Have ammo prices finally topped out?

[LoboGunLeather]

Learned my lesson during the last ammo shortage episode when I found myself completely out of primers for reloading and had to pay a scalper's price for my needs. Past couple of years I have been purchasing 1-2 thousand primers and 1-2 lbs. powder every month, as available, so I am able to do what I want without great concern.

Of course, all that could change at the drop of a ballot box. Not very much any of us can do about it right now.

 

[HorizontalMike]

My best prices/deals came during BO years, after previous panic subsided. Time to take a deep breath folks. Seriously, those who panic create their own shortages and no amount of finger-pointing changes that fact.

 

[CW3Mike]

Case of 9mm sold in Austin area in under 6 hours posted for $750 two days ago. I have seen asking prices of up to $1 per round for 9mm start right after that.

I pray that the people who are so scared that they will pay this price will remember on election day why they are scared and which Party put them in this position!

 

[lkabug]

I was in a local shop and a gentleman asked the owner about ammo or the lack thereof. The owner said he had a "good bit" of 357Sig, not a lot of anything else. The gentleman asked for 2 boxes of the 357Sig. After paying, he casually said to the owner,
"You wouldn't have any 357 guns would you"? The owner sold him a used M&P 357.

 

[serger]

As far as quantity on hand goes, the old saying is:
There is ammo and no ammo. There never is too
much ammo.

Besides, it sits on the shelf and doesn't eat much.

 

[bigben55]

I was in a HUGE gun shop Friday who had some 9mm for $26.95/box. The clerk said it was going for $50/box in Nashville and $100/box in Illinois. Now, is that true? I couldn't tell you, but thats what he said.

 

[Sikiguya]

FIBs would probably pay that![emoji2957][emoji2957][emoji2957]


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[CAJUNLAWYER]

Said "people" need to get a grip or a better analyst.

I see no reason (as in none, nada, sweet FA) to believe that the result of Nov 3 will create the conditions for riots, whichever way it goes.

This is neither the time nor the place for rational thought such as that which you post. You ought to be ashamed

 

[vintage40s]

Case of 9mm sold in Austin area in under 6 hours posted for $750 two days ago. I have seen asking prices of up to $1 per round for 9mm start right after that.
I pray that the people who are so scared that they will pay this price will remember on election day why they are scared and which Party put them in this position!

The other week I paid 90¢ per round for a case of .38 FMJ. I am a new gun owner and am scared by the well-equipped but un-regulated militias that one party has already encouraged.
This Ammo Forum is getting political.

 

[Muddyboot]

The other week I paid 90¢ per round for a case of .38 FMJ. I am a new gun owner and am scared by the well-equipped but un-regulated militias that one party has already encouraged.
This Ammo Forum is getting political.

As is your comment....

 

[ancient-one]

Said "people" need to get a grip or a better analyst.

I see no reason (as in none, nada, sweet FA) to believe that the result of Nov 3 will create the conditions for riots, whichever way it goes.

I hope that you are right but if you have watched television or read the paper, you have seen riots, fires, destruction of property for no real reason except to show their disregard for authority and to disrupt the flow of our everyday life. You have also seen the weakness in some of our city, county governments. Some have not allowed the police to do their job but instead have supporting the rioters. What is to prevent the situation from getting worse unless the Feds take a hard stand? If the riots get worse and the Feds do not stop them, someone will and it will not be a good situation for either group. The Election will probably be protested and either way that it ends will more than likely cause more protests and riots. I hope that I am wrong.

 

[pasound]

Prices have not yet topped out, if local and online prices are any indicator.

 

[Sikiguya]

Sadly, I do think you are right...I say we will see $60 to 70/box of 9mm before it will come down.

There will be those who have not bought and they will not buy cases of ammo. They are more than willing to pay that price for 2 or 3 boxes at a time.


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[Sgt911]

Just browsed GB, people are biding over $1 a round for cheapo 9mm.

 

[Dave Lively]

I am kind of surprised some store hasn't started selling it by the round instead of by the box. At current prices a lot of new gun owners would probably opt to buy just enough to fill up a magazine instead of buying the whole box.

 

[bushmaster1313]

Sadly, I do think you are right...I say we will see $60 to 70/box of 9mm before it will come down.

There will be those who have not bought and they will not buy cases of ammo. They are more than willing to pay that price for 2 or 3 boxes at a time.


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At AmmoSeek I just saw good FMJ brass .40 S&W for $28/Box of 50. I do not see it going up past $40/Box

9mm is selling according to AmmoSeek at about $1.00 per round ($50 per Box). I find that surprising but accept it as true.

 

[scoobysnacker]

It's amazing to think that 9mm fmj has climbed to $1 a rd.

I picked up a case of Gold Dot 124gr JHP for $399.90 in the end of May. A full case of 1k. And I wouldn't have done that, except for the feelings that are fueling this panic buying. I thought it was a good deal, but I never dreamed just how good it's turned out to be.

 

[TTSH]

I am kind of surprised some store hasn't started selling it by the round instead of by the box.

They're kinda are doing that around here. One dealer I visited is selling sandwich baggies of 9mm range ammo with 25 rounds each... and customers are snapping them right up. It's crazy to watch. Looks like some weird drug deal going down.

Shop owner said he was able to get hold of some bulk 9mm so this is how he is dishing it out for his established customers. I didn't catch the price, but I'm sure it wasn't cheap.

 

[scoobysnacker]

They're kinda are doing that around here. One dealer I visited is selling sandwich baggies of 9mm range ammo with 25 rounds each... and customers are snapping them right up. It's crazy to watch. Looks like some weird drug deal going down.

Shop owner said he was able to get hold of some bulk 9mm so this is how he is dishing it out for his established customers. I didn't catch the price, but I'm sure it wasn't cheap.

It's definitely gone crazy. Ammo has turned into gold right now. I have a bit over 100 rds of .40 S&W and 50 rds of .38 Special, and I don't even own a gun in either caliber. I was going to work a trade, but now I'm more inclined to find a gun that will eat them.

If nothing else, this is evidence against the "get one caliber" philosophy. 9mm usually is cheaper, but it's not right now. And it's not available.

 

[LVSteve]

I hope that you are right but if you have watched television or read the paper, you have seen riots, fires, destruction of property for no real reason except to show their disregard for authority and to disrupt the flow of our everyday life. You have also seen the weakness in some of our city, county governments. Some have not allowed the police to do their job but instead have supporting the rioters. What is to prevent the situation from getting worse unless the Feds take a hard stand? If the riots get worse and the Feds do not stop them, someone will and it will not be a good situation for either group. The Election will probably be protested and either way that it ends will more than likely cause more protests and riots. I hope that I am wrong.

Yes, I have seen the news and media recently, and they have done a first class job in blowing the unrest out of all proportion. Remember their agenda, and remember that a well run, peaceful protest is not going to make news. Neither is there much reporting from towns and cities where the population just shrugged and got on with life.