How Will Ammo And Prices Now Be Affected

[Truckman]

I watched a 50 round box of .38 Super sell for $35 in my favorite pawn shop today......Ben

 

[glenwolde]

I hoarded lead a number of years ago, but the supply is dwindling. Here, wheel weights aren't lead any more. Lead prices online make buying bullets more cost effective than casting myself.

I agree. If you can get them. Last time I checked it was about the same cost to buy from Rotometals and cast them vs. buying them. Of course not counting one's time. But I just looked yesterday intending to order some bullets. My favorite vendor is closed (SNS Casting in Illinois) and everybody else is 10-12 weeks. Might have to fire up the pot!

Plus I have that .41 full wadcutter mold I've been meaning to try....

 

[tops]

About 4 weeks ago I paid $90. for 3 boxes of .32 Auto. Yesterday I didn't see any for sale. I waited too long too buy but since there is none available now I believe I got a bargain. If next week they are for sale at 3 boxes for $10. I'll just laugh and say it's not the first time I've thrown away $80. Larry

 

[KSDeputy]

Do not expect anything to go down. Biden and his VP are both blatantly anti-gun. All of my pro gun groups have been fighting Biden for many years. Expect things to get worse, rather than better. I am a life member of NRA & GOA. I get much more info from GOA. I suggest joining them and donating to them. NRA has all sorts of things to do, and discounts, but I rarely get info from them showing that they are protecting my 2A right.

 

[TTSH]

About 4 weeks ago I paid $90. for 3 boxes of .32 Auto. Yesterday I didn't see any for sale. I waited too long too buy but since there is none available now I believe I got a bargain. If next week they are for sale at 3 boxes for $10. I'll just laugh and say it's not the first time I've thrown away $80. Larry

Kinda sorta similar situation here only with .32 S&W Long. I didn't realize how tough it is to find .32 S&W Long at a semi-affordable price. I had to pay $28 for my first box of 50 and weeks later I found 2 more boxes at a different shop for $27/box. That's too expensive for me to build up a decent stash and so there went my plan to pick-up a couple more vintage .32 S&W revolvers before year's end.

The sad part is that I could have picked up a case of 500 PPU RNL rounds for around $200... $20/box. Stupid me, I hesitated thinking I could do a little better... and then it was gone.

 

[beaverislander]

I guess i'll just sell everything now or put a curb alert in CL. Then I'll see if i can get a reservation at the nursing home.

Gee I hope the don't discontinue TV!

I wouldn't worry about that...the TV's will all probably locked on CNN.

That'd be enough to make you wish for the reaper to come.

 

[beaverislander]

I haven't seen much evidence of that. Attendance at matches is down but mostly due to COVID restrictions. The guys that shoot matches usually seem to have a pretty good stockpile and many of them are still shooting.

The prices we are seeing now are panic prices. This is not the new normal. Every time there is a shortage I read posts about how prices will never come down but they always have. It might take a year but this too shall pass.

While I agree that the prices always come back down I don't necessarily think they come back down to pre-panic levels.

 

[BE Mike]

While I agree that the prices always come back down I don't necessarily think they come back down to pre-panic levels.

I think that rampant inflation will not only affect ammo in the coming years. Once the supply of ammo reaches a near saturation point, the prices will come down. Nobody knows how much. Of course any pending legislation affecting the ability to purchase ammo or a tax would greatly affect the price.

 

[HorizontalMike]

WHAT!...?

Originally Posted by GypsmJim View Post
I guess i'll just sell everything now or put a curb alert in CL. Then I'll see if i can get a reservation at the nursing home.
Gee I hope the don't discontinue TV![/I]

beaverislander;140966654]I wouldn't worry about that...the TV's will all probably locked on CNN.

That'd be enough to make you wish for the reaper to come.

Spoiler alert! Due to energy shortages ALL TVs in Nursing Homes are to be replaced with "Checker Boards" until furthur notice.

 

[scoobysnacker]

I think that rampant inflation will not only affect ammo in the coming years. Once the supply of ammo reaches a near saturation point, the prices will come down. Nobody knows how much. Of course any pending legislation affecting the ability to purchase ammo or a tax would greatly affect the price.

There's been plenty of talk on shutting down online purchasing, and we do see that already in place in several states. It wouldn't shock me if they pushed it through, or at least tried to.

As for buying locally, I strongly suspect a "sin tax" similar to what they did on cigarettes years ago will be in discussions. Think about it this way- not only would it cause ammo to be harder to get (more expensive), but after this year, there's going to be a lot of budget shortages due to decreased tax income and loss of productivity. Taxing an in-demand product higher will be quite appealing to lots of politicians on both sides, I bet. Those on "our side" will say it's a way to make it available.

That's why I wonder about people talking of selling stuff for a profit right now. Seems kinda shortsighted.

 

[NJM15]

People are geting fed up ....

Once these high prices and shortages calm down a federal or state tax on ammo is next. Then a tax on the ownership on assault weapons.

People are tired of all this,cant take it they can only take so much before they react in an uncivilized way I can see it coming especially with the new administration

 

[lrrifleman]

People are tired of all this,cant take it they can only take so much before they react in an uncivilized way I can see it coming especially with the new administration

With the proposed erosion of the Bill of Rights protections, the bigger question should be will our sovereignty be maintained or will "guests" be invited to help maintain the "order as proclaimed by anarchists"?

 

[nbedford]

I'm at a lucky junction; bullet caster, reloader, and have a superb supply of powder and primers. My supply is so good that at 72, I'm set for life and plan on there being a very small estate sale.

If you don't learn from history, the ride never changes.

Or as Mark Twain said: "History doesn't repeat itself, but
it often rhymes". Remember during Obama's administration, and after Sandy Hook. I have learned a thing or two (69 here), and I am ok for my home cast bullets, primers, powder and cases. Not bragging at all.

 

[s&wchad]

It doesn't do any good to speculate on what the future may bring. We also don't discuss politics, which has been touched on far too many times in this thread.

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