What?s a fair price for 45 ACP?

[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.