Trading Ammo at Kittery Trading Post

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Has anyone recently traded-in ammo at KTP? Not sure you can even do that amymore. I have some shotgun slugs and 30-30 ammo that I was thinking of trading towards other ammo.
 
Alex978 said:
Has anyone recently traded-in ammo at KTP? Not sure you can even do that amymore. I have some shotgun slugs and 30-30 ammo that I was thinking of trading towards other ammo.
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When is the last time you did this there?
 
Alex978 said:
Has anyone recently traded-in ammo at KTP? Not sure you can even do that amymore. I have some shotgun slugs and 30-30 ammo that I was thinking of trading towards other ammo.
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I can't speak for that shop but generally speaking gun stores don't take "old" ammo or at least they're not going to give you much for it.

They're certainly not going to buy it from you anywhere near their dist replacement cost.

The only time I've ever seen people not get raped is when the market is dry and the shops have no ammo.

You're better off selling what you have privately and turning it into cash and then buying whatever you want frankly. At least on a priv sale you might only lose 10 or 20%.
 
Alex978 said:
Has anyone recently traded-in ammo at KTP? Not sure you can even do that amymore. I have some shotgun slugs and 30-30 ammo that I was thinking of trading towards other ammo.
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They still do ammo trade in. I haven't traded any in but I've bought ammo off that trade in shelf many times. Got a 50 round box of American eagle 44 mag for $35 last weekend.
 
drgrant said:
I can't speak for that shop but generally speaking gun stores don't take "old" ammo or at least they're not going to give you much for it.

They're certainly not going to buy it from you anywhere near their dist replacement cost.

The only time I've ever seen people not get raped is when the market is dry and the shops have no ammo.

You're better off selling what you have privately and turning it into cash and then buying whatever you want frankly. At least on a priv sale you might only lose 10 or 20%.
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Ktp still does ammo trades. They have a shelf just for it. I buy stuff off that shelf all the time. Got a 50 round box of American eagle 44 mag for $35 last weekend.

Like you Say though....they probably don't offer the seller much.
 
drgrant said:
I can't speak for that shop but generally speaking gun stores don't take "old" ammo or at least they're not going to give you much for it.

They're certainly not going to buy it from you anywhere near their dist replacement cost.

The only time I've ever seen people not get raped is when the market is dry and the shops have no ammo.

You're better off selling what you have privately and turning it into cash and then buying whatever you want frankly. At least on a priv sale you might only lose 10 or 20%.
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Thanks for the input
 
I grabbed a box of 22lr at a place in ossipee a month or so ago. It has a Kittery sticker from 1989 on it lol
It's in perfect shape and was cheap enough. I just grabbed it because the shop owner was super decent to me and I didn't want to leave empty handed.
 
Marty McFly said:
I grabbed a box of 22lr at a place in ossipee a month or so ago. It has a Kittery sticker from 1989 on it lol
It's in perfect shape and was cheap enough. I just grabbed it because the shop owner was super decent to me and I didn't want to leave empty handed.
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At ktp awhile back I picked up 3 boxes of 45acp with sears price stickers on them lol
 
I bought boxes of 450 Marlin when I had that gun...... Not a problem.

Traded some steel case Winchester shit there because it was horrible as well. I wouldn't even sell it to anyone unless they needed something for failure drills. The Canik and Glock wouldn't even eat it. It had to go, so it went with few gun trades in a safe cleanout.
 
i always check that shelf. my best find was lapua 22lr pistol king, $4/bx. only 8 left when i got there but i grabbed them all
 
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