mckenney99
Member
How many here are taking advantage of the current price drops on ammo to stock up?
Since the mid 1990's I have tried to take advantage of drops in the ammo market to build up healthy supplies of all calibers that I shoot. This strategy has allowed me to avoid the ammo shortages and spikes in prices in the turbulent market & I am able to just sit back and listen while others complain.
I realize this is like trying to play the stock market because there is always the chance the prices will continue to drop but I fully believe the prices are about as low as they can currently go on common calibers. Currently I am seeing some really good deals on LE trade in ammo and practice 9mm, .40 S&W & others have dropped to where it isn't worth it to reload with the cost of primers, projectiles and the price/availability of powders. For this month, yesterday I took advantage of what I felt was a really great buy offered by Aim Surplus on CCI/Speers premium 180gr .40 S&W Gold Dot ammo at $19.95/50rds. I'm also seeing deals for standard practice grade FMJ 9mm for around $10-$11/50rds with free shipping if bought in case amounts. It does help (or maybe a curse) that Aim Surplus is only about 30 minutes away but I also regularly cruise Ammoseek for some really good deals and I sign-up to get e-mail "flyers" from suppliers that I have used in the past.
Each month, if I have the extra cash after bills are paid and allocations to savings are complete, I try to purchase at least 1 case of ammo.
We live in interesting times and I believe our ability to continue our shooting sport could be just 1 election, a critical incident or world wide disaster away from being curtailed or priced out of budget.
Since the mid 1990's I have tried to take advantage of drops in the ammo market to build up healthy supplies of all calibers that I shoot. This strategy has allowed me to avoid the ammo shortages and spikes in prices in the turbulent market & I am able to just sit back and listen while others complain.
I realize this is like trying to play the stock market because there is always the chance the prices will continue to drop but I fully believe the prices are about as low as they can currently go on common calibers. Currently I am seeing some really good deals on LE trade in ammo and practice 9mm, .40 S&W & others have dropped to where it isn't worth it to reload with the cost of primers, projectiles and the price/availability of powders. For this month, yesterday I took advantage of what I felt was a really great buy offered by Aim Surplus on CCI/Speers premium 180gr .40 S&W Gold Dot ammo at $19.95/50rds. I'm also seeing deals for standard practice grade FMJ 9mm for around $10-$11/50rds with free shipping if bought in case amounts. It does help (or maybe a curse) that Aim Surplus is only about 30 minutes away but I also regularly cruise Ammoseek for some really good deals and I sign-up to get e-mail "flyers" from suppliers that I have used in the past.
Each month, if I have the extra cash after bills are paid and allocations to savings are complete, I try to purchase at least 1 case of ammo.
We live in interesting times and I believe our ability to continue our shooting sport could be just 1 election, a critical incident or world wide disaster away from being curtailed or priced out of budget.
