I see plenty of ammo - why so high?

There doesn’t seem to be much of a shortage now. So why is the ammo so high?

 

Because people are still buying

 

Academy Sports stores in my area today announced there are now no limits on the amount of ammo you can buy. They got the prices sky high now so keep it.

 

Premium ammo is still high but the imported stuff can be found in the $80s. Hopefully the lower priced competition will drive the domestic stuff down.

 

Demand has fallen, hopefully the prices will too. about 2 years ago remington, winchester and federal all gave $2 /box rebates up to 50 boxes each . They apparently weren't selling much then. Wait and see. (I expect walmart to be first)

 

If you owned a business and people didn't seem to mind your high prices, they still bought your product, why in the world would you lower the price?

 

Today in retail it is no longer a set percentage of mark up it is what the market will bear and area competition that set prices. As they say price it high as you can always run a sale and lower prices slightly if items are not selling. Look at furniture stores, they are always a sale going on or that perpetual going out of business sale.

 

Been to the grocery store lately?
Or to your local Chevy dealer?

Thank you, Progressive Left.

 

Exactly and the one thing missing is diesel fuel that these shells are transported with.
On average it’s 1.50 higher then gasoline.

 

A lot of us know that diesel is a by product of gasoline and it use to be half price of gas. A yes the old days.

 

Its not the by product part. Its our GD EPA wanting the natural sulfur out of it. So now the by product has to be double distilled. Also in Ohio tax on diesel is 71 cents a gallon vs 54 cents for gas. I can rant on this for days. I have a small trucking company and we buy over 13k in diesel weekly. Compared to this time last yr, i have spent 130k more in diesel than 2021. Lets Go Brandon.

 

ive been preaching to stop shooting to force prices down for years now....but nobody listened. the wealthy can afford it, so they buy it...and the market feeds them, while the common man quits.

ive also been preaching that the gun industry is NOT our friend. its all about making bucks, and they will curve and realign their aim to get it. focus? big ranges and clubs and the well to do are perfectly in focus.
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food, gotta have it. so they got us there. we cant go without. welcome to socialism. unlimited forced spending.

 

It is always supply and demand, because profit is the only driver in business. It has to be.

As people become confident about adequate supply, they will use their hoarded shells instead of buying more. That will further drive down prices some.

 

Exactly!!

 

Simple answer supply and demand !

 

I’d like to know where ammo is so available- sure you might walk into Walmart and see some shotgun shells, but around here it is still hit and miss- not like the old days (2 years ago) where you walked in and bought what you wanted, and as much of it as you wanted.

 

Still not much in my area and if you do find it you'll pay at least 12-14 a box for AA and 40 for the 100 packs of the cheaper stuff. And it's gone right away

 

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Thanks for the heads up!

 

Some old us old time shooters don't consider a 100 dollar flat of shells extremely reasonable.

 

100 dollar flats is what 410 or 28ga use be around 2002. and even that was high.

 

I remember federal use to always be the most expensive stuff around. their ammo was always 1.00 or 2.00 more than rem or win.

 

Because they make more money ripping us off. the hard and simple truth.
Forget all that demand and supply BS they tell you.

 

Lead today was 84 cents a pound last time is was there we were paying under $30 a bag for shot.

 

I'll betcha diesel fuel wasn't over $5/gallon either.

 

Walmart has Winchester Super Handicaps @ $12.97 a box. This is a terrible action for Walmart to do. That's $129.70 +tax@.075+ that's about $141.00 a flat.

GB.................................DLS

 

America should demand BIDEN Re-start the XL-Pipeline for Americans only, Gas will lower to Under $ 2.00 a gal. for americans only & Jail Pelosi & Schumer for voter fraud, and not letting National Guard out of Federal Parking garage to stop protestors.

GB............................DLS

 

Doesn't seem to be a shortage?? OP must be looking under some rocks that nobody else can see. Shortage will be over when most of the distributors who were forced to close due to no product to sell. can fill all their current back orders. If you believe there are no shortages, tell me where you can source any popular powder, W209 primers, and quality shot; even at current inflated prices. Without a distributor network, where are clubs and volume shooter's going to source ammo and loading components. Sure as hell won't be at Walmart!

 

Bingo!

 

My regular guy has Lawrence hard magnum shot, many powders that I use and primers, but I buy more than a pound of powder and a bag of shot at a time, so He'll call me first when he has a new delivery. Walmart was never a source for me. Also, never used Winchester primers, so no loss. Been using Cheddites and Federals for years. Feel sorry for the guys that have to rely on Walmart and are not reloading.