The ammo is available if you’re willing to pay $60 for a box of 9MM range ammo and $100 for a 500 round box of .22......
All us crazy gun owners told people years ago to start buying and stocking ammo——yet they called us crazy. Now they’re frantically shopping for guns and ammo...
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My local Walmart is now selling a ton of 22 and 308. My suppliers are saying that it’s coming back, albeit slowly.
Just like Obama this current White house occupant makes big promises with gun control with no follow through.
There were 21 million guns sold in 2020, not 15 million.
There were 8.4 million new gun owners, not 5.1 million.
I suspect his numbers were taken before the year was done.
I'm seeing more ads in my email in box for ammunition, mainly 9mm and .223/5.56, for sale, and usually at a "discounted" price of a couple bucks off of the 500% inflated price over 'normal.' So supply is slowly increasing, even if prices are not decreasing.
There continues to be a component shortage for the makers, mainly in primers. I don't have time to find links, but at least two companies have begun setting up new primer manufacturing lines, so within 6 months the primer shortage should be over.
Once that happens, then supply should be enough that prices will come down and settle at a new norm that is higher than the pre-2018 prices, but much lower than they are today.
The same thing happened in the 2008 time frame. Pre-2008 $8/50 9mm eventually became $12/50 9mm. I would expect that the new normal will be $15/50 for 9mm 115gn range ammo.
But it may well be 2022 before we see those prices.
Ammo shortage -
Is that like .22 Short and 9mm Kurtz?
I hit several gun shows and bought by the case. All stored in military ammo boxes with desiccant.
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Diligence and patience! If you need *right now* it’s trouble, and you’re prey.
If you have time, a quick search just this moment (https://ammoseek.com/ammo/9mm-luger?ca=brass) shows prices under $0.50/rnd for 9; $0.72 for 45. Not good but not auction site crazy.
Same site for HST: I paid $40/50; current search says $60/50.
tl;dr: awful for the shooting sport and hobby, but for defensive use / new owners, it’s just a bit elevated.
Side note: if you’re stocked up on primers or complete rounds, stop telling everyone online. If I were a thug, I’d be doxxing the people claiming to have backstock with intent to get a 100% discount rate on bulk ammo when they go out or on vacation... and I don’t care if you are John Wick, do you really want to be that tied to being guardian of your stuff?
I haven’t even checked. Is there a heavy demand on bolt action rifle ammo?
I can’t even buy 9mm Brass and when I do find some it’s about .26 cents each.
I guarantee you here will not be a great ammo glut in 2022. I know this because once prices return to normal I will be buying literally tens of thousands of rounds.
After the Obama shortage I decided to keep a stockpile of at least 10,000 rounds. Almost a year and a half of not buying ammo because I refuse to pay 3X as much as normal means I am running out in several calibers. OK. Lesson learned. Next time the stockpile will be at least 30,000 rounds. That way I can last years without buying ammo the next time we have a massive ammo shortage.
—while only part of the pricing, copper at over $4.00/lb is in the picture, price -wise—
If warm weather brings back the BLM/Antifa Follies, shortages will resume. .
Seriously?
The toss of a coin would be more likely to produce an accurate answer than the idiots at the linked website.
.556 is actually getting cheaper.