Bought some ammo at lunch. prices up

I went to wal mart at lunch and bought some .380 ammo.
I noticed that every caliber had went up in price.

the normal 100 round pack of .40 use to be $28, now is $32
the 50 rd pack of .40 went from 14 to 16
remington golden bullet 550 pack use to be $14 now almost $18

has anyone else noticed prices going up in their area?

 

I went to buy a 250 round Remington mega pack of 45 ACP and almost fell over when I saw the $98.00 price tag.
Damn near a $20 increase

 

ouch!

i think the 250 pack for .40 is normally 75 bucks. Ill have to check on that next time im there

 

last box of 100 i picked up at walmart was 26 iirc. Still half the price of my closest gun store, no joke. exact same ammo

 

yea thats how it normally was here. the white box ammo same stuff at academy is 36... I havent looked at academy in a while. I wonder if their prices went up too?

 

I think prices are going up because of demand. Retailers like Academy, Gander Mountain and Walmart can charge a few $ more and get away with it. I know the ammo shelves are picked over in the stores that I go to.

 

I buy all of my ammo from www.aimsurplus.com, or www.sgammo.com. If I get in a bind I will go to cheaper than dirt down the road and buy ammo. However I do not like to give cheaper than dirt any of my money because of the price gouging they did in the ban years.

 

I would order from ammotogo or CTD but that fact that I have to pay shipping AND taxes kills the deal

 

USAAMMO has good prices for target loads and I have had GREAT luck with them...

 

CTD has some decent prices, their shipping prices to me have been ok, but I hate paying the sales tax. I guess thats part of the deal. I ordered some 223 ammo and gun case on a Wednesday at noon and received Thursday afternoon. I was impressed.

 

yea CTD ships super fast. I ordered a light and was at my door the next day

 

yup i noticed it! sucks... ):

 

+1 BUT I have no taxes from them.

Last ammo I ordered was from Cabelas w/ free shipping and no tax.
- 20 boxes of 21-4240 American Eagle Rifle Ammo .223 REM 55GR.FMJ/20 @ $5.49 each

I checked out online vs local walmart - I need to buy a minimum of 800-1000 rds or have free shipping to offset the tax difference I'm charged at walmart.

As far as prices - the went up about a month ago. Guy at walmart told me about it, said the .223 was the last to go up at his particular store. This is the main reasons Im gonna be selling my 1911 and moving to 9mm.

 

Here in the central cali area I priced a box of 250 .40 ammo from Wally World for 69 dollars a couple weeks ago.Havent checked since than.

 

At least one major distributor of ammo (weaponsworld.com) posted a memo a while back from manufacturers that raw material costs were going up (copper, lead, brass). This was posted in some gun forums and people had to act fast to purchase before the price jump.

 

As a reloader, the true sign of the price of ammo going up is when the individual components go up in cost. I have not seen any components go up too drastically lately. I would just say it is fall hunting season driving the cost a bit. Come January they will more than likely fall again.

Just Sayin.

 

i remember seeing something like that on natchez

lets hope this is the case

 

damnit!

thats cheap. online they want $149 for that.