Thread: Aoraki Amunition Company

Looking at getting into reloading soon with a progressive Dillon for .223 and 9mm as chopping through a bit. Came across this Aoraki ammunition company wholesaling and appears you can buy bulk .223 for around .55c each and 9mm around .40c bulk buying.
Can anyone compare roughly what they think they are reloading these calibres for?
The .223 is FMJ so not trying to compare to a carefully constructed hunting type load.

Comments on their facebook page seem positive so far.
Any thoughts, or anyone else sampled?

Searched on here and nothing came up?

I don't think you'll reload for any cheaper than that and you won't have to chase after your brass or spend a whole lot of time and money on reloading gear.
Unless reloading to you seem like a new hobby i'd just go with the bulk ammo,

Slightly cheaper than my reloaded cost (3c) but I'm using 62 gr hollow points. Looks similar to the Barnaul bulk price without freight. Freighting ammo is a killer.

Originally Posted by William

I don't think you'll reload for any cheaper than that and you won't have to chase after your brass or spend a whole lot of time and money on reloading gear.
Unless reloading to you seem like a new hobby i'd just go with the bulk ammo,

+1 for that

I'm reloading 223 for about 40c and 9mm for about 20c.

they have a easter deal on , $499 for 1000 223........

I got 1k 5.56 55gr shipped from them from the south island to my door in Napier for $22. Real killer huh? Not.

This ammo has it's place, and it's plinking ammo, reloading makes sense for custom loads, but with prices like these, I don't know why you'd waste your time reloading plinking ammo.
You can even sell the brass when you're done so it comes to under 50c a round.

Reloading isn't really about the cost. It's more about finding the perfect loads for your rifle and your target. (But it should be a bit cheaper if you bulk buy and find the right supplier) I have purchased this 223A ammo to test and it is really good. Good quality brass and great results on paper. I will use this instead of Hornady Training Brass now.

I have some Aoraki ammo coming to try. At 51cents each I cant reload plinking ammo for that price. ie primer 10cents, projectile 31 cents, 2208 19cents so 60cents to reload. If I use barnaul projectiles (which might shoot like crap) at 18cents then 47cents.

What are the cheapest 223 FMJs? about?

.223 cost to reload for me for my plinking load.
$0.49 cents for the first shot.
$0.39 cents after that.
Using a high quality target or hunting bullet would add another 5 to 10 cents per round.

.223 is relatively common so its not surprising there are good factory deals that all but match what you can load it for. Reloading means you can tailor the load to the rifle.
I also shoot 308 and 300 blackout amongst others. Reloading is the only way to go with these.

Shit that's cheap. Good on those guys. I just brought a ar so ironically too poor to buy 500 rounds of ammo.

I would tell you it's junk and leave it all to me to dispose of, but it is actually really good quality ammo. Hopefully in the next shipment there will be a .223 load with a soft point at the same price - I miss steel cased Hornady SP for general hunting.

Is this the PMC stuff?

Yes. Just found out it forms into nice .300 AAC brass. Yipee.

No way I'm wasting time handloading bulk .223 to shave the group from 1.5" to 1" or to save 2 cents per round


I bought 1k of the PMC off these guys, haven't picked it up yet