Is ammo getting cheaper and more available ?

Not out here in the intermountain west. I continue to see 1K .223 on the secondary market with asking prices of $725 to $850.

.22 ammo prices on secondary market around here is also driving crazy asking prices.

I’d keep the HK. You can only shoot the ammo once.

Gunlaw makes a solid point. I certainly would not trade an HK straight across for ammo for the current inflated asking prices of the popular mil/SD calibers.

I was inside the loc academy sports locking for some new boots, stopped by the ammo aisle and nothing was there but a lonely box of .338 Lapua, I frequent Texas Gun Trader alot and have done over 100 trade deals and some outright sales, I see crazy asking prices all the time, my favorites are Smith 642s going for 700 or mossberg maverick 88s going for 550 dollars and they're doing you a favor by selling it is the general attitude, that's not a complaint on the prices of things lately I have my stuff situated way before the latest plunge.

Hans Gruber said:

I am selling a H&K and the guy wants to trade for ammo so i am trying to decide if it is worth it. If prices are going higher it is otherwise probably not.

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Well I guess that all depends on you. Since I have no need for ammunition I would simply sell a gun for cash. So I would guess really only you can decide what works for you. I sure as hell would not trade off a gun for ammunition I was going to have to sell to get the cash I wanted in the first place. That seems sort of a long way to get where I wanted to go in the first place.

Ron

Hans Gruber said:

thanks for the input.

I could sell the ammo he is offering me and make what i want for the gun but barely and it is work selling it.

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I would rather keep my gun or trade it for another gun, heck last gun I sold funded Mrs. Bears new living room set

Ha went to academy website said limited stock on 9mm. Only thing they had was three boxs of 22 rat shot. That's it! Nothing else. Store looked like it had been looted of all ammo and components. Had a few pistols and rifles. Zero ammo.

If international shipping and manufacturing significantly recover in 2021 especially with vaccines being rolled out I expect imported ammunition will in general be a bargain as I haven't seen any news of similar unprecedented demand for firearms and ammunition outside the market in the USA.

I actually took some ammo in trade plus cash for a gun I decided I wasn't fond of. I told my friend if I decided to sell, he got first chance. I priced it to him for what I paid (knowing I coulda gotten $150+ more than that). He offered 700 rounds of factory .45acp plus $300 to get to my $500 price. He also knew his ammo was worth more, so the favor I tried to do him got cancelled out.

Point is, a gun you don't like/want/enjoy is about as useless as ammo with no gun to eat it. Turn it in to something you want or need.

Hans Gruber said:

I tried to sell the H&K on armslist and got 4 responses, they were all "very interested" at least until I said that we could meet at an ffl and do the transfer legal like, after that... silence.

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That really comes as no surprise to me. Prior to 1968 (The Gun Control Act of 1968) people could walk into any department store selling guns and buy one as easy as buying a hammer. Just because in many states which allow a private face to face sale some sellers prefer using an FFL for the transfer but many people simply feel the government has crawled deep enough into their personal lives, that does not necessarily mean they are prohibited under law or under a gun disability, they simply want a face to face private sale. Your choice as the seller how you choose to handle the transfer of your firearm. Normally if you are selling on Armslist people assume a private sale unless otherwise stated when you post the gun for sale or trade. That precludes problems as things progress. When listing a gun on a site like Armslist the fact you want an FFL transfer should be posted up front so potential buyers know the terms and can decide if they are interested or not before contacting you. Saves you and them issues later.

Here in Ohio private sale transfers are permitted. Many other states all transfers must go through an FFL. Eventually I expect the fed to enact more laws at the federal level requiring FFL transfer of all guns. Till then private sales which many buyers seek will continue in states which allow it.

Ron

Nebraska, Grand Island and surrounding area; same as panic. Except it snowed again.

I’m not seeing it on AmmoSeek, I have a generic search saved for 9mm and.40 and they’re both .50> for fmj

just saw an ad(fin feather fur) for 9mm Federal 115gr 50 round fmj for $38..99

My gun club is selling 9mm for $29.99 a box with a 4 box limit per day and it is plentiful. .45acp can be spotty as is .223/.556 and of late .22lr. Their supply has been solid since March, which means I haven’t had to get involved with all the online BS.

Hans Gruber:
So many people still believe that FFL businesses' records are stored indefinitely, deep inside an "X-Files" type of ATF computer building, which will one day be used to allow Men In Black to fast rope onto their backyards and confiscate their guns.
They actually believe that the general concept is going to happen. This is why many only buy ammo with cash. Paranoia is an industry these days.

The reason I used Armslist for about eighteen deals was that it allowed a gun or ammo to be seen by many eyeballs. And so many guns offered by other people were never available in our stores or lousy, small gun shows (recent years).

Hans Gruber said:

Is it reload ?
I pay $10 to go to the range and they sell me 50 9mm box $26. I end up taking a few home. It is reload.

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Hans, it’s been mostly Speer Lawman lately, other times MagTech, but it’s always brand name. My biggest beef is that it’s almost always 115gr and I prefer 124 gr, but that’s a first-world problem that I’m not going to complain about. I think my place has a monopoly in North Texas.

Cannot say I've seen prices dropping. Most likely as I don't visit sites like Gun Buyer/etc looking for ammo or components.
Most of the brick and mortar stores here are still selling all the ammo they can get for ~near~ pre-panic prices. Problem is, demand is still outpacing supply so it's gone in a matter of hours, if not minutes.

In my recent local gun shop experience, ammunition barely makes it onto the shelf before being put in shopping carts and rolled-up to the cashier.

While I feel that I have a sufficient supply, I am less inclined to go shooting purely for fun with pals on the weekend. Looking forward to when ammo is plentiful again.

Hans Gruber said:

It feels like it to me. Seeing cheaper prices on Ammo seek and what not and all my local stores seem to have it more regularly.

I cannot see another surge of new gun owners like we had since April but of course you never know. I think we will definitely see on average more new gun owners from here on out.

I am selling a H&K and the guy wants to trade for ammo so i am trying to decide if it is worth it. If prices are going higher it is otherwise probably not.

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What world do you live in to even ask that question? smh. There is nothing left to buy anywhere. Shelves stripped completely clean. Of everything.

As for trading a firearm for ammo, use the pre panic price for the ammo and you really can't go wrong. That is, of course, that you don't need the cash for something else. I mean, it's not like you're going to sell that firearm for cash and then go buy another firearm because they're mostly unavailable anyway.