OfficerObie59
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This thread is ****ing depressing.
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You are going to get sick.
Don't recall exactly when but in 2000-2004 timespan, both WM and Dickless were selling WWB/Rem 9mm FMJ (brass cased) for $8.99/100. I remember my distaste when it went to $9.99/100.
Bulk .22LR HV was ~$13/550 at WM as I recall.
This thread is ****ing depressing.
When I got my LTC in Dec 2007, WWB 9mm at Walmart was $8.96/100 and Federal bulk 22LR was 9.96/550.
I think I still have some boxes of 9mm kicking around that have $7.99 price tags on them. When I was a teenager in the late 90s 7.62X39 was about $2-$4 a box of 20
Before the president's second election prices had gone back a bit. 9mm FMJ was about $10-12 for Blazer, WWB, etc.
Also you could often get case discounts. Most of my ammo was bought long enough ago to make me cry when I see a price tag on it as replacing it these days is at least half again for FMJ and two to three times the price for self defense ammo.
god this thread makes me sick. i remember the good ol days were not that long ago. I'm only 29 and i can remember just about all of these prices listed. thank god for casting and reloading. with the last deal i got on primers i can load 1000 rounds of 45 cap for approximately $44.15 (lead and brass was free or old recycled) ..i can't imagine not being able to cast and reload. i wouldn't be able to afford to shoot.
i was horrified after the first election when 22 became available and i pad about $24 for a brick. i would love to find 22 for that price now.
Huh? You CAN find 22 for that price ($24) now.
22 rounds = $24 !!!
I wonder what this thread will look like... in ten years.
How much lower do you guys think ammo prices will go? I know people mention Obama & crew as the cause of high ammo prices, but I think it's also the Fed's devaluation of the dollar driving up the price of metals and chemicals. So I don't think prices will ever go back to even 2007 level.
They are not the cause of high prices..
The cause of high prices are due to the anount of new shooters that happens before and after each election.Those new shooters buy everything at inflated prices, so the retailer charges more and more until people stop buying it.
The ONLY reason 22 is so expensive right now is because idiots are buying it at those high prices.Idiots stop paying those prices, they will go down in price..
They are not the cause of high prices..
The cause of high prices are due to the anount of new shooters that happens before and after each election.Those new shooters buy everything at inflated prices, so the retailer charges more and more until people stop buying it.
The ONLY reason 22 is so expensive right now is because idiots are buying it at those high prices.Idiots stop paying those prices, they will go down in price..
I was in a gun shop in England last week (that's right...ENGLAND as in UK, Britain, etc...) and saw a 20 round box of Fiochi 223 55gr PSP in a locked cage with a price tag of 20.95. That's 20 Pounds 95 pence or about $34 using today's exchange rates. $1.70 a round. Things ammo/component-wise over there are just as bad as they are here...probably worse.