Once a standard is set and people become used to it, the prices will never come down! Excuses and greed will prevail!!

@TacShooter

5 ай бұрын

It seems like the price of 9mm is coming back down. I saw a deal for 23 cents / round.

@SCH292

5 ай бұрын

Ammo companies has been enjoying the "prices" since Boe Jiden took office. They will make sure they keep getting that "+P"(+Profit) by constantly creating FUD, FOMO, shortage and Panic.

@ripl0x

5 ай бұрын

@@SCH292 Not to mention the massive inflation year-over-year we've been experiencing since BiteMe took office. Money printer go BRRRRRR.

@zues287

5 ай бұрын

​@@TacShooter$0.23 per round can pretty much always be found now. Grabbed a couple cases of Monarch (Sportsman's Warehouse brand that's repackaged Magtech) for $0.20 per round a few weeks ago.

@boejiden1942

5 ай бұрын

​@@SCH292 corn pop was a bad dude

Yep. $4 for a box 7.62x39 just vanished because of a signature by an elected person ☹️☹️

@kingdomofvinland8827

5 ай бұрын

aac 7.62x39 is listed at 45 cpr

@AmericanHistoryXX1

5 ай бұрын

I just paid 272 after taxes for 500 rounds of tula hollow points. Did come packed in a blackhawk 30cal can but still way to expensive

@libertyguardian7662

5 ай бұрын

You mean “elected” in the academic sense.

@silverhorder1969

5 ай бұрын

Not all of us believe he was elected..

@risenfromyoutubesashesagai6302

5 ай бұрын

​@@libertyguardian7662You mean STOLE it.

During the 90’s I could buy steel case 7.62x39 ammo for 1.89 a box. You could buy a nice SKS rifle for around 100 dollars. Leave it to the Government to F things up and make EVERYTHING MORE EXPENSIVE!!!!

@nvs4u2

5 ай бұрын

Ditto that. I bought my all numbers matching Russian SKS and 500 rounds of hollow point from Big 5 Sports in California back in the 90s. Gun was bought out of a barrel on the floor and the ammo cans still had the dirt on them.

@christinamoneyhan5688

5 ай бұрын

That’s their whole gun grabbing scam plan.

@doctorgears9358

5 ай бұрын

The government has nothing to do with milsurp rising in price. That’s on stupid people who will sit there and shell out 2 grand for a ww2 rifle that looks like it has been through ww3 and ww4

@Mike80528

5 ай бұрын

It has nothing to do with more and more people buying up those *discontinued* surplus rifles....Nope, nothing at all.

@1RCPILOT

5 ай бұрын

@@Mike80528The prices of SKS rifles and 7.62x39 ammo have gone through the roof. Because the government won’t allow them to be imported into our country anymore. Making them more expensive. There’s still tons of rifles and ammo available out there. But Uncle Joe doesn’t want us to have ammo and rifles.

Please add ammo to Friday deal alerts as often as deals allow. If people pay inflated prices then prices will stay high.

@sarahavery3178

5 ай бұрын

Exactly. Covid drove prices through the roof and all these companies saw that people will pay those prices and so they haven’t dropped much

@JamesGroves-vr2xw

5 ай бұрын

Excellent idea! Appreciate the input

@2leftfeet113

5 ай бұрын

Look up PSA or alot of the bulk ammo dealers. It's cheaper and if you live in a freedom friendly state you can have it shipped to your door. I miss when ammo was 10 to 30 cents a round.

@ethanlamoureux5306

5 ай бұрын

In a free market supply and demand set the price. If a bunch of companies charge inflated prices because they can, it only takes one company to sell for a little less to gain higher market share to start driving prices down until it reaches a reasonable equilibrium set by supply and demand.

I miss the spam can days of x39 for 15 cents a round

@onthebounce6909

5 ай бұрын

Kinda like how I miss the spam can days of CHICOM milsurp for 2 cents a round?

@adamadams6740

5 ай бұрын

Love the tuna cans/spam I still have like 40 of the can opener thing they give you with them,but haven’t bought one in long time.

@finalascent

4 ай бұрын

I miss back of magazine SKS rifles for $79.99 each.

@amirafshar2580

3 ай бұрын

Why ammos are expensive and those gun hobbyist are rich am I right

At the end of the day nothing is the same price as it used to be

@samsaasen4922

5 ай бұрын

What incredible insight

I remember being able to buy a brick of 500 rounds of 22 for less than $10. Around deer season 30-30 was about $8 a box. But what does anyone expect when government allows over half the domestic output to become One World Order? While destroying the American market.

If you plan on going to war you have to remove or limit your enemies ability to wage war .

@JamesHackett-kv4ki

5 ай бұрын

Yep it's Democrats plan to force there new world order crap on everyone

Everything PSA does is great!

@rhodycars6058

5 ай бұрын

Their 556 has been mediocre so far

@dragonsofthunder

5 ай бұрын

​@rhodycars6058 not the black tip! Love that stuff. I've shot a lot of it and still have about 200 rounds on deck. I'm going to order more

@defconsupply3990

5 ай бұрын

Except the tool marks and burrs on the guns they brand PSA

@Augustin54

5 ай бұрын

@@defconsupply3990they’re offering affordable decent quality guns to the average citizen when inflation is going crazy and you’re gonna complain about marks ? lol

@BrianMillzz

5 ай бұрын

Oh no!!! A scratch or bur on your firearm that's built to be run through the dirt, beat, banged and dropped... Geez i sure hope PSA gets better.. a small scratch is enough to cry about.​@@defconsupply3990

The only problem with AAC is shipping cost. By the time shipping and taxes hit it runs the same as S&B at my LGS.

@Stinkykawaiipfan

5 ай бұрын

hows that a problem? everyone should support aac.

@dragonsofthunder

5 ай бұрын

​@@StinkykawaiipfanI get what he's saying. If I can buy locally I'd rather do that for the same price because I can look at and touch my ammo. Plus get it the same day I pay

@sniperdog15

5 ай бұрын

I’ll support lower prices… remember people that own the manufacturing plants are millionaires…

@BrianMillzz

5 ай бұрын

You can find free shipping on orders over 100$ typically.. and im confused when you say "tax hits" because you're absolutely taxed at your LGS aswell.. and depending what you drive and LGS distance, how much did you spend in gas... Its so minor its not even worth discussing tbh..

@427SuperSnake1

5 ай бұрын

Not my experience, if you buy in bulk the price increase with shipping is like 1 cent a round. Stop buying 100 rounds at a time, buy bulk. It cost me 14.00 to ship 1k rounds from them. That is .014 cents per round, so not even close to S&B prices..

Cheapest you’ve seen in 10 years? I used to get brass 9mm at Walmart for $9 for 50 rounds back in 2017

@RepentorPerish77

5 ай бұрын

I REALLY miss those days..I’m happy to get the same for 12.99-13.99 today

@bryanbeeman5256

5 ай бұрын

The Walmart’s where I live don’t even carry 9mm. Has anyone found any 9mm at Wally World? If so, in what cities and states. Houston….

@ddeckert7597

5 ай бұрын

None. WW doesnt sell most if any popular handgun ammo.

@sarahavery3178

5 ай бұрын

@@bryanbeeman5256 no Walmart only carries hunting Cartridges now if at all. They stopped carrying 5.56 7.62x39 9mm .45 etc around Covid beginning

@hiredgun7996

5 ай бұрын

@@bryanbeeman5256This is Walmart’s ammo policy since 2019: “In 2018, we made the decision to raise the minimum age to purchase firearms and ammunition in our stores to 21 years of age. In years prior, we ended sales of modern sporting rifles, including the AR-15. Most recently, in September 2019, we decided to no longer sell the ammunition that can be used in large capacity magazines on military-style weapons, which we do not sell. We also made a complete exit from handgun sales. We will focus our assortment of ammunition on the firearms we do carry.”

AAC has some really good offerings I've been getting sub-moa accuracy out of my 308 AR10 with the 175 grain match stuff and it's all under 20 bucks a box.

@vicv7075

5 ай бұрын

Their bigger stuff must be better quality because I’ve bought some 5.56,9mm and .45 besides the fact it was dirty af the 9mm was all over the place .

It’s a sinking feeling that virtually every full magazine discharged for practice is a combo meal price.

@bensherman8976

5 ай бұрын

Better make that 2 if it's 5.56/223 at .50 that's 15$ or even more . That's insanity..

@EchoSigma6

5 ай бұрын

@@bensherman8976 A family meal price if it’s 77gr 5.56. 😂

@DB-qm4jx

4 ай бұрын

OK that's freaking funny nice dude

@VintageGearMan

4 ай бұрын

Boy you said it!!! Just a simple once in a blue moon target practice is now too expensive and then you have to worry about getting more plus the cost increases! God forbid we need it for protection. There are no random folks just having a fun "safe" Saturday target parcticing at home anymore around here. It is has been dead quiet here for the past few years now. People now know to not waste one single ammo at this point.

I've had this chat with a lot of younger guys, mainly that prices are wildly variable by caliber. One instance, back in the mid 90s, I was paying anywhere from 28-$40 for a box of 50 range-qual 10mm. These days is dang near the same, which is remarkable to me. Other things like 22LR has gone bananas. We used to get a brick of 500 to go plink at the river for $5-8. Today, if you can find it, you'd think it was gold-cased. Then with rifles, it's all over the place. As of late it's been well priced and fair around here, but I'm hesitant to shoot it as the politics in Texas is hazy at best. Ended up just getting 5.7x28 as it's not a primary caliber for me and is becoming reasonable.

@msh6865

5 ай бұрын

I worked for Kmart beginning in 1987. We sold Wildcat 22LR for 89 cents a box (50 rounds), $8.90 for a brick everyday. Those prices are long gone, as is Kmart. 😢

@dirtmcgirt7125

5 ай бұрын

You know things are wild when 5.7 prices are considered reasonable

If you check out the interview with GOA AAC is actually a factory PSA built from the ground up after the AAC acquisition. It was due having a hard time sourcing testing ammo from normal distribution paths, the AAC name was by circumstance. I know a lot of smaller ammo factories are starting to open up, especially in Texas, if I'm mistaken Staccato even announced an ammo line at Shot Show for the same reasons PSA did, due to supply chain issues with their ammo partners at the time. 9mm is at a great price rn, to the point for me reloading isn't as attractive due to components prices rising. Average price on primers is almost $100, I just bought a 1k of federal for $240 shipped off a deal from gundeals. So I'm going to stack high on factory 9mm and have the ability to reload and some components when things get crazy.

@DustinS.

5 ай бұрын

AAC ammo is a different and separate company from Advanced Armament Co.

@doctorgears9358

5 ай бұрын

I won’t hold my breath on Staccato’s ammo being priced reasonably

Please dont use $/box pricing, because how many rounds per box? How do I compare the value of a bulk ammo order to your $/box metric? Just use $/round for the sake of simplicity and standardization

@CatholicKit

4 ай бұрын

Its fairly simple man. Pistol ammo comes in 50 round boxes for normal FMJ. Rifle ammo comes in 20 round boxes 90% of the time.

I'm ashamed of myself and my fellow American men. We should have put our foot down years ago.

The CCI 22lr box of 100 rounds only cost around $1.99 back in 1980.

@1RCPILOT

5 ай бұрын

For sure! CCI 100 rounds for 1.99 a box. Will never see that again.

@ahole5407

5 ай бұрын

And $20 in 1980 is like $100 today

@arcturus8016

5 ай бұрын

Jeez.... people were lucky to make over 30 grand then. Lunch cost 2 bucks, a pickup truck 5 grand. A nice house was often under $100,000... prices go up over time people! No new news here.

@crazyjoeshorts5256

5 ай бұрын

it was 3 bucks for 50 when i came of age. one place had it for that price in one brand at my local shop and it made me feel super happy.

@thomgizziz

5 ай бұрын

@@arcturus8016 A nice house? a 100,000 dollar house back then wouldn't even be the same size as the average house now and that is why people think they can't buy a house. In the 80s people bought houses that were 1500sq/ft not 3500...

It has no gone to a point where shooting a firearm at the range once a month is a luxury.

@mariaequihua5355

5 ай бұрын

You 100 percent right

@wholesomeking

4 ай бұрын

plinking ammo is cheap as it is and even cheaper in bulk what are you talking about ?

Called inflation...Dollar has fallen in value.....

@CHEECHMUN

5 ай бұрын

Called BribeDonomics!!

It is a shame that the case of 1000rd 762X39 steel still cost the importer less than $65 , I hope they will pay for there greed when we manage to import from somewhere else soon ! There is plenty of ammo now , if every one hold off on buying ,I'm sure the price will go back to pre-covid !

@gunztommiegunz

5 ай бұрын

@First_name_youtube_doesnt_likeimport restrictions by Joe Biden

@MrMunky1985

5 ай бұрын

​@First_name_youtube_doesnt_likeI think the OP is talking about retailer cost being $65 to import, then marking it up for public purchases.

@msh6865

5 ай бұрын

Forget that, we need to hope for domestic production.

@MrMunky1985

5 ай бұрын

@@msh6865 we have domestic production, however at US wages, the cost goes up. Especially under the biden administration, the cost of every thing has gone up.

@crawwwfishh3284

5 ай бұрын

The Yugoslav ammo is bad to the bone it punches half inch steel like bread.

Went to my local Academy this last friday and they had plenty of ammo. The problem is that prices haven't dropped to the pre-pandemic rates that we came to like and enjoy. The prices are still double what they were.

I don't know what you're talking about. Ammo is not the lowest in 14 years. The closest we got to 2010-2011 was 2018-2019.

@umoramayori

4 ай бұрын

When accounting accurately for inflation, the ammo today is at the 2018 levels.

I 100% with your points as someone who has been stacking dat metal for 15yrs. It is crazy. People just now getting in are paying double & triple what we paid a decade ago. 👍👍🇺🇸

@Old_Sailor85

5 ай бұрын

If you shoot a lot, that ammo has to come from somewhere. Either shooting new "cheap" range ammo or your stockpile, which then has to be replenished. Right now I'm shooting new "range" ammo. $10-$13 a box. I probably have a bit of UMC that was $6 a box in storage.

I still remember when 22lr was .99 cents a box i used to love going to the gun range now i just think about how much money it costs me.

@glennpoorman5937

5 ай бұрын

Hahaha I remember paying one rec cent per round of 22 and being able to purchase without an adult

@charlesmathews1336

4 ай бұрын

I used to go to Western Auto . 22 lr was .50 cents a box. Yes showing my age but ......

@mavericknonconformist69721

4 ай бұрын

Remmy Thunderbolt and Copperhead, I remember.

Just picked up some AAC 75gr bthp, 75gr black tip, and 77gr otm to try out. For $2 more per box over 55/62gr it’s a great price for the performance

@christophergibson5518

5 ай бұрын

Where'd you scoop these? 👀 PSA?

@frostriver4547

5 ай бұрын

I can vouch for both 75 and 77 AAC. Stacked up on 75 before they went up $2 a box a while back

i remember 25 years ago when wolf 762x39 was $2.99 a box!!

@risenfromyoutubesashesagai6302

5 ай бұрын

Case of 1000 for $125 before clovid. Next day during clovid, it was $375. Don't know what it cost now... I'm scared to look.

@michaellewis9275

5 ай бұрын

I remember when it was a $1.99 a box!!!

@Gary-kc9hx

5 ай бұрын

​@@michaellewis9275norinco🤙

@ltx383

5 ай бұрын

@@risenfromyoutubesashesagai6302 Don’t remeber 7.62x39 go for that cheap even before covid.

@ahole5407

5 ай бұрын

And I remember a new trucks in 1995 that didn't all have 6 figure sticker prices. So what's your point?

my sporting store had a sale on 12g 2.3/4 9 pellet 00 buckshot Winchester 5 rounds box for 2.99 a box. i couldn't clear the shelf . but i did buy 200 dollars worth 💪💪💪

Away with the herd mentality people. Stop panic buying so we can make it a buyers market. If we agree to hold off the prices will come down.

@keithgraham9547

5 ай бұрын

Prices may come down some, but not drastically. The hording WILL drive them up. Manufacturers are operating at near capacity. They can't absorb any more overhead, which means no price reduction from volume. Government regs, legal environment, and supply chain/raw materials are your pricing factors. Unlikely you're going to see much positive movement in those. I haven't seen 9mm under about $11.75 a box, 23.5¢, in years. My guy feel is that if you see it back to $10, somebody's accounting department screwed up AND it's going to be really lame quality stuff.

@Fully-semi-auto

5 ай бұрын

Yep, it’s videos like this that contribute to shortages. He literally said ‘stock up’. The casual shooter will hear this and go buy as much as they can afford or get their hands on.

@kungfupandas1

5 ай бұрын

How long should we wait?

@keithgraham9547

5 ай бұрын

@@kungfupandas1 You buy when: - You're down to your "safety stock" level, -You find a decent price, and -You can afford what you're buying. In other words, not when some guy makes a comment on the internet. His comment is not going to have any impact on prices at all. I'll add this. Depending on the shooter and what he or she likes, AND how much you shoot, it might be worth buying a different firearm. For example, you like 45acp, but also like 22lr, it might be worth looking at another pistol. Maybe used. Ten or twelve cents per round versus forty to eighty cents will stretch a budget. If you shoot 9mm but buy and shoot only hyperammo like Gold Dot or something at over $1 a round, you can go to a better caliber in 357 SIG and shoot a hitter, more effective round, for 48¢. Shoot a thousand rounds, you paid for the new pistol.

Knew 7.62x39 was going to get more expensive way back in 2017 when trade embargos started to hit Russia and the intermediaries it used to avoid ammo export restrictions. For those who reload ammo for personal use only, 300 blackout makes a lot more sense to make in large quantities of ball ammo as the components are more affordable to get ahold of of unlike 7.62x39. You can get 7.62x39 bullets and brass but you're going to be paying a premium for them. Large rifle primers, that's going to be a pain to get ahold of now which most of the brass is constructed for.

9mm used to be $10 for a box of 100 WWB

@ahole5407

5 ай бұрын

Federal law enforcement and Winchester Ranger 124 &147gr is 10x that. Why are you buying garbage ammo?

@bizzfo

5 ай бұрын

@@ahole5407 Do you go to range and shoot nothing but your defensive ammo?

@ahole5407

5 ай бұрын

@bizzfo of course. Taking 50yd shots with cheap range ammo isn't going to translate in a defensive situation when the POI could change 6" or more because of the loading and ballistics

@bizzfo

5 ай бұрын

@@ahole5407 🙄

@ahole5407

5 ай бұрын

@@bizzfo don't be poor

There were announcements everywhere near the end of 23 saying ammo was going up in 24. A lot being driven by powder costs and govt contracts being filled to go overseas

I reload and component parts can be very difficult to find and expensive. Sometimes I can find factory 9mm 1 cent cheaper per round than I can reload it. I do not know what’s happening but I have a feeling it will not improve anytime soon.

@ShastaBean

5 ай бұрын

I don't load 9mm, but your point is definitely true re: 10mm, too. My cost to load range-rounds came out to ~$.50/rd based on what I paid for components. I can buy factory for $.35-.40 these days.

@JohnB-dr8sk

5 ай бұрын

Yeah, the reloaders who were really smart bought lots of extra primers, powder and bullets back when they were a lot cheaper. Now, things are just nuts with everything.

I still get emails from the online dealers that just keep getting cheaper.

Ive been finding tons of 7.62x39 brass at the range lately. Finding it at the range used to be incredibly rare. As a long time reloader, im happy to find it for myself but i feel bad for how much everyone else is paying.

16.67 for 9mm 29.50 for 300BLK 30.31 for .223/5.56 Ammo prices aren’t great but seem to have stayed consistent since Covid started. They never came back down

@bryanbeeman5256

5 ай бұрын

Man, that’s heartbreaking…

@cjceredon1

5 ай бұрын

Where are you looking, bc that's high. I bought 1500 9mm for 318$ shipped. I can find 223/556 for around 10$

I buy quality ammunition in volume from SGAmmo, Bereli, and Velocity. I don’t run 7.62x39, or 5.56, and I don’t run garbage ammo through my guns typically. I do run a couple brands of cheaper .308 through my DD sometimes. My go-to 9mm is Winchester NATO 124gr @ $270/1000. HST’s in 9mm and .45 come in on police trade-in and I’ve got those at $500/1000 and $600/1000 respectively. 10mm HST is non-existent but typically runs $2/rd, which I won’t pay. For target 10mm I run American Eagle and S&B. I’ve got lake city Winchester .308 (actually M80 ball) at $480/500 loose in the can. Those prices are delivered. The above online sellers also sell CCI mini-mag in lots of 2000-5000 at around $0.08/round. At any rate, I’ve seen no shortage but prices are going up. I don’t panic buy but I stock, and I typically buy twice as much as whatever I shoot at the range each month. Shoot 1000 10mm buy 2000 10mm. That’s how I ended up buying a 9mm pistol, lol.

not a bad price on the 10mm but the shipping is the killer...

@patrickm4913

5 ай бұрын

That's a great point. Free shipping on bulk ammo is becoming more rare.

Lol. $13 a box for 7.62x39. I live in a small town in California and my LGS is gouging people on price. At $27/20 rounds. It’s ridiculous. Literally cheaper for me to drive to and from Vegas and pick up ammo.

Dang, I am old! I paid $2.00 a box for 7.62 x 39 at gun shows in N and S Carolina in the 1990s and at times as low as $1.50 a box on sale, rare, but I have paid that and bought 5000 RDS once, and burn it all up on one Saturday with my son and some friends. 9mm then was about $150-$175 a 1000 and .223 was around $120 a 1000 for Norinco and about $175 a 1000 for Lake City and others. I am 70 now and sure do miss those old prices, yes I know income was also way different, but I had a good well paid job back then too! Keep up the good work with videos, I love the Pawn Shop Challenges!

Love to see 6.5 grendel affordable ammo

Pmc prices are usually pretty decent

@ahole5407

5 ай бұрын

PMC = Poor Man's Cartridge

@chriswood9836

5 ай бұрын

Pmc is the most reliable and accurate for what i need and the price is usually cheaper than any other manufacturers

@JohnB-dr8sk

5 ай бұрын

@@ahole5407 BS. PMC is actually really good ammo at any price.

@BrianMillzz

5 ай бұрын

​@@ahole5407look everybody! Another grown adult that doesn't understand the fundamentals of a cartridge and only buys what he sees on KZread and his favorite channel that he drools over says is best...

2:29 PSA actually built AAC from the ground up due to low ammo availability- it wasn’t a pre existing business that they acquired

In the last 6 months I've seen 223 and 556 jump 10 dollars to 25.00 a box of 20 rounds in Texas !!!

7.62x54R use to be about .20 a round when I got my M44. I paid $88 for my M44 (now it's $550 on the low end here where I live if I wanted to buy one) and ammo was 100 rounds for $20. When Obama did that ban it jumped x54R up to 0.89 a round. Now in my area it's up to $1.50 per round due to events. I hate it. My M44 use to be my go too mess around shoot all day rifle. .308, .30-06, all my other calibers so obnoxiously high as well. Even .22LR is so obnoxious anymore. I have a lot of ammunition. But it just annoys me/sickens me that a bullet I bought for about .12 would cost me $1.30 to replace. .223/5.56 use to be about .10 now it's about .55. Even up to .65. 9mm was .05 now it's about .16. Just obnoxious.

Crazy Fact: The United States produces nearly double the amount of ammunition today that it did during World War 2! The “problem” is hoarding. The biggest spenders are buying pallets of the stuff before it ever gets to store shelves. Federal did an internal study that estimated about 1:100 regular buyers had more than 200,000 rounds stockpiled

I picked up a couple of boxes of that New Republic 5.56 at a gun show a few weeks back and it worked fine for me.

Stocked up on MagTech and sell and bell 9mm for 6$ a box after tax.

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I've mentioned this elsewhere, but to me the idea where consumers were being taken for suckers was when the traditional 50-round boxes of handgun ammo started getting upstaged by the manufacturers' 20-round boxes. This is really a LONG TERM, looking-back perspective, but as the semi-autos' magazine capacities climbed towards 17 - 20 (thanks to innovation of double stack) one realized that s/he was using up an entire box, or near to it, to load one mag. And with the mindset of carrying two extra magazines, now you're looking at buying THREE boxes, just for everyday carry. To many this will sound VERY dated, or extreme 'old school,' but back when the 1911 A-1 and its seven-round magazine of .45s was popular as were double action revolvers traditionally holding six .357 magnum or .38 special rounds, when one purchased a box, its 50 rounds within would load and reload your piece half a dozen times. That seems or felt kind of generous, comforting to know you could reload six to seven times from one box. [And with a second box of 50 at hand, LOTS of times.] But then when the cutback to 20 rounds per box the mindset is "I can't believe I chewed up an entire box to load one magazine!" I know, I know, there are still plenty of offerings of 50-round boxes. But with the high cost swings we've all suffered through, the psychology as a consumer tends to lead one to bypass the hefty box and go for the 20-round little siblings. Half a dozen years back when .22 LR rounds shot up to or surpassed what WAS the equivalent of what single round costs of .38 Specials and 9 mm were for decades, and that $20 bill that covered two boxes of .30-30 factory loads wouldn't even let you out of the store with one, I thought the world was coming to an end. THAT was only the beginning, it turned out. "Thank you, '704 TACTICAL,' for the pricing and availability updates with SPECIFICS."

If you are a reloader, projectiles are as cheap as they've been in 10 years! Powder and primers on the other hand are double the price from 10 years ago. Just like that old song, you gotta know when tp hold em, know when to fold em, know when to walk away, know when to run! 🤣

Went to the flea market today and scored big. 470 rounds of 5.45x39, 170 of it was hornady vmax steel cased and the rest wolf military classic. 80 rounds of lake city 5.56 nato, 100 12ga bird shot shells and 20 Brazilian 7.62 nato. 200$.

One thing to take into consideration is the price of base metals. I scrap about once a month. copper, brass, tungsten, and stainless have all been at record highs throughout the last couple of years. Anywhere from 1.80$ all the way up to 3$$ per pound. It's a direct reflection as well as minimum wage, price of gas and water. Keep your brass even if you don't reload because it's worth quite a bit. Why leave quarters dimes and nickels laying around? And do your part to recycle, it's never been as profitable and worth than ever before.

2019 I bought a bunch of .45 federal hydra-shok @ $12.99 for a box of 20. I rotate my “stored” ammo every 7 years (I’m aware it keeps much longer), lucky for me 2019 was year 7. As of this week, same box of 20 at the same store is $35.

I tried to buy a 50ct box of 10mm last week. $50 box (SoCAL), no thx - put it back on the shelf. I will certainly check out the AAC 10mm but shipping & FFL charges usually wipe out any cost savings. I won't purchase range 9mm over $10 box.

When Walmart dropped popular ammo the stage was set no competition the price was not set any longer so it went up I’m buying Russian ammo because when it’s gone it’s gone

I just bought 1k 5.56 last week. Put that back with my preps. I separate my training/target ammo from my prep/shtf ammo! I buy mostly from PSA and Academy Sports.

@ACommenterOnYouTube

5 ай бұрын

Academy for 9mm and PSA for 22LR ...

I don't know about the whole United States but Walmart pretty much discontinued selling any pistol calibers like 9 mm and in a lot of places they don't they refuse to sell 223 or 556

@CarlPapa88

5 ай бұрын

Pretty sure it's company wide. F'm.

@dustyneudy7017

5 ай бұрын

Self respecting gun owners don't buy 2a products from Walmart anyways.

@MLHMODZ

4 ай бұрын

You’re 15 years late to the party lol

Higher prices may encourage accurate practice.

I can still remember buying 50 round boxes of 22 long @ the Dollar General Store for about $1.00 back in the 80's

I load my own ammo with once fired brass. 5.56 75gr. BTHP cost is about 22¢ a round. 300BLK 208gr. subsonic about 42¢. 458 SOCOM 300gr. HP $1.47 with new brass, 59¢ a reload.

Walk in Cabela's 2 to 4 days a week. Other day overheard the workers talking to some customers and told them there is a shortage of ammo now cause lots of it is being shipped to Israel now and still being shipped to Ukraine, after they make it.

@bornfuct

5 ай бұрын

Fudd...

love the video. thank you for the helpful links and market analysis.

Advice please ?? Long term rifle , hollow point 9mm rounds has some minor tarnishing and little mildew? In the hollow hole. Must I clean these rounds before now placing in proper mtm plastic boxes then 50cal mil spec metal Can ?? I don't know if this issue continues to grow/get worse or correct storage stops it ? Thanks very much !

If one had 1000's of 9mm Makarov, would you sell them as such, or salvage the lead for reloading ? Ball, hollow point, brass and steel.

I don’t want to sound to old,but like the early 2000’ and before when AK’s were 2-350$ and mosies were 89$ they used to almost make you take a 800 round tuna can with the gun when you bought one because they had so many.i do miss that,but now AR’s are cheep as hell(most anyway) and .223 isn’t bad if you reload or buy bulk

I saw a job listing on PSA's website regarding working at a new priming plant. I think AAC will be making primers and wonder how that will affect component price.

@Stinkykawaiipfan

5 ай бұрын

they already make everything besides powder

@cellofellow4101

5 ай бұрын

That is currently not true.

There’s 10mm Federal and Winchester out there for the same 19.99. Use Ammoseek

@ThrashTillDeth85

5 ай бұрын

The problem is that stuff isn’t much different in performance than 40, it just costs more. It’s a problem for most 10mm ammo except for buffalo bore and underwood

@bizzfo

5 ай бұрын

@@ThrashTillDeth85 understood but it’s range ammo nonetheless

@douglasdaugherty5337

5 ай бұрын

Federal 10mm ammo will not run through my Kimber Eclipse 1911 10mm. 1 to 3 failures per 8 round magazine.

22's used to be .01 cent a round. I surely miss those days. Now, I'm not an old fart, I'm still in my 30's, so just think how inflated prices gave gotten in the last 20 years.

@MrDillaKilla

5 ай бұрын

8 dollar bricks were a thing!

I think you should have at least 15k rounds of every caliber you own, Except for 12 guage, try to have at least 500 rds. Obviously this is tough if you're starting out. I've got a few years under my belt.

@woodsghost9088

5 ай бұрын

For what it's worth, I agree. Even if I'm not there. Best advice I got is "buy 2000 rnds for every gun you own." It helps even out priorities.

@troyminster838

4 ай бұрын

i think buying more of what u would shoot in everyday scenarios. and little less of your hi caliber rifles, certain types of shotgun shells ect. but basically just buy what your budget allows.

Thanks for making this video

Thanks for the update

I own two guns so far: a budget AR in .223 wylde (mostly for fun but kind of for any sort of shtf situation where i may need to hunt small game to survive), and a taurus g2c (9mm) for an edc. I live near a gun shop that has ammo for both at prices that are practically the same price for "boxes" per bullet as most online retailers sell bulk ammo before shipping. 😅 and thats before their constant deals.😂

Try finding 325WSM for less than $5 a round. Nearly impossible once you add in more tax and shipping.

@troyminster838

4 ай бұрын

its unfortunate that we have to shop for firearms based on if u can afford to shoot it. (rifle calibers more so that is)

I've got sleeves of CCI 22's from 20 years ago with .99 cent price tags on them.

@704TACTICAL

5 ай бұрын

Oh wow !

Couldn’t believe seeing 7.62 x39 for same$ as 300 blackout .60 cents round

Ammo - the batteries to the guns I remember buying Winchester white box .380 acp from Walmart in 2016 for $16. Now look at .380, I’m seeing it anywhere from $26/box to $30/box. Maybe here or there I can find an off brand company selling it for $20/box. 9mm has been all over the place. Last couple of years I’ve bought it anywhere from $13/box to $22/box. Lately have been buying it in bulk.

CCI Std Velocity can still be gotten at 7c/rnd in bulk, but it goes in and out of stock almost weekly. I consider this the ultimate survival/SHTF round and keep at least one full, unopened case on-hand. As soon as it's cracked, I'm looking to buy another one.

I agree with your views and recommendations! Keep it coming brother!!!

Just an interesting note, ammo prices at auction are running higher then current market price. That tells me people are still very worried about shortages. A few weeks ago a 200ct box of AAC 300blk that PSA sells for $150 sometimes lower, sold at auction for $190. Crazy

Bruh $10-13 a box for 7.62x39? Try $25-35 in Middle TN

Ammo is, in real terms, as plentiful and affordable as it has been in YEARS. As we've seen this can change on a dime. Buy ammo now or regret not buying it later. You're welcome.

local distributors is the only way..never pay shipping

Thx for the update

I had been hand loading for years, but just in the last two years, I added . 223, instead of buying. I just stopped shooting . 308, saved what I had and shoot more .223.

PSA hasn’t been able to get their own ammo in stock for several months. I get selling out fast and often but to never get more 69gr 556 or 220gr 300BLK for 4 months is extremely frustrating.

Awesome vid, THANKS ALWAYS. 🤙🇺🇸🧂

I agree 100% but I think you could have also commented on several other Common Calibers For example I have seen 45 ACP recently for some very good prices 12 Gauge Shotgun Rounds are still much higher than Pre Covid 40 S&W are still higher than Pre Covid but they are also higher because the unfortunately the Demand for 40 S&W has gone down Dramatically 380 ACP is always over priced even though there are millions of newer 380 ACP pistols out there. And so on.

I haven't seen much change on 300 or 338 RUM, 26, 28 or 30 Noslernor 45-90.

Pshhhh PSA has been waiting for the Russian ammo to go thru the roof, they'll sell it for a few pennies less than the brass stuff, they are in the business to make money. Thanks for your educational content and keep up the great work 👍 ❤

I have some of that black tip Sabre and love em

I got some brass blazer 9mm 124g ammo it was priced way low but it is under powered.

Shipping costs makes buying online not worth it

5.56 nato is extremely expensive plus a box for 200 is 124 bucks

Idk I'm in california so $11 a box sounds cheap

I feel bad for people who invested in all the "new" calibers. 6.5 Grendel, 6.5 creed, 300 blackout, and all the others.

I have a local store selling 22LR for $3/50rds. Seeing people pay $12+/100rds is insane. Just picked up a 30rd box of 223 for $14 from the same spot. Not the best price I’ve paid but it’s getting better for now. Stocking up while it’s cheap-ish

Any chance you could give price/round? Thanks

I recommend buying online. It’s the cheapest & still the best price. I’m in Vegas & bought lightly dented remanufactured 2 5 🍩 rounds for 1 6 🍩 At my favorite store.

It's absurd how much .22lr costs nowadays.