heh!! its opposite here plenty of .223 around here to be had except it is double in price than it was 6 months ago 5 bucks a box for wolf 7 bucks a box for American eagle and 8-9 bucks a box for surplus. 7.62x39mm is nearly impossible to find around here and when you do its 5 to 6 bucks a box of 20 rounds for wolf and 12-15 bucks for a box of S&B white box winchester and remington is going for 15-16 bucks a box.

everyone thinks the rise in ammo cost is because of the war which is partially and also partially because of gas prices but the main reason for the super jump in price over the last couple a months I speculate is because of China and Japan. Japan controls the majority of the worlds steel industry and they have been raising the price on copper like crazy probably because theres a heck of market on it right now and china is buying it up faster than anyone else. then you ask what does that have so much to do with ammo cost since only the jacket of a bullet is copper? then you gotta remember brass is a alloy made up of copper and zinc. this is just my theory its not fact but you have to wonder when japan controls the majority of the steel industry and copper is way up then you look into whos buying it and the culprit is china.