Sticker shock ...

[Joe Camo]

I always try to shoot up my old ammo first (that FIFO principal) but sometimes I miss a box or two, so when digging out my oldest bricks of .22LR from the bottom of the ammo can today to go plinking I got a tear in my eye when I saw the price stickers on them:

Rem Thunderbolts - $7.90/brick
Win Wildcats - $8.90/brick

No idea when I bought them (6-7 yrs ago??), but oh for the good old days ... Sigh ...

[hoel6466]

Yeah I know what you mean. My Cabela's dry box that I keep my shooting stuff in has a sticker on it for 500 rds of wolf .223 for $75

[Sorcerer]

Last summer I broke open my last 500 round brick of 22 LR CCI Minimag. Blue cardboard box with 10 blue 50 round boxs in side. It had a sticker price of $14.99 with a clearance sticker priced at $10.99. Now get this, from Target stores. I just can not bring myself to go shoot it. Went to WM, it was almost $7.00 for a 100 rounds.

[Seismic Sam]

It's all that GDCSMFGDSOB Obama's fault. Brass, 22 ammo, primers, and powder were cheap and plentiful until that gun grabbing commie got elected, and then everybody started buying and hoarding stuff and prices went through the roof!!

[Ironbear]

My last major purchase of .22LR was a case (5250 rounds) of Federal Bulk packs for $70... now I'm thinking I should have gotten two!

[R.E.T.]

My last major purchase of .22LR was a case (5250 rounds) of Federal Bulk packs for $70... now I'm thinking I should have gotten two!

Hindsight is always 20/20.

[Pezhead]

I still have 12 gauge slugs I purchased at Target for .50 as box.

[RAGGED]

The worst thing i found was some Sierra 160gr 7mm bthp, $5.99 for 100...... I also found some Fed mag primers the other day with a 99 cent price tag.....

[1911fan]

7.99 primers,

14 dollar a box 500 LSWC .45 bullets. sigh

[Fast Eddie]

+1 GDCSMFGDSOB Obama's fault

One thing the Navy did for me was taught me to break codes.



Ammo components are all made of commodities: copper, lead and even gas used in the supply chain. They all started going up when the dollar started losing value.


Eddy