NebTim
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Was it 2 years ago?
5 years ago?
What year was the best year to buy ammo?
5 years ago?
What year was the best year to buy ammo?
When was ammo cheapest?
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Ammo Jon
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Summer of 54, I could go down to the penny store and buy 5 rounds of 22LR.
Can you break that down against the average annual income of a U.S. household in 1954?
NebTim
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Hey sorry guys.... I'm just trying to get an idea of when I should start buying.... probably going to put our tax return and half our savings into ammo.... trying time it.
appreciate the advice...
Let's go brandon!
appreciate the advice...
Let's go brandon!
Sirex
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I remember a time before Cheaper than Dirt price gouged.
JohnC
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Not a financial advisor but that sounds like a pretty bad idea. I’d invest your tax return (home repair, stocks, crypto etc.) instead of buying a lot of overpriced ammo in the current market.
Ammo Jon
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The same could be said for crypto and stocks. 2 years ago I was selling a case of 9mm for $180 now it’s $380.
proto05
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2017 I remember buying 1000 Wolf brass case .223 at 30 cents/round shipped around Black Friday.
30-06 for the garand was like .75 cpr,
762x39 was like .26 cpr,
.45 and 9mm were maybe under .20 cpr, can’t recall
30-06 for the garand was like .75 cpr,
762x39 was like .26 cpr,
.45 and 9mm were maybe under .20 cpr, can’t recall
Ammo was cheaper in the past, so was everything else. Wouldn’t make sound financial strategy to invest a large portion of savings into ammo, many options with better ROI as others have called out.
Scott P
Funny...like a clown
February 2020, Lucky Gunner was selling frontier 5.56 for $280 a case. When four boxes got here, it was about 30 cents per round.
Bullfrog
Ultimate Member
That sounds like a really bad idea. Prices are still high from the covid and politically induced 'drought'. They have dropped slightly as availabity has improved and may continue to do so.
I suggest you keep your savings and buy a few boxes or a case now and then when you have extra money. If you see some at a good price buy more. If you see some at a bad price skip it.
Build a collection over time.
https://www.forbes.com/advisor/investing/dollar-cost-averaging/
https://intelligent.schwab.com/article/dollar-cost-averaging
Ammo Jon
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Police departments are reaching out for ammo for training purposes because manufacturing is still behind. PMC was filling in the gap for awhile but now they are affected by the backlog at the ports. I foresee where we are at for at least a few more years, if there’s no other panic buys in the meantime.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/vista-outdoors-ammunition-backlog-billion.amp
mauser58
My home is a sports store
Late 80's ammo and guns cheap. I was buying imported Military ammo through Norinco. The same ones importing the the cheap SKS rifles
Chinese ammo import ban is the single biggest reason for higher prices.
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Ammo Jon
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I’m happy to do my best to help fellow forum members stock up deep and cheap but it’s cheap relative to today’s prices.
Squaregrouper
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Summer of 2019 ammo was really inexpensive and there were manufacturer rebates on top of that. When the COVID panic started in early 2020, prices went up. When George Floyd died, supplies really dried up and prices climbed even further.
My recollection is that autumn 2020 to winter 2020/2021 is when the prices and availability were the worst.
I agree with the others to not invest in ammo right now. Buy a case or two of each caliber you shoot, but now is not the time to stock up for investment purposes.
ETA- The time to invest was when AmmoJon first started noticing something odd in the pipeline. He warned us all, but most of us didn't predict how bad it was going to get in short order. (It wasn't too long ago that he was "gouging" customers with $250 cases of 9mm)
Virgil Co.C
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Agree with others prior 2019.thinking about 10 or so years ago prices sky rocketed and panic buying .Maybe right when Obama went in prices went up . Before him things where good and a lot less expensive.
Ammo Jon
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Treat ammo like an engagement ring.
Yep. In the summer of 2019, ammo and primers both could be had in abundance, and with additional rebates.
That party surely ended.
Before Clinton got elected was the lowest I could remember 308-7.62x51 was $85/1000 for brass milspec and SKS + 1k ammo for it were like $100-150 at every gun show.
Before Obama got elected was still getting 7.62x 39 for $100/1k
But in recent memory 2019 was a good last time to buy.
9mm Blazer Brass was ~$160/1k on sale and routinely ~$180/1k
That was sitting at ~$650/1k a few weeks back if you could find it.
Just wait until the next republican get elected before you buy or shoot any more ammo
Before Obama got elected was still getting 7.62x 39 for $100/1k
But in recent memory 2019 was a good last time to buy.
9mm Blazer Brass was ~$160/1k on sale and routinely ~$180/1k
That was sitting at ~$650/1k a few weeks back if you could find it.
Just wait until the next republican get elected before you buy or shoot any more ammo
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