Academy line for ammo

[HFS]

I use to work at that Academy 20 years ago and I remember when 9mm was $6.99 a box. I wish I would of stocked up back then.

I remember Fred Baker got the first Magtech (I think it was) 9mm that I ever saw.
He had literally pallets of it sitting in the floor, brass case reloadable ammo, 50 round boxes for $5.
Why oh why didn't I buy a boxcar load of the stuff.

 

[sleepyj]

there was about 30 people at the academy in owasso this morning.

 

[audiotech]

decent amount of 17 hm2 and some 450 bushmaster at academy on nw expy

 

[JD8]

I still have receipts from 2003-4 when I was buying cases of 9mm blazer aluminum from Academy for $93 out the door. 500 bricks of Federal 510 for $6 and change.

This. I remember that all day long.... case of 9mm under $100.

 

[HoLeChit]

decent amount of 17 hm2 and some 450 bushmaster at academy on nw expy

Did you notice if the hm2 was 17 or 15.5 grain?

 

[Rez Exelon]

This. I remember that all day long.... case of 9mm under $100.

To be fair, with inflation factored in, $100 in 2003 is worth $143 today. That's what a case was last year IIRC. It's supply/demand driving everything up 4x at the moment.

 

[JD8]

To be fair, with inflation factored in, $100 in 2003 is worth $143 today. That's what a case was last year IIRC. It's supply/demand driving everything up 4x at the moment.

Average price a year ago was ~.17 a round for 9mm.... unless it was Tula or something of the like. But yep, supply and demand. Too many panic buyers and newbies.

 

[1911Sooner]

I bought a pistol from SSP today and they have have 9mm fmj for $45 per box of 50. Stopped by H&H and they were unboxing 50 round boxes of 9mm hollowpoints for $47.50 per box.

 

[audiotech]

Did you notice if the hm2 was 17 or 15.5 grain?

honestly it could have been Hornady 15.5 gr ntx.. not 100% sure though

 

[foghorn918]

was in Academy in Edmond around noon, I have never seen the gun shelves and gun racks as bare as they are now. Not a single long gun in a wall rack, said they sell them as fast as they get anything in. sales guy said it wasn't unusual to have up to 80 people in line when they open all trying to find ammo.