Crazy Horse
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So, there was a Gun show today and I decided to go. The line was outrageously long and parking was almost non-existent. I was looking for a good range bag and naively hoping there would be some reloading supplies. When I finally got in, It was a madhouse. I walked around the isles and noticed that 80% of the dealers had jacked up their firearm prices by 30%. Firearms that I see online from makers such as Canik, SAR, and Girsan for 300-400 were 599-700. Crazy.
Sadly, the reloaders that sell there didn't have a stand inside, but I did goto the increased number of ammunition vendors (typically only one or two vendors, but now there were around 8 vendors. Yeah, one box of 9mm ammo Fiocchi brand.....40.00. Crazy. a box of 200, 223 rounds 174.00. Insane. On a good note, I was glad that I reload. The only sane prices I saw were 45acp for 19.99 for a box of 50. Undoubtedly will be going up by tomorrow.
All in all, I didn't get anything I went for, but at least I didn't feel too bad. Imagine being a new gun owner needing ammunition. You get there and find out the cost of 9mm ammunition is 4 times as much as it was in February. Really sad to see such price gouging.
Really hope it ends by the end of the year.
CH
Sadly, the reloaders that sell there didn't have a stand inside, but I did goto the increased number of ammunition vendors (typically only one or two vendors, but now there were around 8 vendors. Yeah, one box of 9mm ammo Fiocchi brand.....40.00. Crazy. a box of 200, 223 rounds 174.00. Insane. On a good note, I was glad that I reload. The only sane prices I saw were 45acp for 19.99 for a box of 50. Undoubtedly will be going up by tomorrow.
All in all, I didn't get anything I went for, but at least I didn't feel too bad. Imagine being a new gun owner needing ammunition. You get there and find out the cost of 9mm ammunition is 4 times as much as it was in February. Really sad to see such price gouging.
Really hope it ends by the end of the year.
CH