Ammo Prices

G

gdeal

New member
What made ammo double in price in the last two years? Not the cost of fuel? Fuel went up but came back down a little anyway. At this rate it might be cheaper to learn how to reload my own and buy all the equipment needed to do that.
 
the last two years? i thought it went up the last few months. maybe the new administration...???
 
yeah, I don't know the exact date of the jump but I remember two years ago it seemed to be half of what it is now.
 
China was buying lead and copper in huge quantities for a while; the last election induced panic buying onto lots of folks; makers are running 24/7 and panic hoarders are keeping demand high, although some of it seems to finally be slowing, maybe those folks are running out of money.........
 
Yeah about a year and a half ago I noticed that prices were really starting to rise. That was because the basic cost of all metals was going up, up, up. And I heard that there were some new taxes imposed about the same time. But last fall, the cost of metals plummetted at the same rate as the price of oil, the stock market collapsed, everything went down in price. But that was about the same time that gun people started getting paranoid, so they started panic buying and hoarding. So, instead of ammo falling at the same rate as metals falling, it really started climbing and it hasn't really come back down yet. Any self-respecting politician sees the potential there to tax the beejeezus out of ammo now. They have seen that no matter how high the price goes, some people will pay it. I predict that in the next few years, the taxes on ammo will keep going up so that the net price to us will stay about the same.

Reloading definitely saves money per round compared to factory ammo, but the price of reloading components is still high and availability is limited.
 
A few years ago it was metal prices. Then it was a supply/demand/panic deal more recently.

Don't you just love it when prices double, then double again?:(
 
Metal prices went throug the roof for a while. I know this becasue in the 2 towns I have lived in there were problems of thieves stealing airconditioners and stripping out the copper to sell. Also there were a lot of plumbing, and electrical supplies that were copper stolen from building sites. Metal proces increased, so manufacturers passed the cost increase on. Unlike fuel prices most other manufacturers do not go down on prices if the materials become cheaper.
Also many places have increased thier prices because of the peak in demand, knowing that due to walmart running out so quickly people will buy the higer priced ammo from them just to have some. New gun buyers are being preyed upon at gun shows and other places because they have never purchased ammo before and think that the price they are paying is the norm.
 
about the same time that gun people started getting paranoid, so they started panic buying and hoarding
Click to expand...

Great. Now can someone tell these Paranoid Schizophrenics to knock it off because it is ruining it for the rest of us.
 
Greed....... At first they said it was copper, lead, brass etc, then after those prices came way down, they said it was the election, then after the election, it was the make believe assault weapon band. Just goes to show you how manufactures will go to any length to get your money.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top