Norinco 5.56 1600rd crates @ $420

canucklehead said:
Guys - you will probably not see bulk 5.56mm this cheap again in your LIFETIME. Buy it cheap and stack it deep....
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Correction: "Old Faithful" Canada Ammo will pull through with another outstanding sale sometime in the near future (Easter?) and undercut ALL the competition. Or at least that's what we've all been taught by example. :D
 
Bigfooter said:
Correction: "Old Faithful" Canada Ammo will pull through with another outstanding sale sometime in the near future (Easter?) and undercut ALL the competition. Or at least that's what we've all been taught by example. :D
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If that's true, I'd buy another 10 crates.

People who buy silver are IDIOTS. This #### is gold!!!! ;)
 
Bigfooter said:
Yup, a simple investment strategy: Pile milsurp 5.56 ammo up!
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Basically.

To reload .223, I would say if you stocked up on components and bought in bulk directly from suppliers, you probably can get it to about $0.20-0.22/round in material if you use range brass.

The sorting and case prep alone for all rifle ammo is a VERY time consuming process and I'm not a particularly high standard guy: sort by primer crimp, tumble, decap crimped primers, remove crimp, add to pile of non-crimped brass, full length resize all, tumble again to remove case lube.

Just doing that for 1600 cases probably takes 4-5 hours direct labour (not counting time in the tumbler), and then an hour per 100 rounds on a Lee Turret press.

So, for 1600 cases reloaded, personally, I'm looking at 20 hours labour to load. At what I bill as an independent contractor - that's some very expensive ammo. The price differential for the Nork vs my own loads is such that I'd have to make minimum wage for it to be justifiable for me to NOT buy the Nork stuff.

Norinco ammo at below $0.40/round is an absolute steal. I remember during the 08 crisis buying PMC Bronze, 1000 rounds for $500 - I still have some - and it shoots like crap! With what's going on in the US, I think I'd really regret it if I didn't buy as much of this stuff as I could, while there's some left.
 
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I think the 2nd pallet was behind a pallet of different ammo, I was in there at 3pm and there was 3 left on one of the pallets, the other one was virtually full (I picked from the new pallet as the carry handles were intact). I'd be amazed if they sold it all in the past couple of hours.
 
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When do you guys plan to update the price on your site? I'm just asking out of curiosity because as a business it would seem that you're pricing yourself out of the market when in fact the opposite is true.
 
As far as I can tell, it was updated when we received the ammo last week. A quick check shows that the website reflects the price and the fact that there is ammo in stock.

If you are having trouble finding it, here is the link http://206.174.208.58/store/index.php?main_page=advanced_search_result&search_in_description=1&keyword=8362

Please keep in mind that if there is anything you want to order that you cannot find online, you can always call the store to place a phone order, or email us at websales@theshootingedge.com to place a order.

Ill be honest in the fact that orders placed via PM will probably be overlooked, as we spend most of our time receiving product and filling web orders. But as we are able to take and process orders from three different ways (Email, Phone and Webstore) we should have you covered.


ezbeatz said:
When do you guys plan to update the price on your site? I'm just asking out of curiosity because as a business it would seem that you're pricing yourself out of the market when in fact the opposite is true.
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canucklehead said:
ALL GONE.
I bought the last two cases earlier this evening. Gonzo. They have other Norinco stacked there, but it's yellow box. $560/1600.
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Thankfully, I never ever trust anything that I read on the web. I think Canucklehead was either joshing us or he needs new bifocals. (Don't take that too hard "C", I need some too!) Folks, hold onto your tinfoil hats -- the place was loaded with $420 crates this morning. I lost count at 40. There were so many to choose from, Redblack and I were mulling over the best way to buy them. Should we stick with one crate code or should we get a mix? I decided to go absolutely wild and try three codes instead of one! I believe he was smart enough not to follow my bad example. Spam cans all. So if you're cheap like me -- I can't speak for Redblack but he appeared to be the thrifty sort -- you save on the cost of an ammo can by buying the spam. I've got quite a bit of the yellow box already and am holding this for long term storage.

Did I mention that there are 40 cans still sitting there?

So what the heck are you waiting for? Go get 'em!!

BTW I almost hate to say this but TSE Sales might like to mention that they have A PILE OF HOT PRODUCT sitting on the floor to buy. And, to be entirely fair and accommodating to local Gunnutters, I suggest they put a dedicated coffee lounge in for us so we don't have to spend so much time talking out in the parking lot. ;)

One last thing -- and I'm sneaking this in here so CanAm might miss it for once -- the $399.90 deal on a CanAm "Family Pack" (group buy) of 10 crates is showing as "In Stock" at the moment. The second they see this, it'll be out of stock. I'm sticking with the local retailer TSE even if the cost is a bit more, especially since they have guaranteed spam cans. (An ammo can is about $20 ... the local spam can is priced $20 over the group buy of yellow box -- Ying Yang -- it all evens out in the end. :yingyang: )
 
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