doublegunshop.com - home Forums General Discussion DoubleGun BBS @ doublegunshop.com what is stockpiled ammunition worth these days?

I just realized what a pain it is to even ship loaded ammo anymore. I'm trying to get 3 boxes of mostly antique .250-3000 Savage (two are Remington/Peters boxes from the late 50s/early 60s) ammo shipped to me here by a friend and he's been stopped by everybody available to him in nowhere Pennsylvania. Everything associated with guns is difficult anymore, it seems (shipping, flying, & using). The !@#$%^!! Administrative State has just about made it impossible to either own or use them. If one didn't already have what was needed in place, it would nearly be pointless.

You can thank the Democrats….

I'd be happy to take on alleviate anyones burdonsome 9.3x72r stash

I just bought a stash on Gunbroke for $258 delivered. I got 75 brand new Norma cases, 1 new box of S&B factory loads, 50 Buffalo Arms bullets new in the bag,and 46 rounds of what was listed as handloaded ammo. The loaded rounds, in my opinion, are all factory loads. Ttere were 25 marked 360 9,3x72 D N, 15 marked 9.3x72 D Normal, and 1 round marked 9.3x72R RWS. All are Nickle plated bullets, the 25 appear to be 200 Gr and the others 193 Gr. The first two are mixed .366 and .364. The RWS is .361. All are two diameter.

They kinda covered the gamut of 9.3x72 history. Not sure whether to shoot them or hold them.

Altogether, given the current price of ammo and comoponents, I though it was a good buy.

One other comment on the OP. I tend to trade around a lot and always stock up on ammo for oddball guns, which I end up not using. Used to buy and sell a lot of items as a hobby, and used 3 local auctions a lot. Every 10 years of so, I would include a pile of ammo with the orher items I placed in an auction. The auctioneer would divide it into several auction lots based on type. I was always shocked at the ridiculous prices I got; higher than I thought it would cost new even after paying commission. If you are having an estate audtion anyway, put it in and let the auctioneer takecare of it. We have had five different estate and moving auctions in the last 20 years, and each time my wife and I would estimate what our outside top guess would be if we sold it, and always got at least twice that much or more. There are so many small items you don't consider that bring a lot of money that would likely go to Goodwill or boxlots if you were doing the selling. One of the auctions took two auctioneers in two rings for two days to sell it all, and had 1200+ items. It ended up bringing 1/3 of the price the home brought at a subsequent sale.

Talk to your local auctioneer if there is a significant amount.