Is ammo more available in your area/ prices stabilized or dropping?

TXAZ · March 14, 2021, 01:55 PM

“It seems” that a little more ammo is available locally and prices are stabilized/ starting to drop.
You guys seeing that or something else?

Logs · March 14, 2021, 02:04 PM

It is still high, but price hasn't moved up in the last month.

MarkCO · March 14, 2021, 04:19 PM

I am seeing improved availability and falling prices. Hold on, the prices will be lowest when the pipeline is full.

I only need one kind of powder to complete a T&E and one kind of brass for a new rifle that is not even built yet, so still fine. But I did have the opportunity to sell off a lot of stuff I don't even see me using again. Gun, components and reloading tools. Sold to locals first, then some friends on forums and have some auctions ending on GB. Guy yesterday got 100 6.5mm 150g bullets from me for $0.35.

One of the LGS had 50 round boxes of 9mm for $18 last week.

Shadow9mm · March 14, 2021, 04:34 PM

Little shop near me has been having 9mm regularly for 25 a box, 2 box limit

BillyBoy 57 · March 14, 2021, 05:17 PM

I saw 9mm target ammo yesterday at $18.99 , 2box limit . First I have seen since the election.

FITASC · March 14, 2021, 05:26 PM

Less ammo as all of the Walmarts have stopped selling ALL guns and ALL ammo. BASS has nothing and whatever Academy does get is scarfed up by the same folks who wait outside every delivery day.

**Aguila Blanca** · March 14, 2021, 05:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shadow9mm

Little shop near me has been having 9mm regularly for 25 a box, 2 box limit

What type? Is this for 50-round boxes of round-nose plinking ammo, or 20-round boxes of "name" brand JHP self-defense ammo?

MarkCO · March 14, 2021, 05:33 PM

I'd not darken the door of a Walmart, Bass Pro or Academy. The LGS needs us as much as we need them.

FITASC · March 14, 2021, 08:56 PM

Doesn't matter as Walmart, BASS and Academy have empty shelves and my Walmarts have discontinued all ammo and gun sales permanently.

KyJim · March 15, 2021, 06:48 PM

I didn't really need it, but very recently purchased a thousand rounds of Tula 9mm from an on-line dealer because it was the most reasonably priced I have seen for awhile ( 50 centers per round). I won't use any in my 1911s but don't mind shooting it in my polymers.

Carl the Floor Walker · March 15, 2021, 07:15 PM

That is about 4 times the cost from what I was paying last March ($6.43 per box) and that included shipping right to my door. A little over 12 cents per rd at the time.
But at least you were about to score. I have not seen any 9mm in my area for months.

**4V50 Gary** · March 15, 2021, 07:36 PM

Went into Big R today. No boolits but I did walk out with a new snow shovel. I get to test it on Wednesday.

Nathan · March 15, 2021, 08:53 PM

Still kind of high..200% to 600% of normal price. Most popular calibers available locally and more nationally in the last week or 2...check your reaction times...you have to click fast!

langenc · March 16, 2021, 09:08 PM

I got lucky and stocked up on 22 LR (Dynapoints) back about 2002 for 9.87/550. Have a couple boxes.

SIGSHR · March 17, 2021, 05:34 AM

No big chain stores here in NJ, at the LGS's it's still pretty tight. Only brands of 22LR I see are CCI and Federal, occasionally Aquila, prices still high. At one LGS/range in Eastern PA it's one box per customer for a range session only.

Logs · March 17, 2021, 09:16 AM

KY Gun Co has cases of ammo, but prices are up there.

FITASC · March 17, 2021, 01:58 PM

That's only .50/round which - in today's climate - is not bad at all.....

Ukrainitz · March 17, 2021, 04:17 PM

New Castle PA. 90 cents a round for Wolf brand 9mm. And the "professional" gun guy behind the counter tells me 3 box limit. I'm 57 with a bad hip. Yes, I ran.

Carl the Floor Walker · March 17, 2021, 06:01 PM

I wonder if all the hundreds of thousands of New Gun owners are becoming "Price conditioned" when they see these "Sale" signs of Ammo which is only 3 times the Pricing of last march as opposed to the standard 5 times the cost?

Scorch · March 17, 2021, 06:21 PM

We get ammo deliveries every day, and the shelves aren't totally bare any more. Got some 9mm and 223 on the shelves, got 308, got a few boxes of 40. 22 is showong up and the prices aren't too high. I think it's getting better.

ATN082268 · March 17, 2021, 07:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Carl the Floor Walker

I wonder if all the hundreds of thousands of New Gun owners are becoming "Price conditioned" when they see these "Sale" signs of Ammo which is only 3 times the Pricing of last march as opposed to the standard 5 times the cost?

Sounds like suckers ripe for the picking from places like Cheaper than Dirt

Ignition Override · March 19, 2021, 02:58 PM

Carl the Floor Walker: A WSJ editorial this week mentioned 8 Million new gun owners.

The writer elaborated on various factors (not just women, ethnic groups), and stated that Schumer doesn’t have the votes for any anti-gun legislation he would like to pass.

This subject seemed a bit unusual for the Wall Street Journal.

Geordieman · March 19, 2021, 03:35 PM

Ammo is still difficult to find in N.C. and many of the gun shops are price gouging unmercifully. Academy still has the best prices and my local store is getting larger deliveries three times a week than before. I also found out today that Dicks is going to also stop selling guns and ammo once their inventory has run down.

Cowboyfromhell · March 19, 2021, 03:55 PM

I'm actually disgusted by what I saw at one of my local spots in the Berkshires. They were selling ammo in baggies. .45 acp for $35 for half a box. They were opening up boxes and cutting them in half for more than 2x the price. I saw in their gun case j frame snubs for $699-799! Shield 45 for 549! The sales clerk asked if I needed anything and I just left without saying a word. I know times are tough but this is highway robbery and they know people have stimulus $$. I will never shop there again. That leaves only 2 stores left in my immediate area that I can purchase from. I will check them tomorrow....

Cowboyfromhell · March 19, 2021, 03:58 PM

Since dicks and wallly no longer sell guns or ammo in my city, that only leaves the local gun shops and they either have nothing or rip you off completely.... No thanx. I used to love to shoot but lately my guns just sit idle....I do have a nice supply on hand but I won't shoot it until things change. If they change...

March 14, 2021, 01:55 PM	#1
TXAZ Senior Member Join Date: September 5, 2010 Location: McMurdo Sound Texas Posts: 4,322	Is ammo more available in your area/ prices stabilized or dropping? “It seems” that a little more ammo is available locally and prices are stabilized/ starting to drop. You guys seeing that or something else? __________________ Cave illos in guns et backhoes

March 14, 2021, 02:04 PM	#2
Logs Senior Member Join Date: November 26, 1999 Location: BLUEGRASS STATE KY USA Posts: 1,780	It is still high, but price hasn't moved up in the last month. __________________ NRA LIFE MEMBER

March 14, 2021, 04:19 PM	#3
MarkCO Senior Member Join Date: October 21, 1998 Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 4,307	I am seeing improved availability and falling prices. Hold on, the prices will be lowest when the pipeline is full. I only need one kind of powder to complete a T&E and one kind of brass for a new rifle that is not even built yet, so still fine. But I did have the opportunity to sell off a lot of stuff I don't even see me using again. Gun, components and reloading tools. Sold to locals first, then some friends on forums and have some auctions ending on GB. Guy yesterday got 100 6.5mm 150g bullets from me for $0.35. One of the LGS had 50 round boxes of 9mm for $18 last week. __________________ Good Shooting, MarkCO www.CarbonArms.us

March 14, 2021, 04:34 PM	#4
Shadow9mm Senior Member Join Date: March 21, 2012 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 3,962	Little shop near me has been having 9mm regularly for 25 a box, 2 box limit __________________ I don't believe in "range fodder" that is why I reload.

March 14, 2021, 05:26 PM	#6
FITASC Senior Member Join Date: December 6, 2014 Posts: 6,440	Less ammo as all of the Walmarts have stopped selling ALL guns and ALL ammo. BASS has nothing and whatever Academy does get is scarfed up by the same folks who wait outside every delivery day. __________________ "I believe that people have a right to decide their own destinies; people own themselves. I also believe that, in a democracy, government exists because (and only so long as) individual citizens give it a 'temporary license to exist'—in exchange for a promise that it will behave itself. In a democracy, you own the government—it doesn't own you."- Frank Zappa

March 14, 2021, 05:17 PM	#5
BillyBoy 57 Member Join Date: December 5, 2020 Posts: 74	I saw 9mm target ammo yesterday at $18.99 , 2box limit . First I have seen since the election.

March 14, 2021, 05:33 PM	#8
MarkCO Senior Member Join Date: October 21, 1998 Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 4,307	I'd not darken the door of a Walmart, Bass Pro or Academy. The LGS needs us as much as we need them. __________________ Good Shooting, MarkCO www.CarbonArms.us

March 14, 2021, 08:56 PM	#9
FITASC Senior Member Join Date: December 6, 2014 Posts: 6,440	Doesn't matter as Walmart, BASS and Academy have empty shelves and my Walmarts have discontinued all ammo and gun sales permanently. __________________ "I believe that people have a right to decide their own destinies; people own themselves. I also believe that, in a democracy, government exists because (and only so long as) individual citizens give it a 'temporary license to exist'—in exchange for a promise that it will behave itself. In a democracy, you own the government—it doesn't own you."- Frank Zappa

March 15, 2021, 06:48 PM	#10
KyJim Senior Member Join Date: July 26, 2005 Location: The Bluegrass Posts: 9,142	I didn't really need it, but very recently purchased a thousand rounds of Tula 9mm from an on-line dealer because it was the most reasonably priced I have seen for awhile ( 50 centers per round). I won't use any in my 1911s but don't mind shooting it in my polymers. Last edited by KyJim; March 17, 2021 at 10:03 AM. Reason: Corrected auto- correct

March 15, 2021, 07:15 PM	#11
Carl the Floor Walker member Join Date: June 3, 2017 Location: South Posts: 1,422	That is about 4 times the cost from what I was paying last March ($6.43 per box) and that included shipping right to my door. A little over 12 cents per rd at the time. But at least you were about to score. I have not seen any 9mm in my area for months.

March 15, 2021, 07:36 PM	#12
4V50 Gary Staff Join Date: November 2, 1998 Location: Colorado Posts: 21,829	Went into Big R today. No boolits but I did walk out with a new snow shovel. I get to test it on Wednesday. __________________ Vigilantibus et non dormientibus jura subveniunt. *Molon Labe!*

March 15, 2021, 08:53 PM	#13
Nathan Senior Member Join Date: July 1, 2001 Posts: 6,321	Still kind of high..200% to 600% of normal price. Most popular calibers available locally and more nationally in the last week or 2...check your reaction times...you have to click fast!

March 16, 2021, 09:08 PM	#14
langenc Senior Member Join Date: August 19, 2007 Location: Montmorency Co, MI Posts: 1,551	I got lucky and stocked up on 22 LR (Dynapoints) back about 2002 for 9.87/550. Have a couple boxes.

March 17, 2021, 05:34 AM	#15
SIGSHR Senior Member Join Date: September 13, 2005 Posts: 4,700	No big chain stores here in NJ, at the LGS's it's still pretty tight. Only brands of 22LR I see are CCI and Federal, occasionally Aquila, prices still high. At one LGS/range in Eastern PA it's one box per customer for a range session only. Last edited by SIGSHR; March 17, 2021 at 09:58 AM.

March 17, 2021, 09:16 AM	#16
Logs Senior Member Join Date: November 26, 1999 Location: BLUEGRASS STATE KY USA Posts: 1,780	KY Gun Co has cases of ammo, but prices are up there. __________________ NRA LIFE MEMBER

March 17, 2021, 01:58 PM	#17
FITASC Senior Member Join Date: December 6, 2014 Posts: 6,440	That's only .50/round which - in today's climate - is not bad at all..... __________________ "I believe that people have a right to decide their own destinies; people own themselves. I also believe that, in a democracy, government exists because (and only so long as) individual citizens give it a 'temporary license to exist'—in exchange for a promise that it will behave itself. In a democracy, you own the government—it doesn't own you."- Frank Zappa

March 17, 2021, 04:17 PM	#18
Ukrainitz Member Join Date: December 6, 2020 Location: Western PA Posts: 29	New Castle PA. 90 cents a round for Wolf brand 9mm. And the "professional" gun guy behind the counter tells me 3 box limit. I'm 57 with a bad hip. Yes, I ran.

March 17, 2021, 06:01 PM	#19
Carl the Floor Walker member Join Date: June 3, 2017 Location: South Posts: 1,422	I wonder if all the hundreds of thousands of New Gun owners are becoming "Price conditioned" when they see these "Sale" signs of Ammo which is only 3 times the Pricing of last march as opposed to the standard 5 times the cost? Last edited by Carl the Floor Walker; March 17, 2021 at 06:10 PM.

March 17, 2021, 06:21 PM	#20
Scorch Senior Member Join Date: February 13, 2006 Location: Washington state Posts: 15,248	We get ammo deliveries every day, and the shelves aren't totally bare any more. Got some 9mm and 223 on the shelves, got 308, got a few boxes of 40. 22 is showong up and the prices aren't too high. I think it's getting better. __________________ Never try to educate someone who resists knowledge at all costs. But what do I know? Summit Arms Services

March 19, 2021, 02:58 PM	#22
Ignition Override Senior Member Join Date: February 18, 2008 Location: About 20 nm from the Big Muddy Posts: 2,884	Carl the Floor Walker: A WSJ editorial this week mentioned 8 Million new gun owners. The writer elaborated on various factors (not just women, ethnic groups), and stated that Schumer doesn’t have the votes for any anti-gun legislation he would like to pass. This subject seemed a bit unusual for the Wall Street Journal.

March 19, 2021, 03:35 PM	#23
Geordieman Member Join Date: April 23, 2013 Location: North Carolina Posts: 15	Ammo is still difficult to find in N.C. and many of the gun shops are price gouging unmercifully. Academy still has the best prices and my local store is getting larger deliveries three times a week than before. I also found out today that Dicks is going to also stop selling guns and ammo once their inventory has run down. __________________ We are all born in the gutter but some of us look at the stars.......Oscar Wilde!

March 19, 2021, 03:55 PM	#24
Cowboyfromhell Member Join Date: August 7, 2016 Posts: 57	I'm actually disgusted by what I saw at one of my local spots in the Berkshires. They were selling ammo in baggies. .45 acp for $35 for half a box. They were opening up boxes and cutting them in half for more than 2x the price. I saw in their gun case j frame snubs for $699-799! Shield 45 for 549! The sales clerk asked if I needed anything and I just left without saying a word. I know times are tough but this is highway robbery and they know people have stimulus $$. I will never shop there again. That leaves only 2 stores left in my immediate area that I can purchase from. I will check them tomorrow....

March 19, 2021, 03:58 PM	#25
Cowboyfromhell Member Join Date: August 7, 2016 Posts: 57	Since dicks and wallly no longer sell guns or ammo in my city, that only leaves the local gun shops and they either have nothing or rip you off completely.... No thanx. I used to love to shoot but lately my guns just sit idle....I do have a nice supply on hand but I won't shoot it until things change. If they change...

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