What do we expect the price of ammo to do for the rest of 2016?

[Warp]

I'm aware they went sky high after New Town. Maybe they've edged back a little from the peak. Are they now back to where they were originally before the massacre?

Enlighten me.

Maybe they've edged back a little from the peak? lol

At the peak the going rate for an M193 type round (5.56x45 55gr FMJ, brass case, copper jacket, non magnetic) was $0.65 per round. You can get it for about half that now. I think a reduction in price of 50% counts as more than "edged back a little".

Yes, ammo prices have generally come back to where they were before the psycho of December 2012. Some I watch are on the nose exactly where they were prior to the last election day (about 1.5 months prior to the psycho).

Prices have been trending down consistently over the last 3 years. Availability is WAY up, for ammo and for reloading components.

Now you know.

 

[yugorpk]

With the recent discovery of information beyond Top Secret on Hillary's e-mail server, this takes it to a whole new level. This is information that only 24 people in the entire government are allowed to see.

I predict an indictment before the Democrat Convention, which will mean a "free for all" for the nomination....a disaster for them, no doubt.

I think Hillary Clinton would get the democratic nomination from a jail cell. No one outside of conservative Republicans who would never vote for her in the first place care about her email server. Its a technicality. Unless the Republican Party shuts the clown up wer'e doomed to years of more Clinton.

 

[Warp]

Can we please not get this thread closed by turning it into politics.

 

[herkyguy]

Based on the past decade, it could very easily get weird come November. I've stocked up a bit, but not to the level where I'll never need to buy ammo ever again. I offset the potential weirdness by keeping a healthy stock of reloading components. I would be fine for a few years or more, but will still pick up a good deal (ammo or reloading) when i find one.

 

[lightman]

This is like guessing on the stock market. My guess, ammo prices will go up and it will get scarce again.

 

[larryh1108]

I think it's safe to say that 10 or 20 years from now ammo will cost a lot more than it does today. It may not be a hedge against inflation but unless it becomes illegal to buy/own/possess/sell ammo you should not lose money if you decide to sell it.

 

[Zendude]

If we all go out and purchase a year's supply of ammo and reloading components this weekend, supply will dry up and prices will spike.

 

[Warp]

If we all go out and purchase a year's supply of ammo and reloading components this weekend, supply will dry up and prices will spike.

By we all do you mean every gun owner, or every shooter?

But hey, if everybody did that, then in a month or two it would be a huge buyer's market with great supply and pricing eh? lol

We all know that "we all" aren't going to buy a year's supply in one weekend just-because. And if we do, it's going to be a huge national media attention reason.

There is no reason for the masses to go out and buy a bunch of ammo right now...which means it is a good time to buy a little extra.

 

[Inazone]

I didn't really start shooting with any frequency until 2009 or so, despite having owned guns for several years prior, and had never really experienced any sustained shortage. I got caught off guard after Sandy Hook, discovering I had nearly no 9mm and less .22LR or .223 than I'd like left for routine range trips, with none available locally at any price and online prices of course climbing quickly. "Never again," I said, decided on a price-per-round limit for each caliber I needed, and set to restocking.

Up to then, I'd usually found whatever I needed on my way to the range, buying online only if some friends wanted to do a bulk buy. Now I was almost obsessively calculating shipping charges for "need" quantities versus "want" quantities, deciding if I'd take a chance on the unfamiliar reloads or steel-cased Russian ammo I'd previously avoided. I took some comfort knowing that, if nothing else, I never went over my set price limits except for the occasional gun show purchase of some obscure foreign ammo. At minimum, I was replacing what I used and adding a bit as well. This became my new normal.

These days, I do virtually all of my ammo buying online, and still watch prices like a hawk. I keep track of my supply and how quickly I go through it based on the frequency of range visits. As much as I could ease off for a while, I feel that availability and prices now are such that it makes sense to keep adding as I can, even if not at the same quantities as when I was restocking from near zero. My advice to a new(er) shooter would to be this: don't take plentiful supply and reasonable prices for granted!

 

[AZ Desertrat]

I only know that I have seen a few cases of "hoarding and panic buying" in my area....not severe....but enough for concern. I think we do this to ourselves...I try to have enough reloading supplies on hand to load for about a year.

 

[22-rimfire]

I hope the rimfire availablity situation will improve. You still can't buy promotional grade 22LR like you used to be able to.... unplanned walk in big box store and buy all you want... But with an presidential election coming up this year, who knows about how the public will react.

I suspect availability of center fire ammo will remain generally good for the common stuff and prices have been reflecting local competition. Still too expensive as far as I'm concerned.

Traditionally the early months of the year is when the manufacturers raise their prices and I expect that trend to continue.

 

[Warp]

I hope the rimfire availablity situation will improve. You still can't buy promotional grade 22LR like you used to be able to.... unplanned walk in big box store and buy all you want... But with an presidential election coming up this year, who knows about how the public will react.

I suspect availability of center fire ammo will remain generally good for the common stuff and prices have been reflecting local competition. Still too expensive as far as I'm concerned.

Traditionally the early months of the year is when the manufacturers raise their prices and I expect that trend to continue.

Much of it is at 2011 prices. If you think this is too expensive I have some bad news

 

[22-rimfire]

Yeah, I think $1.00 a round is too expensive for handgun ammo regardless of 2011 prices. I don't keep track like you do. Just don't have the interest in centerfire prices other than the occasional purchase at Walmart, Academy, or the local gunshop. I don't shoot much of the common calibers.

I keep around 1000 rounds of 223 on hand. Haven't shot any of that since before Sandy Hook. It boils down to one simple issue. I can't afford to shoot like I used to and I don't want to replace what I have (223 for example) for $400 or there abouts. It is there purely for emergencies.

Most of my disposable money has been going toward knives and camping/hiking stuff.

 

[Warp]

Yeah, I think $1.00 a round is too expensive for handgun ammo regardless of 2011 prices. I don't keep track like you do. Just don't have the interest in centerfire prices other than the occasional purchase at Walmart, Academy, or the local gunshop. I don't shoot much of the common calibers.

I keep around 1000 rounds of 223 on hand. Haven't shot any of that since before Sandy Hook. It boils down to one simple issue. I can't afford to shoot like I used to and I don't want to replace what I have (223 for example) for $400 or there abouts. It is there purely for emergencies.

Most of my disposable money has been going toward knives and camping/hiking stuff.

That's weird...the really nice high quality American made brass case copper jacket non magnetic pistol ammo I'm looking at is $0.20 per round.

You can get brass case copper jacketed non magnetic 55gr .223 Rem for right at $0.30 per round right now BTW, make it $0.33-$0.35 per round for M193 spec 5.56..unless you area a little patient and catch Wolf Gold in stock at AIM or SGAmmo in which case it's about $315 for 1k rounds shipped and that is bascially M193 spec, high quality ammo. That's the same price as November 1st 2012 by the way.

There's no need, at all, to pay $400 for a case of .223 Rem just to go shoot.

 

[justice06rr]

Ammo is pretty cheap now (relatively) and somewhat back to pre-2013 panic prices. Except for 22lr which can be hard to find in some areas. I speculate that it will only go up especially as the election nears.

 

[Ignition Override]

For anybody with a computer and a valid credit card, .22LR has been easy to find, even soon after the Newtown nightmare.

It is very simple: "Gunbot" or "Ammoseek".

 

[Warp]

For anybody with a computer and a valid credit card, .22LR has been easy to find, even soon after the Newtown nightmare.

It is very simple: "Gunbot" or "Ammoseek".

Bulk and inexpensive .22lr has not been easy to find.

Maybe I'm just wholly unaware of how to properly use those, but if you can please link me to in stock CCI Mini Mags (40gr or 36gr) for a maximum of $8/100, with no limit, from a reputable retailer, I'd appreciate it. Oh and CCI standard velocity too, same deal.

That's what it would take for .22lr to be on the same footing as common centerfire rounds right now. Back to 2011-2012 prices and availability.

 

[elano]

I agree, I used to walk into walmart and buy federal bulk 525 boxes for $15 every week. Then one day it jumped to $20. Then sandy hook happened and it was gone forever.

For the most part availability and prices are back to normal in my area.

 

[BearBrimstone]

I too suspect that prices will increase due to it being an election year. Prices could skyrocket depending upon who it looks like will win. Maybe I should look through my stock and figure out what I need to restock just in case.

 

[22-rimfire]

Bulk and inexpensive .22lr has not been easy to find.

Maybe I'm just wholly unaware of how to properly use those, but if you can please link me to in stock CCI Mini Mags (40gr or 36gr) for a maximum of $8/100, with no limit, from a reputable retailer, I'd appreciate it. Oh and CCI standard velocity too, same deal.

That's what it would take for .22lr to be on the same footing as common centerfire rounds right now. Back to 2011-2012 prices and availability.

I agree. My idea of buying promotional grade 22LR is not buying online. I have enough for now, but I would like to see more in the local stores for everyone else.

22 Mag is next to impossible to find. I don't shoot it much, but I do like to keep around 1000 rounds in my cache of mixed brands. I believe I have about 500 rounds at the moment (10 boxes). 1000 rounds is my comfort level for calibers that I don't plink with.