Where did all the ammo cans suddenly go to?

JnRockwall

WTH, there are billions of these and poof they are gone.

HappyNanoq

I only bought 6.

William81

A bunch of them at Big R today...also a bunch of them at Bass Pro in Peoria, IL yesterday.

JnRockwall

Bass Pro use to have 50 cals for $20 ea, but the last gun show I went to, very very few cans. I paid $15 for 1 can I had to have, but that is insane. I figured with the end of the wars, ammo and cans would be stacked deep and selling cheap.

shoff14

quote:Originally posted by William81
A bunch of them at Big R today...also a bunch of them at Bass Pro in Peoria, IL yesterday.


Where were they and how much? I must have been blind! [:D] I should note that I saw the small plastic ones they had in front of the ammo out in the isle. If they have metal cans, let me know.

Aimsurplus has some now.

Sig220_Ruger77

There have not been anywhere near the normal amount at gunshows that I have recently been to either. The few I have seen have been marked up pretty high. They must be using them for something else....?

Jon

William81

Sorry, the Big R is in Rochelle IL...the Bass Pro is in Peoria

JnRockwall

Oh yeah, let me clarify, I am speaking of USGI ammo cans, not those china rips or plastic junkers. I will admit I bought a plastic one fri, BUT only because it had the storage trays in it and they fit a real cal can. It was also only $2.75 more for the plastic can and trays vs just the trays.

shoff14

quote:Originally posted by William81
Sorry, the Big R is in Rochelle IL...the Bass Pro is in Peoria


How much were the cans in BP?

gruntled

I bought 270 rounds of 30/06 Korean surplus last month for $149 & it came in a metal surplus can.

Waco Waltz

Tons at the sporting good stores here.

bambambam

Bunch in the Mattoon Rural King store to.(whole pallet the other day when I was in there.)

rong

Preppers!

Warbirds

Ammo Depot out in your neck of the woods had about 1,000 of them when I stopped in 2 weeks ago.

rigbysbud

How many do you need?

http://www.govliquidation.com/auction/view?auctionId=6158247&convertTo=USD

catgunguy

quote:Originally posted by rigbysbud
How many do you need?

http://www.govliquidation.com/auction/view?auctionId=6158247&convertTo=USD


That would be a good deal if one was close to pick up.

Mobuck

All the ammo cans going to the middle east don't return. Government control(cradle to grave) has taken the supply out of the surplus market. There is a couple living about 15 miles from here who used to get empty ammo can (.30 cal to 40mm) by the trailer load. There were piles the size of a 2 car garage in their back yard. All that's left are the damaged ones now. Same with other surplus stuff. I've seen them come in with a 20' trailer load stacked 2 deep with 4'x4'x4' bundles of coats and sleeping bags but not now.

shilowar

My BIL bought a pallet of 50 .30 cal cans last week...

Mobuck

Those new cans on the market now are crappy reproductions.

MVP

?I like the plastic ones from cabelas

William81

quote:Originally posted by shoff14
quote:Originally posted by William81
Sorry, the Big R is in Rochelle IL...the Bass Pro is in Peoria


How much were the cans in BP?



19.99

lksmith03

Probably in attics and buried

JnRockwall

quote:Originally posted by rigbysbud
How many do you need?

http://www.govliquidation.com/auction/view?auctionId=6158247&convertTo=USD


I signed up for that last night, I might just get the pallet of them if they getting hard to find, set up a table at the gun show for $10 a pop and make a killing.

here is something else I an looking into:

http://www.govliquidation.com/auction/view?auctionId=6146705

wpage

Got mine...

DCM the hard way!

JnRockwall

I'll call Colt tomorrow and see what he is getting on his.

barbwired

They are filled with 22lr's somewhere.

ChrisInTempe

Closets. Only three in mine. Got a brother with dozens in his reloading building next to his house.

Guess that would have to be one of them there "Undisclosed Locations" though [8D]

john w

the GOVT bought them to store there billions of rounds of ammo they will use to kill us off.

nunn

I bought a bunch a long time ago for a buck apiece. I have a few left. Some store ammo, and one is bolted to my tractor as a tool box.

legear

Bass pro and another gun shop got in heaps of xm855 in the can. Panic over?

lee sherman

Let's see. No ammo, no ammo cans, no firearms to buy, no reload supplies. The Feds have plenty of everything. Tanks, armored vehicles, lawmakers gone wild! Things that make you go, Hmmmmmmmnn!! [:(!][V]

bambambam

Still there, no wonder, see the price.[:0]

j3hill

I have a bunch. Am I to blame?...I don't much care for federal anything..so must stock up...only a few will come out alive of what's coming.

JnRockwall

I don't think this is a hoarding issue. I think this is a disruption in the supply line problem. Ammo cans have always had a steady stream. Not not only are people wanting $20 a 50 cal can and $15 for a 30 cal can but you don't see them piled up everywhere like you use to.

I went to an army navy store and he had a bunch, but they were all bent, went, rusted, had water in the them. Generally speaking, they are crap cans for premium price.

You reckon some lainbrain liberal woman in a position she has no business holding is some how slowing the flow of these back home? I don't think we are getting war cans, I think all that is left is what's produced on the bases. And now with those crrap china knock offs flooding in, it may be a sign of the times.

Here's something note worthy. If a 30 cal can can bring $15, and you get a can, 200 rounds of 30-06 for $110 shipped, did the cost of your ammo just drop by 7.5 cents per round? I would say yeah, you have to count the can as an asset.

JnRockwall

quote:Originally posted by nunn
I bought a bunch a long time ago for a buck apiece. I have a few left. Some store ammo, and one is bolted to my tractor as a tool box.


nice. a $1 a piece... I can't fathom. I think my first one was $5.

MrGunz22

Piles and piles of them at Gander yesterday. $20 for real ammo cans, $10 for the plastic ones.

MrGunz22

Piles and piles of them at Gander yesterday. $20 for real ammo cans, $10 for the plastic ones.

COLT

Nunn
quote:I bought a bunch a long time ago for a buck apiece.

Dang! I got robbed!

I paid $30 bucks for 25 as new cans awhile back, and $45 bucks for 15 as new 20 mike-mike cans...they were in the guys way.
20mm cans are great, double carry handles and are around 14" x 14" x 6".

The 20mm cans hold a lot of loose shotgun shells, 2 3/4"...3"...3 1/2", have not counted a full one, probably hold 200 shells or so...and they are heavy when full.... I didnt loose a single gun in a damn boating accident or any other accident either.

quote:They are filled with 22lr's somewhere.
Yes they are.

I'd say a can easily holds 5,000 loose rounds of .22lr quite nicely with lots of room to spare, a tad heavy, 250 rounds of Rem LR HP weigh 28.6 ozs...[;)]

JnRockwall

I have 3800 rounds (76 50 packs) in a 50 cal can. I bet you could get 6000 loose .22 rounds in a 50 cal can. I can't remember for sure but I think my bil put 430 shotgun shells in a 50 cal

nunn

quote:nice. a $1 a piece... I can't fathom. I think my first one was $5.

Guy had a lot of the cans, all used but in decent shape. All .50 cal, I believe. No one seemed to want them at the time, so he offered them to me at a bargain. I am not one to turn down a bargain, so I bought all he had. I think he had around 50 of them. I know I have three left, maybe four, but all are in use.

ATHOMSON

quote:Originally posted by JnRockwall
WTH, there are billions of these and poof they are gone.


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