DustyGmt
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I just managed to score 1500rds of CCI @ $7/100 .22lr and 200rds of #8 12ga. I'm not certain what the 12ga ammo cost, but I'm having a lil but of a bittersweet moment here, on the one hand I'm glad I got some ammo, on the other I could have just got alot more.
My wife goes to get aquarium supplies in the nearest town that has a Wal mart. I don't get over that way much but every time I ask her to go in to check for ammo she says it's wiped out, so tonite I ask her to pop in and check. Queue "eyeroll", she agreed but basically she feels it's a waste of time since the shelves are bare every time, so I tell her you never know, you might get lucky and get there as soon as the truck arrives. Well lo and behold she got there as soon as they stocked the shelves with .22lr and 12ga ammo.
She tried to call me to ask what she should get but I was in the shower, anyway she tells me what she got but told me there was alot more. She said she asked if there was a limit and the clerk said "no, but there should be". She called from the parking lot and I was talking to her about whether or not to have her go back in to buy the rest. She tells me she would feel like a jerk and that I should leave some for someone else and I do get why she would feel that way. If I was there right now, pretty much no question I would walk in and buy it all. I would feel a lil awkward about it but I can't really see how letting the next guy come in and do the same thing I want to do helps anybody but that guy. I just haven't warmed up to the idea that I need concern myself with who may come in to buy ammo after me. I spend alot of time searching for ammo, to no avail, I like to shoot, therefore when I finally do find it, should take advantage right?
If I knew that the next guy coming in was just looking for a box or two to shoot with his kids or something I would of course leave it for him/her, but there is no way for me to know that the next guy isn't just going to scalp it, or buy it all in bulk for himself.
I guess all this is to ask, can anybody make a case for why I ought to concern myself with leaving some for the next guy, is there anything wrong with my thinking about this. I am not a selfish person by nature, but I definitely think I'm a selfish ammo buyer in an unprecedented ammo shortage the likes of which we have never seen. I let my wife off the hook by the way, I told her if she feels bad doing it that she didn't have to because I understand the logic of it and why she would feel uncomfortable about it, but when we scour the online shops, hoping to find a bucket o' bullets, or case or whatever, and you finally find it, do you say hmmmm, I bet somebody else is going to want that and pass on picking up ammo after coming up short for months at a time? I would think not and I guess that's just how I look at it.
I'm prepared to take some heat for this, I know alot of people believe that people like me are the reason we are short to begin with. I don't really buy that, I look for months and months with no luck, when I finally find stock I'm happy to buy it, just as I would think anybody else would be. I'm not making a profit, I'm just a shooter and times are tough for shooters right now so I feel pretty content to buy a case when I find it. I'm still gonna be shooting less, alot less if I don't take advantage of opportunities to buy ammo when I find it.
My wife goes to get aquarium supplies in the nearest town that has a Wal mart. I don't get over that way much but every time I ask her to go in to check for ammo she says it's wiped out, so tonite I ask her to pop in and check. Queue "eyeroll", she agreed but basically she feels it's a waste of time since the shelves are bare every time, so I tell her you never know, you might get lucky and get there as soon as the truck arrives. Well lo and behold she got there as soon as they stocked the shelves with .22lr and 12ga ammo.
She tried to call me to ask what she should get but I was in the shower, anyway she tells me what she got but told me there was alot more. She said she asked if there was a limit and the clerk said "no, but there should be". She called from the parking lot and I was talking to her about whether or not to have her go back in to buy the rest. She tells me she would feel like a jerk and that I should leave some for someone else and I do get why she would feel that way. If I was there right now, pretty much no question I would walk in and buy it all. I would feel a lil awkward about it but I can't really see how letting the next guy come in and do the same thing I want to do helps anybody but that guy. I just haven't warmed up to the idea that I need concern myself with who may come in to buy ammo after me. I spend alot of time searching for ammo, to no avail, I like to shoot, therefore when I finally do find it, should take advantage right?
If I knew that the next guy coming in was just looking for a box or two to shoot with his kids or something I would of course leave it for him/her, but there is no way for me to know that the next guy isn't just going to scalp it, or buy it all in bulk for himself.
I guess all this is to ask, can anybody make a case for why I ought to concern myself with leaving some for the next guy, is there anything wrong with my thinking about this. I am not a selfish person by nature, but I definitely think I'm a selfish ammo buyer in an unprecedented ammo shortage the likes of which we have never seen. I let my wife off the hook by the way, I told her if she feels bad doing it that she didn't have to because I understand the logic of it and why she would feel uncomfortable about it, but when we scour the online shops, hoping to find a bucket o' bullets, or case or whatever, and you finally find it, do you say hmmmm, I bet somebody else is going to want that and pass on picking up ammo after coming up short for months at a time? I would think not and I guess that's just how I look at it.
I'm prepared to take some heat for this, I know alot of people believe that people like me are the reason we are short to begin with. I don't really buy that, I look for months and months with no luck, when I finally find stock I'm happy to buy it, just as I would think anybody else would be. I'm not making a profit, I'm just a shooter and times are tough for shooters right now so I feel pretty content to buy a case when I find it. I'm still gonna be shooting less, alot less if I don't take advantage of opportunities to buy ammo when I find it.