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[SirBannedAlot]

View attachment 2886439 I really think some people really love to hear themselves talk. Or mumble,

Pot-->Kettle

 

[SirBannedAlot]

These days $.50/round for 9mm is the new normal. A small shop like DG&P is probably paying a good chunk of that markup to their distributors just to get it.

In previous ammo shortages producers only increased price if their component or labor costs went up significantly. It also seems like distributors tried to keep their markup pretty low as well, probably to keep their customers happy.

That doesn't seem to be true this time around.

I've had several folks with smaller shops across the US tell me that their prices at the distributor-level are at least 2-3 times what they were in 2019. Distributors claim they are being charged this by the manufacturers and are just passing it along, but it seems like everyone in the supply chain is going for all the market will bear.

With ammo, perhaps. I know that the prices of guns from the manufacturers, hasn't increased. Talked to several dealers who have said that point blank. They still charge pre-covid pricing for guns, because their cost hasn't changed. The dealers just adding $200 to the price, aren't doing it because their cost for the guns went up. They are doing it to maximize profits... Maybe they just want to take advantage... Or, maybe they don't have the volume these days and so have to increase the margins to keep the lights on... But some dealers aren't jacking prices up and those are the ones I choose to do business with, and I am lucky to live a short drive from 4 or 5 of them, and so I can typically get what I want, when I want it without having to pay through the nose for it.

 

[Moe_Fugga]

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[sniper22]

With ammo, perhaps. I know that the prices of guns from the manufacturers, hasn't increased. Talked to several dealers who have said that point blank. They still charge pre-covid pricing for guns, because their cost hasn't changed. The dealers just adding $200 to the price, aren't doing it because their cost for the guns went up. They are doing it to maximize profits... Maybe they just want to take advantage... Or, maybe they don't have the volume these days and so have to increase the margins to keep the lights on... But some dealers aren't jacking prices up and those are the ones I choose to do business with, and I am lucky to live a short drive from 4 or 5 of them, and so I can typically get what I want, when I want it without having to pay through the nose for it.

The new name cracks me up.
You're correct about guns and lgs.

 

[Fatal_Bert]

The price police have spoken.

 

[palmettomoon]

The price police have spoken.

Thank God for the price police. I am not sure what we would do without them to warn us of price gouging. It's great to have somebody looking out for my best interest. This must be how most democrats feel.

 

[PlumNyet]

I just reloaded 5k 223 at 19cpr and 2k 9mm at 13cpr...... all my friends were laughing at me when tula was plentiful, now I laugh at them as they use my press.

 

[palmettomoon]

I just reloaded 5k 223 at 19cpr and 2k 9mm at 13cpr...... all my friends were laughing at me when tula was plentiful, now I laugh at them as they use my press.

Hope you're charging them for press time.

 

[PlumNyet]

Hope you're charging them for press time.

Naw that wouldn’t be a good friend. I just make them bring their own components and they have to let me laugh at them periodically and say “bUt TuLa Is SeVeN dOlLaRs FoR fIfTy RoUnDs”, the **** they have been telling me for years .

 

[PlumNyet]

To take it one step further, I got them all 10k primers to start them up (they of course paid me back). Hopefully this sprouts some new reloaders long term.