GreenFurniture
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And for the production of the hydro-electric motors for that HUGE new dam they are building.
I see ammo prices stabilizing, but not going back to sub-2003 prices ever again.
Ammo price increase
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And for the production of the hydro-electric motors for that HUGE new dam they are building.
I see ammo prices stabilizing, but not going back to sub-2003 prices ever again.
LiquidTension
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Once everyone gets used to paying a certain amount for ammo, the manufacturers and retailers have little motivation to drop prices - even if their prices drop. They just get to make more money. I fear that prices may stop increasing at some point, but never drop.
Kimber1911_06238
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metal prices have gone through the roof....
Husker1911
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What's a box of WWB .40SW going for in Walmart now?
E708E-114563 - 400 rds. 7.62x39 mm
5-gr. Wooden Bullet Ammo
Sale $49.97 Club $47.47
http://www.sportsmansguide.com/cb/cb.asp?a=330639
Redneck with a 40
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I'm not worried
I hit the Sportsman's Warehouse 10% off sale last week, loaded up on reloading components. 8 lbs Unique = $85, 2000 primers = $35, 2000 Rainier 165 grain TMJ's from Midway = $158 with free shipping.
Hell yeah, I'm ready to rock. I've already got 1000 rounds loaded from a previous batch of components, soon I will have 3000 target rounds stockpiled for my 40's, at 12 cents/round.
I hit the Sportsman's Warehouse 10% off sale last week, loaded up on reloading components. 8 lbs Unique = $85, 2000 primers = $35, 2000 Rainier 165 grain TMJ's from Midway = $158 with free shipping.
Hell yeah, I'm ready to rock. I've already got 1000 rounds loaded from a previous batch of components, soon I will have 3000 target rounds stockpiled for my 40's, at 12 cents/round.Don't feel alone, guys. Cost of ammo, ammo/reloading components and all that kinda stuff HERE is through the proverbial roof. Holy crapola, I can barely afford to shoot anymore. I can still reload .45ACP for reasonable amounts but those 'amounts' have gone up considerably... Bullet stock is near impossible to get sometimes, price of it way, wayyyy up. 9mm UMC MegaPack boxes of 250rds HORRIBLY expensive... Used to be (not all that long ago) about $26; now $40!!! Gah!!!! 
Suddenly I'm having non-stop *** moments every time I pull the lever on the SDB, too.
This is not just inconvenient--it's very scary.
Come March I'll have an opportunity to place an order for .45 bullet stock (I found a second distributor) and I guess I'd better buy up what I can in a hurry. Ditto for primers.
The whole thing ticks me off.
Suddenly I'm having non-stop *** moments every time I pull the lever on the SDB, too. This is not just inconvenient--it's very scary.
Come March I'll have an opportunity to place an order for .45 bullet stock (I found a second distributor) and I guess I'd better buy up what I can in a hurry. Ditto for primers.
The whole thing ticks me off.
oldfart
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It seems like just a couple of years ago the Wolf 7.62X39 was going for $80 a case. Yesterday I saw 12 cases of similar stuff for $200 each. Glad I got plenty back then.
Derby FALs
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All my .22s are looking pretty good right now.
heypete
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Seriously. I was looking at some .22LR subsonics a month ago in preparation for the arrival of my silencer, and I nearly guffawed at the shopkeeper when I saw the prices -- $25/500rds of Rem Subsonic, about that much for Rem Golden Bullet Plated Round Nose. I kept my peace, somehow, and came home to see the prices at Midway. Only a few cents less online. Damn.
Well, I went back and spent $65 for a brick of Golden Bullets, a brick of Subsonic, and a 100-round pack of CCI CB Longs. Yikes.
I haven't taken my M1 Garand, AR, or 1919 out to the range recently because .30-06, .223, and .308 are expensive as all getout. Being a poor student, all I can afford is .22LR, and barely that.
Fortunately, I have a boatload of supersonic .22LR lying around (something like 4,000 rounds of Federal AE I think), but I wanted some quiet stuff for experimenting with at the range, as well as finding a decent supersonic round that worked well in my 10/22 to replace the Federal AE (it's ok, but my 10/22 loves Remington ammo, and I like the paper boxes rather than plastic -- there's no recycling at my apartment complex, and I dislike wasting plastic. Paper's renewable and biodegradable.)
*sigh* I can only hope prices come down in the near future.
bogie
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If the Democrats manage to wiggle in a punitive ammunition tax, think of what a case will cost...
MD_Willington
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I do, but I never ask about prices since they will not sell to individuals.
rockstar.esq
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Look if you're all going to wig out and call it a conspiracy at least pay a little attention to the world around you! The city of Dubai in the Persian gulf has so much construction going on that it's hosting a little over 40% of the WORLDS cranes!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai
Given that most of these buildings are going up simultaneously, the burden placed upon material suppliers is severe to say the least. Add to that the unprecedented wealth of the developers and we're looking at a situation where Dubai is the first priority on the world stage. As Americans we're constantly assuming that we do the most building which isn't true. China's many dams jacked the concrete prices up world wide for the same reasons.
I'm not happy about rising prices, nor do I think that the world really needs an indoor snow mountain in the desert so that Iraqi's and Saudis can ski without traveling away from the equator. Than again I don't know a single person with an SUV that actually uses it for it's intended purpose. At the same time, I've yet to see a "green" vehicle that didn't suck as primary transport for a family of four. If I were to identify a "conspiracy" I'd point out that American housing developments are built over old farms 20+ miles from major employment centers which requires that millions of people commute. The same idiots attempting to preserve property values by preventing industry from moving closer to residential areas are costing the people they represent millions of dollars in collective costs. Skip the build green B.S. and reduce commutes, the economy AND the environment would actually see a difference right away. Who knows, maybe then we'd have a decent place to shoot!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai
Given that most of these buildings are going up simultaneously, the burden placed upon material suppliers is severe to say the least. Add to that the unprecedented wealth of the developers and we're looking at a situation where Dubai is the first priority on the world stage. As Americans we're constantly assuming that we do the most building which isn't true. China's many dams jacked the concrete prices up world wide for the same reasons.
I'm not happy about rising prices, nor do I think that the world really needs an indoor snow mountain in the desert so that Iraqi's and Saudis can ski without traveling away from the equator. Than again I don't know a single person with an SUV that actually uses it for it's intended purpose. At the same time, I've yet to see a "green" vehicle that didn't suck as primary transport for a family of four. If I were to identify a "conspiracy" I'd point out that American housing developments are built over old farms 20+ miles from major employment centers which requires that millions of people commute. The same idiots attempting to preserve property values by preventing industry from moving closer to residential areas are costing the people they represent millions of dollars in collective costs. Skip the build green B.S. and reduce commutes, the economy AND the environment would actually see a difference right away. Who knows, maybe then we'd have a decent place to shoot!
Dravur
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That's right.....
LiquidTension...
Ammo suppliers are immune to market forces.... They all band together to drive prices up. HOLY CRUD... a Conspiracy!!!
There has to be an explanation other than market forces. It just has to be a conspiracy... It's all Wal-Mart's fault! Yep, they are keeping prices low... errr wait. It is Nancy Pelosi's fault, or Bush's fault, yeah! That's it. They are sending out radio signals to all the ammo manufacturers, and getting them to raise prices....
Econ classes can be your friend... So, until there is a smoking gun that all the manufacturers decided to band together and form a monopoly, and the fact that fuel, metals and manufacturing costs have risen, I will tend to not put on the tinfoil hat anytime soon.
LiquidTension...
Ammo suppliers are immune to market forces.... They all band together to drive prices up. HOLY CRUD... a Conspiracy!!!
There has to be an explanation other than market forces. It just has to be a conspiracy... It's all Wal-Mart's fault! Yep, they are keeping prices low... errr wait. It is Nancy Pelosi's fault, or Bush's fault, yeah! That's it. They are sending out radio signals to all the ammo manufacturers, and getting them to raise prices....
Econ classes can be your friend... So, until there is a smoking gun that all the manufacturers decided to band together and form a monopoly, and the fact that fuel, metals and manufacturing costs have risen, I will tend to not put on the tinfoil hat anytime soon.
Justin
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This one's gone off topic.
Suffice it to say, its utterly plain to see that market forces are at work.
Suffice it to say, its utterly plain to see that market forces are at work.
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