Mouser
Expert
Now that things around supply are "normal" and gun prices are falling like a rock...you can buy 9mm range ammor for under $10/box if you are patient and watch closely...I have noticed that my reloading components powder, primers and especially bullets seem to be selling for about the same prices I was paying a few years ago. I just checked my 9mm 124gr plated bullet orders from the past couple of years and there is no appreciable difference today than a couple of years ago...but, I can buy factory ammo as much as 15-20% cheaper.
Now I didn't reload until 2014 so I don't know what those components cost in 2008 before the real ammo crunch happened and maybe I am frequenting the same sources thereby missing "deals" but I was wondering what other reloaders who've been doing it a long time are seeing? Do you view the prices about normal? What do you expect, from a price standpoint, to occur over the next few years? I know the cost spread from new vs reloaded is diminished...not that the driver was entirely cost but I expected to see a similar improvement in price and maybe the prices adjusted before I got into reloading, maybe not.
Now I didn't reload until 2014 so I don't know what those components cost in 2008 before the real ammo crunch happened and maybe I am frequenting the same sources thereby missing "deals" but I was wondering what other reloaders who've been doing it a long time are seeing? Do you view the prices about normal? What do you expect, from a price standpoint, to occur over the next few years? I know the cost spread from new vs reloaded is diminished...not that the driver was entirely cost but I expected to see a similar improvement in price and maybe the prices adjusted before I got into reloading, maybe not.