Ammo Prices Set to Rise 'Substantially'

newsweek.com ^ | Dec. 7, 2023 | Anders Anglesey

[alancarp]

"... even worse It was far away and I had to take a boat to get there..."

I can sympathize: the risk of further accidents is real.

[stevio]

Not yet, not enough.

[dpetty121263]

Well I bought tons of supplies when they were cheap like $20 a box of primers and 19.99 a 1lb bottle of powder as an example.. I saw this coming back in 2007-2008 when they elected Capt. Oreo as President.

[PROCON]

Cheaper bulk 9mm/124gr for $180/1000 rds

https://ammoseek.com/ammo/9mm-luger

[stevio]

Ok, while reading exactly what you wrote, you want to kill people for foot. ;^)

[sjmjax]

Oh great! Primer shortages was bad enough.

[sarge83]

One liberal friend I have said if things hit the fan I am heading to your place! I didn’t say a word, but thought to myself, you ain’t invited sister, you get to live within the carnage you created.

[Myrddin]

I've been buying sparingly and not shooting at all. Very disappointing. I haven't renewed my range membership in the last 2 years. Last time I did, it was $500 for a couples membership for the year. We went to the range twice. $250 per trip. I didn't renew the outdoor range either.

Before I moved to Idaho, my annual range membership was leveraged 5 days a week. Sunday nights were spent listening to Matt Drudge on KOGO while loading another 1200 rounds of 38SPL. That was 1999. I miss my range time. It has just become prohibitively expensive and/or impossible with empty shelves. A lack of primers prevented loading more on my own bench.

[DarthVader]

Good!!!

[Rappini]

Wasn’t Vista outdoor just purchased by a Chec group along with some other firearm companies.

[Myrddin]

I preferred Win236 for 38SPL, 44SPL, 45Auto. The magnum rounds 357mag, 44mag, 454 Casull do well with H110. I have a different powder for the 45-70. That always gets loaded with a small swatch of cloth to keep the powder next to the primer.

[Myrddin]

I like Hornady ammo. Their 454 Casull brass is a bit soft and sticks in the cylinder of a Ruger 454 Casull revolver. The Starline brass is harder and drops free consistently with 454Casull.

[GRRRRR]

Serious question,

How long is powder good for in the unopened canister?

Might have to repackage into brass sub-units…

[circlecity]

I got a bunch of powder. Need to stock up on primers. I figure bullets will always be available.

[circlecity]

“ How long is powder good for in the unopened canister?‘

indefinitely if you store it in a dry, cool place. I have loaded with 20 year old powder and it worked flawlessly. Same with full ammo. I still have several bricks of “Nam era ammo that goes bang every time.

[GRRRRR]

That’s what I like to hear!👍🇺🇸⭐️

[Big Red Badger]

Smokin’ Deals out there right now...
.
I’ll run outa Luck
Fot I run out of ammo.

[who knows what evil?]

They won’t need to take your guns...they’ll just wipe out ammo supplies.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

I believe this began under Obama and his attempt to buyup all the ammo available.
wish I had back the 400 rounds of M-2 Ball I shot up 5 years ago.

Found two 500 rd boxes of Federal .22 I bought back in the early 1980s. Hope it still shoots!

[circlecity]

‘$70-90 for 1000 primers”

I don’t like it but I’ll live with it. 2 years ago you couldn’t find primers at all. Stock up while you can.