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< 16ga. General Discussion ~ 16 Gauge Ammo Prices 2025 |
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Mon Jan 20, 2025 6:49 pm
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Joined: 26 Apr 2010
Posts: 3228
Location: NCWa
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New F350 for $96K + WA sales tax 9% that puts it to nearly $105K. Paying my son $10K to detail the '86 F350 sounds better all the time- and besides, they don't make the 460 ci anymore and lesser motors don't run the 12x37" w/air lockers through two feet of snow. |
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Sat Jan 25, 2025 2:57 am
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Joined: 08 Mar 2022
Posts: 112
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Here in S central PA things have stabilized a bit. Mostly all the name stores will have something in 16ga, usually starting around $16 or so. The only one who wouldn't carry 16s was the local mom/pop "gunsmith"; who ironically went out of business after 40 yrs a few weeks ago. I started reloading 12 first & then 20s back in '72. As a hobby i guess because shells were about $4-5/box then and components were so available it almost wasn't worth it to reload. I got out of shells around '76 and didn't get back until about 4 yrs ago when i got hit real bad by the 16 ga and shooting 3-16ga guns. Glad i got a Sizemaster when i did, just before all the foolishness, and was schooled by many of you who got me back into it. I go through about 40 boxes a year, all reloads now and have about 10 flats stashed away. Between Thanksgiving & Christmas i sneak into the cave a day or two/week and put up what I shot during the year. Its nice to see the cupboard all stocked up and ready to go come spring. |
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Tue Jan 28, 2025 8:17 am
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Joined: 16 Jul 2015
Posts: 2143
Location: Hudson,Wy
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There is an ebb and flow to this stuff and I grew weary of it over the years. When the Covid supply issues first started cropping up, I did what I could about it. I reload.
In my constant travels, if I found any powder or primers that still had the old price tag on them, I bought them, so along as it was something I use. I traded rifle reloading components leftover from the guns I no longer owned-for shotgun reloading components. Then a local sporting goods store closed and I bought the remaining supply of shotgun powders at 60% off (there are only a few people in this county who reload shotgun). I even took components as payment for skilled labor. Then a friend offered me 6 lbs. of Clays for $23 per pound since he stopped loading shotshells in the 90's.
Now if I could just find a closeout deal on shot...like the time we bought out JSC's original NTC steel shot kits on closeout for $5 per 10 pounder and $9 per 20 pounder! We used those up in my snow goose days.
The bottom line is that I'd been burned so many times by these market swings, and for the first time in my life, I had the money to take advantage of the right deals. I knew I was going to retire soon and my income would be pretty meager. I am very glad I did what I did. The reloading time approaches with the restlessness that follows bird season. |
_________________ Only catch snowflakes on your tongue AFTER the birds fly south for the winter... |
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Tue Jan 28, 2025 10:09 am
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Joined: 24 Jun 2013
Posts: 2122
Location: canandaigua - western n.y. (formerly deerhunter)
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Been buying the "junk store" bargains for yrs . A little of this and a little of that . Got 2K Herters wads and 1K Herters 12ga AA wads for nothing . Still use older 20/brick primers and on and on .... we just got a bulk load of shot at the club - 50 bucks a bag . I'll be shooting inexpensive stuff as long as I live . Got 12#'s of Perfect Pattern when 24 bucks /lb . Have 12ga , 16ga, and 20ga loads for it now , that'll be the way I go till it runs out . The 16ga load should work in a 29/16 case . |
_________________ Molly sez AArrrooooooah ! |
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