Last week, I posted something abut ammo prices going up... well, they went up more then I thought. Many of the manufactures have posted memo's on their websites stating a 20% increase, effective Jan 1, 2008. Ouch. I went to Walmart and found that even my cherish 550 round 22 lr's went from 9.88 to 12.88. 100 round Winchester 45 acps are now 29 bucks from 25. I stopped by a local gun store and the prices were even more dramatic. Low end UMC 45 acp, 50 rounds, for 22 bucks. We are talking about some real money now.
Not too long ago, me and a buddy went out to the desert and would blow off a couple hundred rounds and not think twice about the 30 bucks we spent. Now, 200 rounds of 45 acp is a minimum of 55 bucks. I wish I was smart enough to have stocked up back when 7.62 x 39 ammo was 1.99 for 20 in the surplus Soviet boxes. Now the current stuff is about 5 bucks a box.
