AP: Ammo Shortage Squeezing LEO's

[buck00]

I think we need to just ride this out. Sure we can speculate endlessly, but we have to consider a lot of manufacturers (including those of .223 and 7.62 x 39) are churning out the max production to keep pace with contract demands.

If and when the war ends (U.S. pull out), the level of production would most likely continue at least temporarily- creating a surplus, which would be addressed with price reductions.

 

[dstorm1911]

Denfoote, yep Mendells took the revolvers in as partial trade on the original S&W 39s which were then taken in for trade towards the Glock 17s which were traded in towards Glock 22s and 36s, We had a crapload of the 39s and 22s end up here in Tucson when Jensens got almost all of em in from Mendells on yet another swap...... some plaincloths officers still carried mod 36s J frames up until 2001 when the PPD decided absolutally nothing but .40 S&W and only autoloaders the autoloader thing became mandatory after a plain cloths officer serving a warrant had his revolver disabled when the suspect grabbed the frame/cylender binding it up the gun was taken and the officer nearly killed with it..... officers can carry a revolver off duty if they want or as a backup but primary weapon is autoloader only.....

Criminals are getting braver about grabbing an officers weapon and the revolver was just simply too easy to disable the Autoloader carries more rnds and if grabbed it will still function so....... Tucson has the same policy BTW same guns same ammo HOWEVER plain cloths officers can carry their own autoloader as long as it meets dept. requirements for retention etc... and if in a Caliber other than .40 S&W the officer must supply his own ammo as approved by the dept and maintain a minimum amount etc... many officers here Carry Sigs in .45 acp

 

[GRB]

I have yet to see bare shelves at gun shops or Walmart. Natchez and Midway haven't posted messages saying "No more ammo, sorry!"

No they are not saying that, but here is what natchez is saying:

5% - 25% Increase by Spet. 1st

For more info you can go to their page that concerns the price increases @ http://www.natchezss.com/customerService.cfm?contentID=manuIncrease&src=BA481

No I will not print it out here, far too much to print. Give it a click and view it yourself. There are 3 links to letters from major ammo manufacturers on that page, leters that state why and how much prices are expected to go up.

Buy ammo now.

All the best,
GB