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high speed cruise	Prices are nuts!	Lead	[-]
Posts: 2725 (12/12/08 01:40 PM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Tags : None $300.00 for 1000 rounds of AK 47 ammo????? Certaintly a seller's market! Too bad I don't have much at all. hsc
dou 44		#1	[-]
Posts: 2288 (12/12/08 02:49 PM) Host Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	that is cheap .i went to a local gunstore and they wanted $685 for a 1400 rnd case of chinese . i have one case left and will not shoot it till the prices come down some .
beanstrung		#2	[-]
Posts: 4880 (12/12/08 06:45 PM) Forum Site Moderator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	$229.00 / 1000 rds at Widener's Link Here: Barnaul 123gr. FMJ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- What part of "shall not be infringed" don't you understand? Joel 3:9-10 Last Edited By: beanstrung 12/12/08 06:49 PM. Edited 3 times.
usernamehasbeentaken		#3	[-]
Posts: 319 (12/13/08 08:54 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	yes, prices are crazy you just have to be careful, before you buy http://gun-deals.com/ammo.php?caliber=7.62x39 this site is a good starting place best to find cases for sale at a gun show 'net prices are going to be in the low .20s+ per round, plus another $20-$30 for shipping Bob Last Edited By: usernamehasbeentaken 12/14/08 06:02 PM. Edited 2 times.
m1 talker		#4	[-]
Posts: 6295 (12/13/08 09:13 AM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	It pays to have a small calculator with you when shopping for milsurp ammo, unless you are good at figgerin in your head. I find some ads a bit confusing, namely those from J&G Sales. They state the price, and you have to look closely to see what the quantity is. A "case" does not mean squat! I have gotten "cases" with as low as 440 rounds to as many as 1440 rounds in various calibers from different vendors in the past. The last gun show that I attended that had any ammo to speak of had 700 round boxes of 7.62X39 ammo for sale. The price was still the $189.95 price that I used to pay for it, but then I noticed that the cases I used to buy were for 1000 rounds, not 700 rounds. A person in a hurry at a crowded gun show could easily get snookered into paying more than he wanted to. I always calculate the "per round" cost before contemplating any ammo purchases nowadays. Curt
high speed cruise		#5	[-]
Posts: 2728 (12/13/08 11:40 AM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	A lot of that has to do with the "caveat emptor" rational that really means: I will cheat you if I can, if you do not catch me beforehand, it is your fault. In that area America DOES need "change". hsc
Ken Shabby		#6	[-]
Posts: 320 (12/13/08 04:55 PM) active member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Just to get a baseline, what do you guys think is a good target price when shopping for 7.62x39? I have only two rifles in this caliber, a pair of SKSs, so I don't have a big stock - just a couple hundred rounds of Wolf JHP & FMJ. I'm concentrating on stocking my 7.92x57 and 7.62x54R at the moment, since I'm assuming the 7.62x39 will be easy to get for many years to come.
NC Cruffler		#7	[-]
Posts: 427 (12/13/08 10:37 PM) active member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I got a few 1260 round cases of Yugo M67 at the Richmond show for $275 a case out the door. A couple of years back it was $125 a case. Still looking at a few of them too. Dave Dave Green, NRA Benefactor Member Last Edited By: NC Cruffler 12/14/08 07:14 PM. Edited 1 times.
m1 talker		#8	[-]
Posts: 6297 (12/14/08 08:10 AM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	For the 7.62X39 cartridge, I found the best values at 18 to 20 cents per round. Last gun show I was at that had stocks of ammo, I picked up two cases of Golden Tiger, which in my opinion is the best stuff available in that caliber, for $189.95 a case of 1000 rounds. That was the sticker price on it. I got the two cases for 10% less mainly because the guy is a friend of mine, and I buy thousands of rounds of various calibers from him at every gun show where we cross paths. Curt
nothernug		#9	[-]
Posts: 11072 (12/17/08 11:00 PM) Forum Site Moderator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I'm getting Yugo 7.62x39. Frankly, I wouldn't count on them not cutting off all import ammo. Diplomacy is the art of saying nice doggie until you can find a rock. Will Rogers
altera6		#10	[-]
Posts: 11 (12/18/08 10:37 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Yes, Prices are going up and in a few years todays prices will be considered bargan too.
dutchmills		#11	[-]
Posts: 694 (12/18/08 12:01 PM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I'm afraid that Nuthernug is right, all imports of ammo and firearms are going to come to a schreeching halt quite soon. DM
Michael Boone	Revolt	#12	[-]
Posts: 41 (03/26/09 03:21 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I love to shoot as much as the next guy. They can say all they want.I think they are stealing from us. I WISH MOST OF US WOULD BOYCOTT the dealers and just let 'em sit on it til we decide to the price is right. I think that is the only way they will come down. I'm not gon'a buy any more til they get reasonable. And if they don't come down, I won't buy any. I want 7.62 X 39 back to $69 a case, 30-06 back to $89 a case, 7.62 X 54R at $29 for 440 rounds, 8mm at $35 for 700 rounds. When & if they do go down I'll start buying again. I Remember Sep 11th 2001
Wulfmann		#13	[-]
Posts: 487 (03/26/09 04:56 PM) active member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	MB, perhaps I can suggest model railroading as that would be better than stamp collecting. If you stand by your word you will no longer be involved in the shooting sport---------------------------ever. It matters not what we do. If everyone stopped buying ammo there is no way it will come down to those old numbers simply because the devaluation of dollar with the printing of fake money by Obama to so called stimulate the economy will make the cost of everything higher. Wulfmann "The right to bear arms should not be infringed upon if only to prevent tyranny in government." Thomas Jefferson; Constitutional debates.
m1 talker		#14	[-]
Posts: 6634 (03/26/09 07:03 PM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	And for every knowledgeable person who refuses to pay the high price, there are two or three who are uninformed who will pay the high price. So simply doing a personal boycott of it is not going to help matters in the least. Curt
eb in oregon		#15	[-]
Posts: 826 (03/26/09 09:42 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I remember when my grand dad used to complain that bread wasn't 5 cents a loaf, milk was over 35 cents a quart, and the world was going to heck. (He used another word, but this is a family forum.) I remember gas at 25 cents a gallon and now I'm looking at an average of $2.00 a gallon. When I was a kid I could buy a mint condition milsurp for less than $15.00. When I first left active duty in 1974 I could have bought a really nice MG42 from J. Curtis Earl in Phoenix for $1500 and the $200 transfer tax. You can't even buy a major component for that price now I'm thinking. My point is is that nothing stays the same. Laws and rules change, the cost of living changes, taxes go up and so forth. Maybe there is a little price gouging, maybe not. Bottom line is that if'n you want it, ya gotta pay what the man asks. The alternative is to do what I do, keep lots and lots of "stuff" and make your own. Oh yea, the only thing that doesn't go up along with every thing else is the working mans salary. My opinion. Eric "We must all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately." Benjamin Franklin, July 4 1776
wadwizard	Econ 101: Ammo Availability and Price	#16	[-]
Posts: 338 (04/05/09 10:42 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Hey, guys, if you wanna keep the store ammo inventory high and bring the prices down to earth at the same time, stop the panic buying.!!! I read that retail stores are now "limiting" sales to 10 boxes per customer? Huh? That's 500 rounds of pistol ammo, and most guys never bought that many rounds at one time in their lives. Hoarding creates shortages and raises prices.
Wulfmann		#17	[-]
Posts: 490 (04/06/09 03:48 PM) active member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Some also believe this economy has crashed because people believe it has and not because of realistic economics!! Others say in order for Obama's stimulus plan to work we have to have faith, ergo if we do not click our heals three times and say we believe the plan will fail or it will be our fault not Obama's. Perhaps the Titanic sunk because the passengers did not believe it was unsinkable?? What happened was Obama got elected, people read what he said about guns, demand to acquire guns and ammo went up, the demand was more than the supply so the price went up, simple economics. The bigger question is this. What will happen when borrowing and spending our way out of debt does not work and people have to start selling ammo and guns to buy food for the kids?? Will this mirror the housing collapse??? Time will tell, place your bets please!!! Wulfmann "The right to bear arms should not be infringed upon if only to prevent tyranny in government." Thomas Jefferson; Constitutional debates.
wyowillys46		#18	[-]
Posts: 430 (04/07/09 11:29 AM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I will be there money in hand, and laughing at their shortsightedness for purchasing ammo instead of food and clothing for their children.
Mountain Doctor		#19	[-]
Posts: 3430 (04/13/09 05:37 PM) Forum Site Moderator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Shoot 'em while you got 'em. Prices are going to go up. Even reloading is pretty pricey now.
Doctor Xring		#20	[-]
Posts: 376 (04/14/09 08:34 PM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	. The Democrats have said exactly what they are doing in respect to gun control meansures. They are biding their time until the economy recovers. They are letting this "surge" of gun interest play out. Feinstein said on 60 Minutes the other day, "At a time of our choosing we will move again on gun control". I just hope that people don't think they have "done something" by buying a closet full of guns and a basement full of ammo, all they probably won't ever get fired. IF YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING AMERICA, USE YOUR MONEY TO BUY POLITICAL POWER. JOIN/SUPPORT $$ NRA OR SOME OTHER POLITICALLY ACTIVE GUN RIGHTS GROUP. Think about this before you buy another over-priced 100 rounds that will just corrode or you will sell later for a loss. . . Last Edited By: Doctor Xring 04/14/09 08:37 PM. Edited 1 times.

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