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Old February 11, 2013, 10:18 AM   #6
dajowi
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Went to a gun show this weekend. The place was packed. Within four hours of the doors opening there were over 15,000 paid admissions to the show.

Lots of big, black, naughty "assault weapons," and plenty of handguns.

Ammo wasn't so much in short supply, (although some calibers were), but over priced. Bricks of .22 previously selling for $13-$17 now commanded prices of $30-$50. There was plenty of bulk ammo but I didn't see any 9mm.

Reloading components were equally over priced. I had been looking for small pistol primers for a couple of weeks. Even looked on-line. Found a couple of vendors selling cases of Winchester and CCI small pistol primers at the show and decided to "bite the bullet" and plunk down the $55 per 1000 case.

The last time there was shortage I vowed to stock up. This second lesson in supply and demand economics is going to be remembered.
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