Tariffs:Sourcing 22LR ammo for spring gophers

ELEY, Aguila, WOLF, RWS, Lapua, NORMA, Sellier & Bellot PMC. just some off top of my head. ( ill keep adding to the list as time goes by the more i find lol)
 
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Is ammunition even included in the US items that are having tariffs applied?z
You betcha bud. To be technical, trumps tariffs wouldn’t have directly impacted Canadas consumer prices on anything but trudeaus retaliation tariffs announced last night for sure cover 25% on all guns and ammo coming from the us. Not mags or parts apparently for now
 
Federal 36gr hp on sale at cabelas/bass pro (the 325rnd boxes, works out to be cheaper then anyone else) i dont need any, but grabbed 5 more boxes this morning, just to be safe.
 
You betcha bud. To be technical, trumps tariffs wouldn’t have directly impacted Canadas consumer prices on anything but trudeaus retaliation tariffs announced last night for sure cover 25% on all guns and ammo coming from the us. Not mags or parts apparently for now
I understand how tariffs work. I just had not seen a complete list of items yet.

For those interested here is the complete list...

https://www.canada.ca/en/department...r-cent-tariffs-effective-february-4-2025.html
 
Partial list
9302.00.00Revolvers and pistols, other than those of heading 93.03 or 93.04.
9303.10.00Other firearms and similar devices which operate by the firing of an explosive charge (for example, sporting shotguns and rifles, muzzle-loading firearms, Very pistols and other devices designed to project only signal flares, pistols and revolvers for firing blank ammunition, captive-bolt humane killers, line-throwing guns).
  • Muzzle-loading firearms
9303.20.10Other firearms and similar devices which operate by the firing of an explosive charge (for example, sporting shotguns and rifles, muzzle-loading firearms, Very pistols and other devices designed to project only signal flares, pistols and revolvers for firing blank ammunition, captive-bolt humane killers, line-throwing guns).
  • Other sporting, hunting or target-shooting shotguns, including combination shotgun-rifles
  • Pump or slide-action shotguns
9303.20.90Other firearms and similar devices which operate by the firing of an explosive charge (for example, sporting shotguns and rifles, muzzle-loading firearms, Very pistols and other devices designed to project only signal flares, pistols and revolvers for firing blank ammunition, captive-bolt humane killers, line-throwing guns).
  • Other sporting, hunting or target-shooting shotguns, including combination shotgun-rifles
  • Other
9303.30.10Other firearms and similar devices which operate by the firing of an explosive charge (for example, sporting shotguns and rifles, muzzle-loading firearms, Very pistols and other devices designed to project only signal flares, pistols and revolvers for firing blank ammunition, captive-bolt humane killers, line-throwing guns).
  • Other sporting, hunting or target-shooting rifles
  • Bolt-action or semi-automatic .22 calibre rimfire rifles, excluding target shooting rifles
9303.30.90Other firearms and similar devices which operate by the firing of an explosive charge (for example, sporting shotguns and rifles, muzzle-loading firearms, Very pistols and other devices designed to project only signal flares, pistols and revolvers for firing blank ammunition, captive-bolt humane killers, line-throwing guns).
  • Other sporting, hunting or target-shooting rifles
  • Other
9303.90.10Other firearms and similar devices which operate by the firing of an explosive charge (for example, sporting shotguns and rifles, muzzle-loading firearms, Very pistols and other devices designed to project only signal flares, pistols and revolvers for firing blank ammunition, captive-bolt humane killers, line-throwing guns).
  • Other
  • Apparatus for the destruction of predatory animals by the discharge of poisonous cartridges; Automatic explosive bird-scaring devices
9303.90.90Other firearms and similar devices which operate by the firing of an explosive charge (for example, sporting shotguns and rifles, muzzle-loading firearms, Very pistols and other devices designed to project only signal flares, pistols and revolvers for firing blank ammunition, captive-bolt humane killers, line-throwing guns).
  • Other
  • Other
9304.00.10Other arms (for example, spring, air or gas guns and pistols, truncheons), excluding those of heading 93.07.
  • Guns and pistols, spring or gas
9304.00.90Other arms (for example, spring, air or gas guns and pistols, truncheons), excluding those of heading 93.07.
  • Other
9306.21.00Bombs, grenades, torpedoes, mines, missiles and similar munitions of war and parts thereof; cartridges and other ammunition and projectiles and parts thereof, including shot and cartridge wads.
  • Shotgun cartridges and parts thereof; air gun pellets: Cartridges
9306.29.00Bombs, grenades, torpedoes, mines, missiles and similar munitions of war and parts thereof; cartridges and other ammunition and projectiles and parts thereof, including shot and cartridge wads.
  • Shotgun cartridges and parts thereof; air gun pellets: Other
9306.30.10Bombs, grenades, torpedoes, mines, missiles and similar munitions of war and parts thereof; cartridges and other ammunition and projectiles and parts thereof, including shot and cartridge wads.
  • Other cartridges and parts thereof
  • Poisonous cartridges for apparatus for the destruction of predatory animals; Starter cartridges and parts thereof, for diesel or semi-diesel engines; Twin-shot cartridges designed for bird-scaring devices
9306.30.90Bombs, grenades, torpedoes, mines, missiles and similar munitions of war and parts thereof; cartridges and other ammunition and projectiles and parts thereof, including shot and cartridge wads.
 
I've been buying Aquila for a few years now. Never liked CCI, Remington is junk, American Eagle is poor, Winchester Super-X Hollowpoints seem impossible to find.
 
I doubt you'll see prices that are fair, meaning all brands regardless of country of origin will be priced higher.

There's no way a retailer will offer a European brand of 22 like the S&B for $6 while an equivalent USA brand like Blazer sits next to it at $9
 
The Gold Medal being referred to by m1008 was unlike any of the Gold medal being manufactured today. It was designed to win medals in the olympics and I might be mistaken but think it did win some. I shot some out of some Annie I had at the time and it was great shooting in my rifle! Was difficult to obtain here and wasn’t produced for very long.
 
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