200 round boxes for $84ishWhat was the pricing like?
These days is seems like Academy and Bass Pro are the brick and mortar retailers holding prices close to the pre panic pricing. They line up at Academy to buy the limit. They know what day the trucks deliver ammo to stores in their area. A lot of the time it lasts only few hours even with the limits.
I have no idea. None are close enough to me to be worth chasing.Anybody know what day(s) the Concord Mills Academy gets ammo? Just want a little 38/357 for the new lever gun that I ordered.
There needs to one additional choice in the poll.
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Anyone want to update their response? LOL
Again...................not in my life time.when we get a God fearing President back in office who can stand on his own two feet.
I think you're right about the stash count.I vote 3-4 years at least. I think people are going to always remember how hard it is/was to get ammo during this time, so whenever they see it, they're going to buy it all up. I don't see the demand going down maybe ever. I think you will see a lot of people who thought 3-4,000 rounds was a good stash pre-Covid, start to think that 8-10,000 is a good stash per caliber. I think the thing with ammo is, versus an electronic or toilet paper, is that ammo has proven to keep/increase its value over time and does not depreciate, so people won't mind keeping 10,000 rounds for 20 years.
I vote 3-4 years at least. I think people are going to always remember how hard it is/was to get ammo during this time, so whenever they see it, they're going to buy it all up. I don't see the demand going down maybe ever. I think you will see a lot of people who thought 3-4,000 rounds was a good stash pre-Covid, start to think that 8-10,000 is a good stash per caliber. I think the thing with ammo is, versus an electronic or toilet paper, is that ammo has proven to keep/increase its value over time and does not depreciate, so people won't mind keeping 10,000 rounds for 20 years.
This feels right and I hope it is. Everyone is in panic mode. Once people start going back out and getting distracted and comfortable again, it will go back down. Maybe not to Trump levels, but it will go back down.Things came back down after Sandy Hook. Eventually this too, will pass.
That is part of what will keep the shortage going for much longer. When people double or triple their stash count, especially into the multiple thousands, it makes the ammo unavailable for others. It is kind of a "I'll buy up all this ammo before the hoarders get it." The old Pogo comic strip had a famous panel that said "We have met the enemy and he is us".I think you're right about the stash count.
Agreed 100%. I just think that's human nature. People remember stressful situations (like some of us with ammo right now), and will take measures to avoid stressing about ammo in the future. There's always going to be that person that can't have enough ammo and will keep buying, which they're entitled to do. I think new production facilities and hard limits would be the only way for ammo to be readily available on shelves in the near future.That is part of what will keep the shortage going for much longer. When people double or triple their stash count, especially into the multiple thousands, it makes the ammo unavailable for others. It is kind of a "I'll buy up all this ammo before the hoarders get it." The old Pogo comic strip had a famous panel that said "We have met the enemy and he is us".
My answer to this , on a public forum, really depends on whether I'm buying or selling. If you're reading this now and are sitting on a bunch of .308's ; the shortage is going to end any second.. please PM for a fair price on your ammo.
On the other hand, if you'd like to buy some 5.56; I'm thinking 5 years, minimum for the shortage... PM me for current prices. LOL .
Actually, in all seriousness, I think the ammunition market, like in person retail, has changed semi permanently because of the perfect storm of COVID, the election, and the general belief that people are sliding downhill sociologically at an ever increasing rate. All it's going to take is one "executive order" to investigate potential ammo hoarders as a domestic threat.. and welcome to the world of .22 CCI at $1.25/ round..
I’m expecting a big glut of 5.56 when everyone turns in their assault weapons to the government and then wants to sell off their ammo stash.
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I never would build up my stash during a shortage time. I like my money in my pocket. Also my main reason for my stash is that I hate shopping. I do not care what it is for. I hate going into stores. When people went nuts about toilet paper and other items I was all set because those are items easy to store in the house and do not go bad. I just find it interesting that people do not stock up on items. I am a baby boomer and my parents always stayed well stocked on things do to the depression and WWII. So I just carried that on.That is part of what will keep the shortage going for much longer. When people double or triple their stash count, especially into the multiple thousands, it makes the ammo unavailable for others. It is kind of a "I'll buy up all this ammo before the hoarders get it." The old Pogo comic strip had a famous panel that said "We have met the enemy and he is us".
Does anyone here remember the sugar panic in the 1970's? Some government subsidies dropped in domestic sugar production and people panicked and started buying all the sugar in sight. Same as now, the supply did not really change, but panic buying caused a shortage. 15 or so years later when we were cleaning out my Grandmother's attic, we found two 50 lb bags of sugar that she had forgotten about.
Capitalism has an ugly underbelly.Greedy people that don't even have guns are buying ammo to double or triple their money.
Better get it if you don't have it cause Joe and the Ho are going to do all they can to end it all as we know it.Capitalism has an ugly underbelly.
But I’ll take that over the alternative.
amenBetter get it if you don't have it cause Joe and the Ho are going to do all they can to end it all as we know it.
Just remember, that’s what people in the DA’s office call “evidence”.While reading this post, thinking about how it’s driven by high $/rd costs, and some people (of which I may or may not be) having many, many thousands of rounds.... it made me think I better take good pictures of all my ammo in case house burns down and have to make an insurance claim.
Have inventoried an photo’d all firearms, but now the total ammo value gets up high for people really quick!