Ammo Prices...Seem to be coming down

[Cameramonkey]

Meijer had ammo?

I think its an Indiana market thing. Ive bought 22 in the height of the panic a couple years back in Hilliard, OH. But Ive never seen anything but shotgun shells or hunting rifle rounds in Indiana stores. And exempting shotgun ammo, I could carry out all the rifle ammo in the case in one trip. So even when they had it, there wasnt much.

 

[maxwelhse]

Meijer had ammo?

Used to, but maybe not now? Back in the day, I took great pleasure in using my Thanksgiving "turkey" gift card from my anti-gun employer and using it for ammo.

Hilariously, it was some sort of special card that couldn't be used on tobacco or booze. Guess they didn't see me coming.

 

[maxwelhse]

I think its an Indiana market thing. Ive bought 22 in the height of the panic a couple years back in Hilliard, OH. But Ive never seen anything but shotgun shells or hunting rifle rounds in Indiana stores. And exempting shotgun ammo, I could carry out all the rifle ammo in the case in one trip. So even when they had it, there wasnt much.

Depends where and when, I suppose. It's getting hard to knock the cobwebs out, but I remember the one I shopped at carrying pistol rounds way back... Probably the early 00s? I know for sure I bought my first box of 555 .22LR there.

Reflecting on the gift card comment, this was post Sandy Hook and indeed I was buying shotgun food. But... That store had all of the hunting rifle rounds you'd ever want. It seems most did too. Stuff like .270, .243, other calibers I don't know anything about, etc.

I'm not a hunter and probably wrong about this on some level, but I don't think Indiana had a rifle season at that time so those calibers always seemed to be readily available. Meijer had heaps of it. This was probably 2012-2015.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Unfortunately, there may be some truth to this. These may wind up being, "the good ol' days".

 

[d.kaufman]

Meijer had ammo?

My local Meijer does/did stock ammo. Most common rifle calibers (30/06. 308, 223, 22lr) and shotshells. Don't recall ever seeing handgun ammo though.
I shop there weekly so I always run by the ammo cabinet. Usually just a box or 3 of shotshells nowadays. But the price is decent for the time. Bought a couple 25 round boxes of 3" 12 gauge birdshot for $7.49 last week

 

[maxwelhse]

These may wind up being, "the good ol' days".

I'm pretty doom and gloom on most topics and I'm not ready to believe that yet. The ammo market has been highly cyclic for just about the past 20 years now. All of us knew this cycle was coming and as recently as last summer we were all being told it would take years for the ammo makers to catch up with demand. Even with what's going on now, I'm seeing the cycle continue as expected. Guns are back in stock and prices falling almost daily, but ammo is still more elusive.

All of those new buyers that soaked up everything a year ago are almost certainly not all new shooters. From the looks of things they bought that one gun, their box(es) of ammo, and forgot about it. For instance, RKguns has many entry level ARs, in stock, for prices that don't reflect the current ammo market inflation. Same thing with pistols.

I feel that if this were the new normal, the guns would be way up there too, or, be basically free because no one can afford to feed one. Kinda "average" gun prices makes me think that we're still in the bubble and the bubble will eventually burst. I don't think we'll get back to where we were, but 2-3x pricing will probably relax.

 

[Lex Concord]

I'm pretty doom and gloom on most topics and I'm not ready to believe that yet. The ammo market has been highly cyclic for just about the past 20 years now. All of us knew this cycle was coming and as recently as last summer we were all being told it would take years for the ammo makers to catch up with demand. Even with what's going on now, I'm seeing the cycle continue as expected. Guns are back in stock and prices falling almost daily, but ammo is still more elusive.

All of those new buyers that soaked up everything a year ago are almost certainly not all new shooters. From the looks of things they bought that one gun, their box(es) of ammo, and forgot about it. For instance, RKguns has many entry level ARs, in stock, for prices that don't reflect the current ammo market inflation. Same thing with pistols.

I feel that if this were the new normal, the guns would be way up there too, or, be basically free because no one can afford to feed one. Kinda "average" gun prices makes me think that we're still in the bubble and the bubble will eventually burst. I don't think we'll get back to where we were, but 2-3x pricing will probably relax.

You know the good ol' days weren't always good,
Tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems.

 

[maxwelhse]

You know the good ol' days weren't always good,
Tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems.

Now I'm gonna go have an ice cold beer in the shade.

 

[Lex Concord]

Now I'm gonna go have an ice cold beer in the shade.

Be sure to listen to your .45 too

 

[CTBay]

Rural King Bedford Wed Sep 1st 12:15. Not much left. I got 3. 100rds 9mm $32.99

I got so excited I forgot to look if there was 223/556

I hope you people that are going to shoot it hurry up and buy so the stupid sporting good store doesn’t come up here buy it then triple the price in their store. That’s what happened to all the $8.99 5.56. It’s $18 at the sporting goods store two doors down.


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[Bugzilla]

Be sure to listen to your .45 too

Rather listen to my 357!

 

[BankShot]

Rural King Bedford Wed Sep 1st 12:15. Not much left. I got 3. 100rds 9mm $32.99



I got so excited I forgot to look if there was 223/556

I hope you people that are going to shoot it hurry up and buy so the stupid sporting good store doesn’t come up here buy it then triple the price in their store. That’s what happened to all the $8.99 5.56. It’s $18 at the sporting goods store two doors down.


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Looks like there was some 223 on the shelf in the photo.

 

[CTBay]

Looks like there was some 223 on the shelf in the photo.

Its $13-15. I need it to be less than $10. I think thats what everyone else is thinking too because its been there forever. That ingram stuff in the little black boxes works really well for me, but I am not giving $15 for it. There was 10 or so boxes of Winchester 5.56 for $8.99 a couple days ago. I think they don’t always put all of it out. I am going to get 10 next time I see it. Forgot to look.

Down the sidewalk in the same complex Dunham’s has about 10 boxes of that same Winchester 5.56 for $17.99 each. Hmmmm wonder where that came from. They have a bunch of the norma 9mm too. Its $25 at RK and $32 in there. Do they really need to do that crap? Why would they buy all of RK’s stuff for $25 a box when they could get Blazer online for $20 a box? Im not understanding why they are doing that.

33 cents a round for 9mm is the best I have seen since shortage started. Its FMJ, Brass Case, not reloads. I should have bought all of them probably. The primers are all different shades of brown. They are not a uniform color. I hope they shoot ok.


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[ancjr]

I hope you people that are going to shoot it hurry up and buy so the stupid sporting good store doesn’t come up here buy it then triple the price in their store. That’s what happened to all the $8.99 5.56. It’s $18 at the sporting goods store two doors down.

That place is horrible, but I had no idea they were reselling the ammo too.

 

[BankShot]

Its $13-15. I need it to be less than $10. I think thats what everyone else is thinking too because its been there forever. That ingram stuff in the little black boxes works really well for me, but I am not giving $15 for it. There was 10 or so boxes of Winchester 5.56 for $8.99 a couple days ago. I think they don’t always put all of it out. I am going to get 10 next time I see it. Forgot to look.

Down the sidewalk in the same complex Dunham’s has about 10 boxes of that same Winchester 5.56 for $17.99 each. Hmmmm wonder where that came from. They have a bunch of the norma 9mm too. Its $25 at RK and $32 in there. Do they really need to do that crap? Why would they buy all of RK’s stuff for $25 a box when they could get Blazer online for $20 a box? Im not understanding why they are doing

33 cents a round for 9mm is the best I have seen since shortage started. Its FMJ, Brass Case, not reloads. I should have bought all of them probably. The primers are all different shades of brown. They are not a uniform color. I hope they shoot ok.


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Let us know how the Browning 9mm works out. I have never tried it. That's not a bad price by today's standards.

 

[t-squared]

Let us know how the Browning 9mm works out. I have never tried it. That's not a bad price by today's standards.

Just in case you or others didn't know, The Browning handgun ammo is made by Winchester-Olin.

The pic earlier by CTBay gave me a grin.....The Browning stuff priced a dollar higher than the Winchester...

 

[nipprdog]

I hope you people that are going to shoot it hurry up and buy so the stupid sporting good store doesn’t come up here buy it then triple the price in their store. That’s what happened to all the $8.99 5.56. It’s $18 at the sporting goods store two doors down.


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do you know for a FACT that they are doing that? or, are you assuming that because of the price difference?

 

[BankShot]

Just in case you or others didn't know, The Browning handgun ammo is made by Winchester-Olin.

The pic earlier by CTBay gave me a grin.....The Browning stuff priced a dollar higher than the Winchester...

Thanks for the info. I knew it was manufactured by someone else. I just didn't know who it was. A dollar extra for that bright yellow box instead of that plain white one. LOL.

 

[CTBay]

do you know for a FACT that they are doing that? or, are you assuming that because of the price difference?

I will concede I don’t know that for a fact. I was checking both stores for a long time. Dunhams would have NOTHING in a particular caliber while RK did have. The very next day RK is out and Dunhams has IDENTICAL ammo they didn’t have the day previous for a considerably higher price. Coincidence? I don’t believe in coincidences. I will admit I didn’t see them buy it a carry down there but I have seen that scenario three times.


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[CTBay]

Just in case you or others didn't know, The Browning handgun ammo is made by Winchester-Olin.

The pic earlier by CTBay gave me a grin.....The Browning stuff priced a dollar higher than the Winchester...

I never saw the Winchester stuff. I ignored that card because the shelf above it was empty. Why did that give you a grin? Because it came from the same factory.

I didn’t know. Thanks. What are the implications there? Is it sub-par?