Ammo Hoarding...

[Tin Gizel]

How about ~60K of 5.45x39?

For arguements sake, how much of that 60k have you burned up since you bought it?

 

[taliv]

i don't know that i buy the "prices won't ever go down" argument.

there are some wars going on and if they ever stop, that will put a lot of surplus on the market. (components, if nothing else)

i was under the impression that copper futures are already declining

 

[dstorm1911]

Taliv, the BATF has not been approving any form 6s for millitary surplus ammo imports........... the prices won't be going down and as Century just had a form6 canceled AFTER buying the ammo and getting it shipped etc... 65,000,000 rnds worth (most of that 5.45x39) uhhh pretty much whats in the USA is what your gonna have to choose from, especially if new restrictions get enacted in 08 etc...

OR ya can keep waiting for the price to go down............. as there are no US makers of 5.45x39 that will mean that in a couple years folks who don't stock up are gonna have some really cool lookin wall ornaments.......

I'm still using 7.62x39 and 7.62x51 Chinese ammo I bought up in the late 80s at less than .50 cents per box...... still waitin for the price to go down but till it does...... my .308 stuff is fed as well as all of my AKs and SKS etc...

good luck to those who want to wait on price drops, I'll be buyin the guns nobody can get cheap ammo for by the way but........... your gonna have to take a loss on the sale seein as how ammo for em is soooooo expensive but I will buy

 

[taliv]

foreign military surplus isn't the only ammo around, you know. prices on wally world ammo have risen dramatically, and there's a good chance they'll go back down

 

[ilbob]

I don't hoard ammo. I buy what I reasonably plan to shoot in the near future, keeping in mind that buying in bulk often results in huge savings.

I usually buy 22LR by the case because the stuff I shoot the most is for a bullseye gun and it likes ammo I cannot easily acquire locally. By the time I pay all the shipping fees, I might as well get a whole case. I might not shoot it all up this year, but it stores well.

Same thing applies to other calibers, especially stuff that is not easy to come by at local stores.

I agree with the reloading suggestion too, at least in part. The reality is that for some stuff it is cheaper to buy wolf than try to reload, so if you only interest in reloading is saving money, you may not see much savings in some calibers.

 

[BADUNAME13]

For arguements sake, how much of that 60k have you burned up since you bought it?

Oh, that's about what I've got left. I bought more than that.
(I had originally only got about 66K for me, but some of the guys I went in with backed out so I bought theirs also.)

I'll shoot it up, but I've got a few other types of rifles/ammo stockpiles also.

 

[leadcounsel]

I believe that supply and demand will create a profitable market for US ammo makers to pump up the production of ammo. When the supply increases the demand, and hence price, will decrease.

I'm not overly worried about that part of the equation.

What I am worried about is the cost of production increasing, eg copper and oil (shipping costs). As these increase so to will the cost of ammo.

 

[dstorm1911]

teliv, sure if ya only shoot a few rounds a month, I go through bout 2,000 rnds a week so tell me either $2.00 per 20 or $20.00 per 20 which will allow ya to shoot more?

BTW, outa 4,000 guns I only own 1 non-military rifle and it hasn't been fired in over 9 years a Browning BAR .308, very accurate very pretty and totally usleless compared to the Military stuff....... not to mention my Select fire PSG-1 is ALOT more fun