.308 ammo price

[coltn46920]

Has .308 ammunition always been expensive? What were the pre obama prices?
Do you think they will ever come down?

[postal]

All ammo is expensive lately.

Even the cheapest 308 surplus is well over 50 cents a piece in smaller quantities....

Back in 2001 I bought 400 rounds of surplus for $86.

I'd hate to spectulate, but I have serious doubts about the price of ammo going down.

The origional excuse was the price of copper rising 400% which why costs rose-

Now is the "run" on guns and ammo...

Well.... the price of copper fell through the floor last year.....
The run on guns and ammo has slowed in recent months.....

And prices havent dropped a bit.....

So I doubt they will drop at all.

In retrospect, I wish I bought 5-6 of those 400rnd ammo cans at $86....

You can register on "m-14 forum" once you're approved and have access to the forums, there is a thread updated frequently on the best prices of 308/7.62 ammo.

[Scratch705]

prices will drop slightly once people stop buying at the highly inflated prices

[joelogic]

Prices have dropped. At the gun show today 7.62x39 $199 per 1k wolf. .223 $219 per 1k wolf. 9mm $200 per 1k winchester. These may not be 5 years ago prices but they are sure better than 9 months ago prices.

[Dr Rockso]

Prices have dropped. At the gun show today 7.62x39 $199 per 1k wolf. .223 $219 per 1k wolf. 9mm $200 per 1k winchester. These may not be 5 years ago prices but they are sure better than 9 months ago prices.

Huh, kind of wish I went to the gun show today. Good to hear, though with the coming AB962 panic buying I bet there will be another spike.

[Rob454]

yeah ammo prices wont go down. Ammo companies or ammo resellers can make a artificial demand simply by holding back the ammo from the stores.
not saying is right or wrong but thats what I would do if I was trying to get the most about of money. but expect to pay 50 cents for ammo. hell some guys sell ammo for 60-70 cents a round average.
I would wait till a gun show walk up with cash in the last few hours of the show and offer the guy 20$ less than his asking price. Most take it especially if they havent made many sales. I picked up silver bear 308 at the last gun show for 6.99 a box of 20. Thats what I feel is a fair price for mil spec ammo

[Barney Gumble]

Ammo prices are at pre-election levels. However the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are sucking up a massive amount of ammo which reduces availability of materials as well as manufacturing capacity. This has been going on since 2003. If the wars stopped today you'd see ammo prices way down below today's level within a year.

[M1A Rifleman]

Last I bought bulk, I used to pay between 15 to 19 cents per round, which is about $150 to $200 per 1000 rdn case.

[MasterYong]

Ammo prices going down is like gas prices going down. It may appear to be beginning to happen, it may even drop a little bit, but in reality I doubt they'll ever drop. Once you get the end-consumer paying a certain price for a commodity it just doesn't drop. Ever.

But, since the dollar is hardly worth crap anymore, maybe the cost is really dropping even if the dollar amount isn't...

[97F1504RAD]

Here are a few links for you to help find the best deal.

http://gun-deals.com/ammo

http://www.rifle-company.com/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?t=431

This is currently one fo teh best deals out there.

http://www.hkparts.net/shop/pc/viewCategories.asp?idCategory=115

[Barney Gumble]

Ammo prices going down is like gas prices going down. It may appear to be beginning to happen, it may even drop a little bit, but in reality I doubt they'll ever drop. Once you get the end-consumer paying a certain price for a commodity it just doesn't drop. Ever.

Says who? There's no immutable law of economics or nature that says when a commodity price reaches a certain level it will never come down. As long as there is competition, prices are generally driven by supply and demand, and that's it.

Gasoline prices have actually been dropping steadily throughout history (in inflation adjusted terms) up until the recent spike.

Stocks, food commodities (milk, corn, sugar, etc.), metals, technology items such as PCs, CPUs, memory, etc...all are commodities that have seen either regular fluctuations or steadily dropping prices.

[MasterYong]

Says who? There's no immutable law of economics or nature that says when a commodity price reaches a certain level it will never come down. As long as there is competition, prices are generally driven by supply and demand, and that's it.

Gasoline prices have actually been dropping steadily throughout history (in inflation adjusted terms) up until the recent spike.

Stocks, food commodities (milk, corn, sugar, etc.), metals, technology items such as PCs, CPUs, memory, etc...all are commodities that have seen either regular fluctuations or steadily dropping prices.

And your fancy chart shows a long-term drop where???

[Barney Gumble]

And your fancy chart shows a long-term drop where???

Look at the red line...starts around $3.20 in 1919 and drops to under $1.50 by 1999 despite huge increases in the '30s and in 1979 (oil embargo). The point being that the price came back down every time after major increases. Just addressing your point that once the price of a commodity goes up, it doesn't come down again, EVER.

[jchen76@gmail.com]

US dollar is also down, making imported ammo and other imported raw materials that much more expensive. I remember getting surplus Greek 9mm ammo for 5.99 a box from Turner's back in 2003.

Waiting for surplus ammo to hit the market, with couple wars going on, won't be anytime soon.