Any place still have ammo?

[Desk Jockey]

So if you want to sell your house and last year it was worth $400k and this year the supply dwindles and the demand rises and now it's worth $600k.........are you going to sell it for $400k because you disagree with the market pricing or the concept of capitalism? Whether someone is a hoarder or flipper of anything, no one is forcing you or anyone else to buy stuff from them, so I'm not sure why that bothers you. Now, I would agree that if the government was forcing people to buy something (like health insurance that Obamacare tried to force on people).........then yes, that's a problem. But nobody is being forced to buy ammo, PPE, or hand sanitizer. Of those three, ammo is all I need or want.

The other day I saw two full shelves of 25-06 ammo, and that was all that was on the shelves. I wonder why that cartridge is the red-headed step child in all this? Perhaps it's time to buy a 25-06 if someone needs ammo. That's one reason why I picked up archery..........I can shoot whenever I want and I never have to worry about running out of ammo.

Yeah. So. You seemed to have missed almost every point I was trying to make with my original post. There is an ammo shortage because people were concerned about 3 issues I mentioned. Prices went up. Things got worse when speculators got into the game who had no intrinsic interest in shooting and starting buying solely with the intent of reselling at a higher price point.

I am not sure what your Econ 101 lesson or your house flipping example add to the discussion or help the OP get some 30-06 ammo.

OP - I would try to talk to my local gun shop or figure out how to get in the que for one of the big box stores on their ammo delivery day. Also, our rod and gun club has some members giving, selling, swapping small quantities of ammo to facilitate hunting and some of the guys are doing micro batch reloading for other members in hunting calibers. 20 rounds of 30-30 for a case of beer kind of thing. Get creative and don’t be picky about what is available. As I mentioned above, I think it will be a while before this is resolved and I doubt pricing on some things is going to come back down to where it was for a long time, if ever.

 

[EastMT]

Hi I’m coop, ima hoarder. I don’t need a brass or bullet till 2099. Sorry for your loss, you shoulda been hoarding the last 4 years too.


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[CorbLand]

Yeah. So. You seemed to have missed almost every point I was trying to make with my original post. There is an ammo shortage because people were concerned about 3 issues I mentioned. Prices went up. Things got worse when speculators got into the game who had no intrinsic interest in shooting and starting buying solely with the intent of reselling at a higher price point.

I am not sure what your Econ 101 lesson or your house flipping example add to the discussion or help the OP get some 30-06 ammo.

OP - I would try to talk to my local gun shop or figure out how to get in the que for one of the big box stores on their ammo delivery day. Also, our rod and gun club has some members giving, selling, swapping small quantities of ammo to facilitate hunting and some of the guys are doing micro batch reloading for other members in hunting calibers. 20 rounds of 30-30 for a case of beer kind of thing. Get creative and don’t be picky about what is available. As I mentioned above, I think it will be a while before this is resolved and I doubt pricing on some things is going to come back down to where it was for a long time, if ever.

Vista Outdoors announced they are backlogged 1 year and a billion dollars in orders. Even if quantities come back in that time period, pricing will be high for a couple years to burn through all that stock.

Its funny to me. The local gun store had 5 1000 round cases of 556 for 350 bucks since about 2017. Not a single person bought them at that price. They sat on the shelf for nearly three years and nobody would even look at them. They got 2 in a couple weeks ago. 470 bucks and they didn't last 30 minutes.

Stock up during the good times. At the very least you can sell it for what you paid for it in a couple years...or triple your money.

 

[TX_Diver]

Not sure if OP saw this yet but 150gr core lokts in classifieds

WTS - 30-06 ammo

Core Lokt 150gr -there’s 18 of them and I filled the last two slots with federal trophy bonded 168gr so 20 total rounds. $30+shipping Nosler sold pending funds

www.rokslide.com

 

[5MilesBack]

Its funny to me. The local gun store had 5 1000 round cases of 556 for 350 bucks since about 2017. Not a single person bought them at that price. They sat on the shelf for nearly three years and nobody would even look at them. They got 2 in a couple weeks ago. 470 bucks and they didn't last 30 minutes.

Exactly. EVERYONE had the same opportunity to buy those cans. Some did and some didn't. In Jan 2019 I bought some 1000 round cases online for pretty cheap. Inventory showed well over 300 cases in stock on most everything I looked at. But when demand surges and supply diminishes some people will condemn those that did buy them early on when no one else would. Then those same people complain when they can't find any and all the ammo is selling for much higher prices. Then they complain even more when someone else buys what does show up at a store. I guess the entitlement mentality has no barriers.

 

[Rogueworrior]

I live in Ca, ammo and guns are so hard to find.

 

[DMTJAGER]

cabelas by me has HG and rifle ammo often including 223 and 9mm even allows buying 5 50 round boxes of HG ammo. prices better than ANYWHERE on line for sure. Not lots but enough to buy a couple 100 rounds.