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If anyone is interested, this ammo is now at Midway USA. Must be a limited supply 'cause you can only order 2 boxes.
https://www.midwayusa.com/product/102188...image-link
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Good to see it is back. Between that and AAC, should help reduce the need for people to use nicer ammo for plinking.
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I wouldn't call this cheap plinkin' ammo...
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Hornady doesn't list a 123 gr 6.5 FMJ bullet. Wonder why ?
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SG Ammo has it for $250 case (200 rds) shipped.
https://www.sgammo.com/product/hornady-a...ammo-fr700
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StoneHendge Wrote:SG Ammo has it for $250 case (200 rds) shipped. https://www.sgammo.com/product/hornady-a...ammo-fr700
I haven't bought any factory ammo in years, but SG rocked back when I did.
Thanks, its been a while since Ive used SGAmmo too. They had some 103 ELD-X 6mm Arc ammo available! For Christ sakes, someone make some 6mm ARC brass! Yeah, I know its coming, so is my death! How many years has it been now? WTF??? Its almost to the point of going Bud Light on Hornady!
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It used to be 15-20$ a box, looks like Midway is pricing it a lot higher. I'll be curious to see how much Academy and other places sell it for this time around.
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Midsouth Shooters currently is running a Veterans Day sale on Hornady Frontier. $20 a box. Cheapest I've seen factory ammo that wasn't Wolf or Privi in years.
https://www.midsouthshooterssupply.com/i...-20-rounds
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Is the brass in the Frontier worth using for reloading? Given how much that once fired brass, much less new brass costs, $1 a round for usable range ammo to provide for my reloading better ammo SEEMS a good deal.
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v4lu3s Wrote:Is the brass in the Frontier worth using for reloading? Given how much that once fired brass, much less new brass costs, $1 a round for usable range ammo to provide for my reloading better ammo SEEMS a good deal.
I've bought some of this Frontier branded ammo before. Even though the head stamps say Hornady, I believe it's made in the Lake City ammunition plant in Missouri. If the brass for this 6.5 Grendel ammo is actually made there, it's gonna be good stuff & very re-loadable. Even if it's actual Hornady made brass, you'll get some use out of it. IIRC .. when I bought this before, being made at the LC plant was part of the description in it's sales pro-mo. I just don't remember which online vendor I got it from. It wasn't Mid-South though ...
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The Frontier line is still made by Lake City using Hornady bullets. I ordered a case so I can see when it gets here what the head stamp says.
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Old Bob Wrote:I've bought some of this Frontier branded ammo before. Even though the head stamps say Hornady, I believe it's made in the Lake City ammunition plant in Missouri. If the brass for this 6.5 Grendel ammo is actually made there, it's gonna be good stuff & very re-loadable. Even if it's actual Hornady made brass, you'll get some use out of it. IIRC .. when I bought this before, being made at the LC plant was part of the description in it's sales pro-mo. I just don't remember which online vendor I got it from. It wasn't Mid-South though ...
Well Hell! I started this dang thread. All I had to do is read my OP to see where I ordered this ammo before. It was MdwayUSA. I knew there was something familiar about it.
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MrDraco Wrote:The Frontier line is still made by Lake City using Hornady bullets. I ordered a case so I can see when it gets here what the head stamp says.
Got my case, the casings are stamped Hornady.
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For anyone in the area, Gebo's in McKinney has several boxes, about $20/a box.
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Old Bob Wrote:I've bought some of this Frontier branded ammo before. Even though the head stamps say Hornady, I believe it's made in the Lake City ammunition plant in Missouri. If the brass for this 6.5 Grendel ammo is actually made there, it's gonna be good stuff & very re-loadable. Even if it's actual Hornady made brass, you'll get some use out of it. IIRC .. when I bought this before, being made at the LC plant was part of the description in it's sales pro-mo. I just don't remember which online vendor I got it from. It wasn't Mid-South though ...
I picked up 200 rounds, both for the brass and for plinking/break in. I have purchased lake city primed brass from pulled rounds before and have had great success reloading it, 5+ reloads without annealing or any issues. This Frontier stuff isnt terribly accurate, but its getting better as the barrel breaks in, initially I was looking at 2.5 moa with hornady black, but it has tightened up and I am seeing 1.5 MOA with the Frontier. I cannot wait to get loading with the SST bullets I have waiting.