.22lr ammo price, will it drop?

[condomboy]

I'm not overly new to shooting sports. The queation I ask is, Is the price of 22lr ammo going to drop when production matches or exceeds demand? I know there are alot of factors in play.
Say that everything calms down in the US and ammo levels go back to sorta normal.
Would the price of 22lr go down?
When I got my Pal bulk ammo was $20-$28 for brick of the cheap stuff. CCI and yellowjacket was $8 and $35.
Yes Im young. I do have some of my grandfathers and father n laws ammo with Gas station price stickers marked 25¢ a box of 50.
So yes I know prices do go up. However someone posted a comparison of 22lr cost vs gas and other goods.
IIRC the ammo held the lowest inflation price.
Reason why I ask is I have two young boys who I plain on introducing to shooting. Id hate for it to cost $50+ a brick by the time they want to shoot.

Think of Ammo like Gold... it will flucuate with supply and demand, market conditions, political change, it will go up, it will come down, but in the long term, it always goes up. Invest now, buy it cheap, stack it deep.

 

[condomboy]

At $0.025 cents per round for .22WMR.... who cares? My 9mm is 35 cents a round. Again, who cares? But, my .308 factory match grade loads.... that's another story. At $2.39 per round.... ouch!!

don't ever get into larger calibers buddy... .50BMG Hornady Match I just saw the other day was $94.99 (for TEN rounds, before tax) which makes $10.64 per round... Makes me glad I stocked up when I could with as much as I could at $89.99 two months before.

 

[CdnCombatMedic]

Prices won't drop from stores but people will try to offload ammo that they have hoarded in excess for a loss. With all this panic buying people have stretched there finances thin.

 

[SandRoad]

I just saw this from a US website. CDNN Sports. They have great prices on everything else, but this is just nuts.

 

[little_airwolf]

Wow. Crazy thunderbolt was 25-28 bucks two years ago here. Now its around 35.
$60 US on sale for $50.
Makes me want to sell some across the boarder.

 

[SandRoad]

Wow. Crazy thunderbolt was 25-28 bucks two years ago here. Now its around 35.
$60 US on sale for $50.
Makes me want to sell some across the boarder.

When you look at online stores, there are some reasonable prices. HOWEVER, none of those items are in stock. Completely different story if you actually want to buy some, rather than just look at prices for non-existent products.