I dug up some old stash stuff the other day and noticed that the Eley Club Xtra I bought four years ago was priced at 4.50. Today, the equivalent would be approximately double! (Eley Sport runs close to $7, so I'd imagine Club would go for $9) That's quite a leap with respect to inflation. Maybe I should rethink investing in the market and buy 'stock' of processed lead products instead.
Rimfire ammo price trends
- Thread starter rimfiremac
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- Location
- Eastern part of Western Canada
Inflation isn't the only thing that drives prices up although you'd think from all you hear, that would be the only thing.
With Canada's domestic ammunition production...limited and America's constrained by the fact that they are fighting two (ok one and a half now) wars and the global market for ammo being by nature flexible, its no wonder we can see big rises in prices. Supply and demand. Which is of course more reassuring if you have perched yourself on the supply side of things rather than the demand side.
With Canada's domestic ammunition production...limited and America's constrained by the fact that they are fighting two (ok one and a half now) wars and the global market for ammo being by nature flexible, its no wonder we can see big rises in prices. Supply and demand. Which is of course more reassuring if you have perched yourself on the supply side of things rather than the demand side.
- Location
- Saskatchewan
Boston's Gun Bible states that we should have, at an absolute minimum, at least 10,000 rounds of rimfire ammunition. It also states that we should have at least 7,000 rounds of centerfire ammunition to feed our main battle rifle. Did I mention we're supposed to have four side arms as well! 
I so excited for when the zombies come...
Or the government goes tyrannical and civil unrest ensues...
Or the West separates from the East... Oh wait, wrong thread.
I so excited for when the zombies come...
Or the government goes tyrannical and civil unrest ensues...
Or the West separates from the East... Oh wait, wrong thread.
Out of curiosity, have you (or anyone) noticed a consistent trend such as this over a larger sample period, say ten or twenty years?
- Location
- Eastern part of Western Canada
No idea for sure. I mean my firearms...chronology is not fullest. I just got my PAL a year or so ago and I remember buying .22 ammo before you needed such things for ammo purchase but even then it was $4-5 a box for some smokin armscor ammo ( I know cause my dad still has the box with one...one shell left in the gun safe and the price tag from home hardware is still on it, I saw it when we moved the safe so they could get new carpet.)
But, like I've heard from a couple of guys about surplus ammo, it comes and goes. There used to be a lot of NATO 7.62, now not, same as .303 British.
Plus, and I hate saying it, fashion plays a role...###y calibres like the 6.8, 6.5, 5.7...which takes some capacity away from the standards and lets face it making ammo is an industrial process. You don't just snap your fingers and say I want 90 million rounds of 5.56 made the day after tomorrow. Long lead times and ramping up especially in a market with some margin but high competition across national borders and with reloaders. Remember how long it took to ramp Canada (or the states) up to fight WWII? Industrial processes are not the same as software processes...you can't patch a box of 5.56 after it leaves the factory or upgrade your 7.62x51 with more powder and a larger bullet two years down the road.
