![]() However, the ongoing pandemic has disrupted international supply chains, leading to ammo imports into the U.S. ![]() 10.”Īs for the supply chain, Brandon Maddox of Silence Central sheds some additional light on the issue: “Before the COVID-19 pandemic, shoppers could opt for imported ammo if they couldn’t get products from their favorite American brands. Inflation Calculator website, “The annual inflation rate for the United States is 8.5 percent for the 12 months ended July 2022 after rising 9.1 percent previously - the most since November 1981, according to U.S. Three months later, the picture isn’t looking any rosier, despite what the talking heads at the White House may tell you. Regarding inflation, back in May, when my 19FortyFive colleague Peter Suciu wrote his article on high ammo prices, the inflation rate had reached 6.6 percent. 223 Remington FMJ lists at $142.50, whilst 7.62x39mm will fetch you – or “snatch away from you,” to be more accurate – $362.92 for a 500-round case of 123-grain FMJ. A so-called “Range Pack ” of 200 rounds of. 22 Long Rifle (LR), known for its super-low prices in addition to its super-low recoil and super-high accuracy and versatility, now starts at $10.00 per box of 50 – contrast that with the same amount of money spent on twice as many rounds of the considerably bigger and more powerful 9mm we discussed in the open paragraph! As for popular centerfire calibers … hold onto your hats (and wallets), ladies and gentlemen. Īnd we haven’t even gotten into long-range calibers yet! Starting with rimfires, the. provides some convenient and handy bar graphs and other charts. If you want something more empirical and scientific than my mere anecdotes, Matthew Maruster of Concealed Carry Inc. Oh wait, never mind, you’re asking me anyway: $70.00, or $1,40 per round. And don’t even ask me what I paid for the 50-round box of generic white box “XTP” ammo that I purchased for my recent range report on the Smith & Wesson Model 57. ![]() 45 ACP was going for roughly $30.00 per box of 50 rounds of FMJ if memory serves me right. 42 cents per round! As for that 9x18mm oddball caliber? When I attended The Nation’s Gun Show – typically a great source of ammo of all manner of calibers – at the Dulles Expo Center in Chantilly, Virginia last month, I was paying $25.00 for a box of 50 rounds. So yeah, about that Winchester 9mm Value Pack? It’ll now cost you $42.00 USD, i.e. Those good ol’ days weren’t so long ago, but now they seem to be ancient history. Remember the good ol’ days when you could walk into a gun shop – or the sporting goods section of Walmart (ugh) if necessary – and pick up a Winchester Value Pack 100-round box of 9mm 115-grain full metal jacket (FMJ) practice ammo for around 10 bucks (which averages out to 10 cents per round)? Remember when most of the “mainstream” handgun and long gun calibers could typically be found at reasonable prices, and frequently you could also find deals on those calibers that lived up to the name of that one popular shooting sports discounter, Cheaper Than Dirt ? Hell, remember when even non-mainstream oddball calibers like 9x18mm Makarov could be found for 25 cents per round? These good prices held true even during periods of gun sales spikes. ![]()
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