On Monday, October 27, 2014 12:02:21 PM UTC-7, wrote:
On Mon, 27 Oct 2014 11:29:17 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Harry, the reason I have so much .223 is I couldn't resist bargains. If the going rate is let's say .25c a piece for a box of 500, but you can score 1000 rd's for less than half that price. It makes sense to go for the higher volume. It's not that hard to figure out.

I am not finding that much difference between 500 and 1000 rounds, at
least not in any caliber I am interested in.

Back in the day when Norinco AK 47s were going for 120 bucks and SKS's were 69.00, I was buying Chinese surplus ammo by the crate. a heavy wooden crate which held two 'ham cans' of 650 rds each was $89.00 freight and all from Versailles Kentucky www.centerfiresystems.com

BTW these bullets were already in 5 round stripper clips and each clip was wrapped with some kind of a wax paper.

Of course that was then, and this is now.