Income vs. ammo prices

[hopelessjoe]

Has your salary kept up with inflation on ammo prices?

 

[Big45]

Nope. And I'm still buying all that I can. Food is about the only thing that takes precedent before ammo for me these days.

 

[Eric F]

Hey with increases across the board, oil, gas, groceries, rent, intrest rates, and the U.S. Dollar loosing power every day who can keep up

 

[Geno]

I'm shooting a whole lot more 9mm and .22LR than .45 ACP, or 7.62X51. Fortunate for me the .22LR is my all-time favorite cartridge for plinking. But, plinking does not replace real practice with one's CCW.

I simply wait until it goes on sale, then purchase as much as I can.

Doc2005

 

[TAB]

Well for the 1st time, its actually "worth it" to now. before when you added in my hourly rate it was way cheaper to buy ammo. With .45 acp running around 20 a box and 10 mm about 30 its now cheaper for me to take time off work to reload then it is to buy ammo. Couple years back with it was 10 and 15 it was not worth the effort or time.

 

[Cannonball888]

A 2% pay raise? Uh... nope.

 

[TennVOL]

I married a lawyer in 2007 so for now I can afford ammo

 

[doc2rn]

College student=increased tuition, increased book costs,& fixed income= no.

 

[CU74]

There are a few of us here who are retired and have no salary. Change "salary" in the question to "income" and the answer will still be "no" for most. Although I DO pay attention to it, I still shoot what I want to when I want to, (I do have a substantial ammo cache purchased before the prices started escalating at a ridiculous rate).

 

[Intrepid Dad]

I just switched jobs and got a bump in pay, so for 2007 my answer is yes. But I don't expect my pay to keep up with ammo in the next few years.

 

[JohnBT]

I'm debt-free and still buying Win AA 28 ga. And .223.

I'm 57 and have been working since I was 15, although I didn't work full-time during college and grad school.

I'd retire, but I keep buying 28 ga. Maybe this year won't be as hectic and I can pull the reloading plans off the back burner.

John

 

[Ed Ames]

The answer is basically going to be a uniform no... err... NO! There may be a few edge cases (just graduated college/switched job sort of deal) but for the most part it just ain't happening.

Incomes have gone up 2-4% in USD... the value of the US dollar has gone down 17-20%... that means the average person took a 13-18% pay cut in the last year. Where does it show up? Anywhere you are competing internationally for commodities. Lead. Steel. Copper. All up. Food, oil... long list... and of course everything that is made of those commodities. All up. Bullets, brass, guns. TVs, cars, microwave ovens, other targets. All up.

And you know the worst part? It'll mean more Europeans vacationing here. Anyone else remember the 1990s? Germans everywhere with their weird shampoo bottles and their rented RVs. That's coming back -- they're comin' back -- and there ain't nuthin we can do about it.

 

[ZeSpectre]

Thanking GOD that I stocked up some when I did. Wishing I'd bought a LOT more ammo for cowboy action shooting when I got 1,000 rds for $85 <sigh>.

In a way I planned for this though, it's why I have two SIG 229 pistols, one in .40 S&W (carry gun) and another in 9mm for less expensive practice.

In an attempt to help financially in some small way...THE FREE PRINTABLE TARGETS LIST

 

[arflattop]

I think as discouraging as the increasing cost of shooting is the unavailability of ammo and components. I've had trouble with the local gunshop keeping Winchester primers in stock, not to mention locating .223 brass and ammo.

 

[Mannlicher]

well if salary kept up with ammo prices, we would all be making about 4 times what we were in 2006.
Still, with careful shopping, and with cutting back on some non essentials other places, I keep up just fine.

 

[ilbob]

Nope. And I'm still buying all that I can. Food is about the only thing that takes precedent before ammo for me these days.

You have an unusual view of life if that is truly the case.

I buy enough ammo to feed my shooting habit, and enough food to feed my eating habit. The rest of my money goes to other things. I just can't see having skid loads of ammo in the basement that I won't have time to shoot for a long time when I could spend it on something more useful.

That does not mean I am unwilling to spend money on an ammo bargain if it comes up, but its not a huge priority.

 

[WinchesterAA]

Broke, worthless roomate, Nice 2bdrm apartment, truck payment/insurance/etc etc, half my profits going to gasoline...

I'm just glad I made a few impulse "spend all the $$ you have on ammo" buys that landed me a couple grand of x39 and x54r and 12 gauge.

No 45ACP, a few .22LR, about 300 .357 magnum (monarch, and WOW those things are HOT!)

 

[jackmead]

I buy bulk ammo whenever I get a good price.

 

[Kalashnikov]

I've learned to enjoy Ramen (mostly to cover holiday travel expenses). However my wife will soon have a steady job and thus more disposable income between us.

 

[B36]

Started reloading in 1961--cannot see a reason to shoot a ton of factory.

Component prices are up too, but there is still a large savings.

 

[WinchesterAA]

Kalash, my brother gave me the best x-mas present ever.. I've looked everywhere (even various oriental food markets) and never could find it..

A CASE OF SPICEY CHICKEN RAMEN! WOOOOO!

 

[Kalashnikov]

I love spicy chicken! I have about 4 cases of just that (nearly 2 months worth of food for $20, good eats in SHTF or in prep for Knob Creek ammo buying).

 

[XD-40 Shooter]

My answer is absolutely not! Ammo has become so expensive in 40 S&W and 357 mag, that it pushed me into reloading. I started reloading Jan '06 after many month's of talking about it. Once the ammo prices started to skyrocket, I did it, and never looked back. Right now, factory 40 S&W ammo is running around $15/box and 357 mag is upwards of $20/box. I'm "rolling my own" for $6/box in 40 and $6/box in 357 mag. I doubt I'll ever buy another box of factory ammo again, save for a couple boxes for personal defense.

I second the 22 comment as well, I'm shooting my Ruger 22/45 alot more than I used too. Even 22 ammo is going up, a brick of bulk federal ammo is now about $15/brick, used to be 10 bucks.

 

[Wes Janson]

I love spicy chicken! I have about 4 cases of just that (nearly 2 months worth of food for $20, good eats in SHTF or in prep for Knob Creek ammo buying).

If you were to really go for two months eating just Spicy Chicken, I think the S would be H'ing something other than the F. *shudders*

 

[tnieto2004]

NO ... I made some good buys a little while back though