I'm one of those new handgun owners, and the lowest I've gotten 9mm is for.32 cents/round, and that was aluminum-cased ammo. .34 cents for brass. 15 cents per round only 2 years ago makes me want to cry. Having said that, it seems that availability is much better. Virtually all the online retailers I shop from have sent me emails in the past week about "Ammo available now!"
Ammo prices and gun prices will drop when the depreciation starts after the recession. No one will have money to pay for ammo or guns. People will a rough time paying for food.
Your explanation is perhaps the very best I have seen so far. It is not only inflation and supply & demand, but the disruption to our supply chain caused by knee-jerk reactions to the China Virus. Many years ago (1980), one box of 50 rounds of .45 Auto cost about $18.00. Today, according to the US Inflation Calculator, that box should cost about $63.00. I can buy a box of 100 rounds of the same for $64.99 today. Over time, as more people embraced the Second Amendment, ammo prices dropped steeply. More people bought guns and ammo companies competed for market share. Unfortunately, our society did not expect the Burning-Looting-Murder of 2020. There is no "Marshall Plan" for gun owners today to help us out of this predicament, since our elected officials at the highest levels think we should be disarmed. I suppose the price of ammo will continue to rise until such time that demand tapers off, the price of raw materials abates, inflation is corralled, prosecutors go after miscreants instead of victims, and people of common sense are elected to city, county, state, and federal offices. Be well, Sir!
I get TULA ammo for all my guns 9mm box 50 $13 and 308w box 20 $16 👍🏽🤠 Good for me right now. I'v used it for hunting season for mule deer 🦌 With great results 308- 165g SPBT bullet's. For the price 👍🏽
I am an FFL and I can tell you that the "new gun owner" effect on ammunition was from 2 years ago. Ammunition for me is still very limited through all of our distributors. I would be happy to give you the information that I have dug up if you would like to see it. Follow the money and look into Vista Outdoors.
There are only Vista and Olin left in America producing ammunition. They made it through the trump slump and are not going to flood the market again. Import restrictions will limit foreign ammunition. The prices are going to stay high.
@@charlesmckinley29 What Trump slump? When was the market flooded? The 1980s? My local Walmart superstores (the 5 in Fayetteville NC area) haven't had more than a box or two of ammo for MANY years(at least 12). Gander Mountain and Dunhams's Sports (the only two sporting goods stores that still sell ammo in Fayetteville NC area) did finally start to have ammo on hand sometimes. However the price never went below double what it used to be before this shit started in 2008. Local guns stores never stopped charging 3x plus for any ammo they happened to have for sale.
@@jdtcskate I’m sorry you live in a crappy local ammo market. 2016-2019 You could have easily gone online and bought 5.56 for under a quarter a round and 9mm well below 20 cents a round. A case of 5000 CCI blazer 22LR for $166, a little over 3 cents a round. That Trump Slump. Shipping was usually included if you bought a case at a time.
Thanks for the input. I personally do not pay attention to ammo prices anymore simply because when I decide that I want some ammo I go and buy some, kinda like gasoline. If I want it I'm going to pay for it.
Got a Remington Bucket of Bullets 22lr 1400ct. It is $86.00 now, when a few months ago they were $79.00. The Fed 325ct 22lr boxes are now $21.16, when 2 years ago they were $16.84.
Copper and zinc prices are at record highs. Lead is also on the increase. Given the increased government demand as well and Russia being out of the market (they are never coming back - remember Chinese ammo in the 90s...), prices are going to exceed last years. Buy it while you can.
To put ammo cost in perspective I’m now getting 9mm ammo for around 33 cents per round compared to 50 cents per round one year ago. 22 LR ammo is also down significantly over the past 12 months - from 10 cents per round to around 6 cents per road. So, year over year, ammo prices are down a lot.
Not sure I agree with your 22lr prices but if they're coming down near you then that's good. Hasn't quite done that here and I haven't bought any 500 count bricks since they are still about 50ish out the door. Some of the premium CCI is getting close to 14 cents or more per round depending on the box type of ammo. Anyway good luck to you !
@@FireSkittlez85 there's a local hardware store near me and he sells ammo. He has some Winchester white box 115 grain 9mm for $39.99 for 50 rounds. He said that he's only making $5 a box. I guess if I need it that bad and I'm no going the extra 20 miles to the larger town then I'll buy it, but I'm not in that kind of bind.
I'm curious about something. Let's say that you're in a bad spot, but you can't move. Could they make blank rounds that contain (for example) corn starch, so that you can smokescreen your own position? A clip of ten rounds would conceal your location for about five minutes. It would work best if the smoke powder could be mixed directly with the gunpowder.
You definitely have the right Idea. I see these comments and they are right, although we are getting cheaper ammo online it's still requiring shipping thats likely to get very expensive if it hasn't already. (I did a good by getting a bit of it before it really got bad). There's quite a bit coming in still but those that are catching up are those that haven't bought the damn gun yet and want the ammo before it really gets worse.
I've noticed the ammo prices aren't as bad as they were. At first you could only buy 3 boxes of ammo, where I live honestly the range I go to the ammunition price is better than anywhere else. I have noticed 9mm ammo is expensive but .308 and .223 or 5.56 are actually reasonable.
Inflation is BS, if we want prices to go down people is to stop and refuse to buy ammo at ridiculous prices. If we continue buying it at a higher cost do you think they are going to lower the price? Is business 101. I my self stopped buying ammo when the pandemic started. I have 300 rounds left and I just don’t go to the range at all. When or if the price go relatively close to a more reasonable price then I’ll go back, if not that’s it for me, I won’t go anymore and hold what I have to if I ever need to use it. They need a good boycott and see how the price will go down quick
Raw materials for the ammo is at a standstill off the coast of Shanghai due to the Chinese lockdown, thousands of ships anchored for months! ammo is actually going to disappear and anything you could find will have a huge premium.
Damn prices still going up, not down. I hated to pay .38/rnd but did a few mos ago. Expecting that price to be the same or lower, it's gone to .40/rnd. Sheeese
Vista Outdoors raising their prices tells me that ammo prices are not coming down soon. Because the market pretty much follows what they do. On top of that inflation, scarcity and prices of the components will keep the prices high. Not to mention the Military is currently sucking up 90% of the supply of primers, copper, lead, zinc. Leaving not much left over for the civilian market. And it will only get worse as they open more military ammo facilities, at least for a while until there is fluff.
Hi Mat, I'm from Belgium... Ammo's juste made a huge bound here also... For exemple: 1000 rounds of 9*19 S&B price's had jumped from 180eur to almost 270eur....
I'v been finding TULA ammo for cheeper In all the caliber I'v need and like 9mm and 308 win I just don't want to pay $25 box of 9mm or pay $34 box of 308w got 4 kid's to tech how to use a 🔫 to go hunting season with me.
Hi Matt. I'm still buying CCI Standard Velocity at 39.99/brick. Because of prices, that is about all shoot anymore and find it very accurate. The size of the hole in the paper doesn't really matter to me. Keep 'um comin'. JimE
@@user-jn9km6qd7g At the time of the posting I was buying from one of my local gun stores. Smoky Mountain Guns and Ammo for $39.99/brick. I still find it all over for .10/rd, up two cents but available. I purchased 10 50rd boxes from my local Bass Pro(Cabelas) just yesterday for 4.99 each. Ironic as it is. they had 100rd boxes for 11.99 each. Go figure. JimE
Why would they drop? The sheep are driving around to different retailers and hoarding. I wouldn’t lower prices. Besides, ever heard of inflation? It covers everything
Speaking the truth is going to get you a lot of hate from the “They are gouging us!” crowd. For $50 a brick you can buy MUCH better 22LR than Thunderbolt. SIRT Pistol and the Blacbeard system for the AR and a laser target scoring system can get you a lot of practice safely at home and will pay for themselves quickly. Get a QUALITY air rifle and pistol. I love my Benejamin Marauder. Trigger time at pennies a shot and quiet.
I bought 40 count boxes of c02 cartridges for $16 each a while back I've got over 400 c02s and now the 40 boxes cost $20+ so I'm glad I bought ahead of time
All I'm saying is that the range near me dropped from $23 for a box of 50 9mm range rounds to $18. Hopefully this keeps up!
I'm one of those new handgun owners, and the lowest I've gotten 9mm is for.32 cents/round, and that was aluminum-cased ammo. .34 cents for brass. 15 cents per round only 2 years ago makes me want to cry. Having said that, it seems that availability is much better. Virtually all the online retailers I shop from have sent me emails in the past week about "Ammo available now!"
Ammo prices and gun prices will drop when the depreciation starts after the recession. No one will have money to pay for ammo or guns. People will a rough time paying for food.
Agreed. Some people are already having to make hard choices for their families.
And we won't be able to afford any ammo.
Your explanation is perhaps the very best I have seen so far.
It is not only inflation and supply & demand, but the disruption to our supply chain caused by knee-jerk reactions to the China Virus.
Many years ago (1980), one box of 50 rounds of .45 Auto cost about $18.00.
Today, according to the US Inflation Calculator, that box should cost about $63.00.
I can buy a box of 100 rounds of the same for $64.99 today.
Over time, as more people embraced the Second Amendment, ammo prices dropped steeply. More people bought guns and ammo companies competed for market share.
Unfortunately, our society did not expect the Burning-Looting-Murder of 2020.
There is no "Marshall Plan" for gun owners today to help us out of this predicament, since our elected officials at the highest levels think we should be disarmed.
I suppose the price of ammo will continue to rise until such time that demand tapers off, the price of raw materials abates, inflation is corralled, prosecutors go after miscreants instead of victims, and people of common sense are elected to city, county, state, and federal offices.
Be well, Sir!
Don’t forget bammy closed the last lead smelter in the US. All the new lead must be imported.
I doubt it will go down, seeing prices creep back up. Crappy steel Tula 50 rds $16, Winchester $23
I get TULA ammo for all my guns
9mm box 50 $13 and 308w box 20 $16
👍🏽🤠 Good for me right now. I'v used it for hunting season for mule deer 🦌
With great results 308- 165g SPBT bullet's. For the price 👍🏽
Tula around here is still $25 a box. Winchester white box at academy sports is $29 a box.
I am an FFL and I can tell you that the "new gun owner" effect on ammunition was from 2 years ago. Ammunition for me is still very limited through all of our distributors. I would be happy to give you the information that I have dug up if you would like to see it. Follow the money and look into Vista Outdoors.
There are only Vista and Olin left in America producing ammunition. They made it through the trump slump and are not going to flood the market again. Import restrictions will limit foreign ammunition. The prices are going to stay high.
I told everyone that 2 years ago. They don’t listen. I told them exactly what distributors told me also 🙏🏻🇺🇸🤙🏻💯🤷🏼♂️
Ya Vista leads the whole crew. Everyone pretty much does what they do. Not mention all components and materials are both scarce and inflated.
@@charlesmckinley29 What Trump slump? When was the market flooded? The 1980s?
My local Walmart superstores (the 5 in Fayetteville NC area) haven't had more than a box or two of ammo for MANY years(at least 12).
Gander Mountain and Dunhams's Sports (the only two sporting goods stores that still sell ammo in Fayetteville NC area) did finally start to have ammo on hand sometimes. However the price never went below double what it used to be before this shit started in 2008.
Local guns stores never stopped charging 3x plus for any ammo they happened to have for sale.
@@jdtcskate I’m sorry you live in a crappy local ammo market. 2016-2019 You could have easily gone online and bought 5.56 for under a quarter a round and 9mm well below 20 cents a round. A case of 5000 CCI blazer 22LR for $166, a little over 3 cents a round. That Trump Slump. Shipping was usually included if you bought a case at a time.
Oh for the good ol' days and prices of just a couple of years ago. Who knows? Maybe today's prices will be a bargain two years from now. Sad.
True indeed. But it could always be worse. Thanks for watching!
I try to go 2 times per month to the range, every trip cost me at least $200 on ammo.
And the inflation is bad, diesel for trucks is over $5.....
Yep, I hear ya on all counts. This morning I paid $3.65/gallon for gas. Diesel here is around $4.65 or so. Thanks for watching, my friend!
The Democrats hate guns and cars, so expect them to do everything they can to make them expensive.
Thanks for the input. I personally do not pay attention to ammo prices anymore simply because when I decide that I want some ammo I go and buy some, kinda like gasoline. If I want it I'm going to pay for it.
Haven't been receiving your videos. Thanks for your efforts. I hope you are well. 👍😎🙏
I just got a case of 7.62x39 and 300blk to split 3 ways. Crazy. It’s gonna get worse before it gets better. Best of luck to everyone.
Got a Remington Bucket of Bullets 22lr 1400ct. It is $86.00 now, when a few months ago they were $79.00. The Fed 325ct 22lr boxes are now $21.16, when 2 years ago they were $16.84.
I purchase ammo in bulk, my reference point is how much 100 rounds would cost.
Ammo prices in Canada are going through the roof.
Thank you for the review!!!
Always good information from one of my favorite channels..
The prices are going up and eventually shortages again
Copper and zinc prices are at record highs. Lead is also on the increase. Given the increased government demand as well and Russia being out of the market (they are never coming back - remember Chinese ammo in the 90s...), prices are going to exceed last years. Buy it while you can.
To put ammo cost in perspective I’m now getting 9mm ammo for around 33 cents per round compared to 50 cents per round one year ago. 22 LR ammo is also down significantly over the past 12 months - from 10 cents per round to around 6 cents per road. So, year over year, ammo prices are down a lot.
I agree that the prices are down from a year ago. But inflation has me a bit cautious, along with basic supply issues.
Not sure I agree with your 22lr prices but if they're coming down near you then that's good. Hasn't quite done that here and I haven't bought any 500 count bricks since they are still about 50ish out the door. Some of the premium CCI is getting close to 14 cents or more per round depending on the box type of ammo. Anyway good luck to you !
@@FireSkittlez85 I just bought 2000 rounds of .22 for $159 from Norma. Add tax and shipping was free. That’s around 8 cents per round.
@@FireSkittlez85 I got some Norma tacc-22 for "free" after buying some 9mm for 34 cents per round recently.
@@FireSkittlez85 there's a local hardware store near me and he sells ammo. He has some Winchester white box 115 grain 9mm for $39.99 for 50 rounds. He said that he's only making $5 a box. I guess if I need it that bad and I'm no going the extra 20 miles to the larger town then I'll buy it, but I'm not in that kind of bind.
Serious question... As a person educating others on Firearms, why isn't your gun safe bolted down to the floor?
Cause he wants us to come steal it
I'm curious about something. Let's say that you're in a bad spot, but you can't move. Could they make blank rounds that contain (for example) corn starch, so that you can smokescreen your own position? A clip of ten rounds would conceal your location for about five minutes. It would work best if the smoke powder could be mixed directly with the gunpowder.
Nice to see you again Mat.
I seen a box a couple days ago of Blazer 50rds 9mm 115gr at Academy Sports for $32.. I said oh Hell No!
Wow! That's 64 cents per round!
Time to invest in a autotrickler system with these ammo prices
You definitely have the right Idea. I see these comments and they are right, although we are getting cheaper ammo online it's still requiring shipping thats likely to get very expensive if it hasn't already. (I did a good by getting a bit of it before it really got bad). There's quite a bit coming in still but those that are catching up are those that haven't bought the damn gun yet and want the ammo before it really gets worse.
I've noticed the ammo prices aren't as bad as they were. At first you could only buy 3 boxes of ammo, where I live honestly the range I go to the ammunition price is better than anywhere else. I have noticed 9mm ammo is expensive but .308 and .223 or 5.56 are actually reasonable.
Inflation is BS, if we want prices to go down people is to stop and refuse to buy ammo at ridiculous prices. If we continue buying it at a higher cost do you think they are going to lower the price? Is business 101. I my self stopped buying ammo when the pandemic started. I have 300 rounds left and I just don’t go to the range at all. When or if the price go relatively close to a more reasonable price then I’ll go back, if not that’s it for me, I won’t go anymore and hold what I have to if I ever need to use it. They need a good boycott and see how the price will go down quick
Raw materials for the ammo is at a standstill off the coast of Shanghai due to the Chinese lockdown, thousands of ships anchored for months! ammo is actually going to disappear and anything you could find will have a huge premium.
Damn prices still going up, not down. I hated to pay .38/rnd but did a few mos ago. Expecting that price to be the same or lower, it's gone to .40/rnd. Sheeese
Vista Outdoors raising their prices tells me that ammo prices are not coming down soon. Because the market pretty much follows what they do. On top of that inflation, scarcity and prices of the components will keep the prices high. Not to mention the Military is currently sucking up 90% of the supply of primers, copper, lead, zinc. Leaving not much left over for the civilian market. And it will only get worse as they open more military ammo facilities, at least for a while until there is fluff.
Will continue to rise. Government added import tax on Russian ammunition.
Hi Mat, I'm from Belgium... Ammo's juste made a huge bound here also... For exemple: 1000 rounds of 9*19 S&B price's had jumped from 180eur to almost 270eur....
If prices don't go down I won't be buying, and if that means "never" so be it.
You should buy now prices are going back up and shortages
I'v been finding TULA ammo for cheeper
In all the caliber I'v need and like 9mm and 308 win I just don't want to pay $25 box of 9mm or pay $34 box of 308w got 4 kid's to tech how to use a 🔫 to go hunting season with me.
Stop gotta be the easiest question to answer in the history of all the world.
Hi Matt. I'm still buying CCI Standard Velocity at 39.99/brick. Because of prices, that is about all shoot anymore and find it very accurate. The size of the hole in the paper doesn't really matter to me.
Keep 'um comin'. JimE
I've always been a fan of CCI for .22LR. Great when you can find it, but it's scarce around here at the moment.
@@personaldefenseandfirearme1046 the good stuff is $12/100 on their website if it aint gone up .
Where are you finding CCI for $40 bucks? Is it $40 shipped?
@@user-jn9km6qd7g At the time of the posting I was buying from one of my local gun stores. Smoky Mountain Guns and Ammo for $39.99/brick. I still find it all over for .10/rd, up two cents but available. I purchased 10 50rd boxes from my local Bass Pro(Cabelas) just yesterday for 4.99 each. Ironic as it is. they had 100rd boxes for 11.99 each. Go figure. JimE
Why would they drop? The sheep are driving around to different retailers and hoarding. I wouldn’t lower prices. Besides, ever heard of inflation? It covers everything
Speaking the truth is going to get you a lot of hate from the “They are gouging us!” crowd.
For $50 a brick you can buy MUCH better 22LR than Thunderbolt.
SIRT Pistol and the Blacbeard system for the AR and a laser target scoring system can get you a lot of practice safely at home and will pay for themselves quickly.
Get a QUALITY air rifle and pistol. I love my Benejamin Marauder. Trigger time at pennies a shot and quiet.
I bought 40 count boxes of c02 cartridges for $16 each a while back I've got over 400 c02s and now the 40 boxes cost $20+ so I'm glad I bought ahead of time
@@whoisyou89face62 that is why I went PCP and a pump.
Great voice
Thank You, and thanks for watching!