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It's almost like taking a loss on that big SUV to buy a small Honda Civic due to gas prices.AndyC wrote:I'm buying reloading equipment - it's surprising how expensive it is to buy all the dies, powder-measure, press, etc, when one has to start all over again from scratch.
On top of that, I save and pick up all brass at the range, regardless if I have that caliber to load, then I throw it in the tumbler with everything else. I would trade it for brass I do load or for any other gun or reloading related items.Saulnier wrote:Anyone ever thought about doing a Reloading Co-op of some kind.
Several members, friends get together and load 9mm on this day and then maybe a month or two later get together an load 40 S&W.
Everyone saves brass. Meaning that everyone in the Co-Op should save all their spent brass for reloading.
Cost of primers, powder, bullets spilt between members that need that particular caliber.
Maybe even spliting the cost of the equipment if needed?
Just thinking outloud.
Saulnier
I spent about $200 up front, then slowly added what I needed. I'm still working at it.AndyC wrote:I'm buying reloading equipment - it's surprising how expensive it is to buy all the dies, powder-measure, press, etc, when one has to start all over again from scratch.
Maybe when the war is over the pressure on the prices will decrease.GeoJAP wrote:I just bought 4,250 rounds in the last month or so of the three calibers that I shoot most, 7.62x54r, 7.62x39, and .40 S&W. I have seen ammo prices inflate greatly or supplies disappear all together recently. No matter what happens in the next few months, I still wanted to have enough range supply for the next 5 to 10 years and I believe ammo will still continue to appreciate after the new year, well into the future.
Basically, the market forces that are putting pressure on ammo prices are only going to increase in severity in the forseeable future, not lessen. These forces would be increased demand for raw materials (copper, etc.) from developing countries (China, etc.), the depreciating Dollar, as well as demand for ammo from global hot spots.
Amazingly, the war is not the pressure point; it's the demand for Copper and Zinc that is pushing up the cost. Have you tried buying wire or copper pipe lately??Liberty wrote:Maybe when the war is over the pressure on the prices will decrease.
Just wondering out loud.
Another thing that I forgot to add, is that in the next administration the president could ban all importation of ammo with an executive order (or just a memo to the BATFE who controls the imports). This is just a calculated guess on my part, but I do think that it is a hypothesis with some amount of merit. Many anti's realize that it is more effective to go after the ammo supply than the firearms themselves.Liberty wrote:Maybe when the war is over the pressure on the prices will decrease.GeoJAP wrote:I just bought 4,250 rounds in the last month or so of the three calibers that I shoot most, 7.62x54r, 7.62x39, and .40 S&W. I have seen ammo prices inflate greatly or supplies disappear all together recently. No matter what happens in the next few months, I still wanted to have enough range supply for the next 5 to 10 years and I believe ammo will still continue to appreciate after the new year, well into the future.
Basically, the market forces that are putting pressure on ammo prices are only going to increase in severity in the forseeable future, not lessen. These forces would be increased demand for raw materials (copper, etc.) from developing countries (China, etc.), the depreciating Dollar, as well as demand for ammo from global hot spots.
Just wondering out loud.
angrybeavis wrote:Yep, about 2000 rounds of .38spl, 9mm, 22LR over the last 2 months. I already had a stock pile of 303, 7.62 and 35 Remington.
ding, I just figured out I can't reload .22lr, and was forgetting about it.