Inflation strikes the shooting sports

[Andy]

Dang it. I called a LGS this morning, he won't sell shot anymore because of the cost and he has to buy so much of it. Does anyone or has anyone ever gone in on a bulk buy and split it up? Is there even any savings there?

[Mike of the Mountain]

Originally Posted by Andrew Sacco

Dang it. I called a LGS this morning, he won't sell shot anymore because of the cost and he has to buy so much of it. Does anyone or has anyone ever gone in on a bulk buy and split it up? Is there even any savings there?

Andy, if you have him order a pallet of shot you could move it all. We just had 30 bags brought in for our guys and they sold within one afternoon. Price was $43/bag for Eagle Brand Magnum Shot. That price is another thing we can thank Barry (Obama) for. He shut down the last of the lead plants in the USA. Everything is imported. Doesn't help that China and India are major lead users. Batteries are a biggie.

[Jim McKee]

Local GS sells #7.5; #8 & #9 bags of magnum shot (25lbs) $ 55.00/bag.
No larger shot offered.

[J.B. Books]

West Coast Shot has recently increased the price of a bag magnum shot to $75 a bag. $178 for two bags shipped directly from them to your door. They were priced at $45 a bag about two weeks ago. This puts the cost of shot at over $5.50 a box for one ounce loads. If you want some additional sticker shock go to the Remington and Federal pages and see their current suggested prices on shot shells.

[Austin J Hawthorne Jr.]

HOLY C--P

[Andy]

Mike I’ll ask and see if I can order a whole pallet. A lot of guys use #9 he couldn’t get that. 7.5 and 8 were OK.

[Jim McKee]

Pete,
Thanks for the heads up
I bought 4 bags of 7.5 magnum shot to have a small supply ( $55.00/bag)
Thanks!
Jim

[charlie cleveland]

I just gave 85 dollars for a bag of no 7 shot 25 lb. at a gun shop... I should have passed but I was low on shot...have not been finding any of the 100 round boxes of federal and Remington at wally world in the last few weeks...at 22 dollars a box of 100 that a fair price if you can find them...charlie

[J.B. Books]

Originally Posted by charlie cleveland

...have not been finding any of the 100 round boxes of federal and Remington at wally world in the last few weeks...at 22 dollars a box of 100 that a fair price if you can find them...charlie

I don't go looking for those Federal 4 packs at Wally cause the shelves are usually bare but I will buy them if I see them there when I go shopping for something else. The larger Walmart has put a one per customer limit on them. I have to wonder if lead shot is going up significantly how much longer the $22 and change price will last. In the last month I have managed to find three Federal four packs, four pounds of IMR Red powder, a sleeve of 100 Win primers, and two boxes of AA 20 gauge low recoil all at normal prices. I have seen some Remington Gun Club in 12 ga for $12.99 a box, limit one box and passed. The same place had a few sleeves of 100 Federal 209A's, limit one, for the bargain price of $19.99, I passed on that too.

I suspect a year from now what we will call a fair price will be a bit different from what we called a fair price a year ago.

[Gary Laudermilch]

Got 8 bags of Eagle magnum 8's today at a local shop for $41.95 a bag. Still not much powder and no primers.