Talk About Gouging
 

Just looked at this site in the States.............$59.59 for a 100 round pack of
22lr CCI Mini Mags...........Wow.

www.cheaperthandirt.com/product/AMM075

Can't believe that is the correct price. If it is, things must be rough down in the states at the moment.

Not that crazy. Ammo is harder to come by but that is ridiculous. Those are the same winners that were charging about $240 for a 33 round Glock magazine.

I hope the people remember this.

That sounds about right. Demand is outweighing the supply right now. Thanks to our current White House inhabitant. Last gun show I went to guys were trying to sell 525 packs of Federal 22 lr for $100. They were packing a lot back to the truck when the show ended. Most of the big retailers like Sportsman Wearhouse and Bass Pro are not gouging like that.

That's insane, you can get four of those packs in an ammo can for $99 at Cabelas.ca

Hope things calm down for you guys soon.

After cheaperthandirt's experience after their gouging and sell-out antics after Newtown, i'm surprised they are still in business.

If Americans were not stupid enough to pay such prices, the goods would not be priced that way. The buyers have no NEED for the mechandise so gouging is not an issue; buyer stupidity is. I find someone dumb enough to pay me sixty bucks for a box of my 22 shells and I'll cheerfully let them do it. Leeper

Supply and demand, is not an exclusively American issue. While it might be a result of panick buying/hoarding, the same forces could appear in Canada just as quick.

Here's an interesting insight into why the US may be having ammo shortage problems

http://weaponsman.com/?p=9126

Most interesting to me is the idea that there are a lot of new shooters, and the round of choice for new shooters is 22lr. Add to that the fact that 22lr is the fall back for when you don't want to shoot your expensive stuff, and suddenly every single shooter wants wants 22lr.

I don't know how far down the prices will go back - $60 for a brick will still give a family of 4 a day's worth of shooting, and even at $60 it's still cheaper than a movie for a family of 4 at that. I think supply will come up, and prices will go down, but I don't think you will see a $20 brick of 22lr in the states ever again.