Joe wrote:

On Thu, 16 Apr 2009 07:51:14 -0500, Ignoramus2981
wrote:

Went to cheaperthandirt.com to replenish some supplies, and was
shocked to see that 1,000 rounds of 7.62x39 now costs $499. WTF? There
is no anti-gun legislation that was adopted yet, it can still be
imported, etc, why such a crazy price? That stuff used to cost under
$100 for a thousand, if I remember right.

i
having a sticker shock

Although I've heard folks at gun shows claiming that Obama is to
blame, I suspect it's more the paranoia of gun owners reacting to a
Democrat (Liberal, pinko) admin, and the subsequent cupidity of
dealers willing to take advantage of this fear.

I plan to wait on any ammo purchases until the Fear (and prices) has
subsided. Hope I'm right - it's not the Administration that I
distrust, but the Congress.

I've certainly seen ammo shortages around here, however what is
available when shipments come in seems to be relatively reasonably
priced. Ammo costs did shoot up in the recent past due to the huge run
up in metals costs (lotta expensive lead and brass), however due to the
high sales turnover the ammo prices seem to have tracked the fall in
metals prices. For example, 9mm is very scarce around here, but I was
able to buy a sizable quantity of new name brand US 9mm for what works
out to about $11.50/50rd which isn't much more than it went for a number
of years ago as far as I remember. As for being able to get it, it was
simply a matter of being the first customer at the store on the morning
that a shipment arrived, and I happened to be going by at that time
anyway.