Just me, or have y'all buying more ammo than ever before? (I reload most, but w/primer shortage, I have been overpaying 4 ammo 4 New Guns)

[Alpha.Geek]

Looks like stuff is coming in in .223/5.56 and 9mm, but not fast and cheap enough for my liking, BUT I am (over-)paying...

Anyone else overpaying for ammo to shoot new guns (with the primer shortage/hike in full-effect)?

 

[single stack]

Prices for powder and primers have nearly doubled in the last two years, so yes, I feel like I’m overpaying.

 

[smittyb]

Haven’t bought in a few years.
Prices are slowly approaching where I may consider it though.

 

[GasGuzzler]

No. I did what you're doing ten years ago at that price spike.

 

[Bozz10mm]

I don't always buy ammo, but when I do, I over pay. I am buying significantly less ammo, but then I am shooting significantly less too. I used to shoot on average 150-200 rounds a month. I've only been to the range twice this year.

Last ammo purchase was 6 May. Paid $15.99 a box for AE 124gr fmj. Bought 4 boxes. After shipping and tax, came to 40.5¢ per round.

 

[BuzzinSATX]

I've mostly been buying .22LR at Walmart. Federal Automatch 325 rounds for around $22.

Have not bought much other ammo, but have been loading pretty regularly...not cheap with primers at $85/1000

 

[baboon]

In my sleepless night I was looking at 9mm for the upcoming memorial shoot. The second time I got up I was looking at 5.56.

 

[EZ-E]

I haven't been buying much. 17hmr is the main caliber I've grabbed if i seen a box reasonably priced. Some .22 as well.... can never have enough.

 

[studenygreg]

I've been basically just buying a little more than I shoot.

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[Moonpie]

Been doing my part. :-)

 

[Outrider]

I have.,..been watching the Texas Hunting Forum for deals on ammo and find them fairly often. Just picked up Herters 500 round 9mm brass package for $150 from one of the members normally $200-$230.

 

[Lonesome Dove]

Nope I bought two boxes of 7.62-51 for a new gun but sold the gun and then the ammo. I paid $21 per box. First new ammo purchase in over two decades.

 

[zackmars]

Less. I was shooting A LOT of 9mm before this. Now it's a lot more .22. still buying as much as i can though

 

[Tnhawk]

I haven't bought any bulk ammo in quite a while. I'll pick up a few boxes in calibers I need as I find them.

 

[TexMex247]

I've just been buying components and more dies. I did bite on some 6.5 creedmor ammo at 30 and 45$ a box but I have a new toy to feed so that's how it goes. Today I shot 2 mags of 22 and 40 rounds of Colt 45 then called it a day. That was probably the heat even more so than ammo costs, it's just that time of year.

Like a few others here, I'm only buying federal auto match at WM and waiting for 9 or 223 to dip before I go there.

 

[GasGuzzler]

I have.,..been watching the Texas Hunting Forum for deals on ammo and find them fairly often. Just picked up Herters 500 round 9mm brass package for $150 from one of the members normally $200-$230.

Yeah I posted first dibs on the $0.28 CPR 7.62X39 but meeting the guy halfway would have been an hour one way for me so I let it go. Took three more days to sell. Weird.

 

[Mohawk600]

Looks like stuff is coming in in .223/5.56 and 9mm, but not fast and cheap enough for my liking, BUT I am (over-)paying...

Anyone else overpaying for ammo to shoot new guns (with the primer shortage/hike in full-effect)?

No............I bought deep and cheap back when. Sorry for you if you didn't stock up then.

 

[gll]

No............I bought deep and cheap back when. Sorry for you if you didn't stock up then.

I bought deep and cheap, but I coulda, shoulda bought twice as deep, or more...

I put a huge order for primers together in early fall 2019, before the coof was even heard of, thinking toward the 2020 election, didn't push the button, put it on the back burner, and then basically forgot about it; that is my real biggest regret.

 

[Alpha.Geek]

No............I bought deep and cheap back when. Sorry for you if you didn't stock up then.

I did get boatloads of components years prior to the panic, even got some SPMP in the middle of 2020 (normal prices, go figure, nobody bought SPMPs, just SPP and SRP, like it was their first ammo-rodeo), however I did trade some primers off for some powder at the end of 2020, and they wanted more than I wanted to trade, however I got powder and they got primers... $20-$25 for a pound of powder, $20-$25 for a brick of primers, even-steven trade.

I am stocked enough for at least another year of moderate shooting minimum. However, instead of cranking the handle, 9mm has come down quite a bit, so I've been buying more, as range trips have a way of sneaking up on me, when the wife's schedule used to rotate, it is now static, and I hadn't cranked the handle as much as I should have to prep for range-trips, AND we have way more 9mm-eaters than ever before, especially for the PCC with a binary trigger.

 

[TexMex247]

I'm at around 15 CPR for my home made 9mm ammo using 135gr plated and titegroup. Of course that's based on my 4 cent primers which are a thing of the past. Even so, I'd rather keep pulling the handle until 9 settles closer to 12$/box. Might be wishful thinking but I can hold out a while if need be. I'm also trying to be patient knowing the economy will catch up with many and I can see some people taking losses on past hoarding but we will see.