This Ammunition Shortage Sucks..., page 1

reply to post by Gazrok

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The industry isn't losing much..Remember, they are getting all those Gov't orders for ammo...paid for with our tax dollars.....

It's the same at all the stores here in my State.

Des

reply to post by Gazrok

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I went down to Cheaper Than Dirt (the brick and motar store, not online), and they have pretty much everything in stock. But, everything there was 3x the normal price. I saw American Eagle .223 going for nearly $40 for a box of 20, when they used to go for $8 for 20.

Same thing at the gun show during the weeked. Tons of stuff there, but all way too highly priced. I also noticed nobody was buying AR's anymore, even though they were on a ton of tables, and tons of people were bringing them into the show trying to sell them. I mean it was like AR city there. Looks like the market has been flooded with them and nobody wants to pay the crazy high prices anymore.

reply to post by buni11687

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You would think that CTD could hold the line at $20/box...goodness gracious; 5.56 (.223) costs virtually as much as 6.8spc which costs virtually as much (or more) as 7.62x51. Ironically it makes more sense now economically to operate a larger platform and get more "bang for your buck" as it were.

Originally posted by buni11687
reply to post by Gazrok

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Same thing at the gun show during the weeked. Tons of stuff there, but all way too highly priced. I also noticed nobody was buying AR's anymore, even though they were on a ton of tables, and tons of people were bringing them into the show trying to sell them. I mean it was like AR city there. Looks like the market has been flooded with them and nobody wants to pay the crazy high prices anymore.

This is exactly what I was hoping was going to happen now that the panic is slowly dying supply will slowly appear. The next thing that will happen is the prices will stabilize and then start to drop. People aren't going to sit on this stuff forever, and there are many people who panic bought a ton of stuff thinking they would double their money over night and they will be selling soon also. The market will soon be flooded with AR's and AK's again in the near future I think.

reply to post by DAVID64

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I hear that even .22LR is going up quite a bit (and technically there are no dangerous.22LR "assault rifles" on the "list"---as they are just copies).

Ever thought about making your own?
Sounds like the time is right for learning how to.

www.outdoorlife.com...

reply to post by kdog1982

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I imagine that there is a shortage of primers and brass is well bid for also.

reply to post by buni11687

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I think that "Cheaper Than Dirt" really needs to consider a name change....how about "PayDirt"?

reply to post by SpaDe_

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Prices for High Cap AR mags and various AR platforms are already coming down in price on the gun auction sites...not back to MSRP tho but they have halved the former spread in many instances.

reply to post by Senduko

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I really don't want to sound offending, but how many bullets do you need, do you guys shoot in the garden for fun?

I don't know about the rest of you all,but a weekend outing with target practice can eat up a supply very quickly.

Yeehaw!!


BTW,where are you Senduko?

reply to post by CosmicCitizen

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Yes I have noticed that you can now get PMAG's for $25 pretty regularly, which is a huge drop from the $50-75 price they were carrying just a month ago.

reply to post by Maxatoria

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They know that it is in their best interests to keep the demand high allowing an artificial shortage of supply keep prices and thus profits high. If they flood the market with ammo and then that artificial ("scarcity induced") demand drops off (as it will) then prices will drop and ammo will pile up again on dealer's shelves. Increasing production would allow them to sell more....but for how long (especially in this political environment)? There are a lot of people in the market for quantity who were not before....why? Because they assumed that they could just walk into their local store or go online and buy it whenever they wanted so now they want to not only "stock up" (buy more than they anticipate using near term to have adequate supply long term) but many also want to buy some for an "investment" to sell later at a profit. Whenever the "investment" greed factor enters the equation in any commodity (and this is being traded as a commodity in many cases: brass, copper, lead, powder) then the chance of a "bubble" forming is a real possibility. Bubbles pop.

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