Sudden increase in .32 ACP STHP prices

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Lord Grey Boots

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Am I the only one who has seen as sudden increase in the price of .32ACP Winchester Silvertip HPs?


Was $9 for 50 a few months ago, now it appears to be twice that...
 
I hadn't noticed because I had switched to Gold Dots.

Larry Seecamp ought to know, and he told me that Winchester had changed something in the .32ACP Silvertip round. I had called him to ask why the ST's I was shooting from my Seecamp were tumbling.
He told me that even he was having trouble buying ST's and to go to GD's. If Winchester has increased the price, maybe they've done something to fix the problem. I hope so. You should have seen my targets.

Kentucky Rifle
 
.32acp prices are higher, round for round, than 9mm. I know that from recent shopping. One guy at the gun show tried to tell me that the .32 is harder to produce, so it costs more. I dunno about that. I suspect that the recent popularity of Seecamps, Atauguas, NAAs and Kel-Tecs in .32 ACP has created a short-supply situation.

Still, if you shop long enough you can hit a bargain. At that same show I got a guy's last two boxes of Speer Gold Dots for $6.50 a box. Everybody else was asking $9 and up for .32 JHPs.
 
I didn't notice this until the Kel Tec became widely available. Kentucky Rifle and I are buying all the Gold Dots we can find for our Seecamps ;)
 
JB is right!

I've bought so much, I'm beginning to have to store some in the basement!
I also like that new longer Cor-Bon for my P-32 and Guardian. I should have purchased more of that at the last gun show. Anybody else like the new C-B for their "other than Seecamp" .32's?

Kentucky Rifle
 
gebooth,

I've been buying 32acp Winchester ST off and on for the last four years, and I've never found them for less than $20/50. Where the heck were you getting yours? If I had ever found them for $20/50 I'd have bought out the dealer!

FWIW, I use Fiocchi FMJ in my Guardian cause I think penetration is paramount in a 32acp. Fiocchi FMJ is the hottest FMJ on the market.
 
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