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Shock and Awe at the LGS !!!

Post by fortyshooter » Sun Apr 11, 2021 3:10 pm

My buddy called me while he was at our LGS to tell me they had some 22 ammo in stock but little else so I drove up there to look.

As I am walking down the aisle towards the ammo area you walk right by where the powder used to be kept. One shiny new 1 pound container of Unique and Herco caught my pollen filled eyes! Grabbed the pound of Unique but something didn't feel right....a tingle turned into a hit of 240 volts when I rotated the thing around and saw the price....$ 70.00 :shock: :shock: :shock: I let go of that hot bottle in an instant :o
Same price on the Herco....just plain INSANE !
So after letting out a yell and a minute to regain sense I go around the corner to ammo land. I saw a good bit of Speer Lawman .45 ACP at 35.00 per 50 box and grabbed the limit of 2. Yes even though I load it and have a decent amount of it I will buy it if within reason.
The 22 LR ammo was running 10 bucks for 50 of the CCI Quiets and 13 bucks for 50 of the CCI Stingers.

I walked out with just the .45 ACP.
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Post by BigAl52 » Sun Apr 11, 2021 3:29 pm

You are a better man than I Forty. I would of let all of it sit because of the asking price on the powder. People like that dont need my money.
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Post by fortyshooter » Sun Apr 11, 2021 5:07 pm

BigAl52 wrote:
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You are a better man than I Forty. I would of let all of it sit because of the asking price on the powder. People like that dont need my money.
His prices are usually in reason during normal times. Now I don't know what powder is selling for from his distributors but wasn't going to spend for it as I have a good amount of it. Had it been the normal 24 bucks I would have grabbed it to add to the stock.
Ammo while somewhat available is more than it used to be. I grabbed 2 boxes and will add it to my reloaded target ammo. Save my primers and powder for the good SD loads. The ammo train has to catch way up before primers will be available again.
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Post by fortyshooter » Wed Apr 14, 2021 9:19 am

Got an email from Alliant Powder. They said the price was raised a small amount but nothing like that!
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Post by bandit1250 » Wed Apr 14, 2021 12:19 pm

I made a trip yesterday for a LGS to pick up their order. From the invoice the gougers are not the manufacturers or the distributors. This was the powder dealer prices per pound.4350 powder was $23.73 ---7828 SC $24.28---H322 $26.26--- 4831 SC $26.40--- Varget $26.90. Everyone knows how primers are selling for 100's of dollars on the thousand. In the order the CCI small rifle were $35.05 and the CCI 450 were $38.99. Large rifle were close to the same price as small rifle. I believe the large magnum may have been a couple dollars more than standard. Looks to me like the price gougers might be the dealers. Didn't get as much as they wanted but I think things are heading toward better times but probably never back to a year or two ago.
























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Post by Greyhawk » Wed Apr 14, 2021 3:36 pm

Big shipment of Ammo expected at my local LGS this week..... I showed up right away in the morning after the truck arrived... They received 3 50 round boxes of 45 ACP and 3 boxes of 350 legend. : :lol: :x :lol: ..... Everyone was pretty disappointed. I didn't need either. Ha! Signs of our times!
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Post by North Country Gal » Wed Apr 14, 2021 5:31 pm

Greyhawk wrote:
Wed Apr 14, 2021 3:36 pm
Big shipment of Ammo expected at my local LGS this week..... I showed up right away in the morning after the truck arrived... They received 3 50 round boxes of 45 ACP and 3 boxes of 350 legend. : :lol: :x :lol: ..... Everyone was pretty disappointed. I didn't need either. Ha! Signs of our times!
That would be funny if it wasn't so typical right now. Things are just nuts with the ammo situation.
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Post by BigAl52 » Wed Apr 14, 2021 7:43 pm

Im the first guy that will help out a fellow shooter if I have something he needs. To gouge people in the same field you are in business with just isnt something I could do. I would sure think that a LGS would attack more business trying to help rather than gouge when things do return to normal.
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Post by North Country Gal » Wed Apr 14, 2021 8:01 pm

Is anyone making a list of these price gougers?
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Post by 220 » Thu Apr 15, 2021 5:52 pm

We havent really had supply shortages here in Aus, the exact load you want may not be available but usually something in the same cal is. Similar with components maybe not the brand of primer or powder available but certainly something that will do the job for the application needed.
Just had a quick look at one of the importers current stock levels on 22lr, plenty of loads not available but still has over 15million 22lr in stock and a similar amount arriving over the next month.

Sounds like a bit but really if we had a run on ammo it isnt even a single box for every shooter in the country.
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