Doc1
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Today, I went to my first gun show since the Covid crisis shut everything down. This is one of, if not the largest show in Mississippi. First off, I've never seen this show so crowded. Secondly, I've never seen such stupidly high prices!
Here are a few examples. One guy was trying to sell 1000 large pistol primers for $180! Another was trying to sell 25 round boxes of 12 GA birdshot shells for - are you ready? - $75/box!!! Understand that 12 GA birdshot is one of the few types of ammunition for which there has been no shortage. You can go into the local Wally Worlds and buy it for $5-$6/box. Another guy was trying to sell a 1000 round case of cheap 9mm FMJ rounds for $1760!
Hey, it's a (supposedly) free country, so they can ask anything they want to, but I didn't see much in the way of ammo or guns being bought. The above examples were extreme examples, but most centerfire ammunition was being sold for between one and three dollars per round. There were very few reloading supplies available and what was there was astronomically priced.
I spent a grand total of $20.50. I'm still good at finding bargains, even at an expensive gun show! My take included an almost full one pound can of Pyrodex black powder substitute for $12, four items out of a grab bag box including a large sharpening stone, a leather Italian police pouch, a kydex double mag pouch and a locking security cable, all for $6. Lastly, I picked up a one ounce copper Trump coin for DW for $2.50.
All firearms were expensive, but proportionately not as expensive as the ammunition.
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Doc
Here are a few examples. One guy was trying to sell 1000 large pistol primers for $180! Another was trying to sell 25 round boxes of 12 GA birdshot shells for - are you ready? - $75/box!!! Understand that 12 GA birdshot is one of the few types of ammunition for which there has been no shortage. You can go into the local Wally Worlds and buy it for $5-$6/box. Another guy was trying to sell a 1000 round case of cheap 9mm FMJ rounds for $1760!
Hey, it's a (supposedly) free country, so they can ask anything they want to, but I didn't see much in the way of ammo or guns being bought. The above examples were extreme examples, but most centerfire ammunition was being sold for between one and three dollars per round. There were very few reloading supplies available and what was there was astronomically priced.
I spent a grand total of $20.50. I'm still good at finding bargains, even at an expensive gun show! My take included an almost full one pound can of Pyrodex black powder substitute for $12, four items out of a grab bag box including a large sharpening stone, a leather Italian police pouch, a kydex double mag pouch and a locking security cable, all for $6. Lastly, I picked up a one ounce copper Trump coin for DW for $2.50.
All firearms were expensive, but proportionately not as expensive as the ammunition.
Best
Doc