WTF is up with ammo prices!?

[Floyd]

Sorry to see that some of our members are having localized problems with availability of ammo. Our local Big 5 sells out of 75% of their weekly shipments within 16 work hours of obtaining their orders. So, set your cash aside and wait until Tuesday afternoon.

I went on an ammo run today and found a couple of boxes of Hornady SST deer slugs for $6 a box. Other stores are selling Winchester deer slug for $16 for five! That, my friends, AIN'T RIGHT! pirate

Or, as others have said, order on-line and load up when you have the spare cash.  

[Fresnel]

Floyd

Other stores are selling Winchester deer slug for $16 for five! That, my friends, AIN'T RIGHT! pirate

No, that's capitalism. 3nodding  

[OberFeldwebel]

Mother's friend went to Gander the other day, .357 Magnums $50 a box.  

[-IRyouI-]

OberFeldwebel

Mother's friend went to Gander the other day, .357 Magnums $50 a box.

What brand?  

[OberFeldwebel]

Ryou1993

OberFeldwebel

Mother's friend went to Gander the other day, .357 Magnums $50 a box.

What brand?

Didn't say.
CCI Blazer maybe.  

[-IRyouI-]

OberFeldwebel

Ryou1993

OberFeldwebel

Mother's friend went to Gander the other day, .357 Magnums $50 a box.

What brand?

Didn't say.
CCI Blazer maybe.

-_-' the cheapest magnum ammunition for a magnum i've seen is for the .44, around 40 bucks a box-and the ammo itself is pretty poor quality. That's politics for ya....  

[uryu ishida]

Ryou1993

OberFeldwebel

Ryou1993

OberFeldwebel

Mother's friend went to Gander the other day, .357 Magnums $50 a box.

What brand?

Didn't say.
CCI Blazer maybe.

-_-' the cheapest magnum ammunition for a magnum i've seen is for the .44, around 40 bucks a box-and the ammo itself is pretty poor quality. That's politics for ya....

Hell, High-quality .45ACP is nearing $50 as well. Or maybe the local shop is gouging the ONLY box of JHPs he's been ABLE to get in the last four months.

The distributors laugh at him when he asks if they have any .45ACP.  

[Floyd]

I wish I had a web source for this news, but some TV stories on the ammo shortage are laying the blame on the manufacturers. The claim is that they're barely keeping pace with the demands from our military. I can see this being true for common rounds like the .45ACP and 9mm. But I see tons of .223 Remington on the shelf.

And why no second string calibers like .380ACP? I doubt a lot of our military forces are packing Walther PPKs or Bersa Thunders as backups over in Iraq.  

[Fresnel]

Floyd

I wish I had a web source for this news, but some TV stories on the ammo shortage are laying the blame on the manufacturers. The claim is that they're barely keeping pace with the demands from our military. I can see this being true for common rounds like the .45ACP and 9mm. But I see tons of .223 Remington on the shelf.

And why no second string calibers like .380ACP? I doubt a lot of our military forces are packing Walther PPKs or Bersa Thunders as backups over in Iraq.

The military doesn't use .45 anymore, do they?  

[OberFeldwebel]

Fresnel

Floyd

I wish I had a web source for this news, but some TV stories on the ammo shortage are laying the blame on the manufacturers. The claim is that they're barely keeping pace with the demands from our military. I can see this being true for common rounds like the .45ACP and 9mm. But I see tons of .223 Remington on the shelf.

And why no second string calibers like .380ACP? I doubt a lot of our military forces are packing Walther PPKs or Bersa Thunders as backups over in Iraq.

The military doesn't use .45 anymore, do they?

No they don't, but .45 ACP does use; brass, copper and lead.

They should build a few more factories to keep up with demands.
Hell, it'd make more jobs too.  

[Floyd]

Fresnel

The military doesn't use .45 anymore, do they?

Last time I checked, the SEALs and other black ops were still using the H&K MK 23 and USP Tactical. Granted this isn't a big demand, but the military is still using .45ACP!

http://www.hk-usa.com/le_mark23_general.html
http://www.hk-usa.com/le_usp_tact_general.html  

[Fresnel]

Floyd

Fresnel

The military doesn't use .45 anymore, do they?

Last time I checked, the SEALs and other black ops were still using the H&K MK 23 and USP Tactical. Granted this isn't a big demand, but the military is still using .45ACP!

http://www.hk-usa.com/le_mark23_general.html
http://www.hk-usa.com/le_usp_tact_general.html

Oh, right... I knew that. Not burning through it any more like they were in the 40's, though.  

[OberFeldwebel]

Fresnel

Floyd

Fresnel

The military doesn't use .45 anymore, do they?

Last time I checked, the SEALs and other black ops were still using the H&K MK 23 and USP Tactical. Granted this isn't a big demand, but the military is still using .45ACP!

http://www.hk-usa.com/le_mark23_general.html
http://www.hk-usa.com/le_usp_tact_general.html

Oh, right... I knew that. Not burning through it any more like they were in the 40's, though.

Nope, and don't expect to see surplus .45 ACP either.

A neighbor still has some apparently, I'd like to trade for a box of new ammunition, you know, just to have some old surplus.  

[-IRyouI-]

It's a damn shame, i'm a huge fan of .45's...they're just getting way to expensive to shoot nowadays. I cringe when i get done shooting a clip, thinking, "Crap...there goes another 10 bucks or so..."  

[Freak_090]

Ryou1993

It's a damn shame, i'm a huge fan of .45's...they're just getting way to expensive to shoot nowadays. I cringe when i get done shooting a clip, thinking, "Crap...there goes another 10 bucks or so..."

I didn't know they made clips for .45ACP... wink