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    Team Gunsnet Platinum 06/2016 ltorlo64's Avatar

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    Went Gun Show

    It was pretty good. Lots of guns and I was surprised at the amount of ammunition. Most gun prices seemed alright. I know a lot of people will talk about how much cheaper they were years (even just over a year) ago, but they were still not too bad. There were a bunch of SKSs there most with a price of about $350. I really should have bought one in the early 90s when I was in Idaho. There was a case of them in the local gun store for about $120. Thing was, $120 was a dream at the time, now $350 is workable. I didn't get one, but they looked good.

    As for ammo, the prices were all over the place. PMC .223 was anywhere from .40 cents a round to almost .75 cents. It was funny looking at the price change between tables for the same stuff. There was .22 LR available, but it was still too expensive and it seemed as if no one was buying it. If that continues the price should come down. 500 rounds of Federal was going for around $50-$65 bucks.

    I was hoping to get some parts for my Marlin 60, but parts, except for AR parts, were not in any sort of supply this time. I talked to a gunsmith there and he mentioned that he went around to find parts and there were none, so I know I didn't miss them.

    We ended up walking away with a couple of small pocket knives for my wife and I got a box of Zombie Max 12ga 00 buck. I will probably never shoot them but it is a fun box to have around.
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    It's good to hear that those boxes of .22 LRs are not selling, at that price. I think sellers have overpriced them to the point that no one is going to buy any more until the price drops.
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    Quote Originally Posted by alismith View Post
    It's good to hear that those boxes of .22 LRs are not selling, at that price. I think sellers have overpriced them to the point that no one is going to buy any more until the price drops.
    I think the prices are coming down. About 6 months ago I found a box of Federal American Eagle, like I was looking at yesterday, for $89.99 at a gun store in Norfolk. That is about a $20 drop to what I saw yesterday. I will wait a little longer before I start buying again. And while there was some .22LR available, it was still not plentiful by any means. I didn't have to look hard for it, which is an improvement though.
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    Your report does sound like the supply is slowly creeping back on .22 LR. But I'm not buying until it gets down close to $20 a brick.

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