Advice on Ammo pricing

[blueswarrior]

Would this be an appropriate place to ask for advice on the value of some ammo I'd like to sell? I have a lot of 308 and 7.62x51, mostly military surplus, that I don't want to take with me when I move this fall. I haven't seen much for sale. Nobody seems to have any in stock. I don't want to ask too much and I don't want to rip myself off either. Also, I want to sell locally as I don't really want the trouble of shipping heavy ammo. I'd appreciate some advice on what I should be asking for it. Are some country's battle packs worth more than others? Here's what I want to sell:

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[awshoot]

A: Charging market price is not wrong or immoral.

B: Making a profit on your investment, is not wrong or immoral.

C: Try an ammo search engine to get an idea of what the market price is.

Example: 308 Ammo Price as Low as 35¢ | Cheap Bulk 7.62x51 NATO Ammo and uncheck steel, reloads, and backorder, and it looks like a person would pay a low of 64c/rd to a high of $3.60/rd for something exotic. It is likely that somewhere in that range, is a fair price for the type of ammo you have in today's market.

 

[blueswarrior]

Thank you very much. I was not aware of that site. Any suggestions for the battle packs?

 

[cigars]

Try ammoman.com or sgammo.com for current price comparison.

 

[wolfcreed]

BI-Mart had .308 for .60 a round recently. Someone on this site sold some ZQI for a little less than that. I would think it would move really fast at .50 cents a round and slow at .80 or higher unless you are willing to ship. Some of the ammo is sealed and close to 40 years old, but still good ammo. I think I have some of the Portuguese and it shoots good. The match loads could bring more of a premium price. Regardless, it looks like some good ammo. I might take some if the price is right.

 

[po18guy]

Battle packs are good for burial and emergency exhumation. Gotta add something.

 

[UnionMillsNW]

.60-75/per round seems to be the current going market rate. Last year I bought .308 at .50/round and would jump on anything below that mark. Right now .60 is considered a good deal and it starts to level out around 70-75 cents/rd.

You can add about $10 per ammo can and the stripper clips will add a little value too.

Ask what you think is fair and the right buyer will be out there.

 

[ditchtiger]

Battle packs usually sell for 25% to 50% more per round than standard mil-surp ammo

 

[awshoot]

It's also worth noting that if you sell to someone locally and they complain about the price, your price doesn't get a 10% tax boost nor does it come with UPS charges, so if Midway is selling something for 70c/rd, it's really 77c/rd with tax and shipping can take that over 80c easy. Just something remember when you get to dickering.

 

[thorborg]

As for me, disregard as irrelevant and sanctimonious, anyone whining about prices too high. Its your stuff, let the market bear it, or not. You can always readjust it.

 

[awshoot]

As for me, disregard as irrelevant and sanctimonious, anyone whining about prices too high. Its your stuff, let the market bear it, or not. You can always readjust it.

Yep -- I recently spent $10 more per 1000 on small rifle primers than I expected because when it came down to it, it was the only place I could find after 2 hours of sustained searching that had them in stock. I still spent half an hour searching after finding those trying to find a "reasonable" price until I concluded that the price was reasonable and that price was probably the only reason I was able to buy them. I bought them even though I still have 750 from my previous order but I wanted to have some cushion. Now, maybe all the small rifle primers on backorder are about to flood the shops, and maybe they're not, but at least I have a cushion even if it wasn't a pre-panic price.

 

[Certaindeaf]

You should keep it. What's the point of moving if it's to an ammo desert?

 

[The Heretic]

Battle packs usually sell for 25% to 50% more per round than standard mil-surp ammo

And the quality of the ammo inside does make a difference. IIRC I sold the Portugese battle packs for more than the Malaysian. I think I sold one or the other for $120 per 200 pack?

Ammoseek.com is a good place to start, but I have found that googling the ammo too will often turn up better prices on some sites that Ammoseek doesn't seem to cover.

 

[Certaindeaf]

If all the seek bots say they only have likish ammo ON HAND for $3 a round, that's about what it's going for, plus shipping.

 

[blueswarrior]

Thanks to everyone for the advice. I've put most of it in the ammunition classifieds.