[yep380]

Since there is no ammo, or reloading supplies available at a reasonable cost, I’m wondering if gun prices may take a dive soon.

Even the new gun owners from last year have to be wondering if they’ll be able to feed their new acquisitions.

With ammo being so scarce, it doesn’t make sense to buy guns.

What say you?

 

[jame]

Guns are available and affordable here in central Iowa. I have a CZ I’m looking to sell or trade, and I can’t get an inquiry to save my soul.

With no ammo available, people are looking to shotguns, black powder, air guns, and even slingshots.

One way or another around here, something is going down range. You just don’t know what it may be.

 

[Cokeman]

What CZ?

 

[bababoris]

Since there is no ammo, or reloading supplies available at a reasonable cost, I’m wondering if gun prices may take a dive soon.

Even the new gun owners from last year have to be wondering if they’ll be able to feed their new acquisitions.

With ammo being so scarce, it doesn’t make sense to buy guns.

What say you?

There is all sorts of ammo available if one is willing to pay the current market prices. Seems a lot of people are doing just that.


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[yep380]

There is all sorts of ammo available if one is willing to pay the current market prices. Seems a lot of people are doing just that.


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Agreed.

A lot of folks aren’t paying/shooting though. I know a number of people who are flat out not shooting ‘cause they don’t want to pay the current prices.

 

[rohanreginald]

Ammo is not scarce. It is widely available at ridiculous prices on the interwebs.


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[bac1023]

It really depends on the area. Gun prices around me aren’t all that bad. They must be bad in many places because Gunbroker has been nuts

 

[Green Dragoon]

It really depends on the area. Gun prices around me aren’t all that bad. They must be bad in many places because Gunbroker has been nuts

In Connecticut, prices are normal, but you can't find anything except for higher end 1911's.

 

[Bren]

Since there is no ammo, or reloading supplies available at a reasonable cost, I’m wondering if gun prices may take a dive soon.

That's the opposite of how prices work, so no. The longer this lasts, the more they will go up and the more that increase will translate along the supply chin back to the manufacturer and the more permanent that will be.

What will decrease the price is a political change. If the Republicans get solid control of both houses of Congress, the bottom will drop out and prices will go down as manufacturers catch up with demand. Remember how prices shot up, especially on semi-auto rifles, in 2016? Then, when we won the election, the bottom dropped out and you could buy AR's for $400-500 all over? Same thing, only bigger, since the threat is bigger and we have already lost the election.

 

[Nick B]

In my area I never saw the prices of guns go above suggested retail . Supply was hit and miss for awhile but now have leveled off. The only thing I see now in short supply is S&W wheelguns .

 

[TNRonin]

Look how stupid prices are on here and you'll get the answer. And you know, covid-19 prices.

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['Ol Grandad]

Agreed.

A lot of folks aren’t paying/shooting though. I know a number of people who are flat out not shooting ‘cause they don’t want to pay the current prices.

And now you know one more. I'd like to think that the only people that are paying the prices they are charging are brand new gun owners. If you've been into guns long enough, you already know that you need to be stocked up just in case. If you've had guns for years and you're still buying ammo during this BS, you should be ashamed.
This is why pickup trucks cost over $60k.

 

[hardluk1]

Our general store / gun shop in rural western NC always sells at discounted price and never went up . They use to display 450 plus firearms durring normal days but thats dropped to about half . Ammo in bulk has also been hard to find there to .

 

[waterwolf88]

The local gun stores have been able to keep a somewhat reliable stock of 5.56 and 9mm of various brands at $19.99 and $32.99 per box. The latest price increase seems to have slowed down the panic buying a lot. A caliber that has been nearly impossible to find is .380 and is still flying off of the shelf at $1 per round.

Gun selection has not been an issue, although yesterday when I stopped in to pick up some fishing lures the gun counter was nearly empty and was fully stocked the day before. Hundreds of firearms sold in less than 24 hours.

 

[KiloBravo]

I have scaled back on the number of rounds I shoot, but I am still actively shooting. I have been buying guns and ammo at pre covid/pre election prices. I have not been actively hunting for anything either. I just buy whenever I see a good deal. I refuse to pay the stupid tax.

 

['Ol Grandad]

I have scaled back on the number of rounds I shoot, but I am still actively shooting. I have been buying guns and ammo at pre covid/pre election prices. I have not been actively hunting for anything either. I just buy whenever I see a good deal. I refuse to pay the stupid tax.

The "stupid tax". Thank you for that.

 

[Cold Dead Hands !]

Introducing the COVID-19 9mm.
Chinese Glock clones to flood the market.

 

[Walter Bishop]

And now you know one more. I'd like to think that the only people that are paying the prices they are charging are brand new gun owners. If you've been into guns long enough, you already know that you need to be stocked up just in case. If you've had guns for years and you're still buying ammo during this BS, you should be ashamed.
This is why pickup trucks cost over $60k.

The desire to go to the range drops if it costs $100+ every time. Even if you have a nice stash of ammo bought at low prices you would have to replace it as you shot with new ammo at current prices. The cost of an item is really how much it would cost to replace it. If I'm shooting a $10 box of ammo and I know buying more will cost $30 a box it's still going to make me shoot less frequently.

 

[Bren]

Our general store / gun shop in rural western NC always sells at discounted price and never went up . They use to display 450 plus firearms durring normal days but thats dropped to about half . Ammo in bulk has also been hard to find there to .

Half? The gun shop about 300 yards from my house kept his prices the same. Now he has gone from hundreds of guns to maybe 20 long guns and half a dozen handguns that nobody wants. Been picked clean for months.

 

[Bren]

I have scaled back on the number of rounds I shoot, but I am still actively shooting. I have been buying guns and ammo at pre covid/pre election prices. I have not been actively hunting for anything either. I just buy whenever I see a good deal. I refuse to pay the stupid tax.

I have been trading and selling. Been doing pretty well from it. I had ammo sitting around from the '80s - a few boxes from the '60s that were given to me. Been unloading that crap to the guys at the gun shows as boot to trade up on guns. Reminds me I need to check and see when the next show is.