I don't get this. How much rimfire ammo people are going trough if they are not hoarding or scalping?
How many people have a place to shoot every day hundreds of rounds with their kids?
This is hilarious and at the same time shows me what happens when people act with the herd mentality.
Go back read the the doomsday or conspiracy scenarios about the 9mm. 223, etc...and look around now. They are dime a dozen everywhere.
Wake up people!Unnecessary demand is driving prices up!
Dunno about your doomsday stuff, not my thing. But I will respectfully disagree about your "dime a dozen" pricing.
I am very picky about what I pay per round and I will say that ammo prices are still up 15% to 20%+ compared to "pre panic" and not likely to drop too much more. Again, I'm talking about REPUTABLE places, not CTD and other scalpers. Depending upon what you shoot (your example of 9mm and .223) I see "real" prices at 10%-30%+ above what they were two years ago. In other words, ammo will continue to climb in price - even if new taxes are not added.
Government conspiracy? No, not likely. It's simple inflation on top of the fear of more inflation. Take a look at your grocery bill over the same time period.... seriously - tell me that food costs haven't gone rampant and taken a massive hike! Yes, folks are stacking ammo high and stacking deep, but it's because they know that the prices will go up
along with everything else - just like it has been doing for years. I fully understand their logic, but I'm not storing any more ammo than I have been for the last 40 years - I just don't have the cash. I AM working toward being debt free and becoming more self sufficient. Credit card debt is gone. The truck and cars are paid off. Payoff of the house/land is accelerating. Most of us can clearly see that our country is changing. I don't pretend to know where it's heading, but it's not going to be the "same old, same old" forever.
If you feel that I'm falling prey to the herd mentality, we will have to respectfully agree to disagree.
JMHO,
Marc