Gun buys up95% - Ammo buys up 139%

[Poper]

It ain't our imagination!
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/...sales-to-blacks-jump-58?utm_source=whatfinger
Meanwhile, a little tid bit I haven't seen elsewhere:

Sales, meanwhile, aren't just to the traditional customer base of white males. The report said that the surge is among others, especially blacks, Asians, and Hispanics.

“The highest overall firearm sales increase comes from black men and women who show a 58.2% increase in purchases during the first six months of 2020 versus the same period last year,” said the report.

As Arte Johnson would say: https://tenor.com/view/very-interesting-arte-johnson-listening-gif-14472867

 

[mokin]

Are pro gun advocacy group seeing an increase in membership?

 

[jeff-10]

Those two numbers, 95% and 139% are only limited by the supply chain, not demand and capital. Wait to the supply starts catching up. This will likely have unforeseen consequences on the entire industry.

 

[Mars5l]

And to think the first 2 months were when things were normal. Makes you wonder how the year will finish out

 

[Heir Kommt Die Sonne]

And to think the first 2 months were when things were normal. Makes you wonder how the year will finish out

I'm telling people I know, Glocktober is gonna be cancelled this year...

 

[earlthegoat2]

Gun sales alone were actually double in January what they were for the previous December. That is saying something considering January is not a post-Black Friday holiday shopping month.

February was about the same as January.

March saw a slight uptick. Maybe 15-20%.

April doubled March.

May went maybe 40% higher than April.

June doubled May and so far July is set at close to even with June as of July 21 so July will eclipse June by an indeterminate amount but probably around 20-30%.

It seems gun sales are related to new COVID cases.

As has been said, supply has limited sales. It would seem there could be no end to sales if supply was grossly increased.

 

[Ks5shooter]

All the sheep realized they don't want to be sheep anymore.

 

[CDW4ME]

Ammo buying is up 139% and that wipes out basically all of it? I'd have guessed more like up 1,000%

 

[3Crows]

Ammo buying is up 139% and that wipes out basically all of it? I'd have guessed more like up 1,000%

Yes. Manufacturers do not build in double capacity to their system and hold large inventory of the needed raw materials and very few retailers hold significant reserve inventory of product. The reason in both cases is that it ties up capitol and inventory is taxed and companies cannot have significant over capacity in manufacturing and staffing and make a profit. So then when demand goes up 2.4 times it quickly wipes out the store shelves. My amazement is human behavior, like, "hey, maw, run down to Walmart and grab all the toilet paper you can get and I will run to the gun store and buy all the ammo I can carry!" And to make it worse, the ammo resellers have remerged like roaches from the cracks and crevices of the gun world hanging around Walmart and Cabela's and wherever buying every box of ammo that shows up with the intention to resale it.

 

[Ignition Override]

How much of the increase in gun sales began After the urban looting and riots started?

Growths in gun sales in a small city, i.e. Dyersburg or Jackson TN might have far less significance than in downtown Minneapolis, a Chicago or Seattle suburb.

How much have they grown in Those types of large urban areas?

* People seem to have figured out/noticed that Antifa or other similar groups have Not attacked any smaller cities, at least almost none which I have read about. This notion---which was nonstop in the media for days---might have been the root cause of so much concern.

 

[HB]

How much of the increase in gun sales began After the urban looting and riots started?

Growths in gun sales in a small city, i.e. Dyersburg or Jackson TN might have far less significance than in downtown Minneapolis, a Chicago or Seattle suburb.

How much have they grown in Those types of large urban areas?

* People seem to have figured out/noticed that Antifa or other similar groups have Not attacked any smaller cities, at least almost none which I have read about. This notion---which was nonstop in the media for days---might have been the root cause of so much concern.

I live outside city limits and my neighbors are convinced “antifa” are coming for them. Anybody that’s looped into the 24-hour news cycle is panicking because that’s what the TV told them to do.

 

[gunlaw]

Saw a 500 brick of .22 LR for $85.00 .Yikes

 

[.455_Hunter]

And to make it worse, the ammo resellers have remerged like roaches from the cracks and crevices of the gun world hanging around Walmart and Cabela's and wherever buying every box of ammo that shows up with the intention to resale it.

Yup- Roaches is a good term for them. Buying to stock-up for yourself/family is one thing. Trying to be a "flipper" is yet another thing entirely.

 

[Ignition Override]

HB: True. Television has people consumed with anxiety. And the networks' profit from advertising revenue might be considerable these days.

The owner of a nice restaurant we visited in downtown Roanoke VA told us last week that if people were to stop watching tv for a while, far more would go out to eat.

TV's non-stop news, ....despite being mostly repetition over and over, and.... often equals indoctrination and addiction to the images. This is only my opinion. And now with large screens and HD presentation, it's even worse.

HB: Don't your neighbors realize that the Antifa or BLM mob went into that specific walled community Because The Mayor Lives There, Because she had already publicized some city protestors' names?
If that was the only targeted (residential) neighborhood, then your neighbors are Bright enough to realize the difference?

>>>How much of the recent increase in gun sales is in, or close to large urban areas?

 

[MikeInOr]

I feel some good deals hitting the used gun market somewhere around 6 months to a year from now.

 

[Carl N. Brown]

"TV's non-stop news, ....despite being mostly repetition over and over..."

One reason I gave up on TV news, It's all repetition and gross oversimplification or out right misprepresentation.

Yeah people buying ammo to "flip it" at increased prices; I wish them stuck with their hoard.
I have ammo in reserve that I bought at normal prices Black Friday 2016, and am currently burning through some 10+ year old T22 I replaced with CCI Std Vel while prices were normal.

 

[cslinger]

Saw a 500 brick of .22 LR for $85.00 .Yikes

Look I’m only going to do this because I feel like we should take care of our own. So $67.00 + shipping and I’ll sell you a couple bricks. . Ahhh heck if you buy three at 67.00 each I’ll eat the shipping.

I remember not long ago my .22 was worth many house payments for a period of time. Seems we are heading back there. Sigh.

 

[HB]

B: Don't your neighbors realize that the Antifa or BLM mob went into that specific walled community Because The Mayor Lives There, Because she had already publicized some city protestors' names?
If that was the only targeted (residential) neighborhood, then your neighbors are Bright enough to realize the difference?

I moved 2 hours from STL last year but grew up within bike distance of the central west end. (And went to many a high school party in that neighborhood).

And short answer is no, they aren’t. They don’t understand it was a private neighborhood and not a residence. I lived in University City during the Ferguson riots and can assure you STL wasn’t completely scorched as Fox/CNN would lead you to believe. Just as now there isn’t mass graves of corona dead or communists overrunning american cities.

 

[FlSwampRat]

How much of the increase in gun sales began After the urban looting and riots started?

We noticed a big uptick in April, May was crazier and it's just gotten nuttier. I read a statistic that in May a million+ more guns were sold nationwide than May 2019. Our June doubled our May.
I truly wish I had a buck for every call I've gotten asking if we had Glock 19's.

* People seem to have figured out/noticed that Antifa or other similar groups have Not attacked any smaller cities, at least almost none which I have read about. This notion---which was nonstop in the media for days---might have been the root cause of so much concern.

I'm told Antifa is planning some big demonstration locally 2 blocks north of my chiropractor. sigh.....

 

[pairof44sp]

Yup- Roaches is a good term for them. Buying to stock-up for yourself/family is one thing. Trying to be a "flipper" is yet another thing entirely.

I found 7 boxes of small pistol primers in stores yesterday. That is going for about $1,200 on Gunbroker right now. But I would feel like a jerk flipping them. And then I wouldn't have any primers.

 

[23tony]

I wouldn't mind if someone wanted to "flip" a few primers my way, since I just bought all the stuff and have everything BUT.

As I said, it looks like I picked a bad time to start. I would love to at least be able to try out the equipment!

Back to watching the online shops...

 

[Ignition Override]

FlSwampRat:

Well, when well-heeled Democratic attorneys brandish even empty guns near people who threaten to kill them.......

..the public might conclude that Regular Folks are probably more likely to react while holding guns with "high visibility"..

The graphic video in St. Louis must have made a clear, lasting impression on the Antifa and Wannabe clones. Taking this into account, that specific response--by Democrats-- must have made the overall environment even safer for homeowners.

 

[SSN Vet]

I think a lot of people are understandably scared by all the social unrest, rioting and attacks on the police.

This isn't likely going to end well.

 

[George P]

All the sheep realized they don't want to be sheep anymore.

All the antifas know to take over, they need to be armed as well.

 

[George P]

Yup- Roaches is a good term for them. Buying to stock-up for yourself/family is one thing. Trying to be a "flipper" is yet another thing entirely.

So you are against capitalism and making a profit? Seems that's what the young kids are against as well. If no one buys at the higher price, the seller - if he truly wishes to sell them - will lower his price until a willing buyer wants it badly enough. As for folks stocking up, we have seen folks buying up enough to last them, their kids and grandkids throughout all their lives - that makes them a bigger part of the problem - and we gun owners do it to ourselves every time this political scenario arises.