The Coming Crash In Ammo Prices

[Lou45]

Now I get it.

 

[K31]

This ^^^ post doesn't make any sense to me; WTF is "sponge worthy"???

He's saying he's an ammo slut.

 

[adit]

Now I get it.

youtube to the rescue....

 

[j_h_smith]

I think this all goes away because of Obama's speech today after the Washington school shooting today.

Good Luck to us all.
Jim Smith

 

[Mr H]

This ^^^ post doesn't make any sense to me; WTF is "sponge worthy"???

Think of it as a recoil pad, muzzle brake and bore mop, all in one.

 

[BigDaddy]

Everyone's ammo thermostat has been reset, with regard to 22lr.

Used to be the next trip to the gun show and how much you shot determined how much you needed. Now when ammo disappears for a year, and the left wing legislators talk about 50-100% ammo tax, suddenly you 'need' more. A lot more.

 

[Semper Noctem]

I think this all goes away because of Obama's speech today after the Washington school shooting today.

Good Luck to us all.
Jim Smith

This exactly. I see ammo restriction and limits in the future. May be time for me to start reloading

 

[Lou45]

Think of it as a recoil pad, muzzle brake and bore mop, all in one.

This ^^^ is a good analogy.

 

[Minuteman]

From what I've read, several big federal agencies (some new, or new to bring armed or doing firearms training); have completed their stock pile / emergency surplus. So now on they will just be purchasing restock of the limited amount of training ammo they use. If this is true, this would be a huge contributing factor to the availability and cost of popular service calibers.

This does not explain the shortage of .22LR.

Big box stores (Walmart, Dicks, Cabelas, etc), are typically slow to change their prices up or down (beyond normal, programmed sales).

 

[Oldcarjunkie]

Let's hope the prices drop, I need some ammo. I was just thinking about getting into reloading just to save a few bucks in the long run.

 

[Jimbob2.0]

An optimist I like it. Time to stock up if a crash occurs!

That said, not so sure with continued media hype about nutjobs who insist on hurting people.

By the way while I get commodities are a cornerstone of capitalism, I hope some of the vendors who have been hoarding .22LR to sell at $100 per brick loose their a$$es. As they are probably bouying prices as much as the Walmart ammo cabinet stalkers.

 

[Mark75H]

I think this all goes away because of Obama's speech today after the Washington school shooting today.

Good Luck to us all.
Jim Smith

I agree, if anything it will stay stable, and supply about the same as today

 

[pwoolford]

Definitely on the way down! Anyone else get the Natchez email? XM193 case for $320.

 

[protegeV]

 

[AlpineDude67]

The .22 crash is definitely on the way. Go on gun broker, punch in 22lr in the search box and then sort by number of bids. Yes, there are still idiots on there trying to get $150 for a brick, but they aren't attracting any bids. Right now, a huge lot of golden bullets is running just under 9 cents a round + shipping. That is getting serious interest/bids. It may sell for a bit more than that, but it isn't going to end up at 25 cents a round. That nonsense is already over.

The ammo hoarders largely have what they want. The guys buying to flip ammo are dumping their inventory before they get hammered. Add that to the fact all the .22 manufacturers are still pouring out product 24/7 and we are definitely going to see prices return to normal.

Give it another few months - you'll be able to shoot and buy .22 again. I don't know about the rest of you, but I am definitely ready to pull out some old friends that have been gathering dust.

 

[bkuether]

I have an open order with Midway for 4000 rounds of 22. Maybe now it will get filled.

 

[bama47]

I don't think we're there yet. There's a whole segment of gun owners who had a stash before the panic and are waiting to buy it cheap and stack it deep.

I'd gladly be proven wrong, though.

If it goes cheaper, i'll stack it deeper!!!

 

[tkd4life]

I guess I will believe it when I see it. With all the media attention given to any idiot with a firearm I just don't see the debate going away. As long as the debate is there, I think the prices will stay above the pre-Sandy Hook days. And as far as reloading, while components are getting a little easier to find, they still sell out quick. Just go on Powdervalley and see what powders they have instock.

 

[pcfixer]

If it goes cheaper, i'll stack it deeper!!!

Exactly

Could also be a calm before the storm!!


http://www.ammoland.com/2014/06/obama-praises-australias-firearm-confiscation/

 

[pcfixer]

Well, he also said yesterday, addressing the point that the problem is mental health, rather than guns, that other countries have mental illness, but much less "gun violence" than the U.S., so the problem must be inadequate gun regulation. From CNN:


“The United States does not have a monopoly on crazy people. It's not the only country that has psychosis," he said. "And yet we kill each other in these mass shootings at rates that are exponentially higher than any place else. Well, what's the difference? The difference is that these guys can stack up a bunch of ammunition in their houses and that's sort of par for the course.”

http://www.examiner.com/article/oba...s-his-failure-to-trample-2nd-amendment-enough