Haven't seen any great prices on bulk ammo yet, lowest prices for .22lLR, .223, 9mm?

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I'm still hoping to find at least one retailer that will give us Black Friday prices that harken back to the days of old (i.e. 2020).

What's the lowest everyone's seeing for their popular sporting rounds? I was hoping we would be seeing some .223/5,56 for under $0.60/round, .22LR for $0.10/round and 9mm for $0.35/round.
 
The best deal I’ve seen is Cabelas Rio 00 buckshot 5 pack for $4.99 and free shipping over $149 (30 boxes just gets you over the threshold). I haven’t really seen any big deals like we used to have a few years ago.
 
I have seen conflicting prices on challenger 00 buck / 9 pellet. Cabelas has brought the price up to $38/per box, one of our local LGS has followed the price increase from the regular $22/per box or $110/5 boxes.

Best price I have seen on 5.56 is barnaul @ cabelas for $12.99 / box of FMJ. Norinco red box is on at $9.99/box aswell.

I am finding best deals are on ####### / Townpost, trying to buy "cheap" stack deep in these times is like funding a mortgage.

Good luck all!
 
Tvw said:
I have seen conflicting prices on challenger 00 buck / 9 pellet. Cabelas has brought the price up to $38/per box, one of our local LGS has followed the price increase from the regular $22/per box or $110/5 boxes.

Best price I have seen on 5.56 is barnaul @ cabelas for $12.99 / box of FMJ. Norinco red box is on at $9.99/box aswell.

I am finding best deals are on ####### / Townpost, trying to buy "cheap" stack deep in these times is like funding a mortgage.

Good luck all!
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Is that Norinco red box .223 or 7.62x39?

I just checked out all of Cabela's upcoming flyers and sadly didn't see any bulk deals on .223 ammo this year.
 
Tvw said:
Norinco red box in 7.63x39.

Cheapest online I have seen so far as for .223/5.56 is .64/rnd and that was at bullseye today.
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I just checked the website and find it funny they are selling 1000 rounds of loose .223 for almost $180 cheaper than the same amount in 20 round boxes.
 
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Check on the EE - there is occasionally good deals to be had.

One guy currently in Sarnia selling .223 AE for 50 cents a round...
 
What is the current trend in ammo prices? Have they peaked and plateaued or coming down bit by bit now, or what? I can wait, but would like to understand the situation.

I currently see "deals" for 9mm ammo for 40c/round but it was 25c/round back in 2020. Is it likely to come down in the next year?
 
Virtual.Chris said:
What is the current trend in ammo prices? Have they peaked and plateaued or coming down bit by bit now, or what? I can wait, but would like to understand the situation.

I currently see "deals" for 9mm ammo for 40c/round but it was 25c/round back in 2020. Is it likely to come down in the next year?
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When supply catches up to demand. I have a feeling Canada is going through a bit of a 9mm bubble right now with all the new handguns bought this year.
 
I used a price point if $.10 cents per round for .22 and $.50 for 9mm. as a normal base price as late as this sumer. Now that is what i use as a good sale price.

Got Winchester 555 pack at Cabelas a couple weeks back for $65 and 9mm 100 pack Winchester 115 fmj for $49 a couple days ago. I am hoping we should see a catch up in ammo over the next year and prices should come down but in reality, the manufacturers have got a taste of selling this high, they may not want to go back. Will need a real competitor to poke its head up.

That being said there are still a LOT of handguns to come onto the market over the next 6 months, from late Ontario/PQ transfers, and that will keep pressure up on popular caliber ammo. I would say if history is your teacher, if you see a decent sale, stock up and buy now. That will go for everything from parts to accessories along with ammo
 
Gindryden said:
I used a price point if $.10 cents per round for .22 and $.50 for 9mm. as a normal base price as late as this sumer. Now that is what i use as a good sale price.

Got Winchester 555 pack at Cabelas a couple weeks back for $65 and 9mm 100 pack Winchester 115 fmj for $49 a couple days ago. I am hoping we should see a catch up in ammo over the next year and prices should come down but in reality, the manufacturers have got a taste of selling this high, they may not want to go back. Will need a real competitor to poke its head up.

That being said there are still a LOT of handguns to come onto the market over the next 6 months, from late Ontario/PQ transfers, and that will keep pressure up on popular caliber ammo. I would say if history is your teacher, if you see a decent sale, stock up and buy now. That will go for everything from parts to accessories along with ammo
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Typically this is the time of year that we see these sales, I generally only stock up on bulk ammo during these holiday deals. For bulk 9mm I'd say $0.43-0.45/round has been the norm for the last year. The lowest I've seen on brass cased is currently $0.38/round. Not bad but still "feels" way too high for 9mm to me.

Same deal with 223, $0.75-0.85/round has been the norm, the current best deal is $0.64/round. A year ago I was telling meself I'd never spend over $0.60/round as that seemed excessive at the time.
 
Northern Shooter said:
When supply catches up to demand. I have a feeling Canada is going through a bit of a 9mm bubble right now with all the new handguns bought this year.
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I think Canada is only a blip on the US supply side.

Once Biden falls permanently asleep somewhere prices should come down (I hope).
 
They already know, what people are willing to pay for ammo and there is no way back to the old prices anymore (such as 50 cents per round for 5.56...etc).

The retailers are very much aware where the sweet spots are and they do pretty good job of staying within those spots (until the next year, when the goal posts slowly move and prices creep up).

In other words, what was considered on the higher end of the spectrum last year will now be the new median price for this year and will seem like a great deal next year.

At least this has been my observation thus far, based on going through some recipts from last year and the years before that...
 
CZ Shooter said:
They already know, what people are willing to pay for ammo and there is no way back to the old prices anymore (such as 50 cents per round for 5.56...etc).

The retailers are very much aware where the sweet spots are and they do pretty good job of staying within those spots (until the next year, when the goal posts slowly move and prices creep up).

In other words, what was considered on the higher end of the spectrum last year will now be the new median price for this year and will seem like a great deal next year.

At least this has been my observation thus far, based on going through some recipts from last year and the years before that...
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That trend is going to either price a whole lot of people out of firearms ownership, reduce the overall rounds fired per year or make shooters switch to more affordable platforms ie .22LR.
 
CZ Shooter said:
They already know, what people are willing to pay for ammo and there is no way back to the old prices anymore (such as 50 cents per round for 5.56...etc).

The retailers are very much aware where the sweet spots are and they do pretty good job of staying within those spots (until the next year, when the goal posts slowly move and prices creep up).

In other words, what was considered on the higher end of the spectrum last year will now be the new median price for this year and will seem like a great deal next year.

At least this has been my observation thus far, based on going through some recipts from last year and the years before that...
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Yes but they also know that the more it cost, the less we shoot and the less they sell. They will price to what the market can bear but in the end if I decide when i go to the range I can only afford to shoot 50, rather than 100 this month it has an effect.
 
CZ Shooter said:
They already know, what people are willing to pay for ammo and there is no way back to the old prices anymore (such as 50 cents per round for 5.56...etc).

The retailers are very much aware where the sweet spots are and they do pretty good job of staying within those spots (until the next year, when the goal posts slowly move and prices creep up).

In other words, what was considered on the higher end of the spectrum last year will now be the new median price for this year and will seem like a great deal next year.

At least this has been my observation thus far, based on going through some recipts from last year and the years before that...
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FWIW, the manufacturers control pricing not retailers. They have collectively announced price increases due to material and shipping costs. It is unlikely there will be a huge price correction once supply catches up to demand.
 
Shooting Centre said:
FWIW, the manufacturers control pricing not retailers. They have collectively announced price increases due to material and shipping costs. It is unlikely there will be a huge price correction once supply catches up to demand.
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Just so there is no misunderstanding....this was not meant as a shot at the retailers.
This is just my observation of real life situation, as everything else is slowly creeping up too.

The raw materials are more expensive and so are the transportation costs.
This triggers a chain reaction and prices go up.
 
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