16 years ago

[noylj]

Just for nostalgia--it wasn't THAT long ago.

 

[Potatohead]

Back in the good ol days, did they pretty much have everything in stock, or could you get what you wanted in stock if they didnt have it?

 

[rg1]

Almost anything you would want for reloading was "in stock" and decent prices during the 1980's and 90's. So much surplus brass, bullets, and powders you could shoot until your hearts content instead of your wallets limit. The Klinton years started it then along came high copper prices and now I firmly think it's the demand that has led to supplier greed. They can with the demand raise prices beyond cost/profit margins. I think also the various companies that used to supply ammunition and components have been bought out by large corporations that control too much of the supply chain.

 

[KansasSasquatch]

WOW!! Too bad I was only about 14 back then. Wasn't even interested in reloading until about 5 years after that. Didn't start reloading until about 13-14 years after that was published. I'd love to see prices that are TWICE what those listed prices are.

 

[Nordeste]

Talking with the oldtimers at my shooting club, there was a time over here when we had access to a wide array of powders, including Vihtavuori and most of the American powders available there. Then some %$#@ at the administration decided to ban reloading and there was an uproar from the shooting/hunting/gun shop community so they decided to legalize it again, but under tight control. Now we need a permit in order to reload and powder choices are very, very limited. Only the French Vectans and a few others, locally manufactured. Components availability is scarce depending on where you live. Luckily, my LGS is well supplied most of the times and I have no problem.

I can feel your pain, but believe me, there are others who are doing worse, even .

 

[horsemen61]

I can dream about those prices id never seen it so low

 

[Reefinmike]

And gas was a dollar a gallon in 1998... Inflation will change the price of everything. Im happy to buy a can of bullseye for $18 out the door knowing that it'll push 2200 lead slugs out of revolver. Im not doing a lot of digging but when compared to common staple items, me thinks powder is cheaper today than it was 16 years ago.

 

[BYJO4]

Those were the good old days. Besides the prices, it was just nice to go into your LGS when you needed a pound of powder or 1000 primers. There was no reason to stock pile components as they were always available.

 

[witchhunter]

You could still get 4831 surplus for around 85.00 for a 15# metal can, and J&G was selling 1911 frames, slides etc. for around 150.00 a gun....If you could put one together from parts.

 

[gamestalker]

I remember my dad handing me a quarter to get a gallon of gas for the mower. I would get a full gallon, and a snicker's candy bar, and still had some change left over to hand him.

I remember being able to get a pound of powder, a hundred CCI primers, and a box of .277" spitzers for about $10.

25 lbs. of chilled shot for $4

GS

 

[Dudedog]

Overstocked?
What does that mean??????

Have not seen it used same sentence with the word Powder before.

 

[dickttx]

Those things are pretty relative.
I bought a Colt Diamondback for $125 because I couldn't afford a Python for $137.50.
It is probably easier for me to afford either one of them now than it was back then.