What is the normal price (pre-covid) of .30 carbine ammo?

[Starslinger]

What were people paying for .30 carbine ammo before coronavirus? And what is the general outlook on ammo if I purchased an M1 Carbine in the future? Thanks for any info on this!

[CA1958]

Pre-COVID, I want to say $0.30-ish per round. Ammoseek.com is currently showing $0.59 to $0.89 per round for military surplus ball ammo. Good luck finding any in stock...

[crotter]

I purchased a 1080rd can of surplus South Korean 30 carbine from SG ammo pre kung flu (late 2019) for around $400.

[SkyHawk]

I was paying .29/rd for PPU landed on my doorstep back when we could get it tax free from Cabelas, pre-Covid obviously

I paid .55/rd for Korean Surplus from JG Sales just last month, that was the net price to my doorstep. They have raised the price considerably but still in stock:

https://www.jgsales.com/30-carbine-psd-korean-110gr-fmj-ammo,-in-bandoleers-of-120rds.-p-104562.html

UPDATE: ^^^ that is all gone now

SG Ammo has it in stock .59/rd before tax and ship, but they do not ship to CA

https://www.sgammo.com/product/30-carbine-ammo/1080-round-can-30-cal-m1-carbine-110-grain-fmj-ammo-strippers-and-bandoliers

Here is some @ .70/rd

https://www.surplusammo.com/products/30-carbine-110-grain-fmj-surplus-s-korean-50-rds-bulk.html

Here is steel case @ .80/rd

https://www.jgsales.com/-p-1046.html

So, you can get it but not as cheap as before. But the price has not gone up crazy like 5.56 or 7.62 NATO, .30-30 or .30-06 etc. 30 carbine ammo has not run away price-wise yet.

[Spyder]

.40/ was easy to find in the good times.
.30 per was a very good deal.

It's the one I wish I had stocked uo more on, even though I haven't shot any of my carbines.

[Tom-ADC]

Not mine he is located in Pasadena .46 cents a round

http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/showthread.php?t=1642073&highlight=30+carbine

[Starslinger]

Thanks folks!

[hollowpoint67]

Jan/Feb '20 I bought a case of Korean ammo from SG ~ .36 cpr shipped. Tula was ~ .26 cpr for a case I was debating on which one and ponied up for the KRN stuff.

Looking back I should have bought both!

[CWL]

... And what is the general outlook on ammo if I purchased an M1 Carbine in the future? Thanks for any info on this!

I used to be concerned about ammo availability myself until I looked-up the primary source for surplus nowadays: South Korea. South Korea still maintains over 1,000,000 M1 carbines for use by their reserve forces, which means they must keep & rotate several billion rounds of .30 carbine ammo. "Expired" ammo becomes milsurp and will keep showing-up to our shores pretty-much until South Korea decomissions all of them. (or at least until some Dem outlaws milsurp ammo)

[Starslinger]

I used to be concerned about ammo availability myself until I looked-up the primary source for surplus nowadays: South Korea. South Korea still maintains over 1,000,000 M1 carbines for use by their reserve forces, which means they must keep & rotate several billion rounds of .30 carbine ammo. "Expired" ammo becomes milsurp and will keep showing-up to our shores pretty-much until South Korea decomissions all of them. (or at least until some Dem outlaws milsurp ammo)

That's very interesting. Thanks for sharing that.

[cudakidd]

.26 per round...have plenty!!!lake city, aguila, various...plus reloa it...

[FuryTomic]

.30 Carbine ammo should still be available and won't be low in quantity in the near future. I don't think that it will be going away anytime soon.

I paid about ~.30-40 cpr pre-covid. (The last time having bought ammo was in Mid March 2020 with the Korean Surplus in the bandolier and ammo can) for 440 shipped

Mostly saving brass and reloading what I have for now and shooting other guns so I don't go too overboard with my .30 Carbine stash lol