I,____ being a reasonable person, hereby affirm to not buy 9mm for more than $11.99,

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coolluke01 said:
I,____ being a reasonable person, hereby affirm to not buy 9mm for more than $11.99, .22LR for more than $1.99 and .223 for more than $7.99.

We are hurting ourselves by panic buying! If we leave ammo on the shelves we can restore some normalcy to the pricing and availability. The ammo will come back. It always does. Go out and have fun and shoot a little bit of what you have. Relax and show some self control.
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I suggest that you share that at the next Ammoholics Anonymous meeting.
 
Sadly enough I bought .22 at absurd prices just because of the low availability and my latest firearm acquisition was chambered in .22LR, I was under the influence of the drug Amien which is known to cause amnesia and impaired thought, ended up paying 75 bucks plus shipping for it, needless to say I'll never visit Gunbroker on that drug again lol.

Today I did buy some minimags at double the price but I was just happy enough to buy some.

But from now on I vow to not pay that much for ammo.
 
This would mean I can never buy ammo again. I've never seen ammo available for those prices anywhere, not a year ago, not six years ago.

Frankly, I haven't bought anything but shotshells in the last four months anyway. Haven't seen anything else that I could use.
 
Bobson said:
This would mean I can never buy ammo again. I've never seen ammo available for those prices anywhere, not a year ago, not six years ago.

Frankly, I haven't bought anything but shotshells in the last four months anyway. Haven't seen anything else that I could use.
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Federal is usually $10.99 for 50 rounds of 9mm at my local Wal-Mart.
 
Queen_of_Thunder said:
People are paying 60 cents to 80 cents a round for 9mm and to be truthfull if someone offers me $800 for a thousand rounds I'm selling. Won't blink an eye.
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And to think when I sold my kel-tec I sold 700+ rounds of 9mm with it... 180 bucks for the ammo. Less than .25 a round... I think that was 2 or 3 cents a round more than I paid for it...

But I don't care for bending people over. It seems I'm a minority in the 'gun culture'.
 
The only ammo I've bought since Dec. was a box of birdshot from Wally World.

I refuse to take part any the rush.
 
In 2011 and 2012, I would stop at The Fin, Feather, and Fur a couple times per month to pick up a case of $8.99/50 Blazer Aluminum. Still have 4-5 thousand rounds left, but my shooting frequency has suffered because I am one that can't bring myself to pay $15-$20 for it now.
 
I was at Bass Pro a couple of weeks ago and bought 200 rounds of .22 lr CCI Stingers for about $23.... Not too shabby for the current situation. I won't go into 9mm or .223...
 
These same type of pledges were being made when gasoline went above a $1 a gallon. This is a real stroll down memory lane. Thank you for posting this.
 
That's a deal, both in theory and reality, because I have no handgun and my last purchase of reloadable Prvi .303 was December, in the nick of time from the last distributor selling it at the Old, 'normal' price.

Having planned ahead for the '08 and '12 elections -a Politburo clearly waiting for any terrible tragedy to be exploited- I would not have bought any 'British' .303 at the new prices much above .75/round, nor any other type of round so inflated. It's often a personal decision.
 
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coolluke01 said:
I,____ being a reasonable person, hereby affirm to not buy 9mm for more than $11.99, .22LR for more than $1.99 and .223 for more than $7.99.

We are hurting ourselves by panic buying! If we leave ammo on the shelves we can restore some normalcy to the pricing and availability. The ammo will come back. It always does. Go out and have fun and shoot a little bit of what you have. Relax and show some self control.
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I agree. We are our own worst enemy. Just don't blame the people charging those prices. If people are willing to pay they are doing exactly what they should do. I would much rather they do that then do this rationing nonsense some of the big boxes are doing.
 
Unfortunately, no product has an objective value, and there are at least two components to the "supply and demand" economic model. A small group of people pledging to not contribute to the 'demand' side of the model when we are in a global market is really quite meaningless.

Affirming not to buy gas at more than $3/gallon would make you walk and ride your bicycle quite a bit rather than assisting market forces to bring down the price of petrol.

I remember buying 9x19 for $4.99 per 50 when I first bought a 9mm pistol -- what makes $11.99 any more of a "fair" or "valid" price than $4.99? What makes either of those prices any more fair or valid than $15.99?

Market price is determined by the combination of several different economic forces (of which consumer demand is only one aspect).
 
Fuel is not optional. Ammo is, to a degree. I have a brand new unfired 1911 that won't shoot until prices are deemed appropriate by me. That may be never or it may be next month.
 
Dollar cost averaging is your friend. If you buy at inflated prices and prices go down you just buy more ammo to lower the average cost paid. If ammo continues to increase in price the over priced ammo you bought is now cheap ammo and can lower the cost of higher priced ammo. The prices of ammo may fall some when the crises is over but it will never return to the levels it was before this mess started. Normal costs to make and distribute the ammo will increase not withstanding any outside interference such as politics or geo political concerns. I fear what we are seeing today is the new normal when it comes to ammo.
 
Fuel is not optional.
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Yes, it is. You do not NEED fuel to live and exist. I have a 90 year old aunt who never learned to drive - she walked, rode a bus, subway or took a cab everywhere she wanted to go. There are plenty of folks living off the grid, fuel is the same as ammo in this regard
 
I bought some 9mm brass at $12.99/50 for my dad because he is bringing his XDM down for a range day at my brother's place and I would like to shoot it a fair bit. I won't ask him to give me ammo for free just to indulge my wants. I don't own a 9mm.
 
Fuel is a necessary part of my life. I would not sustain my current lifestyle without mobility.
 
i pass on a lot of ammo these days, but when i have the cash and the desire to go shoot, i'll still pay a few bucks more.
 
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