I did not believe ammunition prices could go much higher, yet they continue to climb.

Supply and demand, used vehicles and used boat prices are sky rocketing. I do need a bit more 9mm and it has been tough to find.

People need to stop panic buying. Kamala being the VP just destroyed any chance of a Biden victory and this riot shite will eventually stop.

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The reason you're seeing this is because the demand is being driven, for the first time in a long time, by people who are relatively new to firearms. The prices don't make sense to people who already had enough ammo stashed away for years of range time. But for someone who just bought their first firearm, that initial box of 100 rounds represents the difference between owning a fancy paperweight vs. a viable form of self defense. That same box of 100 rounds doesn't carry the same value to you or me. It's just an extra trip to the range one day down the road.

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This. I'd venture to guess that most of the ammo being bought by new gunowners is considered (by them) as functional self-defense ammo, whether they're Gold Dots or FMJ. They want something that goes bang, and one of the first things you learn online is to make sure the gun functions well with the ammo. People stick to FMJ for that reason, and will try out JHP when they get the chance. Range use, other than just to get familiar with it, isn't in the discussion.

Fwiw, I wouldn't be terrified of having to use FMJ myself. I do have some good defensive loads, but in a pinch I'd not hesitate to use whatever I have. Remember, placement trumps just about everything else.

For future reference, yes, stock up when prices are good. And the next time there's a run on toilet paper or bottled water (hurricane season's coming), be sure to get whatever ammo you can afford, if the prices are decent.

It’s crazy. Like, how much fricking ammo do some of you people need?

Leave some for me, dammit.

Sportsman Guide never get restocked but when they do it’s practically pre-COVID pricing. They’re one of the few who hasn’t jumped into another orbit.

I don’t claim to fully know how the Ammo market functions, it just amazes me that it’s higher now than it was following Floyd and Atlanta. It seems to have taken a sharp spike in the last week.

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The reason you're seeing this is because the demand is being driven, for the first time in a long time, by people who are relatively new to firearms.

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This is the biggie

posted this in another thread early this week or last. Good friend of mine owns a gun shop.

Last week of two he ordered 4 14,000 round drums of 5.56 direct from Winchester for some customers.

$4800 each.

They could not give him a timeframe for delivery.

Another customer that work at the Remington, or winchester ammo factory in Oxford, MS told him that they were producing 2.5mm rounds of 9mm a day and were 13 mths behind.

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Welp. Looks like I can shift ammo $ to my can fund and have that by the time ammo prices come back down

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You laugh, but that's VERY real. I expect the can for my .300BLK to be out of jail in about 5 more months. I do not expect that I will reliably find subs at a price below 80 cents a round by then.

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posted this in another thread early this week or last. Good friend of mine owns a gun shop.

Last week of two he ordered 4 14,000 round drums of 5.56 direct from Winchester for some customers.

$4800 each.

They could not give him a timeframe for delivery.

Another customer that work at the Remington, or winchester ammo factory in Oxford, MS told him that they were producing 2.5mm rounds of 9mm a day and were 13 mths behind.

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Damn!