Buying Bulk Ammo

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Me and a couple friends were kicking the idea around of buying a pallet of shotgun shells.

First question is A. Are there places where you can even order a pallet(ie Crappy Tire)

and B. If you can, are the cost benefits substaintial or marginal?

Any info would be great. Thanks
 
do the math your self its not that hard. just find the price of one box and multiply it by the number of boxes in a pallet. find the price for one shell in one box and compare the two.

ie. one shell from one box =50 cents
one shell from pallet = 45 cents

after all the shells saving five cents its going to add up to a lot

not hard math just takes a phone call to Cajun tire

good luck and tell us how it works out for you
 
what area are you in?


I would imaging you could go to any decent gun store and inquire.... They may just have it in stock if its not a specialty item (or slugs or 00 buck) ...... A pallet...Im thinking you should get some sort of a discount maybe 10 - 15 %?
 
When I shot on the National Trap Team, we used to get 1 or 2 flats of Kent shells shipped direct to wherever we were competing for national team trials... And I'd split a pallet with a local training partner, shipped to our local freight depot.

The savings were substantial, in the neighborhood of 30% sometimes. So, if you shoot in volume - say 5,000 rds each per year or more - you're laughing!

-M
 
I have seen flats for 59.00 for Challenger trap loads, we asked about buying a skid and were told that that was the best price there was on one box or a skid, it is a good price considering what other stores are charging...
 
I have checked around before as well but the savings seems to be minimal through a store. Not worth me holding the inventory might as well buy it as I need it. But never thought of asking at the range there might be a deal in there somewhere.
 
Trap loads or any other volume shotgun loads are the most discounted (less mark up) than any other ammunition we (or our competitors) sell. Unless you were buying (and paying) before an order was placed with the supplier, I would be suprised if you would get a break much better than the flat price even if you purchased a skid of ammunition. One of the first things I was advised by the ammo distributors when we got into this business was to not expect to make much profit on competetion shotgun ammo as in most cases it was being sold to the shooting clubs and organizations at or near the price we were paying for it. We bring in a few skids a year and rarely sell more than one or two flats at a time because the serious competiotors have direct access to the product. The only volume purchases made in the last couple of years were when the ammo prices started to sky rocket and old inventory on the shelf was selling for less than I could but the new stuff for at wholesale. Phil.
 
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