ballman6711
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I wonder if they don't want to be caught with excess inventory like when Trump was elected. As I recall after the 2016 election you could find anything and everything, and a lot of it was on sale.
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Less than 60 days to a major election and no panic buying. I'm Surprised!
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bigpower491
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I've seen prices on alot of things come down the last yr or so. At my present consumption, probably another 10k each small and large pistol primers will keep me set for the rest of this lifetime.
Based on projections I’ve heard is that worst case scenario is that we end up where we’ve been for the last 4 years. I agree that gridlock isn’t a terrible result.
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Miami_JBT
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Probably.... When I last spoke with Daniel Defense. They told me they were selling lowers. Something they've never done. They're doing it to clear up inventory.
Anchorite
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People are always price conscious. Always.
And the free pandemic money ran out long ago. I’m not seeing any sales, so if inventory is high, I don’t understand why there aren’t any sales to move that product? Maybe I’m not looking in the right places?
And the free pandemic money ran out long ago. I’m not seeing any sales, so if inventory is high, I don’t understand why there aren’t any sales to move that product? Maybe I’m not looking in the right places?
Howland937
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My own personal anecdotal experience:
I've been in 4 different retail stores that sell firearms and ammo in the last 24 hours. I was the only customer in all but one. Customer #2 at the local mom n pop shop was there picking up a can he'd paid for a couple months ago. The $50 in bullets I picked up was the 3rd actual sale yesterday in the first 7 hours they were open.
2 of the other places were a Rural King and a Dunham's Sports, neither of which bothered to have an employee working the gun counter.
I sometimes wonder if folks are finally figuring out that the sky isn't falling, nor is it overly likely to.
I've been in 4 different retail stores that sell firearms and ammo in the last 24 hours. I was the only customer in all but one. Customer #2 at the local mom n pop shop was there picking up a can he'd paid for a couple months ago. The $50 in bullets I picked up was the 3rd actual sale yesterday in the first 7 hours they were open.
2 of the other places were a Rural King and a Dunham's Sports, neither of which bothered to have an employee working the gun counter.
I sometimes wonder if folks are finally figuring out that the sky isn't falling, nor is it overly likely to.
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Anchorite
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Agree. Perhaps folks are worried about other issues surrounding this election …
Overall prices have eased up some though, at least they are going down, even if slowly.
If they are smart.
Anchorite
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Yep. I still miss the days of cheap 9mm, but it will get cheaper. Same for 223/556. It will ease up and get cheaper.
I am waiting on brass cased 9mm to dip below 20 cents a round. Its been hovering around 24 cents a round for a while now, and not sure it will dip to 20 cents.
My guess is that there will be panic buying, but it will be after the post election chaos begins. I expect the election to be contested for several months. We will most likely see protests and possibly riots.
The only silver lining there is to a Harris victory is that there will probably be less chaos if Harris wins. Pro-Trump people are unlikely to riot for several reasons, such as the fact that they have jobs to go to, plus they have seen what happened to the Jan 6 protestors. But if Trump wins, there will be epic protesting by the pro-Harris people that I think will be unlike anything we have ever seen. Cities will burn, and we will be told its been mostly peaceful.
My guess is that there will be panic buying, but it will be after the post election chaos begins. I expect the election to be contested for several months. We will most likely see protests and possibly riots.
The only silver lining there is to a Harris victory is that there will probably be less chaos if Harris wins. Pro-Trump people are unlikely to riot for several reasons, such as the fact that they have jobs to go to, plus they have seen what happened to the Jan 6 protestors. But if Trump wins, there will be epic protesting by the pro-Harris people that I think will be unlike anything we have ever seen. Cities will burn, and we will be told its been mostly peaceful.
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bigpower491
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The best we've seen in my vicinity is right around 21 cents. Got a bigger shop an hour away, they always have one brand or another on special at that number. Usually no limit. My new shooter has been stocking up. A 9 is in my very near future, so I'll probably grab a couple cases myself the next few weeks
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Oh really, where and from what to what?
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I research all the time. Tell me what great deals you have found that I haven't. And how much better that is that it was 6 months to a year ago.....
I'm good as far as everything goes when it comes to ammo. I have been stocking up on canned goods and other products with a long shelf life. I've got 6 jerry cans I need to fill up with non-ethanol fuel now that gasoline is under $2.50 a gallon. It will be interesting to see what happens in November.
earlthegoat2
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Well folks get complacent all the time.
twofewscrews
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Crap your right . . . Good thing I just got a new credit card 
bigpower491
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Most online retailers aren't gonna have it "cheap". In fact, I'll go as far as to say alot of them are the kings of gouging, and it's a toss up between them for who gets the crown with the most jewels in that respect. The bigger shop I use occasionally has 9 for $9.99/50 box on their big sale days, and usually every week they'll have one brand or another for $10.49/50box. Of course, theyll always have a pallet in the store if you want more than a couple boxes, and usually no limit. Every other place I walk into their everyday low price is $14.99, when it's on sale you might get a buck off that. Not having a 9mm yet(soon tho), I can't really say if 9.99 is a great price, but I can say that at today's component pricing I couldn't load it for that, so to me, that would be cheap. Even at that number online, you still got shipping
.45Coltguy
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I handload, so, no real need to buy factory ammo, other than shotgun and rimfire[.22lr]. Ammoseek, SGAmmo, there are vendors out there where pricing is competitive and not bad. Doubt we'll ever have our prices of some years ago. Didn't mean to come across as arragont or all knowing, so, apolagies there.
armoredman
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I learned from the last panics, so I have plenty of BBs for my Red Ryder, no panic buying here!
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Miami_JBT
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Yup. I’d be buying everything in sight, but there ain’t much to buy it with. The grocery bill is double what it was; everything costs more. I stocked up on all the varget a place had at $32 a lb. I’ve laid up a good store of components. But, the paycheck that should pay all the bills and leave plenty for picking up the firearm budget is now just covering the bills with enough to buy a pack of bubble gum at the end. My opinion on the subject.
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Yep, I get those same types of marketing. Manufacturers and large retailers are trying to bolster sales in the face of disinterest/inability on the part of prospective buyers.
RevolvingGarbage
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I would hate to be overly optimistic, but it would be nice to have a gun market more like 2016-2019 for a little while at least. I say this as a buyer, of course. I also work in the industry though so I understand the concerns over slumping sales.
For me at least, I don't think my boss selling a ton of receivers is worth sliding further towards global war.
For me at least, I don't think my boss selling a ton of receivers is worth sliding further towards global war.
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No, 9.99 is not a great price for 9mm. The last 9mm I bought (on-line by the way) was 15 cents a round for 115 grain and 17 cents a round for 124 grain and shipping was free for 1000 round buys. Same ammo today from same place is 26 cents a round and has been that for at least a year or more. I call that "not going down." I see some unknown brands for cheapest is 21.5 cents a round. I don't go around shopping for ammo at a bunch of gun shops somewhere. You can spend a lot of money driving your car around looking for ammo.
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