GigaBuist wrote: "I prefer just waiting for stuff to go on sale and buy a case at a time. You'd probably do better to open up a an ammo savings account, dump the money into that on a weekly basis, let it gather interest, then snag a bunch when it goes on sale."
I can't resist a good economic analysis. There could be times when the above would be the best approach. Its strength is it enables buying in larger quantity but that may or may not be offset by the price increase of the "thing" being bought over the time it takes to accumulate the money. In either case, prices always rise faster than savings appreciate so usually saving for something means you get less for your money in the long run. Of course we do it that way because we have to, and it is still better than borrowing and paying interest. In the case of ammo, I don't see super huge differences between the unit price of smaller quantities and larger ones. At least not enough to offset the rapid price increase. I recently bought Brown Bear in both x39 and .223 and I know I will never see those prices again. But I remember 20 years ago I could have bought some acreage down the road for $700 an acre and I thought - I should have gotten it when it was 400, 700 is way too high. Of course now it is worth over $5,000 per acre. The moral of the story is - when it is a long term investment and the price is rises, lock in as much as you can afford. Otherwise, use the drip method which is what the original poster described and buy fixed dollar amounts at regular intervals regardless of price. Class dismissed, you all get As.
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