High Prices Thread -- Vent Your Frustration

[FNSafari]

A box of 50 44-40 rounds was $94 plus 5,5% tax. A box of 50 Remington 22LR shells $9 plus tax. A pound of H4831 $69 plus tax. I left.

 

[rockrat]

WOW!!!
Hit Wally World today and wonder of wonders, they had some CCI standard velocity 22's, limit 3 boxes, for $3.67 a box.
First I have seen in months

 

[INShooter]

44-40 ammo has always been expensive. I had one, great round. Hard to imagine now. I wonder if they are even being produced now with the demand of more popular ammo.

 

[mills braswell]

All this time I thought LGS stood for local gun shop. Evidently in this case it stands for local gouge shop. ouch.

 

[JMUPT]

I was a a shop last week and they had Privi 30-30 ammo for $50.00 a box, that was about as bad as i've seen.

 

[rebel]

Unfortunately, some have decided to do what is being described. I had Remington core-loct 165 gr 30 06 on my shelf earlier this week. $25 a box. I will not do that to my customers. I hope they remember it. I am having to source powder wherever I can and prices are up at my shop $8 to $10 a lb. Nobody seems to complain if I have it. In any case I am making the same markup as last year, and the year before.

 

[JB10]

Unfortunately, some have decided to do what is being described. I had Remington core-loct 165 gr 30 06 on my shelf earlier this week. $25 a box. I will not do that to my customers. I hope they remember it. I am having to source powder wherever I can and prices are up at my shop $8 to $10 a lb. Nobody seems to complain if I have it. In any case I am making the same markup as last year, and the year before.

I like owners that dont gouge there customers. I understand paying more if they did to get it. I have gotten some stuff at sportsman's over last few months. There prices have not gone up much. I paid 3 dollars more for 1 lb of powder. The place i normally get it from is at $50 for that same pound. I know they need to make a buck, but i will remember that when things come back around.

 

[rebel]

Yeah, we are getting some 9mm this week. I bitched because our cost is now over what we sold it for 6 months ago. So a 50 round box will be $20 for Fiochi 115 ball. Meanwhile at the local flea market.............$80 a box. Screw these people, don't buy at those prices!
Edit to add - as an LGS that serves a large rural community ( parts of 4 counties ) I am a staunch defender of small Local Gun Shops. However, this has become increasingly harder to do due to this behavior, I am a capitalist, not a profiteer.

 

[Sandstorm]

I am a staunch defender of small Local Gun Shops

I applaud you Sir. Refreshing to see these days Rebel.

 

[potatojudge]

My LGS is pricing ammo to stay on the shelf, not much, but enough that there's stock.

I think things won't die down until people start seeing ammo and components on shelves again to assure themselves that there will be ammo tomorrow still. In that respect, raising prices today will help drive them down in the future.

I like the policy of first box is standard retail, second box triples in price, but that sort of thing has its own hurdles.

 

[cotntop]

I did not see it for myself. A friend borrowed a pack of #11 caps to shoot a tournament with because they were 36 dollars for a box at his local. Gonna go see for myself today.

 

[rebs]

I was at a LGS Monday and he had Federal Gold Medal match small rifle primers for $10.00 a sleeve with a limit of five sleeves per customer. I bought five sleeves and thanked him for having a limit on them. They were pricey but at least more guys will get some and be able to shoot.

 

[FNSafari]

I also stopped at LL Bean Freeport store yesterday. They had some rifle ammo, but most in calibers not in too much favor these days....257 Bob, 250 Savage and the like. Some 300 WIn Mag. Absolutely NO 308, 270, 30-06, 30-30. Their prices are what I would consider fair given the current situation. Lots of shotgun shells by the box.

 

[shoot4fun]

Maybe not in your favor but that 257 Bob ammo is scarce and in great demand by the quarter-bore clan.
BTW, just think of how many times you have read or heard "Take a 30-06 on your (insert animal here) hunt because you can buy ammo at any Mom & Pop store even in the backwoods".
IIRC, I recently read a statement from Hodgdon saying they had no MSRP and no MAP pricing so vendors sold at what the market would bear. Also, they have started "selling" powder online through their website. How can you not sett MSRP but sell at set prices on your own website?
Everything about gun ownership and shooting is in flux. The LGS owner, large and small, is fighting for their existence and, instead of complaining and calling them out, maybe we should just stand with them and behind them.

I also stopped at LL Bean Freeport store yesterday. They had some rifle ammo, but most in calibers not in too much favor these days....257 Bob, 250 Savage and the like. Some 300 WIn Mag. Absolutely NO 308, 270, 30-06, 30-30. Their prices are what I would consider fair given the current situation. Lots of shotgun shells by the box.

 

[Twicepop]

I was a a shop last week and they had Privi 30-30 ammo for $50.00 a box, that was about as bad as i've seen.

I went to the MIDWAYUSA site a couple of nights back just to see what was/is available. Common rifle ammo, most of it was between $2-3.00 a round, the I got to the 338 Lapua. It was almost $8.00 every time you pull the trigger. I can remember when the 50BMG stuff was ONLY half that or less. Most everything goes is controlled by and fluctuates with market demand. Oil as an example is around $60-65.00 a barrel, it wasn't that far back when it hit $0.00 for a few days. When/if supply catches up with demand we may see some price rollbacks, until then if you want it, you gotta pay for it.

 

[pirate ammo]

44-40 ammo has always been expensive. I had one, great round. Hard to imagine now. I wonder if they are even being produced now with the demand of more popular ammo.

Still in demand, just got to deal with the right people, SASS. I load for them too.

 

[Paperpunch]

Hoping to find some 3006 spring for an inbound cmp MI.

 

[Falfan2017]

There is an argument for price gouging. More efficiently distributed resources across lots of people who need it most.

I don’t need 4831 bad enough to pay 69 bucks a pound. If it were 35$ id buy it just to have it and it would sit on my shelf.
If I really needed a pound to load up some rounds for a hunting trip then I’d be glad just to be able to get it and the high price is what kept it on the shelf.

 

[JEFFPPC]

Just left a LGS. They have both sr and spm. Both 10.00 per 100. Limit 2 per week.

 

[Coyotefurharvester]

Ammo prices will drop quickly, when the Biden firearm designated drop off sites open.