Ammo Prices going up april 1st - are you buying more now?

[HGUNHNTR]

Ammo prices have been going up since the first time a caveman picked up a rock to throw it at someone.

I can still pick up a rock in my neighborhood free of charge.

 

[mgmorden]

Ah, who cares if prices go up. Big deal, who doesn't have some extra cash sitting around anyway. Does anyone have cable TV, drink coffee, smoke cigarretes, drink alcohol, consume junk food?

The rest I agree with, but the junk food is a bit misleading. In an unfortunate twist of fate, if you want just about any variety in your diet (one cannot live off oatmeal alone), typically unhealthy "junk food" tends to be cheaper compared to healthier alternatives.

That said, most of this talk about "Ammo is going up on XYZ date." is foolish to begin with. If there was a specific KNOWN reason why prices would go up, then they would already BE up. That's the way a market works. Everything else is just idle speculation. Sometimes that idle speculation can end up being a self fulfilling prophecy (ie, you SAY "the price is going up", people buy to avoid the price increase, and then the increased demand to avoid a price increase . . . creates a price increase), but outside of that, it's just guesswork.

 

[22-rimfire]

If there was a specific KNOWN reason why prices would go up, then they would already BE up.

This is true. Like gasoline, if a local dealer has to pay more to replenish their inventory, they are usually going to raise prices on existing inventory to cover the spread. The reverse is where the problem comes in... charge a higher price because you paid more or drop your price to match new supply cost to clear out the inventory and move on.

 

[HGUNHNTR]

The rest I agree with, but the junk food is a bit misleading. In an unfortunate twist of fate, if you want just about any variety in your diet (one cannot live off oatmeal alone), typically unhealthy "junk food" tends to be cheaper compared to healthier alternatives.

You certainly don't need junk food for variety, there's more to eat than oatmeal. It is unfortunate that ready to eat crap is the cheapest. I have a tremendously diverse diet and I haven't eaten processed food for a decade.

If there was a specific KNOWN reason why prices would go up, then they would already BE up.

Folks know that eventually they we be without power if only for a brief period of time, yet still fail to prepare/

 

[doubleh]

Today I bought some Winchester 22 mag at Wally World. It was the same price it was last week.

 

[St.Zu]

I bought some 5.45 hollow points today at Cheaper than Dirt. Same price as Monday. However I did find out they are discontinuing the Tula hollowpoints. I guess my reasons for going to CTD are over. Good thing Cabelas opens up next week!

 

[Ignition Override]

Iftrue: Bought a case of x39 a month ago, as my supply of x39 was <3,000 rds. Not buying any ammo for a while.
There are no price increases that I can spot on "Ammoseek.com".

Having just just checked for the lowest-priced thirty choices (real, not tng. ammo) .303, .308, 7.62x39 and 7.62x54R,
the prices seem to be exactly as they were not only last summer, but the new Russian-made 7.62x39 is about the same as in July of '08.
Prvi .303 seems to be about the same as one year ago.

Maybe ammo being produced right now could go up a little bit, but commodities have already gone up months ago.

Some people were told by retailers/distributors in early March that prices would really go up in May, i.e. 15-20%.
With consumer gasoline prices up during a weak economy, other than being caused by a consumer panic, how could the present cost of living and unemployment sustain ammo prices 15-20% higher?

As for what fraction of total ammo costs represents fuel, does anybody know?

 

[gym]

Besides my comcast, cellphone, gas, food and everything else went up except our wages. This is the second time comcast tried to raise us this year, I call and tell them, if you don't put it back to where it was, I'm gone, then you loose the entire thing, 'close to $200.00 per month for phone internet and tv. It's the same with all of them. They try to sneak it through, if you don't speak up, they get you. Ammo will be similar, write a letter of just drop an email to the manufacturer, just tell them it's a shame you will be shooting less now, because of what they did, 'if they do it"

 

[UpTheIrons]

Uptheirons,
Thanks for that information.

You're welcome. Looks like not too many others in this thread read it, though... :banghead:

 

[UpTheIrons]

To those of you who keep insisting that the coming increase in ammo & component prices is some kind of April Fool's joke, I refer you back to my post from 3/29, which has links to letters (NOT rumors - actual letters) from three major manufacturers on what will go up in cost and when.

Even those of us who reload are going to take part of the hit - not just those who buy factory ammo.

See the link here: http://www.thehighroad.org/showpost.php?p=7207345&postcount=23

 

[Mags]

UpTheIrons, whether or not your post is true or not what did you want everyone to do?

Buy up all the ammo before April 1st?

Create a new "buying panic" that will drive prices up more than they would have?

What "productive goodness" comes from spreading such truths?

By the way it's April 2nd and it looks like ammo is still pretty reasonable at other places besides Natchez.

http://palmettostatearmory.com/308-762-ammo.php

http://palmettostatearmory.com/223-556-ammo.php

http://palmettostatearmory.com/9mm-ammo.php

http://palmettostatearmory.com/45-ACP.php The 45 ACP never settled after the Obama Scare

To be honest I think people should not buy from Natchez or CTD. CTD took advantage during the Obama scare and Natchez is obviously not able to get a good price from it's wholesalers and manufacturers if other places can beat their prices. Call it a free economy or whatver when it comes to price gouging but consumers do have a choice to not utilize such companies.

 

[rogertc1]

I have a pretty good ammo hord. Enough to last me the rest of my life.

 

[UpTheIrons]

UpTheIrons, whether or not your post is true or not what did you want everyone to do?

Buy up all the ammo before April 1st?

Create a new "buying panic" that will drive prices up more than they would have?

What "productive goodness" comes from spreading such truths?

I thought speaking the truth was a good thing?

I'm not trying to start a buying panic. I was responding to a series of posts that to me sounds like a lot of fingers-in-the-ears-while-saying-LaLaLaLaLa-I-can't-hear-you!

We've all gotten the emails about ammo with expiration dates, ammo being serialized, ammo being taxed 500% and the like, all of which is fiction.

Whether or not Natchez or CTD have decent prices is irrelevant, really - I've never bought from CTD and likely never will. I have from Natchez, but did so not knowing about better deals at the time.

What is relevant is the fact that ammo/component prices are going to increase, and the same people who are denying that today are going to be the same ones complaining in a few months that ammo prices have "jumped so much."

So before they blame the store for the "new and improved prices," they should remember that the manufacturers and retailers had the decency to tell us beforehand.

Forewarned is forearmed, so buy now if you want to save 10-15%, or wait a while, knowing full well that that box of shotgun shells/carton of primers/case of .223 is going to cost more in July than it will today.

I can likely afford the price increase, but I know that I'd want to know of any future changes ahead of time, as much as they can be extrapolated.

 

[carbuncle]

I just got back from Wal-Mart, picked up 2 boxes of .40 Federal for the same $14.97 they were last week, and the WWB was still $28.97 for the box of 100. 9mm Federal was cleaned out, so I couldn't see if it was still the same $10.47 but they had plenty of the WWB 100 pack for $22.97.

 

[THE DARK KNIGHT]

Ammo prices are going up on April 1st.

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j/k

APRIL FOOLS LOL

 

[carbuncle]

Exactly...