Ammo Price Increase at Dick's

[jmanzini]

I was reading Dick's weekly flyer today and noticed .40's and .45's are up $2.00 a box. I bought both calibers on Black Friday for $14.98 a box if you bought 10. Now they are both $16.98.

[imperialism2024]

That would be helpful if they actually had ammo in stock...

I went last weekend to the Whitehall store, and they had no .40 ammo except self-defense specialty ammo. And I believe they only had one 20-round box of that...

Had to march down the strip mall to Wal-Mart and buy some WWB. They seemed well-stocked...

[Frenchy]

I was reading Dick's weekly flyer today and noticed .40's and .45's are up $2.00 a box. I bought both calibers on Black Friday for $14.98 a box if you bought 10. Now they are both $16.98.

I don't think going back to yoru regular price after a "Black friday SALE" counts as a price hike...

Not 100% sure as I dont buy .40 and ,45, but is $17 that unresonable, I know when i see .357 at that price, I am quite happy these days

[jmanzini]

That would be helpful if they actually had ammo in stock...

Between the 2 Greensburg stores, I found what I needed although I have to admit, you're right, they did not have much in stock to last for the times they listed.

[jmanzini]

I don't think going back to yoru regular price after a "Black friday SALE" counts as a price hike...

Not 100% sure as I dont buy .40 and ,45, but is $17 that unresonable, I know when i see .357 at that price, I am quite happy these days

No, it's a price hike. I'm not saying whether $16.98 is expensive or not in today's market, but a $2.00 increase in 1 week is not chump change either. They have been $14.98 for a while if you bought 10.

The sale was buy 1 get 1 half off.

[Gkgas]

I only buy 9mm on sale and it seems that they vary there sales between 7.98 and 9.98. Just wait and check the next few flyers.

[Pukindog]

The Fairless Hills store has not had the Rem. 9 M/M in stock for over 5 weeks. They have not had .38's, .40's, or .357's for a couple of weeks. Only a couple of boxes of Hydra-Shocks. All kinds of excuses and stories from the employees and management. This seems to be the MO of Dick's.

Jeff

[eulogyADD]

I can almost guarantee you that these prices are not permanent. Dicks does this every once in a while to scare people. They have been doing this for at least a year. It usually goes like this:

Week 1 - High price
Week 2 - High or Medium price
Week 3 - Medium or low price
Week 4 to 6 - low price

I check the ads every week even if I have a lot of ammo. If you buy your ammo there make sure you buy gift cards at Giant Eagle first, I think they still have $0.20 fuel perks on gift cards. So $250 in Dick's gift cards gets you $1.00 off per gallon, can't beat that.

[Poonie]

I have not bought from Dick's recently but the Wal-Mart I have bought my last couple boxes of ammo from is consistently out of .357. Last time I bought a box was about a month ago, with none restocked that know of. I went there Saturday to stock up on another box and they were out yet again. So, I picked up another box of Winchester 9mm as a consolation.

[andrewjs18]

I was reading Dick's weekly flyer today and noticed .40's and .45's are up $2.00 a box. I bought both calibers on Black Friday for $14.98 a box if you bought 10. Now they are both $16.98.

same price at Walmart for the 165gr WWB 50rd of .40

I can reload 100rds of .40 with 155gr Magtech Guardian Gold JHP heads for $15-16...that's using a more expensive head, too...I could probably load 100 rds for $10 using lead heads or buying heads in bulks of 1,000.