Spring has sprung. Get out and shoot your Henry
Shock and Awe at the LGS !!!
- fortyshooter
- Ranch Foreman
- Posts: 6270
- Joined: Sat Dec 09, 2017 10:37 am
- Location: Va.
Shock and Awe at the LGS !!!
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 I let go of that hot bottle in an instant
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.
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 I let go of that hot bottle in an instant
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.
0 x
Re: Shock and Awe at the LGS !!!
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.
2 x
Don't worry about getting older and still doing stupid stuff. You'll do the stupid stuff as always, only much slower. Hold my beer and watch this.......
H001T .22LR
H001T .22LR MONUMENT VALLEY
H003T PUMP .22LR
BBS .41 MAG
SS .357
SIDE GATE 38-55
H001T .22LR
H001T .22LR MONUMENT VALLEY
H003T PUMP .22LR
BBS .41 MAG
SS .357
SIDE GATE 38-55
- fortyshooter
- Ranch Foreman
- Posts: 6270
- Joined: Sat Dec 09, 2017 10:37 am
- Location: Va.
Re: Shock and Awe at the LGS !!!
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.
1 x
- fortyshooter
- Ranch Foreman
- Posts: 6270
- Joined: Sat Dec 09, 2017 10:37 am
- Location: Va.
Re: Shock and Awe at the LGS !!!
Got an email from Alliant Powder. They said the price was raised a small amount but nothing like that!
0 x
-
- Cowboy
- Posts: 1645
- Joined: Sun Mar 20, 2016 10:25 pm
Re: Shock and Awe at the LGS !!!
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.
0
0
0 x
Re: Shock and Awe at the LGS !!!
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. : ..... Everyone was pretty disappointed. I didn't need either. Ha! Signs of our times!
0 x
- North Country Gal
- Firearms Advisor
- Posts: 6054
- Joined: Thu Apr 07, 2016 12:46 pm
- Location: northern Wisconsin
Re: Shock and Awe at the LGS !!!
That would be funny if it wasn't so typical right now. Things are just nuts with the ammo situation.Greyhawk wrote: ↑Wed Apr 14, 2021 3:36 pmBig 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. : ..... Everyone was pretty disappointed. I didn't need either. Ha! Signs of our times!
0 x
Re: Shock and Awe at the LGS !!!
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.
1 x
Don't worry about getting older and still doing stupid stuff. You'll do the stupid stuff as always, only much slower. Hold my beer and watch this.......
H001T .22LR
H001T .22LR MONUMENT VALLEY
H003T PUMP .22LR
BBS .41 MAG
SS .357
SIDE GATE 38-55
H001T .22LR
H001T .22LR MONUMENT VALLEY
H003T PUMP .22LR
BBS .41 MAG
SS .357
SIDE GATE 38-55
- North Country Gal
- Firearms Advisor
- Posts: 6054
- Joined: Thu Apr 07, 2016 12:46 pm
- Location: northern Wisconsin
Re: Shock and Awe at the LGS !!!
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.
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.
0 x