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Old 09-06-2009, 06:34 PM
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Ammo on the shelves

Was in Dicks at SW Plaza about noon....shelves were WELL stocked...rifle/pistol and shotgun.....prices would make Ebenezer cackle with glee!!!!! Didn't need anything so I just cringed and went onward.....
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Old 09-06-2009, 10:11 PM
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I was at Dick's on the first of the month getting my hunting license, and it also had a lot of ammo on the shelves. However, the prices weren't anything great. AA and Rem STS were $9.49 a box. Last I remember, they were around $5 a box. Those prices pretty much made me cringe. I remember going to the range 10 years ago and going through 10 boxes of shells a day. Now, that will cost me $100 just in ammo.
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Old 09-06-2009, 11:11 PM
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9.50 a box for AAs?? That is highway robbery..Well I think it is. But then I checked the wholesale price on my 257 Weatherby mag.. Holy Sheep Sheet Batman.. Almost made me sick. I still remember the first case of 12 ga shells I ever bought. I was just 12 and they cost me 21 bucks for a 20 box case. Peters Trap Loads...paper shells. Think the ol guy that owned the gun shop felt sorry for me. Reloading them cost 38 cents a box at the time. and took a bit of time. The 600 Mec still hadn't been invented. When we shot pigeons for pay we were buying shells for 30 to 40 bucks a case. We bought 'em by the pallet loads. After AAs came out they were about 40 bucks and they were much easier to reload. It wasn't unusual to shoot 2 to 3 cases in a day for each of the shooters. We usually had 4 shooters. When you got done..you just knew you had been werkin...hard! Things seem to be loosening up a bit. Just got 5000 Rem Small rifle primers and have been getting LRifle much easier than 6 months ago. Prices are however a bit higher than a year or so ago. Oh well the price we have to pay for liberal "progress"!
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Old 09-08-2009, 12:31 PM
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Seems to be loosing up in the NE. Can get hangun ammo most everywhere but its expensive. Primers are still iffy in most places although my shop have small pistol mag and large rife mag.
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Old 09-08-2009, 09:40 PM
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Sheesh...now I can't find AA white wads!!!!!12 ga..thought I had a couple of bags..
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