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Thanks Acera!

To Update: Dick's here has bricks of 22lr but not much else but shotgun. Gander has literally everything for fairly cheap but they limit to two boxes per. Walmart did get a shipment of about 15 white box but they were gone in an hour. Dunham's has a lot of .22lr golden bullet bricks (if you like it) for $14.50.
 
Scheels in Cedar Falls, Iowa has some pistol primers. I don't reload pistol, so I didn't pay attention to exactly what they were.

Also looked like they had a good handgun ammo selection.
 
I really don't buy that Your store can "order" more than any other store. I'm sorry but your simply wrong. To say that my store can't order more than another store means that if I'm a 120 million dollar per year in sales store that I can't order more than a store that is a 40 Mill per year store. Thats just incorrect. If I'm in an area that sells more of an item than another store then I must be able to order more.
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What I was saying KW is that you can't order more and YOU can't. Those decisions are automated there Chief. You just confirmed that in your post. Yes a store that has more sales gets more of a product but it has nothing to do with their dept. managers. I know a wee bit about the ole Wally World thanks to some good friends in Bentonville. Like I said I've seen the "bunker" if you know what the heck I'm talking about you may have a clue.
 
Sports Authority. NEVER MORE!

I have decided that I will never shop at Sports Authority ever again. And the reason is because as a corporation, they are price gouging and screwing their customers. They rarely if ever have any handgun ammo. I can't blame them for that. But when they are selling White Box Winchester 45acp FMJ 230 grain round nose; for $38 a box; then that's when I say: "SCREW YOU"!!! The same ammo at walmart or any place else is considerably less. This obviously isn't a LOCAL issue; because the corporation sets the price. So, either A) They really do a crappy job at contracting distributors and wholesalers or B) They are gouging their customers. Either way; they will not get another penny from me.
 
First, MY SA doesn't even carry ammunition.....what are you whining about??

MOST folks currently can't FIND any at any price.........it's free enterprise....perhaps you would rather the government set the price and allowances for how much, when and why you can even buy it???????

gee zus, folks.....vote with your wallet and your feet, but stop whining about free enterprise
 
I work at a WAL MART DISTRIBUTION CENTER IN MO, we supply 118 stores with all their goods, even ammo (Not guns, they come straight to the store) We get the order from the store and thats what they get put on their trailor when the ammo trucks come in.

I take the ammo off the ammo truck, deliver it to the lanes for each store and i write down what store got the ammo im lookin for, how much, when the truck will be goin to the store and then i hit that store and buy the ammo before it hits the shelves...and with a 10% discount, workin at a DC has its perks..
 
At the local gun show yesterday I saw some imported rifle ammo in military calibers at much lower prices than recently seen. Like $7 for 308 (20). There was some 30 carbine ammo there ($22) and I saw a bit of 280 but still way high at $35.

Only two dealers had any primers and all they had were a couple 1000 count boxes at $56. Wow, the primer prices are staggering.

Today's paper had an Academy insert advertising Monarch 223 at $5.99 and Remington bulk 550 packs of HP 22 LR at $16.95.

So it seems the situation is slowly getting better.

Except for primers.
 
Oneounceload; did you see me once mention free enterprise and complain about it? Do you know what you're talking about? I simply mentioned that Sports Authority is a PRICE GOUGING organization, and I won't shop there anymore. Your RATIONALIZING about your Sports Authority not even carrying ammo; and then whining how MOST folks can't even find ammo at any price; is actually part of the problem. First off; don't say that Most people can't find ammo. Ammo is there; and worst case scenario, you can order it online. EVEN 380 auto. I order at least once a month. But the way you say it, "At Any Price"; means that some people; possibly yourself; are the ones who are willing to pay $50 for a box of 380 or 45acp. THAT is the problem. I am all for free enterprise. And the reason for the prices being so high isn't because retailers decided to jack up the price. It's because there are certain "Types" of consumers that are willing to pay the price. Manufacturers haven't cranked up the prices. If they had; Walmart, Dicks, Academy, and many others would have had to jack up their prices. And they haven't.

When I see a Mom&Pop store crank up their prices; I know that they don't have the buying power. But I ALWAYS turn them onto some better suppliers. (If I can buy ammo at $13 for 9mm and $20 for 45acp; then the Mom&Pop can too). So, if the retailer sells their $13 a box for $18 a box; I have no problem. They are in the business of making money. When I know for a fact that the $20 a box is being sold for $38, then I know it's Gouging. Especially from a larger retailer like Sports Authority. Maybe I happen to come from a more common sense town. Except for Sports Authority; no other place has major price hikes. And EVERY caliber is available somewhere in town. And customers AREN'T hoarding thousands of round. And if a retailer does crank up the price of a particular ammo; such as 380acp; customers are not shy to tell the other customers there in the store of the numerous online sites or other stores in town where they can get for half the price. And the retailer usually gets the message and brings the price back down. But a store like Sports Authority is simply gouging prices because they can. And that's fine. It is indeed free enterprise. But I'm also free to tell people they shouldn't pay those prices. And they don't HAVE TO. That there is plenty of ammo available. So, the problem isn't really Sports Authority; it's the PEOPLE that you mention who are willing to pay for ammo "AT ANY PRICE".
 
They are in the business of making money. When I know for a fact that the $20 a box is being sold for $38, then I know it's Gouging.
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its only gouging if you pay it. You have chosen not to, therefore you haven't been gouged in the least. No one is making anyone pay that price, but if people choose to, the store most certainly will taker advantage of that fact. its called supply and demand. Demand is high, therefore prices are too. When demand lowers, so will cost. Its the way business works, and it amazes me how many people simply cannot comprehend that. AS far as "
Ammo is there; and worst case scenario, you can order it online. EVEN 380 auto
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you're entirely right...but oftentimes it is at the same inflated rpices you are complaining about. By the time you factor in shipping, a lot of online ammo sources are no better than whats availble locally. What I can't get locally, I can either wait to p[urchase, or pay and arm and a leg online....thats my CHOICE. I can choose who I do business with and when...no one if FORCING me to do business with distributors or stores taking advantage of the situation. This is America...you are free to shop around and do busioness with whomever you like. However, its not gouging if the current market supports the prices asked. If people pay 2x for a product, most stores aren't going to sell it for 1/2 as much just to be a nice guy.
 
Yes you did complain about it.....it's not price gouging when there are alternatives and you can choose where to spend your money

Around here ALL of the big box retailers have "jacked up" (your words), their prices. I go look there but do not buy there, at least not now that they have risen them so high. Many retail items have 100% and higher markups - if the prices bother you, don't shop there, but stop whining about it here. You sound like you were wanting a lot of sympathetic agreements and didn't find it. Gander Mountain, Dick's etc. are all selling at retail plus.....why? Because they can get folks to buy it at that price.

If you want to complain about price gouging, start talking about the price of a hot dog and a beer at a baseball game where you don't have a choice of where to buy.

IF the health care and other high tax bills pass, these current prices will seem like bargains; maybe you need to start reloading
 
Walmart isn't jacking prices; Dick's (Around here) isn't jacking the prices; Academy in the ones I've been to aren't jacking the prices; our local gun stores have raised the prices a little. But only Sports Authority around here seems to be jacking the prices. I'm not complaining about the prices, because I don't buy from them. I have MANY other sources. I'm simply stating a fact so that others might stay clear of Sports Authority. You are correct; it is the people that you know/mention who will buy ammo "At All Cost" who are the problem. I just hope that consumers REMEMBER these stores. So when the prices level out, they will think twice about ever doing business with certain retailers again. I'd love to see Sports Authority, Gander Mountain, and a few others go out of business because people won't shop there any longer. Supply and demand is definitely a tricky thing. IF, a retailer wants to play the game (Because THEY DIDN'T PAY MORE; then that's fine. But they will have to deal with the backlash from customers who will remember them and stop shopping there. And we know for a FACT that the manufacturers haven't jacked up their prices. So either the retailer is leaching off the customers or they have terrible business dealings with their distributors.

Again; I'm simply stating that there are some really good retailers out there. People should spend their money with them. There are also some crappy retailers that customers should help PUT OUT OF BUSINESS. Sports Authority and Gander Mountain are two of them. If you think it's whining to inform consumers of WHERE a retailer will purposely try to screw them and where retailers actually care about consumers; then you don't know what you're saying. And if you think that online is just as expensive once you include shipping and handling; then you don't know how to shop. I just bought 9mm, 45acp, 32auto, and 22LR for about the same price it would have cost me to get it at Walmart or Academy. With S/H 22LR was $17 a brick; 32auto was $14 a box; 45acp was $22 a box; and 9mm was about $14 a box. So; if I can buy at those prices; there's no way Sports authority can charge double and LIE to you and say that it's because their prices have gone up. My post is simply to tell people DON'T SPEND HIGH PRICES AT THESE RETAILERS. You're causing part of the problem. Hopefully you understand this. If you don't, then you're the one willing to pay $35-$40 for a box of ammo and you too are part of the problem. I'm NOT complaining about what I pay for ammo. I am pointing out a crappy company. I'm doing fine with the price of ammo. I shoot about 500-600 rounds a month (Not as much as I use to); and I'm doing fine. Just pointing out a crappy retailer.
 
Cabela's in St. Louis

finally got in some 45 ACP. Remington golden saber for the high priced set and Magtech 230 gr ball for casual shooting.

I think it was about $30/25 rounds for the Remington

$23/50 for the Magtech. There was quite a lot of this there if you are in the area.
 
Where to find cheap .22LR ammo?

I have been trying to find .22 ammo for a reasonable price. Is there any out there? It is getting really hard to find.

I was paying ~$20 for a brick of 500 at the local gun shop.

Thanks.
 
Haven't had much luck either on the bulk..But my buckmark likes the high speed stuff so I've gone ahead and buy the CCI Mini-mags at Brass Pro when the have them..

Cabala's have wildcat for around $24 per 500 and that's the best I've seen of late. Wally world is hit or miss at this time..:cool:
 
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