5.56 / .223 ammo price history

Cost per round before shipping, from 1 covered retailers · updated daily · last checked 8h ago · not the whole market

Two cartridges, two charts. Each has its own prices; they are never averaged together.

5.56 NATO

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Cost per round = listed price ÷ rounds, before shipping, tax, and fees.

Source: our own checks of 7 covered retailers, a few times a day. Which ones.
Lowest = cheapest in-stock listing that day, any package size, any brand. Median = middle of all in-stock listings at the day's last check.
Cost per round = listed price ÷ rounds, before shipping, tax, and fees.
A day with no successful check is a gap, never filled in. Days are UTC.
Remanufactured and surplus are included and marked in the table.
History starts Sep 21, 2026.