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I guess i am bad. A few years ago i found a online company where shipping included got me a 1000round case of 32.acp at ten bucks a box. I don't think i could get the brass hardly for that. I really can't remember buying .380.
I do know that cast bullets work in it, and i have used a 9mm 122grain cast bullet in 380, which works for tin cans. All a 380 is is the 9mm short, which means a little less velocity.
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Picked up two bulk packs (250) of Remington UMC ammo at Bass Pro for $89 a box last week. They had plenty of Rem bulk packs on the shelf including 9mm, 40S&W, and 45 ACP.
My biggest fear is when I die my wife will sell my guns for what I told her they cost.
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I don't remember .380's ever being much less than $9 a box.
I remember $8 for a box of 380 and I'm not all that old. 
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What's outrageous is I paid $24.99 for 20 rounds of Federal Hydra shock 380's last night. Got two boxes. My Browning 380 holds 13 rounds per mag, 2 mags. They didn't have Buffalo Bore. I got some more 9mm Hydra shocks and they were the same price as the 380's. I prefer my 9mm's but that Browning is sweet if a little big for a 380.
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I bought 220 rounds at the gunshow this weekend. It didn't seem to be in short supply at all. 200 rounds were FMJ.
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What's outrageous is I paid $24.99 for 20 rounds of Federal Hydra shock 380's last night. Yes ... that was an outrageous price 
"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much" Teddy Roosevelt
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My 380 is an old Colt 1908 pistol ( Model M ). I have not fired it in maybe five years. I fondle it and clean it more than shoot it. This post got me thinking about the old pistol so I jumped over to GB to check out value/prices. Anyone else have an old Colt 32 or 380 ?
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UPhiker is right. .380 has always been more than 9mm, on average. At least, that's what I've seen here over the last 30 years or so.
It must be hard for ammo makers to second guess the shooting public. One day, the .380 is an impotent mouse round - the next, it's the cat's pajamas. Same goes for 9mm. Not too long ago, it was the pipsqueak du jour. Now, every body's all over themselves to pronounce it "good as anything". Back in the eighties, the .45acp was becoming lame - but now it's the death ray.
How do you plan your production for that?
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When you understand how ammo is produced, your observation is spot-on. Projections in many instances are many months away from actual production, so they cannot respond quickly to consumer trends.
With the exception of a few dedicated facilities producing rimfire stuff, the major ammo makers make production runs on a limited amount of equipment.
In other words, they tool up the equipment to make 9mm's and produce _______ rounds. Then they tool up to make .380's and do the same thing. The process repeats itself for all the various cartridges and each respective loading (FMJ,HP,SP,etc) and the process starts over again. If they guess wrong regarding consumer demand, it's months before they have an opportunity to guess again.
The uninitiated are always easily impressed.
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When you understand how ammo is produced, your observation is spot-on. Projections in many instances are many months away from actual production, so they cannot respond quickly to consumer trends.
With the exception of a few dedicated facilities producing rimfire stuff, the major ammo makers make production runs on a limited amount of equipment.
In other words, they tool up the equipment to make 9mm's and produce _______ rounds. Then they tool up to make .380's and do the same thing. The process repeats itself for all the various cartridges and each respective loading (FMJ,HP,SP,etc) and the process starts over again. If they guess wrong regarding consumer demand, it's months before they have an opportunity to guess again.
Couldn't have put it any better. The cure is to load them yourself. It isn't fun loading them little bastids, but at least I don't pay 20 bucks a 50 which is what the LGS wants.
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