WE NEED TO FIGHT BACK

[Dukesamson]

Its time we fight back to the price gougers of ammo. A time honored method is to boycott the sellers- they will artificially create a shortage and we may never see lower prices if we don't act as a group. A propagated black list will guarantee lower prices, I am sick of seeing 500 22lr for 80-90 bucks. Please join in and help end this madness.

 

[feralmerril]

Well, I havent been buying any, but I dont know how you can get around it if you have no ammo and want to shoot. I havent been a real active shooter for some time. I used to reload and have ammo stashed that is older than many of you on this site.

 

[gregintenn]

The last box of Federal 550 22ammo I bought was $9.97. My wife doesn't seem to think I'm as crazy now as she did when I'd have her grab a box or two every time she went to WalMart.

 

[carpriver]

I just bought a box of 100 CCI stingers at Wal-Mart it was $7.94 + tax. I thought that was a reasonable price.

 

[Lost Lake]

I never thought .22 would be in short supply. Still can't figure out why.

I won't buy at $60 a brick, but if it drops to $30 I will pick one up.

My BIL is out of ammo and he and his son can't shoot .22 rifles. I told him I'd give him a brick so he'd have some. Hopefully someday we all can find some at reasonable prices.

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[Dukesamson]

Ammo can be found at reasonable prices the purpose of the list is to discourage the price gouging. These vendors will promptly lower prices when they are made aware they are on the list but we need to take serious action and advantage of the power that we have as social media participants. and yes buying like at "walmart" at lower prices is the solution (or reloading but there is gouging there also). lets start a list and you will see the results.

 

[Dukesamson]

why am I starting this let me tell you. My best friend owns a mini-storage and he confided in me that our local gun shop owner has now 3 storage units full of ammo in particular he mentioned that about half of one unit is stacked to the sealing with Remington thunderbolt 22lr which this guy only stocks 2-3 boxes in the store at a time and has told me that is all he can get and charges 79.00 for 500 rounds. we are being played for fools and frankly I dont like it.

 

[kamloops67]

why am I starting this let me tell you. My best friend owns a mini-storage and he confided in me that our local gun shop owner has now 3 storage units full of ammo in particular he mentioned that about half of one unit is stacked to the sealing with Remington thunderbolt 22lr which this guy only stocks 2-3 boxes in the store at a time and has told me that is all he can get and charges 79.00 for 500 rounds. we are being played for fools and frankly I dont like it.

if i were you, id directly ask the gs owner if he was misleading his customers,as your friend says. if i knew it to be true, id let other customers know. sure business is about making a profit ,but lying and skinning your customers isnt an honourable way of going about it.
yes id boycott this store, but i would calmly tell the owner why, in person. maybe youd get the "good guy" price..

 

[Bat Guano]

Well, it helps if your idea of plinking doesn't involve entire bricks of ammo each time out. When I was a kid buying a box of .22 LR was like a prospector making a big strike.

 

[the ringo kid]

I never thought .22 would be in short supply. Still can't figure out why.

I won't buy at $60 a brick, but if it drops to $30 I will pick one up.

My BIL is out of ammo and he and his son can't shoot .22 rifles. I told him I'd give him a brick so he'd have some. Hopefully someday we all can find some at reasonable prices.

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You can get it now if in stock? at WM for about $19 a brick (I scored two about 2 or so months ago--same trip) and about $22 at Academy for a brick. .

 

[the ringo kid]

if i were you, id directly ask the gs owner if he was misleading his customers,as your friend says. if i knew it to be true, id let other customers know. sure business is about making a profit ,but lying and skinning your customers isnt an honourable way of going about it.
yes id boycott this store, but i would calmly tell the owner why, in person. maybe youd get the "good guy" price..

Most likely that gs owner would tell ya do more than "Go fly a kite" kinda thing.

 

[the ringo kid]

Well, it helps if your idea of plinking doesn't involve entire bricks of ammo each time out. When I was a kid buying a box of .22 LR was like a prospector making a big strike.

I remember buying bricks for under $4.00. I remember when a box of 100-9mm went for $2.50. I remember when a box of 30 cal was the same.

This one is only for the theme which I THINK was done by Rosemary Clooney for an old HBO Doc series on remembering how things were. I cant find her version of this song anywhere.:
http://youtu.be/-EthRIh2I9M
http://youtu.be/bIbUJGIPz-E
http://youtu.be/728tL3pYCBg

 

[Kanewpadle]

I have purchased 1100 rounds of CCI Minimag in the last month at $9.99 a box or less. The price gouger days are coming to an end.

 

[finesse_r]

It really does not make much sense........

I already boycott high prices of anything, and anyone that charges them. Duh! I don't need a list to tell me who is over priced and who is not. The last brick of 550 that I bought I paid $15.00 plus tax for it. If and when I see it down under $20.00 a box again I will pick up a few more bricks.

The real problem is the idiots paying those exorbitant prices for .22 LR. As long as they will pay, people will charge that for it. This is not life and death stuff like water or gas in a disaster. These .22LR are used for sports and entertainment mostly, and some hunting.

In other words hiking prices on this stuff is like hiking prices on tickets to sporting events or concerts and I just can't get that worked up about it. I do pay attention to how retailers handle it and I will adjust my buying accordingly, but I have no interest in some blackball list.

The best way to bring prices down is to just stop buying the over priced stuff.

One of the reasons I like .22 LR is that it is cheap. If it costs nearly as much as 9 mm or .38 special, I will not shoot as much of it. I mean it is still fun to plink with, but no doubt the low cost is its most attractive feature.

I am amazed the quantities of .22 LR have remained depressed this long, and the prices in some area so high. In a free and open market it is just not possible to keep prices that high on something that can be easily made. The only way is some artificial interference in the free market system on a massive level, far beyond what a few hoarders or flippers could create. This would require billions of dollars to create this type of long term shortage, or it would require some type of government interference.

The economic laws governing this are as reliable as the law of gravity. If you step off a cliff you will fall unless something supports you. In a free market "profits breed competition and excess profits breed ruinous competition." This could be considered the first law of economics.

 

[dougb1946]

why am I starting this let me tell you. My best friend owns a mini-storage and he confided in me that our local gun shop owner has now 3 storage units full of ammo in particular he mentioned that about half of one unit is stacked to the sealing with Remington thunderbolt 22lr which this guy only stocks 2-3 boxes in the store at a time and has told me that is all he can get and charges 79.00 for 500 rounds. we are being played for fools and frankly I dont like it.

Why is your friend peeking in private secure storage areas? As a businessman, he should be concerned with his customers privacy a little more.

Is it possible that the shop owner is doing the same as everybody else and buying all he can get when ever he can in an effort to have a supply and then rationing it slowly? You know if he put multiple pallets of ammo out for sale, all he would have left to sell is the pallets.

Demand is up. There are more guns, more shooters, and more people using the evil semi auto shooting up drums of ammo.
Cost of lead, brass and powder has increased. The reason retailers display two or three is because the normal purchase quantity is now all you can get. It's easier to say "that s all" than "thats all you can have". I used to shoot a box, then buy a box on the way home. Now, if I see a couple of boxes, I buy them. I used to feed a Marlin bolt action 22 on about one box every year. Now, my SW 22a eats that as a warm up to serious shooting.

I have seen pictures posted on gun forums with people showing off their personal stash of ammo. Some have more backup than the big box retailers. Price gets too high, I let the guns rest for a while. Guns and ammo are not absolute necessities for survival, like food, medicine, or beer. The gun can actually not be shot for months, and still serve as a personal protection device.

Boycotting your LGS may work. It may even put him out of business. Right now, he has ammo to sell. He is selling it. Without knowing his costs, it is a little difficult to know if he is gouging or not. Putting the LGS out of business helps you how?

I have 3 big box suppliers I shop. The quantity of 9mm is coming up. There is usually something available. Prices are higher than I like, but the price of most anything I like is higher than I prefer. 22 is spotty and high priced, with the occasional promotion coming through. Other pistol calibers are available, and .223 is getting common again.

I just bought tires for my truck, necessary for working. I paid less money for several cars I have owned. Everything costs more. Priorities have to be set. As much as I hate saying it, sometimes you just have to do without something.

 

[Kanewpadle]

One more point, some gun shops are keeping their 22 ammo behind the counter out of sight. If someone asks for it they try to determine if you're hoarding or buying it to resell. And yes some customers are dumb enough to make their intentions known.

Regular customers get first shot at the 22 ammo.

 

[dereksfl]

Before I retired when I filled up my plain wrapper, the pump had no dollars signs on it, free to me, and the ammo was free. Now that I am retired, OMG!! thank God I still have 4000 rounds of 9mm Federal Law Enforcement 147 gr. HST stored away and I only drive less than a 100 miles a month now in my private car. The pump now has large dollar signs on it!!

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

I remember buying bricks for under $4.00. I remember when a box of 100-9mm went for $2.50. I remember when a box of 30 cal was the same.

Yea but not everyone is as old as you

 

[Fishslayer]

Its time we fight back to the price gougers of ammo. A time honored method is to boycott the sellers- they will artificially create a shortage and we may never see lower prices if we don't act as a group. A propagated black list will guarantee lower prices, I am sick of seeing 500 22lr for 80-90 bucks. Please join in and help end this madness.

Kinda preaching to choir around here, Hoss. I doubt many if any of us have done the $90/brick thing.

And "Less Expensive than Soil" is already a dirty phrase most places...

But here ya go.... you'll need to backorder but from what I hear the wait is reasonable.

Rimfire Ammo | Ammo

 

[tops]

I am amazed the quantities of .22 LR have remained depressed this long, and the prices in some area so high. In a free and open market it is just not possible to keep prices that high on something that can be easily made. The only way is some artificial interference in the free market system on a massive level, far beyond what a few hoarders or flippers could create. This would require billions of dollars to create this type of long term shortage, or it would require some type of government interference.

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I think you have it figured out. Larry