What?s a fair price for 45 ACP?

[esaabye]

So I don?t own a 45 anymore and just found my old stockpile when I moved. What is the current price for 45 ( basic Fed and Winchester wallyworld bulk pack)?

[rondog]

Give ya fiddy cent.....

Probably help if you gave quantities, etc.

[esaabye]

I was going to post them one I had a baseline price, so .50 a round is fair these days?

[buffalobo]

You should have a couple PMs already with offer to buy at .50/rd.

More than fair given climate. Could get double that on AL or GB.

[beast556]

You gotta be pretty hard up to pay .50 a round.

[encorehunter]

I finally found some wwb on Cabelas. At .43/ round plus tax and shipping, I would think .50/rnd would be fair. JHPs seem to be running upwards of .75/rnd.

[MrPrena]

That is about right.

I thought there were no demand in 40sw and 45acp until the armslist email was diverting to spam box. Sold it the same day I opened the spam box.

Sold 40sw package $5 more than I listed it.
Buyer did not have exact change.

[Great-Kazoo]

You gotta be pretty hard up to pay .50 a round.

reload .

[Gman]

"Buy a .45" would be my answer to this problem.

[rondog]

reload .

Agree. I have a couple assloads of .45 brass.....just sayin'

[Irving]

Once he sells all the ammo he can afford the pistol. Real Gift of the Magi situation.

[esaabye]

Not a bad idea but I am raising funds for a mountain bike, need to find options as the gym is closed...

[MrPrena]

You can sell common rounds of ammo quick on armslist if it is about +/- 15% regular retail price.

Make sure you post many many terms and condition where there are lots of idiotic time wasting tire kickers and flakes on armslist.

post stuff like:

Cash only
Price is firm.
First come first serve.
Must pickup at ___________ area.
Please text me at __________ only if you are absolutely serious and willing to pickup asap.

[whitewalrus]

Guess this is the time to throw it up on armslist for some silly price and see what you end up with.

Time is right to get rid of excess stock.

[esaabye]

I’ll just post it here @.50 a round and skip the armslist mess.

[spqrzilla]

"Buy a .45" would be my answer to this problem.

I would like to say that I've never bought a gun because I had ammo in its calibre.... But I'd be lying.

[scratchy]

Guess this is the time to throw it up on armslist for some silly price and see what you end up with.

Time is right to get rid of excess stock.

What is this "excess" you speak of ?
;)

[brutal]

LOL, just looked at AL and saw up to .90/rd asked.

[Great-Kazoo]

LOL, just looked at AL and saw up to .90/rd asked.

Brass prices rising, 2-3 week + time frame from order placed till shipped with almost all vendors & mfg of reloading components. The $20 per 20 boxes of ammo be curious how fast they sell, or sit 4 sale.

[lpgasman]

I would like to say that I've never bought a gun because I had ammo in its calibre.... But I'd be lying.

Or because I had mags.

[Erni]

Or because I had mags.
Or I bought mags for a future gun purchase...

[Gman]

Or I bought mags for a future gun purchase...

Thanks Colorado magazine laws...

[BREATHER]

When this nonsense started people were just buying any caliber, they didn't care just so they could have a gun and did not know any better anyhow.

[whitewalrus]

When this nonsense started people were just buying any caliber, they didn't care just so they could have a gun and did not know any better anyhow.

You have to get what you can when you don?t prepare for these things

[beast556]

At .50 cents a round you will only attract panic buyers. If you come down to a reasonable price .30-.35 cents you will probly move the 45acp you have listed. Even during the obama years 45 wasn't .50 cents a round.

[esaabye]

And this is why I asked. I’ll bump it down a bit and see if it moves. Not looking for panic prices but market prices else i would just put it on Armslist.

[Martinjmpr]

I have to crunch prices in my head but I always base it on what I would pay for a BOX of ammo. So for the most part that's 50 rounds for pistol ammo and 20 for centerfire rifle.

I got rid of my last 45 in 2010 but IIRC back then, brass-cased, reloadable practice quality ammo was ~ $12 - $15/box (.24 - .30/round) with non-reloadable Blazer or steel-case ComBloc ammo for a buck or two less. If you shopped around you could maybe find some bulk reloads for $10 but that was hit and miss. Even during the post Sandy Hook ammo panic I think it was rarely over $20 for a box of practice ammo (i.e. SWC, FMJ or LRN, not hollow point or fancy 'defense ammo.') One of the main reasons I got rid of my .45 was the cost of feeding it (ditto for the .40 S&W) compared to 9mm, which is both plentiful and cheap, relatively speaking.

So to me, $.50/round (or as I would think of it, $25/box) seems a little high, but I wouldn't say excessive. I wouldn't pay it, but then again (a) I don't have a .45 and (2) I'm pretty stocked up on 9mm and .38/.357 anyway so I'm not in a panic buying mode. Others who might be could consider $25/box to be a reasonable price for a limited commodity.

[Aloha_Shooter]

That's not a price I would pay but I would say it's a fair asking price. Cuts down on the speculators and gets the ammo to someone who is so desperate s/he is willing to pay for the ammo. Be prepared to accept less, maybe $0.40 a round, but I don't think you need to go to $0.30-0.35 per round under current circumstances. The nice thing about democratic capitalism is that things sell at the intersection between what the seller is willing to accept and the buyer is willing to pay. No coercion involved on either side of the transaction.

[MrPrena]

I just sold :
100 round of federal fmj
50 rounds of Winchester Ranger JHP for $65

I know Range ammo was running much higher than 70c /round even BEFORE this panic buying.
Assuming I sold it for $35 for ranger, I sold the 100 rounds for $30
Then I sold the 100 rounds of Federal FMJ for $30. 30 cents/round.

[SouthPaw]

I use AmmoSeek to gauge pricing. This is in stock now and .33cpr with shipping but wait too long, it might be gone.


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[MrPrena]

Little above or little below market price is fine. I am glad that I sold it close normal retail price on calibers I do not shoot nor have now.

I probably had to heavily discount more than 33% to unload before this panic.