ANOTHER price hike on the way

[ArcherandShooter]

Springmom and I were in Gander Mtn the other day getting some reloading powder and a couple other necessities of life, and got to chatting with the sales guy about rolling our own, He mentioned that more and more folks are doing that now, what with the price of factory ammo these days, and then told us that there is another price hike coming, they've been told it will take effect November 1.

Time to stock up now, boys and girls!

 

[Bailey Boat]

Is the increase in new ammo or reloading supplies????? Please.... don't tell us BOTH...

 

[bumm]

They're anticipating it almost a month in advance?
Marty

 

[CDignition]

I still haven't seen the last one... No sense in trying to worry over what might happen..

 

[ArcherandShooter]

Is the increase in new ammo or reloading supplies????? Please.... don't tell us BOTH...

He was talking about factory ammo.

 

[Phydeaux642]

Are the ammo companies owned by the oil companies?

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[Regolith]

I still haven't seen the last one...

Same here...

 

[Mantua]

No increase on ammo prices in Central Florida, either in Wal-Mart or gun shops.
The sky isn't falling in my neck o' the woods.

 

[barkingowl]

Prices have risen down here but my shop gives me a 15% discount so it hasn't hurt much.

 

[erict]

No change here since June/July or so.

 

[Ala Dan]

Dang It~!

I just got thru changing the prices on all factory ammo, from the last
price increase.

 

[Cmdr. Gravez0r]

No change here either, even though my supplier says it will go up. Bought 1000 7.62x39 for $180 OTD.

 

[Jorg Nysgerrig]

Most of the bigger shops here just put lots of ammo on sale for less than what it cost this summer.

Then again, I can't tell you how many times and on how many items that someone has told me that I price hike/ban is on the way and I should stock up now! Strangely, these people are usually either selling said item or heard it from someone who was selling said items.

 

[Smokey Joe]

International markets are in play here...

Guys, China is still snatching up all the copper they can get their hands on, for electric generation & transfer, and for electronics. As the Third World gets, and wants, more electricity, and more electronics, this trend is just going to continue.

Brass is mostly copper. Ammunition cases are made of brass. Bullet jackets are also of a copper content.

I scrounge up everything I can lay my hands on, at the range. All the surplus .223 and .308 that the AR shooters discard, all the .45, .40. and 9mm from WWB on the pistol range. All the magnum cases that the rich guys buy as ammo, shoot, and toss. And everything else except the steel and aluminum cases. (Steel on a worldwide scale is still too cheap to bother with, unless you have several tons all at once. There isn't enough aluminum @ my range to be worth the sorting.) Leave the range cleaner than when I came.

The stuff I can use to reload, I save. The magnum stuff I can sell as once-fired brass, I save and advertise. Really oddball cases I save for a collector friend. Everything else goes to brass scrap. I've even started saving spent primers (shotgun are steel; don't bother, but pistol and rifle are all-brass.) My last trip to the salvage yard they paid $1.65/lb. for fired brass.

No use whining, I can't stop the demand, so I might as well profit by it.

 

[SoCalShooter]

Good thing i just bought a bunch of ammo.

 

[nwilliams]

I was told by someone at J&G not too long ago that they expect the price of all Russian ammo to go up soon.

The only thing I wonder about when I hear talk like this at gun shops is whether or not they are using scare tactics to try and coax people into making a hasty purchase. For some reason many people have a tendency to enjoy spreading bad news, even if they have to make it up. Good salesman are masters of this art, so generally when I go to gun shops I take what I hear with a grain of salt.

 

[NeoSpud]

To be perfectly honest, I'm most worried about the recent price hikes for beer in my local gas stations. $11 for a six pack of Amstel? $6.50 for a 12 pack of Busch Light? I would consider brewing my own, but the Wally World across the street doesn't seem to be affected... yet

 

[modifiedbrowning]

Here in MT Walmart went from $14.96 to $15.72 for Winchester white box 100 ct. Sportsmans Warehouse has CCI Blazer for $7.99 per 50 and another store Bob Wards has Magtech for $7.99 per, also.
This is all 9mm. So, Walmart is still the best deal in town for now.
I thought the next price hike wasn't until January 2008.

 

[ROMAK IV]

Wow! I stopped by the Gnader Mountain store in Corsicanna, and their prices are already way too high. When you have one of the major political parties in the United States, doing their best to add taxes to already high fuel prices and at the same time, doing their best to stop all energy generation and oil exploration, things tend to get pricey.

 

[armoredman]

Remington, CCI, Federal, and Winchester all said they anticipate another price increase January 1st. I reload, too.

 

[Double Naught Spy]

Sales people often say the prices are going up. They may know this for a fact, believe it to be true, or don't have any real knowledge and are simply trying to create demand based on fear (of the future price high). Have you ever noticed how realtors will claim that they have other clients interested in the same house you are and suggest making an immediate offer to beat your competition? How about car dealers?

 

[Phydeaux642]

Prices for Winchester white box 9mm 100 round value packs went up about $2.00 a box a couple of months ago here in SWMO, but no new increase (yet).

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[MAKster]

best price

Dick's is selling 9mm Remington UMC for $6.98 a box. This is probably the best deal around.

 

[mauser7]

it's offical

Another price hike is not on the way. It's HERE. Federal and Winchester both went up on September 1 and Remington followed suit on October 1. Fiocchi and Magtech also have done increases, I have not heard yet from Hornady, I'm usually to busy beating them up for more 12ga SST slugs and Leverevolutions to ask.
This time it is 15-20%. I believe the spring one was only 8%. If they operate true to form there will be another increase scheduled to take effect just after the SHOT Show. I would expect another jump of 8-15%.
As someone noted earlier this is the huge world wide demand for steel and copper, not sure what is driving lead, but have had several sources note the huge run up in lead prices on world markets, London is partiulaly noted, though it just may be the biggest in that commodity.
China and India lead the way in this both are leapfrogging out 100 years of development and eliminating many middle stages. Just because you dont need copper phone lines doesnt mean you don't use lots of copper in those fancy cell phone and the towers and operating equipment.
Since I'm raining on everyones parade I would advise anyone who finds .223 ball under $12 to buy it. I know we do, and my buys are in pallet lots. The next shortage may be in .40 S&W, as the ATK brands are getting hard to come by, though I can generally get Winchester and Remington OK.
On a positive note, Winchester finally seems to be delivering on .22 LR and .22 Mag after last years drought. And 7.62X39 is generally available, just not as cheap as we were use to.

 

[Checkman]

Buy snap caps. Learn to love dry fire practice and make less trips to the range. That is the way of the world. Sorry. Me I'm surrently in the process of buying snap caps for all my calibers.

It sucks, but so it goes.