300 Blackout Ruger

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There should a a lot of ammo out there for the 300 Blackout. I have one and love it - takes to suppression very well with the heavier sub sonic bullets (that still have good stopping power). The ammo I have for mine is Remington and I didn't have any problems finding it. (I'll start reloading them when I get enough brass).

MidwayUSA has a lot of it
 

Don Lovel

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300 Blackout ammo runs from about $10/20rnds for Sellier & Bellot on up depending on whether subsonic or full power. I reload it because it is real easy to do. I use H110 or Win 296 or IMR 4227, 150gr to 180gr 30 cal bullets I scrounged up that are really old from a late friend's loading cabinet. Pretty much a case full of powder with enough room to seat the bullet works with the pistol powders. Factory crimp die is the trick
 
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LOTS of 300 ammo available at prices from dirt cheap to over $2 a pull. I've lost a lot of enthusiasm for the 300 after using it in the field but obviously some folks have different opinions.
We shot a few deer with the 300 in 2018 with VERY poor results. Even the good results left a bad taste after poorly expanded bullets allowed a couple of escapes followed by a "twofer" when a bullet veered off course at a weird angle during a pass through and hit a deer beyond and to the side of the target animal.
In 2019 we used Gorilla sub-sonic ammo ($2 per shot) with far better results. Those really do work as advertised. The other ammo I found acceptable is Fiocchi 125 SST although it's supersonic. The boys made a follow up shot using the Fiocchi load on an already wounded deer at approx 150-160 yards which is pretty far for the little round.
The best part of the 300 is that a kid with an AR pistol in this caliber is basically equal to an expert with a "real handgun" during the appropriate deer season.
 

blammer

Single-Sixer
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Like mine. I only shoot targets, though. Reload, so cost per shot is tolerable. I occasionally buy factory ammo just to try it and add to my brass pile. Lots of load choices.
 
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