What's on your stores' shelves for ammo and reloading supplies?

[milo-2]

I was in our local Sportmans Warehouse a couple weeks ago and the reloading section was bare. I was not looking to buy, and will not, I am set for quite some time, not about to short someone in need.
If indeed, they are in need is the question.

 

[wasskeet]

Local family-owned store has decent supply of most things except primers and pistol ammo. Not quite as many guns as normal, but decent selection. They do limit purchases daily and prices are pretty good considering the rest of the world. Bought another box of .280 Rem. the other day - Norma for $ 39.95, not bad by today's standards as some auctioning Norma brass want that much.

 

[Greta06]

Got this today, thought it was quite amusing...

 

[waspocrew]

My local "go to" shop has a lot of pistol and 223, but asking $1/ round of 223 (including steel cased) and $35/box of 50 9mm. No powder on the shelves. Primers but limit to 100 rifle and/or 100 pistol primers per person per day. Was bummed to see they increased prices on everything.

Plenty of 300 WSM sitting on the shelf though!

 

[Jester560]

I picked these up at Academy last Friday.

 

[DUSTY NOGGIN]

if ya keep feeding the fire, expect to get burned

look what happened at the frenzy for 22 lr , the price never went back ............

if you find a box of ?whatever @ 60 that used to be 12 , im guessing youd be happy to see it available at 24 from now on , ??? ..........

there needs to be a thread that lets these new guys know what the normal prices are and how bad they are getting burned

 

[Joefrazell]

Scored 1k fed 215 match primers a couple weeks ago. Gotta get lucky. Guy was putting it on the shelf as I grabbed it. Now just gotta figure out powder. I'm sitting good on primers for a bit now.

 

[milo-2]

if ya keep feeding the fire, expect to get burned

look what happened at the frenzy for 22 lr , the price never went back ............

if you find a box of ?whatever @ 60 that used to be 12 , im guessing youd be happy to see it available at 24 from now on , ??? ..........

there needs to be a thread that lets these new guys know what the normal prices are and how bad they are getting burned

When manufacturers raise prices, almost a guarantee pricing will never return to normal, or what we consider normal.
We like to point fingers, and laugh at others who are not quite as well stocked. As always, the writing was on the wall, all through 2019 there was never what I call a surplus of components. We waited for Hodgdon, Alliant, IMR powders to come in stock, also finding primers of choice was not as easy as going to Powder valley and stocking up. Yes, if you were on top of it, you won. Face it, we slammed head first into a brick wall Jan 2020, it only escalated with cities burning and no one putting an end to it.
We just need to quit buying now, but it can't or won't happen. Even if bidet proclaimed he loved gun owners and called us the backbone of the country, still takes time for prices to come back down. When prices start to fall, if ammo manufacturers are sitting on stockpiles of over priced primers, powder and brass, we are going to eat those costs.
I had to go ahead and touch the hot burner, we all learn from negative effects, people you are condemning will too. But unlike the glowing red burner, it takes 2-3 times like this for it to soak in to most.
I hope it doesn't seem like I am calling you out, I am snickering too and the word idiots slip from my lips more than it should when discussing people we should be supporting.

 

[dgr416]

It looks like they stopped selling ammo it is totally gone here .They are making 3 times as much but no one is getting any !

 

[wasskeet]

When manufacturers raise prices, almost a guarantee pricing will never return to normal, or what we consider normal.
We like to point fingers, and laugh at others who are not quite as well stocked. As always, the writing was on the wall, all through 2019 there was never what I call a surplus of components. We waited for Hodgdon, Alliant, IMR powders to come in stock, also finding primers of choice was not as easy as going to Powder valley and stocking up. Yes, if you were on top of it, you won. Face it, we slammed head first into a brick wall Jan 2020, it only escalated with cities burning and no one putting an end to it.
We just need to quit buying now, but it can't or won't happen. Even if bidet proclaimed he loved gun owners and called us the backbone of the country, still takes time for prices to come back down. When prices start to fall, if ammo manufacturers are sitting on stockpiles of over priced primers, powder and brass, we are going to eat those costs.
I had to go ahead and touch the hot burner, we all learn from negative effects, people you are condemning will too. But unlike the glowing red burner, it takes 2-3 times like this for it to soak in to most.
I hope it doesn't seem like I am calling you out, I am snickering too and the word idiots slip from my lips more than it should when discussing people we should be supporting.

You're probably right. Which, IMHO, constitutes another question - each person here has an idea of what is considered "enough" for them. What is that amount? I know people from both extremes - one guy happy with 2 boxes of ammo for his deer rifle, another has 60k rounds loaded and enough supplies to load 100k.

 

[Ranger Rick]

if ya keep feeding the fire, expect to get burned

look what happened at the frenzy for 22 lr , the price never went back ............

if you find a box of ?whatever @ 60 that used to be 12 , im guessing youd be happy to see it available at 24 from now on , ??? ..........

there needs to be a thread that lets these new guys know what the normal prices are and how bad they are getting burned

I'm looking for ammo, reloading and firearms sales and prices. Here is some background info on the rising prices and shortages:

2020 was a record year with over 21 million background checks of which 8.5 million were for people purchasing a gun for the very first time. — National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF).
Vista Outdoor, the parent company of CCI, Federal, Speer, and Remington ammunition reported a January 2021 backlog of 12 months on its ammunition orders. Vista also reported that 2020 ammunition orders totaled an unprecedented $1.2 billion (that is an average $3.3 million in sales per day!)
In Texas in the month of March alone, there were 158 cases of price gouging filed against the company "Cheaper than Dirt." The majority of the complaints included evidence that ammo prices had increased 3-fold at Cheaper than Dirt in less than a month.
I found increases of 50% to 150% for ammo in gun stores over the last ten months. Now the cupboards are bare.

Anyone who has examples of how much ammo has increased, please add to this OP and don't let anyone get price gouged.

 

[Ranger Rick]

From an article on ammo.com
Calibers that saw the largest increase in 2020 include:

• 40 cal (S&W) ammo: 410%
• 223 ammo: 194%
• 7.62x39 ammo: 114%
• 9mm ammo: 101%
• 12 gauge shotgun shells: 95%
• 5.56x45 ammo: 69%
• 380 ACP (Auto) ammo: 43%
• 45 Auto (ACP) ammo: 35%
• 308 Winchester ammo: 32%
• 22 Long Rifle (LR) ammo: 29%

Top sales increases in brands went to MBI ammo with a 179% increase and Federal ammo at 176%. Other significant growth in sales included:

• Fiocchi ammo: 122%
• Remington ammo: 116%
• Winchester ammo: 107%
• PMC ammo: 101%
• Tula ammo: 90%
• Hornady ammo: 79%
• Wolf ammo: 79%
• Sellier & Bellot ammo: 20%

 

[Rifleman97]

Scored 1k fed 215 match primers a couple weeks ago. Gotta get lucky. Guy was putting it on the shelf as I grabbed it. Now just gotta figure out powder. I'm sitting good on primers for a bit now.

Where are you from? I'm trying to get rid of a pound of a powder I don't use, 7828ssc. I'd trade for anything shooting related I can use, and I'm also good on primers for a bit. I'm in Iowa if you wanted to arrange a trade. I've got a post in the classifieds that lists most of what I'm looking for

 

[milo-2]

You're probably right. Which, IMHO, constitutes another question - each person here has an idea of what is considered "enough" for them. What is that amount? I know people from both extremes - one guy happy with 2 boxes of ammo for his deer rifle, another has 60k rounds loaded and enough supplies to load 100k.

Lol, I went into the 2016 election with 100K primers. I immediately shared my bounty after the election, even got out of loading pistol, still load 38 spec-357.
This election I was at 30K on hand, and I feel dangerously low right now. It is not my consumption that has me concerned, it is friends, they know I have.
Though I do love saying, "I really don't like you that much", but this type of crap can strain relationships if one feels sharing isn't in best interests.