Ammo price increase=lower gun values?

[genxsis]

I've been seriously considering the purchase of a 9mm. I currently have a .38, a .380, a .22 rifle and a 12ga. I thought a 9mm auto, like an XD9 would be alot of fun. However, seeing that the price of ammo just keeps going up and up and up, I'm thinking of forgetting about it altogether and just sticking with what I have. I hardly shoot anymore anyway.

But another reason I was thinking of a 9mm is because gun prices keep going up to, and I thought it would be a good investment.

Now I wonder: If the ammo prices keep rising, won't there be other people like me who will just stop thinking it's worth it and stop buying more guns, which would then drive the damand for new guns down, decreasing their value? So as a result, higher ammo prices then result in dropping gun values. Could it happen this way?

 

[SageMonkey]

I don't think it would happen like that. The rising price of ammo, with the exception of a few calibers that have increased disproportionately due to war, seem to be up largely because the dollar is down.

A lower dollar effects the entire economy, so one could argue that because more people have less disposable income, guns sales being would go down. Or perhaps sales of more expensive guns would go down, and Hi-Points, Kel-Tecs, etc would become inverse goods and sales might actually increase due to an increase in crime and buyers displaced from more costly guns.

BTW, as a pratical note, I think you will fine the 9mm cheaper to shoot than .38 or .380. This is because a lot more of it is produced, economy of scale. Some 9mm is so cheap that it is difficult to save money by reloading it.

 

[CTPistol]

It sure is easy to save money reloading it....50%.

9mm cases are also plenty easy to come by.

Those who want to shoot a lot on a budget can really do so today with a simple 9mm reloading setup.

 

[genxsis]

Too bad I don't have reloading equipment. I've never done it before. But I'm not much of a shooter anyway. I like to have guns for defense at home and out-and-about. Also in case of major social breakdowns. However, it would be nice to know that when I want to buy ammo in the future, it won't be oppressively high, and if I wanted to sell my guns, I wouldn't be faced with people saying to me, "People don't buy that kind of gun anymore because the ammo for it is too costly."

But you think 9mm is the way to go? I might just go ahead and get one then. I have noticed the increase in .38 Special, which surprised me since autos go through ammo faster than revolvers, and are more popular these days.

 

[22-rimfire]

If the US moves into a recession, than all ammunition and firearm sales will decrease since it is primarily disposable money that these things are purchased with. Don't look for the price of firearms to decrease.

Perhaps you may see a few dealers at gunshows who are desperate to sell that they drop their price below market value to move the inventory out. I would expect this would only be with guns that they have little invested in and can lower the price. I would expect this to happen on the least desireable guns first.

 

[CWL]

When gas prices go up, do new car prices drop?

While the two are interlinked, they do not directly affect each other's price. Like cars, perhaps fewer get sold, but the prices don't go down considerably.

Besides, most firearms owners either fall into the hunter category or those who shoot a few boxes upon initial purchase and then put it into the nightstand for decades. Neither of these groups will let ammo costs prevent their use of firearms.

 

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