Have ammo prices settled in to a new "normal"?

[Hacker15E]

Manufacturers don't warranty guns that are loaded up with remanufactured, reloaded rounds either.

As I'm sure you're aware, that has to do with liability and insurance, NOT with the overall relative "safety" of factory first ammunition compared to reloaded ammunition.

I'd venture there are probably the same number of "kabooms" with reloads as there are with factory ammo...the difference is the gun company's insurance ability to chase settlement money and liability with a major manufacturer.

Ammo manufacturers also do not recommend reloading their brass for the same reasons.

And yet, hundreds of thousands -- millions? -- of people have reloaded and used reloaded ammunition completely safety for as long as the metallic cartridge has been in existence.

 

[Warp]

In the 20 years since 1995, inflation has made things generally 1.5 times more expensive.

And WWB 100 round 9mm FMJ has gone up 2.5 times in the 9 years since 2005

I'd venture there are probably the same number of "kabooms" with reloads as there are with factory ammo...

I'd wager there are more with reloads than with factory, despite the fact that the vast majority of ammunition being used is factory new.

 

[Ignition Override]

Hacker15E:
Even using only about Three small 50-rd. boxes of re-manufactured .380 ammo in my fairly new Sig 232, a bullet got stuck in the bore.
The company spokesman in west TN told me on the phone that this had never happened before. With a novice shooter who might not have noticed something strange, this easily could have led to a Kabooom if another round had chambered.

The gun smith pushed the bullet out in less than a minute.
But this has never happened in my guns (primarily rifle) using original commercial ammo, over thousands of rounds, the vast majority of it Russian-made.

 

[Warp]

Hacker15E:
Even using only about Three small 50-rd. boxes of re-manufactured .380 ammo in my fairly new Sig 232, a bullet got stuck in the bore.
The company spokesman in west TN told me on the phone that this had never happened before. With a novice shooter who might not have noticed something strange, this easily could have led to a Kabooom if another round had chambered.

The gun smith pushed the bullet out in less than a minute.
But this has never happened in my guns (primarily rifle) using original commercial ammo, over thousands of rounds, the vast majority of it Russian-made.

Squibs or double charges are extraordinary rare with new factory ammo.

I don't know anybody, real life or e-know, that has experienced either or even know anybody that knows somebody that has experienced either. Which is kind of incredible really, but that's the norm.

 

[Panzerschwein]

I haven't really noticed any big hikes in ammo prices in my region... of course save for .22 prices and availability! Those are still on Planet Stupid.

 

[texasgun]

I can get FEDERAL aluminum cased 9mm for $9 /50rd box right now at the local Walmart...

I don't recall 9mm ammo being much cheaper than $18 / 100rd a decade ago....

 

[Warp]

I can get FEDERAL aluminum cased 9mm for $9 /50rd box right now at the local Walmart...

I don't recall 9mm ammo being much cheaper than $18 / 100rd a decade ago....

In 2005 a 100 round box of Winchester 9mm FMJ ws $10.34.

In either late 2005 or early 2006 it went up to $11.xx for 100 rounds.

Less than a decade ago and much cheaper than $18/100

 

[mboylan]

And WWB 100 round 9mm FMJ has gone up 2.5 times in the 9 years since 2005



I'd wager there are more with reloads than with factory, despite the fact that the vast majority of ammunition being used is factory new.

Yes but ammo prices were at record lows between about 1992 and 2006. In 1984, 100 rounds of Winchester 9mm FMJ was $17. That's almost $40 in today's dollars. We were spoiled for a long time.

Centerfire ammo was very expensive until the late 80s and early 90s.

 

[OilyPablo]

This is NEW FACTORY AMMO. NEW BRASS. 9mm under $10/box:

http://www.freedommunitions.com/dea...t=fm9r115n-b0500&utm_campaign=deal-of-the-day

I just finished 500 rounds of this stuff and not one FTF, FTF, squib or any problem whatsoever. Buy and shoot what you want.

 

[ulflyer]

Have shot a lot of Freedom and same as Pablo....zero malfunctions. They also
post on their web site, the FPS. Good stuff AFAIC.

 

[Teachu2]

Yeah, powder can be had.

In the way that .22lr can be had.

Speaking of, if you have links to currently in stock, well priced, ready to ship CCI Standard Velocity and Wolf Match Target; or somebody with Power Pistol + magnum pistol primers + AA#7 in stock, I'm all ears (that wouldn't have been much of a problem in the before-times)

Wolf Match Target

https://www.targetsportsusa.com/22-long-rifle-ammo-c-202.aspx#Ma41|