Cigars or cash for AR mags

jsnake

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Give it a month. After all the anger from the Republicans base over the fiscal cliff deal, the House will be under more pressure than ever to dig in their heels; I can't see an AWB getting through. Once the bill dies, prices will come back down again (waiting for Colt 6920's to come down myself)

jsnake

Yeah, I am starting to see more AR's on the shelves and found metal magazines today. But ammo and PMAGS are still scarce. Shops are getting stuff in but you have to get there when they open. I stopped at Bass Pro today and they had .223 ammo (+ $20 a box) but the good cheap stuff had an all out riot when they put it out. A couple guys bought all the boxes. I am just trying to finish my build and get a few magazines. I never bought any mags because money was tight and I was taking my time finishing my build. It was a year long project and now I feel kind of panicked. Just want to get a few magazines for now.

kingjk729

I always pick ammo up when it's on sale ....200 rounds here 400 rounds there .... And I snagged 3 preban metal mags while I was in ny cause u could only have preban high capacity or 10 round mags ....... I love shooting my ar and am sitting on about 800 rounds .... It's pretty crazy now that no one has pmags in stock and they are going anywhere from 22.99 to 50.00 which is nuts. As soon as the mags come back down I'm gonna snag a few as they don't care what you have in VT.

jsnake

I only have 40 rounds but I found ammo yesterday and today. The gun shops I visited today were madhouses. Most handgun ammo - 9mm, .40, .45 - is gone as well. I found .223 but there was little left. I have heard from some sources in the business that Magpul is in full swing and pumping out only black magazines now so they can produce more. Bass Pro said they get stuff in every night but you have to be there in the morning to get them. If I come across some and can get a bunch I will make them available to whoever here that is looking at the price I paid. I just ask you keep a look out and do the same.

kingjk729

On a side note Jake I would be very hesitant on bulking up on ammo til your rig is ready to fire as some AR's as I'm sure you know are very finicky with FTF and FTE"s ..... I lucked out with mine and it just eats whatever I feed it. From my personal experience I have found that higher end guns and builds are generally finicky on ammo. Keep an eye on Palmetto armory ..... they run some stellar deals .... I would also recommend using www.slickguns.com ...... there are people that post accessory deals, ammo deals, shotgun deals, handgun deals, rifle deals, and survival stuff too.

jsnake

Thanks for the heads up. PSA is a great site and I should have bought more stuff way back. I have been only bought by the small box so far and will continue doing so. I have a Spike's Upper and am hoping to get a 16" Spike's barrel which they have but I can't get them to respond to me. Lake City Ammo Plant is 5 minutes from my house but they don't sell direct that I know of. I figure what I do buy I can either trade later or learn to reload myself.

kingjk729

Slickguns has a pretty slick deal n a Daniels defense barrel. And it's not practical to reload 223. If you have other round then maybe but every reloaded I know doesn't reload it at all unless its specific long range varmint rounds .... I have a few friends into long range shooting/hunting.

jsnake

What about 5.56? I can't find any 5.56. I did buy varmint long range rounds actually. The gun shop sells .223 reloads and at Thanksgiving we shot off .223 reloads my brother in law had in bags. Bet he wishes he saved it now. I have not really gotten into the ammo aspects or read much.

kingjk729

As far as ammo?? Or reloading ..... Or barrel ..... I would highly reccomend the 5.56 for the simple reasons yo can then fire either ammo with no issues ..... You should never fire 5.56 through a .223 barrel as there can be serious issues. The big issue with reloading it specifically is the time factor ... When u can get 223 ammo for .24 to .33 cents a round hand loading will never compete even with ammo up to .55 cents IMHO .

jsnake

I got you. I was talking about ammo. I am getting a 5.56 barrel.

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Be careful buying ammo nowadays; everything is popping. Cheaper than Dirt, and a few other online stores, are price gouging the f*ck out of ppl on ammo and mags (eg - selling a normally $12 pmag for $100 - I sh1t you not); gun shows are no better, and there's tons of stories of ppls LGS gouging them too. Not a good time to be buying anything IMO

jsnake

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Be careful buying ammo nowadays; everything is popping. Cheaper than Dirt, and a few other online stores, are price gouging the f*ck out of ppl on ammo and mags (eg - selling a normally $12 pmag for $100 - I sh1t you not); gun shows are no better, and there's tons of stories of ppls LGS gouging them too. Not a good time to be buying anything IMO

Trust me I know exactly what you are talking about. CTD lost 30,000 fans on Facebook in one day because of that. They also raised a lot of ammo that was $299 to $999. People are doing it all over. Selling cheap $500 rifles for $1500 and up. The Sig Sauer M400 Enhanced that i wanted has MSRP of $900 and people are selling them for over $3000 right now. Ridiculous. I just got an email back from a company building a really nice rifle for $899 and the said they will work payment out with me. Waiting on tax return but worried about what might happen in the meantime. We have a gun show here in 2 weeks and the last one was ridiculous. $130 BCG's for over $500. A few friends posted that several retailers received pallets of rifles and things are picking up after the holidays. My Walmart is getting in rifles daily and selling out. Normal prices.

kingjk729

jsnake:

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Be careful buying ammo nowadays; everything is popping. Cheaper than Dirt, and a few other online stores, are price gouging the f*ck out of ppl on ammo and mags (eg - selling a normally $12 pmag for $100 - I sh1t you not); gun shows are no better, and there's tons of stories of ppls LGS gouging them too. Not a good time to be buying anything IMO

Trust me I know exactly what you are talking about. CTD lost 30,000 fans on Facebook in one day because of that. They also raised a lot of ammo that was $299 to $999. People are doing it all over. Selling cheap $500 rifles for $1500 and up. The Sig Sauer M400 Enhanced that i wanted has MSRP of $900 and people are selling them for over $3000 right now. Ridiculous. I just got an email back from a company building a really nice rifle for $899 and the said they will work payment out with me. Waiting on tax return but worried about what might happen in the meantime. We have a gun show here in 2 weeks and the last one was ridiculous. $130 BCG's for over $500. A few friends posted that several retailers received pallets of rifles and things are picking up after the holidays. My Walmart is getting in rifles daily and selling out. Normal prices.

I agree completely and there are way too many companies price gouging. I'm glad that I have been picking items up here and there as I go and when I do need something I'll go with a company that didn't gouge the living hell out of products .... I understand that when demand exceeds supply that there is going to be a price increase but double if not triple in some cases is just BS. I have my AR and the next gun I'm going to get is an AK ...... The deals on AK mags and ammo are just insane.

kingjk729

So I was out and about today .... ***'ssports was completely out of 223 and Walmart have about 75 boxes of American eagle 223 ammo for 11 bucks a box ..... I asked the girl when the price went up and she said that's been the price for the last 4 months .... I told her I bought 5boxes in November and they were 6.49 and she told me that I didn't buy it there .... I pointed to the price tag date of 12-28-12 and asked her to do a price inquiry and she then after she looked it up and realized that I was correct she apologized .... I asked was the apology for you're company price gouging or that she insinuated that I was an idiot. I got no response.

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jsnake

John Noveske died in a car accident 2 nights ago just FYI. R.I.P. I just hope his company was set up to carry on after him.

deejmemixx

I have around 20 of them I can't sel at my work as they decided to pull them unfortunatly...

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jsnake:

John Noveske died in a car accident 2 nights ago just FYI. R.I.P. I just hope his company was set up to carry on after him.

Yeah, I heard about that one; real pity it happened, but word has it he would've survived if he had been wearing his seat belt

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jsnake

jsnake

I spent the last two days visiting 6 different stores and a couple right when they opened. No magazines, no 9mm, .40, or .223 ammo at all. Going to try again tomorrow.

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Try WalMart?

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If anyone's in the market for a top of the line AK, K-Var has them in stock; the SGL26 is one of the best you can get that's not a custom job. It's the same as an SGL21 (tons of reviews if you google it), but with a manual bolt hold open feature (not last round hold, just manual). Chambered in 7.62x39, the websites showing about 90 left in stock today (107 in stock yesterday). http://www.k-var.com/shop/home.php

jsnake

NYHCx516x

jsnake

Got my 13.8" Troy Industries Flat Dark Earth Modular Rail Forend today. It is awesome! Now I just need Spike's to send my barrel order through.

jsnake

Anyone have any luck finding any Pmags? Still hunting and without any success I may add.