Ammo prices short and long term

I have 1-2 years supply of ammunition...plus I have bought a press, and all components (primers, powder, brass, etc) to make about 20,000 rounds to get me through any upcoming shortage.

Don't know about future prices, but I'm a sucker for good deals. This past summer saw many opportunities to stock up at great prices. Like S and B primers at Cabelas for $17.95 a thousand with free shipping. I'm well stocked for the next couple years on all things reloading. Same with firearms and most other things with this hobby. Got a Hornady LnL for $303 dollars to my door. If you consider the 500 free bullets, that I was already in the market for, then it was $150.

This was a good summer for great prices.

It depends on who gets elected in a month.
If the wrong person is elected then ammo will be attacked by the anti-gun crowd. If they can't take away the guns they'll make ammo hard to get whether thru taxes per round and/or banning imported ammo. They have the agenda to disarm America any way they can. They'll probably ban the use of lead citing some conservation reason. This will make alternative ammo (polymer?) more expensive than the lead is. They have many angles to attack us and they will.

Also, even if a pro-gun president is elected, normal inflation will cause ammo prices to rise. That's part of life. So, I doubt ammo will ever be any cheaper then it is today. Buy whatever you feel comfortable with and can afford.

I'm not a hoarder but I'm expecting some shortages. Soooooo... I've been buying powder and primers. I'm set for a few years.

Ammo will be taxed and magazines banned in many states. The outcome of the election won't save you as many believe.

I 'stocked up' in 2008.
Just stashed away thousands of rounds in all the cartridges that I shoot.
Enough to last me quite a few more years.

History shows that there are a lot of people in the gun community who easily panic and go on buying sprees, so likely there will be some shortages after the election if Clinton wins. I do not know how serious they will be or how long they will last, but panic and worse-case scenario behavior has become a knee-jerk reaction for some people in anything related to politics.

I reload everything I shoot (except rimfire, of course) and other than a couple of rifle powders (i.e. IMR-4227), I have enough components that at my current rate of use should last me for the rest of my life.

I will buy some .223 at a gun store near the family farm when I go there to shoot over Columbus Day and Thanksgiving because I like to use commercial ammunition for the first magazine or two on a new rifle. Should there be a problem with the rifle, using factory ammunition eliminates my reloads from being a contributor to the problem.

Buy whatever you feel comfortable with and can afford.

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Thank you larryh1108! Couldn't have said it any better myself!

Ammo cheap? maybe .9mm 115gr. Went to a LGS sale "cheap" .45acp is close to $20.00, 124gr .9mm same as .45acp oh and so was .40S&W.

When .45acp drops below $15.00 a box I'll believe in cheap ammo.

huntsman said:

Ammo cheap? maybe .9mm 115gr. Went to a LGS sale "cheap" .45acp is close to $20.00, 124gr .9mm same as .45acp oh and so was .40S&W.

When .45acp drops below $15.00 a box I'll believe in cheap ammo.

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Here you go. Cheap ammo

http://www.sgammo.com/product/geco/50-round-box-45-auto-230-grain-fmj-ammo-made-geco-hungary

http://www.sgammo.com/product/magtech/1000-round-case-45-auto-230-grain-fmj-ammo-magtech-45a

lol at using LGS pricing as your benchmark

huntsman said:

Ammo cheap? maybe .9mm 115gr. Went to a LGS sale "cheap" .45acp is close to $20.00, 124gr .9mm same as .45acp oh and so was .40S&W.

When .45acp drops below $15.00 a box I'll believe in cheap ammo.

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Here 'ya go, start believing: http://www.aimsurplus.com/product.a...ellot+.45+Auto+230grn+FMJ+50rd+Box&groupid=32

Before they ran out, Russian steel was as low as $12.50 a box, 9mm is $8.50.

Ok I believe thank's for the link, they're in Ohio but I never heard of them. S&B or Magtech are my bottom rung ammo companies.

Only ammo I am buying is stuff I can't reload (or can't reload for the price of factory) --.22LR and x39.

Other than that, I've been buying reloading components for years.

After posting, I just went and ordered another 1000 rounds of x39. My wallet thanks you...or not.

I reload all my centerfire calibers and keep enough components on hand to last years in all except my machine gun caliber (9mm). In that I have tens of thousands of components on hand, but that doesn't last long when you're trying to have fun.

.22 LR has become more available at local box stores lately and I pick up a few bricks whenever I see it. It is just a bit painful getting used to the idea that 7 cents a round is the going rate for decent quality .22 these days, and probably will be going forward for as long as the government grants us the privilege of exercising our 2A rights in small ways.

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