and is still in my storage cans. ex. 9mm marked $7.99, 40 S&W marked $9.99, 44 mag marked $15.49. Even 22's marked 99 cents. Don't know how you guys can afford it. All the best Gateway Kid I saw 50 rd boxes of 22lr selling for $15 at a shop the other day. 9mm 50rd for $45, and 40 sw for $60. You might be sitting on a gold mine if you have need for cash lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeaconKC Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Okay, before all this started .38-40 and .44-40 were going for about $45 a box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Symphony #62632 Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Get the Lyman 427666 bullet mold. Use the Lyman black powder gold cast bullet lubricant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Hochbauer, SASS #64409 Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Guess its time to crank up the casting pot and pull out the molds. Buy ammo who could afford to buy loaded 44-40 in real BP aside who even sells that? Hochbauer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowtown Scout, SASS #53540 L Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 It's the primers that are needed for reloading that will be your issue unless you stocked up before all this madness started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 $100! Not a bad return. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Coles SASS 1188 Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 I am amazed anyone would pay $45 for a box of 44-40. $100 is crazy. Reloading is the way to go... well, in normal times any way. Fortunately, I have a lot of components on hand, unfortunately, I am keeping my bubble small and busy at work, so no shoots for me for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.D. Daily Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 4 hours ago, Doc Coles SASS 1188 said: I am amazed anyone would pay $45 for a box of 44-40. $100 is crazy. Reloading is the way to go... well, in normal times any way. Fortunately, I have a lot of components on hand, unfortunately, I am keeping my bubble small and busy at work, so no shoots for me for a while. Before I started reloading, 45 Colt in late 2000's the two boxes of Winchester cowboy required for a club match set me back $120. I realized I had to take up reloading to afford to play. Now this was in Kalifornia were everything is more expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kloehr Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Bought 1,000 rounds each of 44-40 and 44 Russian before it all went stupid. Also bought primers, powder, bullets, and a few other things. Still need a tumbler, chronometer, and a press (thinking Dillon 750). Would pay for itself in about a year if things weren't stupid. Speaking of stupid, I left 1,000s of 9mm brass on the ground at the range over the last few years because I would only save 4 cents per reload. Did not have a clue that would turn out to be stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Rich Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 I have gallons of 9MM brass and I'm not sayin how much loaded. kR PS I've been loading 9mm for years because I ended up with what I wanted for velocity and bullet weight. People laughed and used to tell me it was a waste of time to reload 9mm then they started wanting to buy loaded ammo then they were beggin me to sell them brass. Now I'm laughin. No, I don't sell ammo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Coles SASS 1188 Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 7 hours ago, J.D. Daily said: Before I started reloading, 45 Colt in late 2000's the two boxes of Winchester cowboy required for a club match set me back $120. I realized I had to take up reloading to afford to play. Now this was in Kalifornia were everything is more expensive. 30+ years ago when I started this game in California, finding 44-40 and .45lc was hard to do. No such thing as cowboy loads. Reloading was pretty much the only way to get ammo for CAS. I am not sure that I have ever bought factory ammo for cas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
portugeejn Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Yup, me too. 38 minutes ago, Doc Coles SASS 1188 said: 30+ years ago when I started this game in California, finding 44-40 and .45lc was hard to do. No such thing as cowboy loads. Reloading was pretty much the only way to get ammo for CAS. I am not sure that I have ever bought factory ammo for cas. When I started, I reloaded to play, not to save money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savvy Jack Posted February 15, 2021 Author Share Posted February 15, 2021 On 2/13/2021 at 11:36 AM, Gateway Kid SASS# 70038 Life said: I don't shoot the 44-40 myself but I have read most of your threads about loading it and using it. most informative, especially to a novice such as myself. thanks. That said hasn't 44-40 and also 38-40 been very high priced for quite some time? and what would be a "normal" price for those rounds? It has been a long time since I have seen any on the shelves at all and the last time I saw it at Sportsmans I think it was around $55 or maybe even $60 last march. Regards (and keep posting please) Gateway Kid Thanks!!! Actually I have never ever seen any 44-40 factory ammo in any store I have ever been in. I always had to order mine on-line. My dad purchased a box of Remington back in the 1960's for $10. During the early 2000,s 44-40 Hunting loads were about $65 a box and most 44-40 cowboy loads were around $35 a box. I did get a few boxes of Ultramax and MagTech for $35 a box at the time. Last year it was $75 for hunting loads and $45 for cowboy loads. Now it's what.... $150 a box for hunting and $100 a box for cowboy loads and folks keep buying like mad. Primers are about the same too. Was $25 a brick, now $70 a brick....and steadily increasing!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savvy Jack Posted February 15, 2021 Author Share Posted February 15, 2021 Oh by all means, I have a stupid supply of handloads ;-) I just stopped shooting with the stupidity of primers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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