Why are ammo prices still high?

My guess is that people are still willing to buy it at the current prices, so there's no reason for the manufacturers to lower them. Some reductions have already shown up, and more may trickle down, but if the product is still selling, why lower the price?

Demand is still there. That and people are hoarding ammo like it's the last case on the shelf.

Plus, much of these developments happened in the last few weeks. It'll take a bit before we see adjustments.

People are buying more ammo and shooting less so eventually the prices will fall because people will only buy so much when they aren't using it.

It'll be a few weeks if not months before manufacturers can reap the cost savings of lower raw material prices. Depending on how they buy their materials, they may be stuck in their current raw material costs until their contract expires. Likewise retailers will continue to sell ammunition at markup of what they can buy it for until they can get it cheaper otherwise.

What is not going to happen is the kind of collusion between manufacturers to keep prices high despite a 30% drop in raw material costs that some are describing.

People are buying up ammo for the next four years just in case "he whose name must not be spoken" wins the election.

Obama is the reason people are stocking up before the election just in case

Yep, people are scared the Democrats might get the win. I'm not buying much new ammo, but I'm buying all the components and surplus stuff I can find. Just sent a check out today for 14 boxes of .38 Special, and waiting for a reply on a bunch of milsurp 30-06.

I'm surprised that anyone would buy ammunition in advance of a potential Democratic win, rather than firearms. Even during the AWB years there was no prohibition on the ammunition used by "assault" rifles. Unless people are worried that our $850+ billion bailout is going to be paid for by ammunition taxation...

As for why the prices are still high, I think it's just supply and demand. As others have noted, retailers can't turn prices around immediately. If major retailers still have ammunition on hand that cost them, say, $5 a box to buy and they usually make a 10% markup, they're still going to sell it at $5.50 even if the new stuff they're buying only costs them $4 a box. Hopefully competition will drive the prices back down, though, once they've sold off the stuff that cost them a lot.

Ammo demand is high worldwide. Commodity prices are still up as compared to what they have been the past few years. Ammo demand domestically is up, based upon fears of an Obama presidency.

I see no reason for ammo prices to drop anytime soon.

Mike

I'm surprised that anyone would buy ammunition in advance of a potential Democratic win, rather than firearms. Even during the AWB years there was no prohibition on the ammunition used by "assault" rifles

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Since then and now, they have realized that this is an achilles heel to RKBA. Punitive taxes on ammo, ammo serialization, microstamping, "cop killer bullets", clean ammo (read: prohibitively expensive ammo), etc etc etc. "I'm not coming for your guns!" they say, "Just your ammunition."

Mike

Ammo prices aren't coming down. Get used to it and buy as you are able. Buy all the time and you average out your costs and there is no significant financial blow at any one time. Ammo is the achilles heel of the RKBA movement. There have been laws proposed that included micro stamping and the elimination of old supplies of ammo wthin a set period of time. Like they are going to be able to find all the ammo caches or even want to. Just a law to get the honest guy to decide it's too much trouble to own guns.

Like Coronach said, they will backdoor gun control by going after the ammo.

Remember last year when OSHA was proposing the regulation to treat ammo stored and sold at retail locations as if it were high explosives, with the same security, storage, and paperwork requirements that would effectively put ammo retailers out of business?

Expect that and more if Obama is elected and the Dems have control of Congress. Confiscatory taxe rates on ammo, more regulation and paperwork, all in an attempt to prevent us from using our firearms while avoiding a direct confrontation over the Second Amendment.

Be afraid. Be very afraid.

Why are gas prices so high? Food prices? Clothing? ... I think that it just might have something to do with the economy slowly slip sliding down the drain.

You don't really expect ammo prices to go down as low as they were before the price increased due to oil going up in price - do you? Its called greed.

Ammo prices are up because the $ is worthless.

The price is still high because the price of materials is still high, not everything is based on oil you know

The price is still high because the price of materials is still high, not everything is based on oil you know

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actually the price of copper has almost cut in half of what it was june-july area.

Ammo prices are dropping. A box of 9mm has dropped $2 in the past month at Dicks. The metal used in a box of ammo bought today was probably purchased by the manufacturer six months ago so it will take time for the new lower commodity prices to be reflected on the store shelves.

People are buying more ammo and shooting less so eventually the prices will fall because people will only buy so much when they aren't using it.

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True - in my case every available cubic inch of my bunker storage it filled. I would buy more if I had somewhere to put it!

We all know what Obomanation and his corrupt Commie jerko's controlled congress will do.

The end will be when he appoints another couple of Ginnsbergs to the Supreme Court and he puts this country under control of the UN and the World Court.

this country under control of the UN and the World Court.

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I'm kinda hoping for control by the Food Court, myself. Hot pretzels with spicy cheese sauce! Mmmm. When the pretzel's gone, you're left with a nifty close-quarters weapon. Now that would be good government!

Ammunition is still being used abundantly in the Middle East.
Ammunition materials have not dropped in price (brass, copper, etc).
Shipping and politics are relatively minor factors in ammo price.

I just got the latest cheaper than dirt catalog and ammo prices were down! The prices in there are usually similar to the prices at the big chain stores around here. All the prices where down 10%. I thought that was a very good sign but maybe just one company realising they went too high too soon.

i dont know someone let me know when .410 and 22lr go down i will keep loading all the others.