.44mag ammo in bulk?

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First off, I'm super excited about my first revolver purchases. These are not my first handguns, but I've always wanted a revolver and figured I'd better get on it. I joined the mad rush and bought and paid for a Ruger Blackhawk in .44mag and a Heritage Roughrider in .22. No regrets at all but patience will be exercised greatly while the transfers are completed and then shipping. Looking through the vender websites and I'm now seeing that .44mag isn't a super widely carried round.
My question being, is there a chance that we'll ever see it in bulk again? I bought a box from my local store and just ordered a few more from Italian Sporting goods so I'm stocked up for a while, and I see G4C in Ontario has a sign up list to receive notifications when it comes back in stock in bulk, I'll likely add my name to that. Bust just figured I'd drop by and pose the question, some one is going to know way more than me on this subject.
TIA and sorry for the long post. Excitement always gets the better of me.
 
I can't say that I've ever seen .44 magnum packaged in anything I would ever call "bulk". It generally is packaged 50 rounds to a box, 10 boxes to a carton. I'm sure that any store that is getting it in could order a carton for you.
 
Federal sells bulk packs of 500 of their Powershok but it still works out to $2/round.

The cheapest I'm seeing online is $1.40/round for PPU.
 
Never seen 44 mag in bulk. I have 4 or 5 44s and haven't fired them in some time. I have about 500 reloads and really need to empty them since getting a DE. Lead is a no-no in those, go figure. Reloading is the ONLY way to go unless you're drawing a paycheck like one of the high ranking Police mucky mucks.
 
Not sure if you ever considered reloading 44. Prior to the recent primer/power shortages, my component cost was ~$16.00/50 rounds (.32 cents per round) (campro bullets, federal primers, H110). I believe I picked up the components around 2019 or earlier. Pricing out costs in 2022, and assuming you can pick up supplies without shipping, the cost would be ~$26/50 rounds (.52 cents per round). Campro's prices didn't go up, so good on them. Brass was starline at $35 per 100 and 98 of those are still going strong after 10 to 15 reloads. That cost isn't included above.

With a single action, you are not blasting through rounds as fast as a semi-auto, so you many not need huge volumes. Other costs to consider are capital costs (reloader/dies), but as I always said if you buy a used Dillon product, you will always get your money back when you sell :). A simple used press, power scale, and new or used dies can get you going. The other argument is "your time cost", but since it is a hobby, and with a progressive press I don't bother to factor that in. You can decide if you need to factor that in.

It all depends upon how much you really want to shoot. The larger volumes generate greater cost savings.
 
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vultr said:
I've bought bulk PPC from tenda
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They have no .44 magnum!
Before folks go out and buy up all the remaining guns! Check to make sure you can access lots of ammo and mags ( if applicable) for it because there is very little around and what is out there is very expensive!
My thoughts are that the Ghestapo will be targeting the supply and sale of ammo next! If you need to buy a firearm, get the ammo at the same time or consider not getting that gun, it isn't going to get better any time soon, if ever!
 
bobdbldr said:
They have no .44 magnum!
Before folks go out and buy up all the remaining guns! Check to make sure you can access lots of ammo and mags ( if applicable) for it because there is very little around and what is out there is very expensive!
My thoughts are that the Ghestapo will be targeting the supply and sale of ammo next! If you need to buy a firearm, get the ammo at the same time or consider not getting that gun, it isn't going to get better any time soon, if ever!
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That's why I decided to go with .357 when I was comparing the two. The availability of .38/357 is far better and ammo costs about half the price as .44.
 
You can use 44 special along side 44 magnum
I knew a Las Vegas Gun Dealer who did this, with his carry gun, 3 44 special and three 44 magnum
 
mrspeel said:
Not sure if you ever considered reloading 44. Prior to the recent primer/power shortages, my component cost was ~$16.00/50 rounds (.32 cents per round) (campro bullets, federal primers, H110). I believe I picked up the components around 2019 or earlier. Pricing out costs in 2022, and assuming you can pick up supplies without shipping, the cost would be ~$26/50 rounds (.52 cents per round). Campro's prices didn't go up, so good on them. Brass was starline at $35 per 100 and 98 of those are still going strong after 10 to 15 reloads. That cost isn't included above.

With a single action, you are not blasting through rounds as fast as a semi-auto, so you many not need huge volumes. Other costs to consider are capital costs (reloader/dies), but as I always said if you buy a used Dillon product, you will always get your money back when you sell :). A simple used press, power scale, and new or used dies can get you going. The other argument is "your time cost", but since it is a hobby, and with a progressive press I don't bother to factor that in. You can decide if you need to factor that in.

It all depends upon how much you really want to shoot. The larger volumes generate greater cost savings.
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Reloading is always the cheapest way to go, problem is time. I own a press some some riffle dies, but its been a few years since I set it up. I've never reloaded handgun ammo but if things go where they look like they're going it might be time to blow the dust off. And that was one of the things that made me go with single action, because hammering through a full mag/cylinder is just way to much fun but at dang near $12 each time, guess Ill be learning some patience...
 
can14 said:
You can use 44 special along side 44 magnum
I knew a Las Vegas Gun Dealer who did this, with his carry gun, 3 44 special and three 44 magnum
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Whats the difference between special and Mag? is that like one of those things were guys will load a shot gun in #4, #2, 00 ect for ducks or geese that are closer then getting farther away? Except instead of ducks its bad guys...
 
AdVanL said:
Whats the difference between special and Mag? is that like one of those things were guys will load a shot gun in #4, #2, 00 ect for ducks or geese that are closer then getting farther away? Except instead of ducks its bad guys...
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Kind of like the difference between 38 Special and 357 Magnum.
 
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