Why 9mm so cheap now but others not?

[shibbershabber]

Now that Im a few years out of 9mm.... of course this is how it goes.

Ive been seeing 9mm consistently going for around $250/1000 in a number of places for different brands.... But things like .40 & .45, etc are not coming down in price... those being over $400/1000

I thought maybe its just common/popular caliber and that more production capacity is given to it... but the same should be true of 5.56 but that is still over $400/1000

Whats up?
Maybe Im just salty because its so cheap now and everything I shoot is still 2x as much, but seems odd

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[solv3nt]

It's probably popularity. 9mm, 22lr and 5.56 is the first to disappear, it makes sense it is the first to return.

 

[Koda]

.45, etc are not coming down in price... those being over $400/1000

45 has traditionally always been around .40cents a round. Right now you can get it for .37 cents a round at LAX ammo. Get some...

 

[PORSCHE928S4]

Yea I let the 45 acp slip to a unacceptable level need to start stacking on a plus side all the shelves are kinda full picked up a few hundred rounds of 6.5C @ $22 a box 125 gr Win open tip and the one store had 6 different flavors of 25/06 so things are kinda looking up

 

[Hueco]

Cheap? We're still a long way from pre pandemic. Shoulda stacked it deeper.



(8/2019)

 

[Member 53328]

Cause 9mm is where it's at! All my handguns are chambered in 9mm for a reason.

 

[PORSCHE928S4]

You have to diversify yes I do like the 45 acp but started using my 9mm and 40 a bit more because of availability so I always get range time in at least once a week .

 

[oremike]

The componates cost more so the ammo costs more. If you go to Starline you will see 9mm brass is $161.50/1000, 40 S&W brass is $191.00/1000 and 45 acp brass is $203.50/1000.
Berrys bullets for the 9mm are $121.99/1000, 40 S&W bullets are $164.99 and 45 acp bullets are $189.98.

 

[shibbershabber]

Really just need primers to be reasonable again

 

[Knobgoblin]

.45acp has always been expensive, .40 is for suckers , and anything else is probably considered "specialty " ammo.

 

[titsonritz]

Not to mention a 230gr 45 is twice the lead of a 115gr 9mm. Larger "rounds" typically cost more than their smaller counterpart, now throw in the above mentioned popularity and guess what...your favorite old, out dated "niche" cartridge ain't all that. If it ain't 9mm or .223/5.56....

 

[Knobgoblin]

Riddle me this, Batman. Why is .32acp so expensive? And this is for the last 25 years at least!

 

[TTSX]

I would say it's because 9mm uses a lot less stuff to make than .45. Almost literally half the stuff. That also means they can ship about twice the amount of ammo for the same shipped weight, meaning lower freight cost. Lastly, because it so popular they can have one machine set up to make 9mm 24/7/365 and another that they have to change out between .357, .45, .40 etc which means downtime which means less money making product per minute on average. So in all instances, 9mm is cheaper to get onto shelves and therefore cheaper to purchase.

That's my take on it, anyway

 

[Martini_Up]

Just checked. Found blazer 9mm 115gr ball for $159//1000. Cheapest I could find 32 ACP, 73 gr ball was $379/1000.

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[Bobbygun]

Riddle me this, Batman. Why is .32acp so expensive? And this is for the last 25 years at least!

I was thinking along those lines at the Outdoor Show a few weeks back. 50 round boxes: 9mm for $13 and .380 ACP for $22. That cheaper box sure seemed to weigh out like it had more materials involved. Fortunately, the only .380s in my gun safe have 7 or 8 shot magazines. That slows my people down.

 

[Knobgoblin]

Word , .380 is spendy and scarce

 

[Longwalkhome]

I was reading that because of the move to electric vehicles there will be a copper shortage lasting 10 years.

 

[Knobgoblin]

Hahaha, Longwalk you're always a bright ray of sunshine. Do you do kids birthday parties?

 

[titsonritz]

Riddle me this, Batman. Why is .32acp so expensive? And this is for the last 25 years at least!

Just checked. Found blazer 9mm 115gr ball for $159//1000. Cheapest I could find 32 ACP, 73 gr ball was $379/1000.

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Like I said, out dated "niche" cartridge.

 

[Stomper]

Riddle me this, Batman. Why is .32acp so expensive? And this is for the last 25 years at least!

That's easy, it's to punish non-binary shooters.























That is to say, those who refuse to shoot more than one pistol caliber.