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In case your looking for 50 BMG ammo, just saw today Scheels in St Cloud had Hornady 750 gr A-Max on the shelf.

Price?

$89.99 per box.

I reload it to my MATCH Quality standards for $3.00 per round. (My cost - even less if once fired brass is considered free.)

OldmanFCSA wrote:I reload it to my MATCH Quality standards for $3.00 per round. (My cost - even less if once fired brass is considered free.)

There is of course a secondary market among competitive shooters ( re-loaders trading their existing inventory of components between themselves), but if you look at present day cost for each of the components ( minus the 50BMG brass) you are looking at over $5.60 per round. The 50BMG Hornady A-Max cartridge is sourced with brand new Hornady brass ($7.20 apiece on Midway USA), so I'm surprised that they are only $9.00 each nowadays...

warrlac wrote:

OldmanFCSA wrote:I reload it to my MATCH Quality standards for $3.00 per round. (My cost - even less if once fired brass is considered free.)

There is of course a secondary market among competitive shooters ( re-loaders trading their existing inventory of components between themselves), but if you look at present day cost for each of the components ( minus the 50BMG brass) you are looking at over $5.60 per round. The 50BMG Hornady A-Max cartridge is sourced with brand new Hornady brass ($7.20 apiece on Midway USA), so I'm surprised that they are only $9.00 each nowadays...

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Shush, don’t tell any retailers that!

It is slightly less than that even at Sportsmans guide. Been picking some up here and there. Hard round to stockpile.

warrlac wrote:

OldmanFCSA wrote:I reload it to my MATCH Quality standards for $3.00 per round. (My cost - even less if once fired brass is considered free.)

There is of course a secondary market among competitive shooters ( re-loaders trading their existing inventory of components between themselves), but if you look at present day cost for each of the components ( minus the 50BMG brass) you are looking at over $5.60 per round. The 50BMG Hornady A-Max cartridge is sourced with brand new Hornady brass ($7.20 apiece on Midway USA), so I'm surprised that they are only $9.00 each nowadays...

50BMG Components Cost 2024.jpg

It would reasonable to factor in: brass cost = $ cost per casing/ # loads per life of casing

A far cry from the old API/APIT linked ammo at .99/round (shipped) when I first brought mine. Ball was even less…