ammo prices

[catfishjn69]

when do you think they will level out and people will come back from the brink? have plenty now but not going to shoot much until they come back closer to normal

 

[jmach]

My guess, it'll frenzy for a few weeks, the panic button folks will be running out
of funds for 100.00+ magazines and 1.00/round ammo.
The supply chain will take several months I'm guessing, to refill. maybe summer. maybe a year. Add backorders that are being accepted and this could take a while
for store shelves to restock, and LGS to get prices and supply back to normal.
It is going to depend greatly on the media and what comes out of Washington, and if there are any more "events". The blood is in the water for the sharks right now, so to speak and an increase in frenzy wouldn't take much to pull off.
Will be interesting to watch, hoping for a smooth recovery though.

 

[treeman22]

Not until the panic buying and stockpiling stops. Or until a major military dumps a few billion rounds of quality surplus on the market for cheap. But that's not likely.
Probly not for a couple more years at the earliest. Last time we had to wait until the end of panic buying combined with a major economic downturn before prices actually started going down. And that didn't happen with all calibers. For example, .22 just kept going up.

 

[SLIM86]

When it happened back in 2008 it took about 2-2 1/2 years before the stores got stocked up again

 

[need4speed255]

Lucky Gunner has some 55gr. PMC in stock. The bad news is that it is now $608 for a thousand rounds. No thanks.

Wow, people are actually buying it. The amount on hand keeps going down as I refresh the page.

PMC 223 Rem Ammo For Sale - 5.56x45 Ammunition - 55 gr FMJ BT

 

[bmbutch]

At this point, looks like I'll be saving money for awhile, as my habit has become expensive & often not available. Hopefully by Knob Creek time (spring shoot) it will have settled down a bit. If my pre-orders / back orders are honored & come thru, should be good for a bit.

 

[spencer rifle]

The price comes down every time I pull the lever on my Lee. Got lots of supplies, not worried.