M855/ss109

[Great-Kazoo]

i never understood the anti panic pricing crowd. sure, i plan ahead and thus don't need to buy ammo at crazy stupid prices, but everything in this country has a going rate due to supply and demand (or at least a perceived supply and demand). everything goes up in price at some point. everyone is supposed to sell it at lower prices? why? whats the duration of time that goes by that makes it ok to sell higher? scarcity of a good shouldn't allow anyone to raise prices? ever?

now certainly places like od green supply (RIP) charging a dollar a round for 7n6 can suck it, and i will never shop there. but its certainly their right to sell it at whatever they deem to be the market price. if they don't sell it at that price, they go out of business, as they did. same for people here. they can ask $3 a round if they want, who cares? if someone will buy it, might as well get the highest price possible. if they won't, then the seller can either lower their price or simply not sell it.

i bought 223 years back for 20 cents a round, can i now not sell it at a higher price without being a panic seller or price gouger?

ABSOLUTELY. BUT don't bitch about price gouging. THEN list AR Bolts (ONLY) for $85.

[Skully]

Says the guy with the "What would Brian Boitano do" question emblazoned on his posts.........


Jus sayin.......

Never seen South Park movie?

I thought it was a complimentary Thank You with my last purchase from you. Maybe i read too much in to your screen name SKULLy.

No I gave that back to you because you sent me the wrong color.

[Bailey Guns]

This is so refreshing. It's been a while since we've had a "it's price gouging/no, it's supply and demand" argument. They always go so well.

[Great-Kazoo]

Never seen South Park movie?





No I gave that back to you because you sent me the wrong color.

You prefer the Manly Pink or Butch red ?

[th3w01f]

Ok, I'm going to jump into this for no other reason than Jim Beam Devils Cut.

I've done quite a bit of research into plates (no real or even pretend research on my part beyond Google) and much of it started from Mick Boy's work gear thread. https://www.ar-15.co/threads/110033-...-(what-and-why)

From what I've read, M855 is the best 5.56 for defeating ceramic based armor plates and XM193 is the best for AR500 based plates. I know this is somewhat simplistic and I'd own AMI plates if they made XL but there seems to be a reason for m855.

Either way, please flame on and help me refine my understanding of 5.56 -vs- body armor.

[mtnrider]

i never understood the anti panic pricing crowd. sure, i plan ahead and thus don't need to buy ammo at crazy stupid prices, but everything in this country has a going rate due to supply and demand (or at least a perceived supply and demand). everything goes up in price at some point. everyone is supposed to sell it at lower prices? why? whats the duration of time that goes by that makes it ok to sell higher? scarcity of a good shouldn't allow anyone to raise prices? ever?

The biggest issue I see with the price gouging is I feel like we are eating our own. We are gouging fellow 2A lovers. It's no wonder we can't band together and get anything done when we would cut each others throats. It's not like we are screwing liberals here, we are screwing ourselves.

[Bailey Guns]

The biggest issue I see is why do you care what someone asks for an item when someone else is willing to pay that price? Not trying to start another war...but we've been down this road a hundred times.

[Bailey Guns]

Ok, I'm going to jump into this for no other reason than Jim Beam Devils Cut.

Elijah Craig 12 Year Small Batch tonight.

[BushMasterBoy]

What? No depleted uranium?

[th3w01f]

What? No depleted uranium?

I'd be too busy laying naked and rubbing it all over myself.