I stocked up as well, but I still wish I had more. Always wish I had more.
Ohh yes! I agree! You can never have too much!
My wife begs to differ 
Anyone here have any experience with Igmans 223 ammo from Sportsmans Guide? They have some very reasonable prices from what I have seen around.
totally agree… never have enough thats for sure.
Ouch!
I know it’s going to hurt the people with blind faith when they hear this, but people who wait until crisis events to prepare deserve to be buyers in that predatory pricing environment. People who profess to have no problems buying ammo at inflated prices are exactly the people who deserve to pay for ammo at inflated prices, and will gladly admit that they do it. Even as they see prices soften they advise you to buy more while the price is still high. It isn’t clear to me whether everyone who says that they have no problem buying at inflated prices are really as stupid as they make themselves out to be, or whether they’re just good storytellers who are shilling for someone who sells overpriced ammo.
There are all sorts of rationalizations that the sophists will throw forth about why we should eagerly pay too much for ammo. They make convincing but untrue arguments that favor sellers. The current political environment clouds the issue and makes it difficult for uninformed consumers to perform the price analysis.
The amount of 556 being consumed in Ukraine is not THAT high with respect to the capacity of world production. That war is not being won/lost through small arms fire in spite of what people want you to think. Given that there’s so much disinformation (on purpose)about the cost of ammo, and that privately held companies will never admit their financials, it pays to look at the financial statements from the big publicly traded ammo producers to gain valuable insights.
In their 3Q22 report Olin reported softening demand in the commercial market citing the end of panic buying. OLN overestimated demand and over produced 556 while they ignored other calibers. This why there has been a glut of 556 and a paucity of other rifle cartridges. Now that demand has slowed their Winchester brand has had trouble keeping the inventory of M855 moving in the commercial market. It’s backing up everywhere in the supply chain. You see it piled up in the stores. In 4Q22 thing s got so bad that they had to resort to rebates. What the appearance of rebates from multiple manufacturers tells customers should be clearly understood – it is an admission by the manufacturer that product in the distribution channel was priced too high. The rebates are necessary to move inventory that is in the pipeline at the current price so that the distributors are not harmed by lower prices that will follow when demand-based price cuts ensue.
Shills continue to advise you to buy as much as you can while the prices remain high. That only serves to prop up prices as well as profits. When the hoard buys at high prices that delays the price reductions that would ensue if wallets were left on the hip and price became driven by decreasing demand. While some sellers continue to try to squeeze every penny out of their buyers, SG recognizes the end of the trend and has priced Igman accordingly. More of this should follow.
Of course this type of analysis will never be offered by those who shill for high margin sellers, and will never be recognized by their sheeple/Rufoid customers. They’ll all tell you that it’s normal to pay high prices, that the prices will only go higher, and you should be glad to stock up at prices that are predatory. don’t believe it. The margins on ammunition are high – so high that venture capital is starting new ammo production companies to capture the excessively high profits.
The AAC ammo plant is not being built to capitalize on profit…its being built to provide citizens with ammo. Same with the primer plant.
Some don’t get it