WWB at Walmart up again....Is there an end?

[Wild Deuce]

The majority of Chinese and Indians have been peasants forever, you don't think they have the right to running water, toilets and refrigerators too?

Uhm ... no, they don't have a right. Please note that I didn't say they couldn't have those things. Read the link ... it's more eloquent than I could ever be. Hopefully it might shed some light for those that think we have a right to cheap ammunition.

 

[Big45]

We are in deep do-do with guns and ammo if Nobamo wins this election.

How so? How so EXACTLY? What is going to happen specifically to the business?

 

[DRYHUMOR]

I think the supreme court just answered the gun question. There are currently more important issues facing a new administration, then the guns and ammo.
Of course never underestimate an anti with deep pockets who has an ear to whisper into.
Have we ventured off track?

 

[ColinthePilot]

when I went over yesterday, Blazer Brass was cheaper than WWB, so my shootin buddy and I cleaned em out of Blazer entirely.

 

[Fleetwood_Captain]

This thread makes me love my .22's more and more by the minute.

 

[Just Jim]

There's a lot of people out there who can't afford to buy anything but the "cheap foreign goods".

The real cost of those goods isn't "cheap", you will pay at the pumps for what you didn't pay at the store

I knew 15 years ago working out in the Pacific rim that oil was becomming a tremendous issue.

We had a fuel crisis back in the Carter years (over 30 years ago). He did nothing about it and none of the presidents after him has. However they did opened up trade and caused the price of everything to go up with more competition for oil.

There is no trickle down economics.

Our buying foriegn goods has allowed them to compete so trickle down does work, but it is working against us.

jj

 

[Just Jim]

How so? How so EXACTLY? What is going to happen specifically to the business?

Obama is a Marxist Socialist in his leanings and that has never been good for gun owners. The Clintons who brought us the AWB were of the same breed. Obama won't be good for America or the price of ammo at wally world.

jj

 

[Selfdfenz]

Back on topic...a few yrs back when 100 round boxes of WW was $10.86 at Wal-Mart it was an outstanding buy. I once caught a deal on 9mm S&B for $4.98 per 50 rnds and I was very happy with the product and the price. Neither was match ammo but, considering my handgun shooting skills, match quality ammo is not applicable.

Those prices are gone for the time being. I'm not willing to say those prices are gone forever but prices on 9mm have to un-double to get back to the good old days and I don't see anything like that happening near term or long term.

For folks that still what to shoot econonically in large amounts reloading offers some options. If you want to shoot 9mm in 2008 at 1998 prices the only way it's going to happen is with a reloading setup. Fortunately the price increases that have hit the shooting sports in so any ways haven't yet found their way into reloading, except on the components. If you watch you can still find some deals on components occassionally. Presses, dies, scales etc have remained pretty static price-wise.

If ammo prices are digging into your time-over-target and you don't reload you should give it some serious thought. Actually with the price increases in 9/45/38 ammo over just the past 12 months if you shoot more than 100 rounds a week you should already be reloading or well on your way. There are other justifications but I won't go into that on this thread.

S-

 

[DRYHUMOR]

Yep, back on topic.

Kmart sells ammo, fair price, but hit and miss.

 

[XD Fan]

This thread has fallen apart.

What is more, CBS220 is right.

 

[Alex45ACP]

Look, the cause of this problem is very simple, although no one wants to admit it. The root problem is overpopulation. Too many people, not enough resources. We can complain about speculation and Democrats and OPEC and environmentalists all day long, but that's the bottom line. If you want prices to go down, stop having children and tell everyone you know to stop having children. Otherwise, stop whining.

 

[Checkman]

Well perhaps a superbug like Captain Trips will come along and wipe out 99.9 % of the Human race. Poof no shortage.

This thread is in a shambles. It should be locked and put out of it's misery.

 

[Rugerlvr]

ibtl

 

[asknight]

Just Jim said:

At least the WWB at wally world is made in America.

Not to poke a hole in an otherwise decent arguement... quite a bit of WWB is loaded by Sellier & Bellot in the Czech Republic and by IMI in Israel.

I recently noticed on a box of WWB "USA" ammo with a clear disclaimer reading:

"USA" is a brand name and does not denote the country of manufacture of this product.

Fraudulent advertising, if you ask me.

 

[sublimaze41]

I just love how some people think shooting 400+ rounds is excessive. Hey, I would shoot 3 times that each range session if I could. Personally I enjoy shooting .22 a little bit, but I love shooting centerfire and that is my focus.

If you don't like the high price of ammo from Wally World then don't buy it. Your only other option is reloading, and it's a good one for many reasons.

Last 2 range sessions I shot the following:

9mm FMJ----200
.357 JHP----150
.40 CP-----75
.30-06 FMJ----100
.223 FMJ/ballistic tip ----250
.22-250 ballistic tip----25
.243 HP----25


If you were to buy the same commercial bullets it would cost a mint.

You do have some control over the price of ammo.


FWIW, I chew up .223 ammo made exactly for my Colts for 14.5 cents per round.....FMJ

 

[Prince Yamato]

---never mind---

 

[XDKingslayer]

Sure it's going up at Walmart, but it's still cheaper than just about everywhere else.

The 250 rnd boxes at my local Wally World were $82, Bass-Pro is charging $89 and is 45 minutes away.

The funny part was they were selling 100 round boxes of WWB in .45 for $29.00. The 50 count box of the same was $28?

 

[Rugerlvr]

I generally don't shop at Walmart. But they have suckered me in lately with the ammo. I've bought 400 rds of WWB .45ACP recently. Their prices on .357mag are not so good. (The other caliber I shoot.)

 

[jlangton]

Not to poke a hole in an otherwise decent arguement... quite a bit of WWB is loaded by Sellier & Bellot in the Czech Republic and by IMI in Israel.

I recently noticed on a box of WWB "USA" ammo with a clear disclaimer reading:
Quote:
"USA" is a brand name and does not denote the country of manufacture of this product.
Fraudulent advertising, if you ask me.

I looked over the entire stock of WWB in every caliber in Gander Mtn today when I was there,and also looked over all of the WWB that Wal-Mart had last night,and every single box had "Made in USA" printed clearly on the box in several places. I'll make sure I look closely if I buy any of it to make sure it's the USA made ammo I'm buying-I usually get CCI Blazer Brass now due to cost.
JL

 

[ufstuddmuffin]

I see a sizable portion of THR flunked freshman econ

and english

 

[Phydeaux642]

A box was 12.50 3 years ago

I bought three thousand rounds at Bass Pro last summer at $12.99/100.:banghead:

 

[trinydex]

It's so true. China is taking over....and we're letting 'em.

how do you suggest that happens?

and then in reality it's not so much that "we're letting them" so much as "that's the natural tendency within the system that the world operates."

Obama is a Marxist Socialist in his leanings and that has never been good for gun owners. The Clintons who brought us the AWB were of the same breed. Obama won't be good for America or the price of ammo at wally world.

jj

and this is exactly what i refer to. people want an IMPOSSIBLITY. you don't want other countries or socioeconomically downcast people to do well or even do your bidding and get paid, but YOU DO WANT to pay minimally for any product whether or not it's actually WORTH purchasing or consuming.

let me know how that one works out, cuz you're already seein' it.

You appear to have left out your /sarcasm tag.

And your spell check.

so we shouldn't invest in the future of energy and lead the world into the next largest market ever in history... let's not do that and continue to suffer from shortsighted fail.

 

[Halo]

Look, the cause of this problem is very simple, although no one wants to admit it. The root problem is overpopulation. Too many people, not enough resources.

Bingo. We have more and more people clamoring for fewer and fewer resources. Technology will be able to mitigate it to a certain extent, but not completely and not always in a timely enough fashion. You're right that no one wants to really consider the role overpopulation plays in social and environmental problems, no doubt because of the repugnant ideologies that have historically been associated with ideas of "population control". However, if the global population continues growing at such a rampant pace it will make future wars and/or calamities a near certainty.

 

[CBS220]

so we shouldn't invest in the future of energy and lead the world into the next largest market ever in history... let's not do that and continue to suffer from shortsighted fail.

Don't believe I said that for a moment.

But your pollyticks smack of a young person who has been a little too influenced by the interwebs and a lack of realism.

 

[Redtail]

Prices aren't going up it's just that our money is worth less.