Ammo Priced Through The Roof!

[The_Shootist]

Stopped by Academy in Galveston today to get some Gun Scrubber and eyed some of the ammo proces. Checked out the Monarch (ie Barnaul) 7.62x39 ammo in stock - $ 4.86 / box of 20. Ugh! Last year it was well under $ 3.00/box

Checked out the .45ACP - WWB 230gr JHP's - $ 22 and change for a box of 50. My eyeballs almost popped out - I can remember last year it was $13 / box of 50!!! We're not exactly talking top grade snob appeal type personal defense ammo either - this stuff (although it performs well) isn't exactly a premium round. Hat to see how Golden Sabre/Gold Dot is trending.

9mm WWB JHP 115 gr was about $12 bucks / box of 50 - that at least could allow me to eat on a semi-regular basis - last year I remember getting it at the same store for about $ 9 / box of 50.

Hell, why be worried about the Democrats disarming us - seems like the ammo companies are doing a pretty decent job of it price wise, as is

Looks like I'm gonna be shooting - and carrying - my Bulgy Mak as my CCW
piece all summer. Maybe to New Years as well, if the weather isn't too cold.
At least at $ 8-9 / box (after shipping) I can afford that and to shoot enough to stay in practice.

 

[PowderKeg]

Cheapest I found 9mm WWB 115gr was at WallyWorld for @ $11/100 (several months ago). Checked today and it's up to over $15/100. Haven't reloaded 9mm 'cause I hate handling those itty bitty cases and $11 was cheap enough to just buy the amount I shoot. Looks like that's changing.

 

[blackcharlie]

2 yrs ago 7.62 x 39 was 1.39 a box of 20

 

[blackcharlie]

i think it has to do with the price of petroleum

 

[cslinger]

Its not, nor has it ever been a cheap hobby. Gas prices, copper prices, that little unpleasentness over in that hot dusty place with all the oil. Just be thankful you can buy 7.62x39 at Academy.

Look at the bright side.
You can still buy a buttload or .22 cheap.

 

[blackcharlie]

true true and 22 is a blast

 

[cslinger]

Here is a little secret. Want to have evil black rifle fun at bargain basement prices?

.22 AR, best gun money ever spent.

If you lean more towards purty guns then a nice CZ 452.

Maybe something with a European flair.

Maybe a build it yourself custom piece.

Maybe a little cowboy action.

The above are a few of my favorite firearms that give me more pleasure on the range then most and all are dirt cheap to shoot. Whenever I think about how expensive some of the center fire stuff is I just whip out the .22s and end up having the time of my life. Just gotta find the silver lining.

 

[22-rimfire]

CCI just announced a price increase. All of the ammunition manufactures are following suit. I think I need a raise.

 

[SoCalShooter]

WWB at wally world is 28 bucks a box here, 240 gra 44mag is 32 bucks for WWB I should have bought stocks in LEAD

 

[Red State]

SoCal Ammo Prices

Just stopped by Walmart last night. Here is what I saw:

.45ACP
WWB 100 rd packs are $28.xx
Blazer Brass is $12.xx per 50

.40SW
WWB 100 rd packs are $20.xx
Remington UMC 250 rd packs are $56.xx

.223 Rem
Remington UMC $6.44 per box of 20


I've seen better, seen worse.

 

[Jorg Nysgerrig]

Wait, ammo prices are going up?

We really have beaten this horse beyond death... oil prices, copper prices, production facilities being used for military, lack of imports, so on and so forth...

 

[Torque]

i think it has to do with the price of petroleum

Thats is probably 90% of it!

.22 AR, best gun money ever spent.

I could probably go for a .22 AR for target practice. I mean a centerfire AR-15 is basically a .22 anyways!! (.223 close but no cigar, lol)
I can imagine that you can buy magazines for it that look small but hold mega!

Hook me up with a link if you could otherwise I will find one of those if I look a bit.

 

[coyote_jr]

Dick's has 9mm 7.98/box, 40 and 45 11.98/box, and a dollar cheaper for case price, why aren't you guys shopping at Dick's?

 

[M2 Carbine]

Checked out the .45ACP - WWB 230gr JHP's - $ 22 and change for a box of 50. My eyeballs almost popped out

It's the same old song, but if you want to shoot inexpensively, reload.

I recently loaded this 3,500+ rounds of 45ACP at a cost of about $2.50/50. Thats using powder, primers and bullets that were bought before the price increases.

At today's prices the cost is still only $4.50/50.

 

[AntiqueCollector]

Worried over $4.86 a box of 20 (to the original poster)? You should see what an 8mm mauser shooter has to pay for good ammo these days as surplus continues drying up...granted, some places still have $4/20 boxes of surplus, but it's going very quickly...

 

[MechAg94]

I was at Academy about a week or so ago in Lake Jackson. WWB was close to $15/50. That prices was around 10 or $11 per 50 only three to five years ago. It has been steadily rising and is not some sudden jump in price.
WalMart was selling WWB 100 packs for $20 or $22 last year (on sale I think). I didn't realize they had gone up that much. $28 per 100 is still under $15 per 50 so that is comparable to the other prices.

Anyone seen any 500 or 1000 round case prices on .45 ACP?

 

[jlbraun]

Once again:

The price of ammo has nothing nothing nothing to do with materials prices or oil prices on the world market. It has everything to do with US foreign adventurism and consequent overspending causing a slide in the value of the dollar relative to other currencies. This means that your dollar buys less ammo, and everyone else's buys more ammo. If metals or oil were going up in general, ammo would be getting more expensive for everyone. But it's not. In Europe and South America, ammo prices have been going down, not up.

 

[scurtis_34471]

The cheapest place I can buy ammo is Walmart. I just paid about $21 for 100 rounds of WWB 165gr .40 S&W FMJ. Remington UMC 180gr .40 S&W JHP runs about $26. WWB 9mm runs about $15.50. Remington UMC .88gr JHP and 95gr FMJ .380 run around $25. Federal and Remington 550 round .22LR bulk packs are about $11. CCI Mini-Mag .22LR run about $6 per 100.

 

[[email protected]]

I'm firlmly convinced that it's the ammo hoarders. As long as ammo sales numbers keep going up (which they are), there's no way the prices are going to come down. Look at .223 FMJ... even at $400+ per thousand, the stuff disappears hours (or minutes) after some becomes available on the internet. It's tulip bulbs all over again.

DanO

 

[Im283]

a little over a month ago I bought 1000 rds Wolf Military Classic 7.62x39 from CTD for $179 before shipping, I got a catologue from them last week showing the same ammo for $209 before shipping. Makes me wish I had gotten 2000 rds.

 

[thrasher64]

My Walmarts CCI BB .45 prices just upped a buck from last week. (I try to buy at least 1 box every time I'm shopping there.)

Last week.. 10.99 for 50.. This week 11.99 for the same box.. I should have bought more last week.

 

[HiroProX]

Local price checks...

.45ACP Federal American Eagle box of 50, $16.95
.45ACP Federal 230gr. Hydrashock box of 20, $19.95
9x19mm Federal American Eagle box of 50, $12.95
9x19mm Federal 135gr. Low Recoil Hydrashock box of 20, $18.95
7.62x39mm Federal American Eagle box of 20, $15.95

 

[1911Tuner]

Ammo

SHocking how much the prices have increased since last fall. Even reloading components are off the scale. I picked up an 8-pound keg of Unique and 10,000 winchester large pistol primers last week...and the damage was 375 bucks. That's almost a hundred dollars more than the same order cost me last fall, and my vendor told me that if I'd waited another week, it would have been 400 dollars.

Commercial cast bullets have gone up 5-7% in most places. I've been forced to break out the moulds again...something that I don't relish, but worth the effort if the wheelweights are free. 50/50 solder has doubled, so I've cut the
percentage in half.

About all it'll take to have us playin' Gin Rummy and Chess is a "User Tax" that the antis have had their mouths watering over for the last 10 years...and could very well get with the next session. See to your ammo stocks while you still can.

 

[Wedge]

This is exactly the reason I decided to finally buy some 9mm dies.

When 9mm cost $11/100 I wasn't very concerned about reloading at $0.08/shot. Now that it is between $0.16 & $0.20 per shot reloading 9mm just got a LOT more attractive.

 

[coyote_jr]

Guys this is extremely simple. Stop buying. Watch prices plummet.