Wow, what the hell happend to ammo prices?!?!?!

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Wow, what the hell happend to ammo prices?!?!?!

Posted: 4/20/2007 7:50:36 PM EDT

I just saw a case of 7.62X39 for $189.00. Last i picked up a case it was $80.00. Why has everything doubled? A case of 5.56 used to be around $160.00. This sucks! I want cheap ammo!!!

Posted: 4/20/2007 7:51:22 PM EDT

[#1]

Welcome to 2005.

Posted: 4/20/2007 7:51:29 PM EDT

[#2]

Welcome back Rip Van Winkle

Posted: 4/20/2007 7:51:58 PM EDT

[#3]

Peak ammo!

Anyone got the chart?

Posted: 4/20/2007 7:58:04 PM EDT

[#4]

BTW, you can have bayonet lugs and collapsible stocks now too.

Posted: 4/20/2007 7:59:45 PM EDT

[#5]

WHEN WILL PRICES DROP!

Posted: 4/20/2007 7:59:45 PM EDT

[#6]

Any pictures on the walls of the cave you've been living in?

Posted: 4/20/2007 8:00:25 PM EDT

[#7]

These threads always make me laugh.

Posted: 4/20/2007 8:00:55 PM EDT

[#8]

and the best of it all that women Brittany got rid of that horrid hair

Posted: 4/20/2007 8:01:07 PM EDT

[#9]

Quoted:
These threads always make me laugh.

+1

You been in a hole lately?

Posted: 4/20/2007 8:03:17 PM EDT

[#10]

Quoted:
These threads always make me laugh.

Well, they do until I see yours and XDBACKUPGUN's avatars. ***shudder***

Posted: 4/20/2007 8:05:07 PM EDT

[#11]

1. The surplus ammo has dried up. After the cold war a lot of nations sold off existing stockpiles and that’s gone. Also the UN is pressuring nations not to sell ammunition on the surplus market.

2. Economic expansion in China and India have driven up the cost of copper and lead.

3. The war on terror (mostly training to fight it) is taking up a big chunk of the world’s ammo production capacity. Remember that Afghanistan and Iraq needed to restock too.

4. I’ve been doing more shooting. I’m not doing all that much to put a dent in supplies but I’m trying.

The result is that supply has dropped, manufacturing costs have gone up, and demand has risen.

Posted: 4/20/2007 8:15:26 PM EDT

[#12]

Quoted:
WHEN WILL PRICES DROP!

They will go up.

Posted: 4/20/2007 8:18:21 PM EDT

[#13]

I bought all the cheap stuff and left the expensive stuff on the shelves.

Posted: 4/20/2007 8:30:00 PM EDT

[#14]

Do what I do..............RELOAD!

Posted: 4/20/2007 8:41:43 PM EDT

[#15]

ALL your ammo are belong to us - U.S. Army, Barnaul factories.

Posted: 4/20/2007 8:44:34 PM EDT

[#16]

Ammo price bitching - So easy a Caveman can do it!

Posted: 4/20/2007 8:48:17 PM EDT

[#17]

Posted: 4/20/2007 8:51:14 PM EDT

[#18]

...anyways, it was just about a year ago I was talking about buying a case, you all are talking about 10 years ago.

Posted: 4/20/2007 8:54:36 PM EDT

[#19]

It's called a war. You guys would fold like a bad poker hand if you had to deal with the kind of rationing that went on during WW2.

Posted: 4/20/2007 8:55:27 PM EDT

[#20]

height=8

Quoted:
Do what I do..............RELOAD!

Wish it was that easy, Take the popular .55 gr FMJ .223 bullets for example. Nearly impossible to find these days. Seems that the big dealers are out of stock and not taking back orders (some one let me know if I am missing some thing here). I have also noticed that my local stores are having a hard time keeping primers on the shelves.

Posted: 4/20/2007 9:07:03 PM EDT

[#21]

Yep, I hardly go to the range anymore because it just costs to much.

Posted: 4/20/2007 9:07:15 PM EDT

[#22]

Just bought a case of Winchester 7.62 NATO. 200 rounds, $150, give or take.

I should stick with 9mm. 357SIG isn't doing well either.

NTM

Posted: 4/20/2007 9:09:51 PM EDT

[#23]

Quoted:
I just saw a case of 7.62X39 for $189.00. Last i picked up a case it was $80.00. Why has everything doubled? A case of 5.56 used to be around $160.00. This sucks! I want cheap ammo!!!

Hell, $80.00 will not even buy a case of 500 these days

Posted: 4/20/2007 9:10:27 PM EDT

[#24]

Well I have some LC M855 ( 840 rounds) I'll let go for $1.50 a round plus shipping and insurance. NOT! Now I did buy a couple of boxes of 55 gr FMJ Remington from Wally World for $6.44 for a box of 20. AE 223 is $8.99 a box of 20 here in town and I know a guy who has some XM193 for $7.95 a box. Now tomorrow I'm going to try and convince the the people at Wal Mart to start carrying 45 Long Colt.

Its getting to the point that its too expensive to shoot and too expensive to eat.

Posted: 4/20/2007 9:10:39 PM EDT

[#25]

You all should have horded your ammo and bought 9mm and .22 conversions.

Like I did.

Posted: 4/20/2007 9:21:17 PM EDT

[#26]

Your wife ate it all

Posted: 4/20/2007 9:25:15 PM EDT

[#27]

I'll trade you a case of M855 for some pics of that chubby temptress of your's!

Posted: 4/20/2007 9:30:00 PM EDT

[#28]

holy shit ammo prices went up when!!11!!!1

omgwtfbbqsiihpapp zombies!?!?!1/11davdagf

Posted: 4/21/2007 8:24:26 PM EDT

[#29]

Quoted:
I'll trade you a case of M855 for some pics of that chubby temptress of your's!

Ah Ha!!!! You are stalking me!!!

Here she is: hotty

Posted: 4/21/2007 8:35:28 PM EDT

[#30]

Quoted:
It's called a war. You guys would fold like a bad poker hand if you had to deal with the kind of rationing that went on during WW2.

A fu^&* MEN
whats bad is at least 1/2 the board wasn't old enough to drive during the 74 gas shortage. just wait pal it ain't even close to over...

You all should have horded your ammo and bought 9mm and .22 conversions.

Like I did.

+1 on that

Posted: 4/21/2007 9:00:17 PM EDT

[#31]

Went by Academy this afternoon and checked their .223 prices. Monarch brass cased FMJ had jumped from 6.86 (was 3.86 a year ago) per box to 7.75.

It looked like the same stack of ammo that was there a month ago. Did not buy any.

They have not had steel cased .223 in stock the last two visits.

Posted: 4/21/2007 9:07:35 PM EDT

[#32]

When it gets high enough, I'll sell a few cases and pay off the kids college tuition.
I'm only semi joking.

Posted: 4/21/2007 9:07:46 PM EDT

[#33]

I saw this thread and thought maybe they dropped.

Posted: 4/21/2007 9:13:26 PM EDT

[#34]

Hi, I'm glad you left your fallout shelter. Stone-wash jeans are no longer cool.

Posted: 4/21/2007 9:20:28 PM EDT

[#35]

Quoted:

Quoted:
I'll trade you a case of M855 for some pics of that chubby temptress of your's!

Ah Ha!!!! You are stalking me!!!

Here she is: hotty

bruh44... I like my women to be on the chubby side, but that pic is just GROSS!

OK, I give up... I'll stop stalking you.

Posted: 4/21/2007 9:30:07 PM EDT

[#36]

Thank God I broke down early last year and bought 10 cases of that Guatemalan surplus from AIM.

Dust off the termite shit, tumble for 2 hours and it's passable looking stuff....the only problem is I've got the hoarding mentality now so I almost hate to shoot what I've got because I know what it's gonna cost to replace.

Even reloading is looking expensive these days.

Posted: 4/21/2007 9:45:27 PM EDT

[#37]

HOLY SHIT !!!!!! Your right! How did I miss this?

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