Ammo Is Back; Stock Up If You Need It!!!

Total Survivalist Libertarian Rant – by Theother Ryan

It seems ammo (except .22lr) is back to a pretty good level of availability. Certainly well stocked stores and online dealers have plenty of the stuff. I am seeing .223 in the .42 to .44 cent range for cases. 9mm ball seems to be in the .37 ish range though is case of reloads for $300/1k is a great deal. 7.62×39 is under a quarter a round in any quantity which is nice.

I hope everyone remembers the dark days of firearmagedon and what we wanted to buy when things got back to normal.  I sort of reconsidered priorities then added some more 7.62×39 and small game type shotgun loads to the list. Also I’m still waiting for .223 and 9mm to drop a little bit more in price. Personally I think .223 will settle back around 40 cents with a spread between .38 and .42 or so depending on specifics. Nine Mil might drop to the .30 cent range. Beyond that who knows. Hunting rifle and shotgun ammo wasn’t affected so it’s largely stayed the same anyway. As to the lowly .22lr who knows when it will be back at any sane prices.

However the prices now, if you shop intelligently, are good enough that if I wasn’t already sitting in an OK place I would be buying. If we only had a few hundred rounds per caliber/ gun the difference of 10% that ammo may drop would pale in comparison to the slim-moderate chance something will happen that hurts availability again. Getting caught short because you wanted to save $20 would be foolish.

The point I am working towards is that ammo is back at decent, if not great, prices. Now is the time to stock up on what you need.

I disagree with the video that you should get a box of this or that every payday. That was my technique for a few years when I was a young gun owner. Every payday I would get a box per gun/ caliber (at that time the same thing). That meant a trip to the local sporting goods store for a box of 12 gauge buckshot, a box of .38 special, .40 S&W, some .22lr, a box of .223 and another of 30’06.

The issue is that I was an uninformed consumer. Small boxes of ammunition are often marked up quite steeply at brick and mortar stores. Paying 20-30+% more than you would purchasing a case of ammo is quite common. What this translates into is 20-30% less ammo for your dollar. So instead of buying a box here and another there save for 3 paydays then get 250 rounds of Federal LE Buckshot, in a few more months a case of ammo for your pistola, you get the idea. The only exception in my mind to this is oddballs like Grandpa’s .32S&W revolver that you only want a couple boxes for anyway.

Save money every payday/ week/ month/ whatever, buy ammo in bulk at good deals, repeat until you are happy. Of course you do need some balance, so do not spend all of your money on ammo. Some needs to go to food, some to saving, etc all.

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