Maybe ammo prices aren't that bad

[HDRider]

https://www.wideners.com/blog/1950-vs-2020-the-price-of-guns-and-ammo/

 

[HDRider]

Help you price today

https://ammopricesnow.com/

 

[Dave]

The prices listed might not be bad. But good luck finding any at those prices. Or just finding any period. There is 5 stores here that sell ammo. Not a single box of 30-06 or any other hunting caliber ammo at any of them.

 

[jltrent]

Your listed 2020 prices are pretty conservative. Good luck finding it for that as probably double if you can find it.

 

[greybeard]

I bet this didn't cost much in 1950.

 

[SmokinM]

The adjusted for inflation price is closer to what you will pay……if you can find it. like Dave said 30-06 shells are rare as hens teeth right now and $40-50 a box if you find them. 3” buckshot is non existent as well.

 

[greybeard]

I can get 20ga buck but no 12 ga. I don't often use the 12 ga and wife can't handle it anyway but she likes that 20..

 

[Atimm693]

The prices listed might not be bad. But good luck finding any at those prices. Or just finding any period. There is 5 stores here that sell ammo. Not a single box of 30-06 or any other hunting caliber ammo at any of them.

Check on Ammoseek. Pretty much everything you could want is available online.

Things are getting a lot better. Few months ago you couldn't find 6.5 Grendel anywhere for less than $2 a round. Can get all you want now for less than a buck. 9mm is available easily for 30 cents.

 

[HDRider]

Check on Ammoseek. Pretty much everything you could want is available online.

Things are getting a lot better. Few months ago you couldn't find 6.5 Grendel anywhere for less than $2 a round. Can get all you want now for less than a buck. 9mm is available easily for 30 cents.

https://ammoseek.com/
That is a good website

 

[HDRider]

Is this a good price?

 

[callmefence]

https://ammoseek.com/
That is a good website

Be careful with ammo seek.

 

[kentuckyguy]

Heard many of older guys talk about buying shotgun shells and 22lr by the shell at local stores.

Most couldn’t afford to buy a whole box.

 

[Dave]

When my Dad was a kid he would ride the milk truck to town and the freight train back home because 22 shells in town were 13 cents a box. At the local store they were 15 cents.

 

[HDRider]

Be careful with ammo seek.

How so?

It looks like it takes you to a seller.

 

[callmefence]

How so?

It looks like it takes you to a seller.

That's exactly right. And not all sellers are the same. I use Lucky gunner.
If you want to use a middle man with a checkered reputation ..knock yourself out. No skin of my nose.

 

[shaz]

Something that didn't increase at the rate of inflation for the last 70yrs and it's not a cow?

 

[HDRider]

That's exactly right. And not all sellers are the same. I use Lucky gunner.
If you want to use a middle man with a checkered reputation ..knock yourself out. No skin of my nose.

They have a checkered reputation?

 

[callmefence]

They have a checkered reputation?

No. You should buy up why you can.

 

[HDRider]

No. You should buy up why you can.

From who?

 

[Atimm693]

Is this a good price?

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Not great but a bargain compared to what it was bringing a few months ago. $50 a box wasn't uncommon. Pre-Rona prices were ~25 cents per round for standard brass, FMJ plinking ammo. By that standard it's high, but if you need it, you need it. If you don't, I'd let things settle a little bit more.

That's exactly right. And not all sellers are the same. I use Lucky gunner.
If you want to use a middle man with a checkered reputation ..knock yourself out. No skin of my nose.

Ammoseek is just a search engine. I haven't found any retailers on there that seem sketchy.

Just doing a google search for "random caliber in stock" is much more dangerous, there's a lot of fraudulent sites out there. If the prices seem too good, or they will only accept something like Paypal, run.