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Jose_in_Dallas wrote: ↑Tue Sep 14, 2021 8:50 pm How many of you guys buy your ammo in bulk online? I can't remember the last time I went to a brick and mortar store to buy ammo. Actually I take that back, I bought 3 boxes of some Aguilla .22 trying to figure out what feeds good in my Ruger LCP II.

Soccerdad1995 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 14, 2021 10:45 am

ScottDLS wrote: ↑Tue Sep 14, 2021 10:34 am

The Annoyed Man wrote: ↑Tue Sep 14, 2021 8:32 am One thing seems certain……now that sellers have gotten buyers used to seeing $800-$900/1000 rounds of .223/5.56 (for instance), it seems improbable that it will ever go back down below $400-$500/1000. I sincerely hope I’m wrong. I’ve been used to paying $300 +/- per 1000.

Go over to ammoseek and you can find case quantities of .223 for $390 and 5.56 for $500. Prices are slowly starting to come down. I don't know if we'll see <$300 any time.

I just did a search. Limiting it to brass case only, I see alot of retailers selling 5.56 for .50 to .55 per round, and .223 for .445 to .49 per round. So yes, right in line with your numbers.

Personally, I could always find ammo somewhere. It's just that the price was close to $1.00 a round for a while there.

The Annoyed Man wrote: ↑Tue Sep 14, 2021 8:32 am One thing seems certain……now that sellers have gotten buyers used to seeing $800-$900/1000 rounds of .223/5.56 (for instance), it seems improbable that it will ever go back down below $400-$500/1000. I sincerely hope I’m wrong. I’ve been used to paying $300 +/- per 1000.

AlaskanInTexas wrote: ↑Thu Sep 09, 2021 11:41 am I could be wrong, but it seems that we have been in an almost perpetual state of ammunition shortages and high prices. We talk in terms of the 2020 shortage, but I can't think of a time in recent memory where ammo was fully stocked and reasonably priced for any meaningful length of time. It's been one shortage after another without really catching up in between.

According to my research, most manufacturers say that it is a demand side issue - lots of new gun owners, panic buying, etc. They are addressing it by running factories 24/7, working employees ragged, and maybe occasionally adding a new facility or machine. This obviously is not sufficient. When asked why they don't make major capital investments to bring supply up to the demand levels, they all say that they are not sure where demand is going to settle out. They don't want to overinvest and have to potentially mothball facilities or lay off workers.

I just don't get it. When was the last time that there was a glut of ammunition? Not in my memory. It seems pretty obvious that demand is going to stay above current production levels with no signs of slowing down. Plus, there is so much pent up demand. People who would readily buy bulk quantities to replenish their stock, but are holding off due to lack of availability and high prices.

I work professionally with a lot of manufacturing industries and all of them would have jumped by now and invested major capital.

Thoughts?