I can't think of any circumstance under which I'd buy 55FMJ bullets as components.
They arent my first choice either, but chidt is going to get a lot worse before it gets better. If I run across bullets at a small shop that hasnt raised prices exponentially, im going to buy them. Not a great deal, by any means, but much better than they are going to be. I drove to Reno yesterday to see what a tucked away shop had and the guy has a lot of stuff, but he too has raised his prices. He said hes sold so much on gunbroker that hes thinking about retiring. 200,000 primers at $200.00/brick. Pallets of 9mm ammo, etc etc. He said one thing he didnt have was a bunch of powder. In his shop he had bullets, but they were over priced. $68.00/box of hornady interlocks. I walked out of there with an unopened box of Swift scirocco II 30cal 165gr for $30.00, an old box of 6.5 140gr sierras for $20.00, and a baggie of 100 hornady 150gr 30 cal interlocks for$15.00. He said that was the old price, but he would honor it since he knew me and knew "I drove from Oregon". From what im seeing though is a lot of shops here are charging way more than shops in Oregon, but its just a matter of time before everyone follows suit.
