Ammo $$$$$
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Annihilator
Emissary
Ridiculous price! And shipping on top of that.........
It's still cheaper than Cheaper than Dirts price's!
Same with Bass Pro and most of the LGS's near me have only raised their prices a buck or 2 a box of at all.
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BIO-HAZARD
Elite
I Stocked up the 1st week the crap hit the fan . Ammo & toilet paper . LOL
ghosttwofive
Custom
Definitely. They have 100 round packs of Winchester 9mm FMJ for $18.99 in my home town right now, and Winchester .45ACP 100 round packs for $34.99. Prices are actually better in store than advertised online.
If you can find any ammo?
If there's a sign next to ammo that says "Financing Available" you know you may be in trouble?
On the bright side while browsing for something else found some ammo in stock at local hardware that was pre Covid pricing. Yes, a few boxes went to a happy campers new home.
If there's a sign next to ammo that says "Financing Available" you know you may be in trouble?
On the bright side while browsing for something else found some ammo in stock at local hardware that was pre Covid pricing. Yes, a few boxes went to a happy campers new home.
HansGruber
Ronin
Heh.
I think most of us now would get our wallets out in a flash for .33/rd 9mm, delivered.
I think most of us now would get our wallets out in a flash for .33/rd 9mm, delivered.
uspatriot1960
Custom
Not anymore. At least not consistently. Couple weeks ago, had a choice of a box of 50 9mm for $30 or a box of 150 for $50. Chose the 150!!
Went there yesterday and they were selling .22WMR box of 50 for $40. No way I’m paying that.
Bassbob
Emissary
It's still cheaper than most everyone on the internet's prices. Sportsman's Outdoor Superstore is selling all their 9mm for $50/box. The average price for 1000 rounds ( per Ammoseek) is about $600.
HansGruber
Ronin
The last time I bought steel .223, I paid right around $350 for 2000 rounds delivered...probably about 9 years ago.
I remember buying my first case of 7.62x39 for $109 delivered in 2001 or so.
I agree that we should hold off on buying factory rounds at stupid prices but even if ‘we’ do, millions of other people won’t (hell, there are thousands of new gun owners popping up every day and they will pay whatever for ammo because they don’t have any)... so the experiment wouldn’t get the expected results. It will only work if everybody, or at least the majority, does it.
What I believe is happening now is that folks are buying what they can before the Vista price increase kicks in during first week of April. I know lots of folks who stopped ordering ammo in October 2020 due to the crazy prices but as soon as the distributors got the letter from Vista in January, these same folks went ‘oh crap, let me go top off my stash’.
It’s possible that the price increase may help the industry. I doubt that folks will pay much higher prices unless they truly have zero ammo. The price increases may help keep some ammo on the local store shelves...
What I believe is happening now is that folks are buying what they can before the Vista price increase kicks in during first week of April. I know lots of folks who stopped ordering ammo in October 2020 due to the crazy prices but as soon as the distributors got the letter from Vista in January, these same folks went ‘oh crap, let me go top off my stash’.
It’s possible that the price increase may help the industry. I doubt that folks will pay much higher prices unless they truly have zero ammo. The price increases may help keep some ammo on the local store shelves...
KillerFord1977
SAINT
I was buying the OP 9mm for the $159 / 1000 rds bulk of Blazer at my range and going thru almost 2 boxes a month in shooting. Ahhh .. the glory days long gone ... 
Is why like some price tags if not placed over relevant info.
Past prices? Sometimes like a sobriety test?
Importantly, can also narrow down where product came from if pleased or not?
Also, if merchant, is sometimes cheap, smart and darned good advertising on products?
Scored 4 boxes of Monarch brass case in 9mm from Academy this afternoon with the wife's help (2 boxes per customer). They sold for $16.99 per box, which is double what they were pre-COVID.
I alerted family and friends that Academy got an unexpected shipment in. I told everyone to hurry, because they were stocking the shelves and boxes were flying off the shelf.
I alerted family and friends that Academy got an unexpected shipment in. I told everyone to hurry, because they were stocking the shelves and boxes were flying off the shelf.