When will gun/ammo prices go down?

[Gordon Fink]

I keep hearing how, back in the day, gun/ammo prices were never an issue like they are today. When will they go down again? I know many factors come into play, but will the prices ever come down?

When demand goes down.

~G. Fink

 

[subierex]

If certain folks make it to the White House, I think you kiss lower ammo/gun prices goodbye. Especially AK/AR's.

 

[22-rimfire]

The prices are here to stay. Get used to it and adjust. Today's high price will be tomorrow's low price. Buy no matter the price when you have the need. Of course, you still need to do your shopping and price comparisons.

 

[macadore]

Military surplus is quite cheap right now. I remember when an AK cost $800.

 

[vtoddball]

When pigs fly!!

Hey! A new thread! What kind of gun for flying pigs?

 

[Omaha-BeenGlockin]

Does that pig have lipstick??

 

[texas bulldog]

When will gun/ammo prices go down?

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[Average Joe]

When gas prices go down.

 

[airforceteacher]

So, as a new gun owner/shooter, what would you recommend? I'd really not like to to start stockpiling ammo to avoid a huge price increase, as I have kids and having ammo, gun and kids in the same house worries me (and may affect child custody.) I've started looking into reloadinng, and I'm not sure if I can reload 9mm cheaply enough to make it worth the equipment cost. Right now, I can get Blazer FMJ for about $0.19 a round at Wally World, and from just cursory looking it appears that it will cost at least $0.11 per round to reload. Am I looking in the wrong places?

 

[RPCVYemen]

That's why guns are usually good investments...you can usually sell them for what you paid or more, 5 or 10 years later.

Uh, not to be picky, but that makes them a really, really bad investment. If I bought a stock, and sold it 10 years later for what I bought it for, I would smack myself on the back of the head and say, "Bad puppy!"

My goal is 7% annual returns - which means that the price should double in 10 years. That's the average annual return of the market over long periods of time.

If you buy and sell for the same price, you are not even matching inflation.

Mike

 

[orionengnr]

If you'd actually check, you'd see the dollar is going UP and has been for a little while.

Apr 1 2008
The euro continues a steep climb vs. the U.S. dollar. It is now at an all-time high of nearly $1.60 per euro as of spring 2008. The past year has seen it continue to escalate, rising from a much lower $1.33 per euro during that time.

Um, yeah, for the last two or three weeks. Check the last five years, and it's an entirely different story.

The Euro was once worth $1.00 US...those days are gone. $1.60 exchange rate as of Spring 2008...the fact that we are inching back in the right direction is great, but not nearly enough...

 

[Matt304]

Uh, not to be picky, but that makes them a really, really bad investment. If I bought a stock, and sold it 10 years later for what I bought it for, I would smack myself on the back of the head and say, "Bad puppy!"

My goal is 7% annual returns - which means that the price should double in 10 years. That's the average annual return of the market over long periods of time.

If you buy and sell for the same price, you are not even matching inflation.

Mike

I think what he's saying is that it's a good darn investment as a hobby toy, not a financial investment. Try buying a motocross bike and see what the return is on it a year later. That makes acquiring more guns a far better investment than more motocross bikes, for me.

 

[DoubleTapDrew]

I think of ammo as consumables. All I'd get from my investment is brass, unless I'm shooting wolf.
Short of China imploding they'll stay high for a while. It's neat they aren't a 3rd world country anymore and all, but they've become a great big Hoover vacuum when it comes to resources.

 

[Zedo]

Box of 50, 22 LR used to run about 65 cents -- and I thought that was expensive.

.458 Win. Mag. Federal "Cape Shok" in 350 gr. runs $119.99 a box of 20.

Pays to reload, but metal prices are driving the cost. Lead, copper, brass -- all in demand for computers and communications.

China and India are not helping matters --