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Old 06-07-2014, 01:57 PM
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Default The Coming Crash in Ammunition Prices

The author believes that the Obama caused bubble in ammunition prices seems ready to come to an end and the prices will soon be back down to normal.

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Saturday, June 07, 2014

The Coming Crash in Ammunition Prices

The Obama caused bubble in ammunition prices seems ready to bust. Over the last few years people have seen ammunition prices double or triple. Handgun and rifle ammunition has been hard to find at times. .22 long rifle ammunition tripled in price over the last 18 months. People would line up to buy ammunition at prices two and three times the level that they were just two years ago.

All of that is about to change. Ammunition supply looks as though it is ready to catch up with demand. Centerfire pistol and rifle cartridges are available on most store shelves. When I walked into a local Wal-Mart this morning, their were over 30 signs on the ammunition case indicating a rollback of prices by 10-15%.

Metal prices have already fallen from the highs of the bubble. Copper and lead are far lower than they were. You will know that the bubble is close to the bottom when you see .22 LR on sale for below 4 cents per round. At the lowest, we might see .22 cartridges below $10 for 500.
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Now for pistol powder....that's as hard to find as a straight male in California...
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Now for pistol powder....that's as hard to find as a straight male in California...
I don't have any problems finding pistol powder
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I don't either if you don't mind what powder you use...any winchester is out of the question but the rest are around....
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I travel WalMarts, from South Florida to South Carolina, there is NO glut of any caliber right now. .22 LR is by luck even when I know what is going on in certain stores. Also, .22LR never did double or triple, WalMart was selling 550 packs for $24.00 last month. The author speaks with forked tongue. Sounds to me like he is talking about the online market where anything can be had for a premium.
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Below $10 for 500rds of .22lr? I doubt we will ever see that.
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I was talking to somebody at a LGS. He had been to the Shot Show and supposedly had lunch with the folks from Hornady. According to him there will be new taxes and burdensome regulations imposed on the ammo manufacturers starting October this year. Prices may not come down as much as we hope. His recommendation is stock up, which we should be doing anyway.
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Below $10 for 500rds of .22lr? I doubt we will ever see that.
Don't even bother with that thought, we are at the new norm now, and it will rise.

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I was talking to somebody at a LGS. He had been to the Shot Show and supposedly had lunch with the folks from Hornady. According to him there will be new taxes and burdensome regulations imposed on the ammo manufacturers starting October this year. Prices may not come down as much as we hope. His recommendation is stock up, which we should be doing anyway.
I agree that prices will be going up. I do not mind that as long as supplies are plentiful. Even at premium prices buying a little at a time doesn't hurt.
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Now for pistol powder....that's as hard to find as a straight male in California...
What are you trying to say?

Obviously you haven't been to South Beach in Miami anytime lately....
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I can't find VV powder anywhere.
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