View previous topic :: View next topic |
Author |
Message |
gelandangan Super Member
Joined: May 07, 2006 Posts: 6398 Location: Sydney Australia
|
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 11:20 pm Post subject: Shocked at the prices |
|
It is Gunshow in Penrith today and as usual I went
Now normally I went to a gun show is to see guns and/or looking to buy accessories and whatnots. But, since I almost NEVER buy factory ammo (I only bought my 22LR in bulk that would last me for about 3 - 5 years) I never see or inquiry for the prices of factory loads.
Since my last purchase of 22LR is at 2005, now I am running low and for the heck of it I check out the prices at the show. A pack of Winchester PowerPoint 22LR is $53.00 they used to be $38 two years ago!!
And, the worse thing is the prices of secondhand rifle magazine (bullet holder, not books) is going up at about $10 since last year, and the new ones goes up by $15 - $20 !!!
I am going to ring around on Monday to see if I could pick up a few large bricks at better price.. Better stock up for 15 - 20 years supply now
Wonder if it is legal to keep that amount at home..
GAH!! Not only the stoopid greenies want to rob our guns away, I feel that even the gun industries are trying to keep us away.
_________________ A straight line is the shortest distance between two points.
A smile is the shortest distance between two people.
Do - Not try!
gelandangan.weebly.com/ |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Vince Site Admin
Joined: May 25, 2005 Posts: 15718 Location: Brisbane AUSTRALIA
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
Dimitri Super Member
Joined: Nov 25, 2005 Posts: 5946
|
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 11:37 pm Post subject: Re: Shocked at the prices |
|
"Shows", "Auctions" and "Markets" to me seem like they do have some hidden gems but alot of it is over priced but made to look cheap.
Kinda like "bulk food stores" when doing the math the price sometimes isn't always that much if any off the normal price each, instead of the pack of 12.
Dimitri
_________________ A thousand hills, but no birds in flight, ten thousand paths, with no people's tracks. A lonely boat, a straw-hatted old man, fishing alone in the cold river snow. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
English Mike Super Member
Joined: Jan 08, 2007 Posts: 1709 Location: Whitehaven, Cumbria, UK
|
Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 5:06 am Post subject: Re: Shocked at the prices |
|
The price of raw materials, especially lead & brass, have risen threefold over the past three years & this is now being reflected in the price we pay for ammunition.
Expect things to get worse.
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
popgun Member
Joined: Jan 26, 2005 Posts: 735 Location: Mitchell, GA, U.S.A. (2007 pop. 191)
|
Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 11:59 pm Post subject: Re: Shocked at the prices |
|
It was the same at a gun show I attended a couple of weeks ago. It was the fastest trip through a gun show that I ever made. No factory ammo under $30 US to include the old boxed ammo that had been collected from slow sales stores.
A local dealer wanted to sell me a box of 375 H&H 300 gr Remington in old boxes for $45 US.
All of the components are up in price because of the brass and lead price increases.
It is still a good time to do your own reloading but the prices are way up there too.
_________________ Safe shooting,
Chris Young, aka: popgun, Moderator
I don't know everything but I have made most of the mistakes already and lived through many of them. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
wy111 Member
Joined: Jun 02, 2005 Posts: 114 Location: N. Yorkshire, U.K. ( Pomgolia)
|
Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 3:00 pm Post subject: Re: Shocked at the prices |
|
English Mike wrote: |
The price of raw materials, especially lead & brass, have risen threefold over the past three years & this is now being reflected in the price we pay for ammunition.
Expect things to get worse. |
Hi E.M. Working over your way a couple of years ago. Temp job on THE dredger in the harbour. Could have got some shooting together, too late now. Good deer country over there
Dave
_________________ Dave |
|
Back to top |
|
|
English Mike Super Member
Joined: Jan 08, 2007 Posts: 1709 Location: Whitehaven, Cumbria, UK
|
Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 8:08 pm Post subject: Re: Shocked at the prices |
|
wy111 wrote: |
English Mike wrote: |
The price of raw materials, especially lead & brass, have risen threefold over the past three years & this is now being reflected in the price we pay for ammunition.
Expect things to get worse. |
Hi E.M. Working over your way a couple of years ago. Temp job on THE dredger in the harbour. Could have got some shooting together, too late now. Good deer country over there
Dave |
It's a small world isn't it?
Was that the dredger that worked or the one that didn't.?
If you visited the fishing tackle shop, then I was the ugly one behind the counter.
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
Dimitri Super Member
Joined: Nov 25, 2005 Posts: 5946
|
Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 8:37 pm Post subject: Re: Shocked at the prices |
|
You were the guy behind the counter or do you still work there ??
Dimitri
_________________ A thousand hills, but no birds in flight, ten thousand paths, with no people's tracks. A lonely boat, a straw-hatted old man, fishing alone in the cold river snow. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
English Mike Super Member
Joined: Jan 08, 2007 Posts: 1709 Location: Whitehaven, Cumbria, UK
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
Dimitri Super Member
Joined: Nov 25, 2005 Posts: 5946
|
Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 8:15 pm Post subject: Re: Shocked at the prices |
|
Oh neat! Yah I can see how it can be a problem.
Dimitri
_________________ A thousand hills, but no birds in flight, ten thousand paths, with no people's tracks. A lonely boat, a straw-hatted old man, fishing alone in the cold river snow. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
tikkat3 Super Member
Joined: Jul 30, 2006 Posts: 800
|
Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 12:08 am Post subject: Re: Shocked at the prices |
|
Gelandangan,
My last brick of PP's was $53 at St Marys.3 months ago
Paid $45 at Western firearms 6 months prior.
Didn't have the time to go back to Western to check prices but they are usually competative.
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
gelandangan Super Member
Joined: May 07, 2006 Posts: 6398 Location: Sydney Australia
|
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 4:44 pm Post subject: Re: Shocked at the prices |
|
Tikka,
I picked up a couple of large bricks at Horsley Park for $435 /5000 brick.
They have 12G BB's on special there $85 / 250
Havent find good price for CCI Standard Velocity though
_________________ A straight line is the shortest distance between two points.
A smile is the shortest distance between two people.
Do - Not try!
gelandangan.weebly.com/ |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Wicky Member
Joined: Apr 06, 2008 Posts: 76 Location: Alice Springs, Australia
|
Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 8:15 pm Post subject: Re: Shocked at the prices |
|
I'm a bit late coming in on this one - Here in the Alice we don't even have a gunshop anymore. Used to have two until a few years ago. It works out cheaper to have a holiday and go to Adelaide to buy loaded ammo and powders - freight for 'explosives' doubles to price!
I order in all my brass and projectiles usuall from queensland Gun exchange, good blokes there - free plug!
Last 22 ammo was $450 for 5000 win subsonics and $500 for 500 180gn 308s and 500 140gn 6.5s.
No wonder a bloke is poor.
_________________ Do, or do not. There is no try.
Yoda |
|
Back to top |
|
|
ElyBoy Super Member
Joined: Apr 04, 2006 Posts: 1541 Location: Forest Lake Minnesota
|
Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 8:26 am Post subject: Re: Shocked at the prices |
|
Good timing on this post.
FYI--A Remington 550 pack of .22 rimfire that sells for $22.00 at Gander Mountain, goes for $11.00 at Wal Mart.
Gander must be hard up on cash.
I see all of Gander's prices heading up like that.
I think that the longer drive for me to Sportsmen's Warehouse will be worth the price of gas for a while.
Eric
_________________ NRA Certified Chief Range Safety Officer
NRA Certified Pistol Instructor
DNR Certified Firearms Safety Instructor
NRA Life Member |
|
Back to top |
|
|
gelandangan Super Member
Joined: May 07, 2006 Posts: 6398 Location: Sydney Australia
|
Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 4:24 pm Post subject: Re: Shocked at the prices |
|
Too bad a quick trip to a walmart aint gonna happen in this land of Oz.
_________________ A straight line is the shortest distance between two points.
A smile is the shortest distance between two people.
Do - Not try!
gelandangan.weebly.com/ |
|
Back to top |
|
|
|