The City I am near has more people than your entire state
Drop yes but I don’t believe it’ll be as low as some expect.Prices will drop once people stop paying $20 per box for plain 9mm. Prices have dropped from $50 to $40 to $30 to $20…. It’s coming down.
My LGS is at $16/boxShelf? Haha, that's cute.
My LGS orders 9mm by the pallet and doesn't even bother unpacking it. They just roll the entire pallet onto the showroom floor.
I'll let you know when that pallet is back out.
Their 9mm "shelf" is down to $20/box.
Just like gasoline prices. A hurricane threat to the Gulf of Mexico or a refinery fire; prices jump 50 cents a gallon overnight. Then when it’s over it takes weeks for the price to settle back down.If you took it, dig your High School Econ textbook out, find the chapter on price elasticity in supply/demand, and see if there's a paragraph that applies the concept to falling prices in response to oversupply. There probably isn't, Econ classes are generally as inept as government economists.
In short: in response to steady state conditions prices snap up and drift down, and the downward velocity is asymptotic to zero (decreases get slower over time). As sales volume drops, manufacturers will slowly reduce prices to maintain revenue.
How is that possible that a few sites have trucks loads.. and others still claim to be out of stock
Maybe price?I have two gun stores within 4 miles of my house. One is fully stocked with ammo and says they have no problem getting it. The other asserts they are having trouble getting back to a previously normal dully stocked condition. I don’t understand why the difference.
That's called price gouging, to anyone except those that work for the oil companies, who will argue to the death there is no such thing.Just like gasoline prices. A hurricane threat to the Gulf of Mexico or a refinery fire; prices jump 50 cents a gallon overnight. Then when it’s over it takes weeks for the price to settle back down.
To be fair to retailers, they have to pay more too. It's all proportional.Retailers are taking advantage, in order to make profits. That's what retailers are, that's what retailers do.
The prices won't start coming down, UNTIL WE ALL STOP BUYING AMMO.
Many retailers have changed the way they sell ammo, in order to keep us all freaked out, about supply. Now, many are stacking it on pallets on the floor, to give the appearance that "it's your lucky day, you better jump on this new 'shipment', before it's all gone" rather than placing it on shelves.
Retailers are going to do whatever they can, to give the appearance of a lack of ammo, to keep this false panic going, for as long as they can. They sell more ammo, and make more profits, that way.
Aside from the brass containing copper too, I would take lead bullets, no problem.I just read an article the other day saying round two on the ammo shortages may be looming, and its not what you might think. Due to all the covid BS, there is apparently a copper shortage and its starting to trickle down.
I think youre confused. A "box" is 1000 to 5000 rounds, depending on caliber.We probably need to be a bit more clear on unit volumes, too.
A "box" is from 10 to 50 rounds.
A "case" is typically 1000 rounds (and, thus, a variable number of boxes).