Anyone think gun/ammo prices will retreat now ?

[Soldier415]

Looking forward to suppressors being removed from the NFA

 

[jack707]

I hope so I wanna see more 500 bricks of 22 not 325!!

 

[k0ua]

Looking forward to suppressors being removed from the NFA

Wouldn't that be nice..:thumbsup:

 

[k0ua]

If we all want the price of ammo to drop, the best thing we could all do a group is stop buying high priced ammo. Just say no. Let it stay on the shelf. There is no reason for ammo to be high priced except the fact we keep buying it. Stop buying it and watch the price come down.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

I'll believe things have changed when I see .22 mag in plentiful supply. I haven't seen a box of .22 mag for 3 or 4 years.

 

[ovrszd]

If we all want the price of ammo to drop, the best thing we could all do a group is stop buying high priced ammo. Just say no. Let it stay on the shelf. There is no reason for ammo to be high priced except the fact we keep buying it. Stop buying it and watch the price come down.

My respect for your wisdom continues to grow James. It is truly that simple.

The dealer mentioned earlier having the Pre-Hillary sale was hedging his bets wasn't he!!!!! He was gonna win either way!!!! Smart business man.

 

[k0ua]

I'll believe things have changed when I see .22 mag in plentiful supply. I haven't seen a box of .22 mag for 3 or 4 years.

Pretty scarce stuff isn't it. I don't own anything now that shoots it. I traded off my last .22mag some time ago. A fella from church came by for some gun instruction a couple of months ago and had one of those 30 round Kel-Tec pistols. We shot it some and it worked well, but I felt bad about shooting his ammo as he only had a couple of boxes.

 

[k0ua]

Smith and Wesson holdings is down another 5 percent this morning, and Ruger is down another 9 percent. So investors think the gun business is going to tank. We will know in another month or two by looking at the NICS checks if firearms purchases fall off or level off or what. If Clinton had won, those stocks would be going thru the roof this morning. Overall markets are up. Good for our 401K's.

 

[sdef]

I see a lot of wisdom in many of these comments but am dubious about significant, long-term, across the board ammunition price reductions in the near term due to political factors. IMI is my preferred non bonded bullet, quality ammunition OEM in any caliber. In 2003 I bought a case of IMI 556 M193 for a little over $200 and that was a reasonable price then for quality ammunition of this type. Now 13 years later we have been through a lot of ups and downs in this market and I have purchased similar, high quality practice rifle ammunition of IMI, GECO and a bit less quality Fed. Lake City this year for a little over $300/case delivered. I do not shoot the cheap stuff as for my purposes there is no point.

Due to the cost of jacketed bullets over 55 grain weight and especially over 62 grain weight, I find it hard to reload at a significant savings over purchasing quality rounds, especially when one starts talking 69 - 77 grain bullets, with 75 grain as my preferred weight. And for 300 BO that is doubly true. My point is ammunition pricing, outside of political causes, is more a price of components (bullets) and component pricing is driven by various concerns.

Concerning .22LR pricing, these things just stymie my imagination. Just makes little sense to me at all from any level other than severe price gouging at all levels or severe hoarding at the consumer level.

 

[dickfoster]

Since the trumpster won the presidential election one has to wonder if the gun/ammo prices will come down a little.Your thoughts ?

My guess is yes. It's good to know that our constitution is in safe hands again, isn't it?