Hoarders to the Rescue

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The O.P. might attract some offers if he could avoid name calling like "ammo hoarders"
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Or think a little on what the word "hoard" really means. It is not "hoarding" to stock up. Hoarding is when you accumulate more than you "need." But "need" is subjective. Those who "stock up" have decided that they "need" to have something set aside for a time when supply might be scarce or constrained. That is not "hoarding." That is "being prepared."

The real "hoarders" are those who did not stock up in advance, and then start panic buying when they see that supply might be scarce or constrained. Basically, those who cannot now get what they "need" are being squeezed out, not by those of us who have a supply set aside from earlier times, but by others like themselves who didn't plan ahead, and are now grabbing everything in sight.
 
While I do have some sympathy for those who were unable to stock up, it doesn't change the fact that it's all about life choices.

Those who know me on here know that I have a substantial collection, and plenty of ammo to feed it. But I'm not a wealthy person; I'm a mechanic, I run a one-man shop.

So how was it that I could afford to drop ~$10k on guns and ammo last year? Well, the last time I went to a movie was 5 months ago, and I used a gift card. Last time the wife and I went out to eat was 3 months ago, also gift cards. Our television is nearly a decade old. My daily driver is a 1987 Dodge Daytona (not a beater), hers is a 2004 Town & Country that we paid cash for in 2011. My annual vacation is a 3-4 day pig hunt in Texas. The list goes on.

Evaluate your monthly spending, you'll be surprised how much ammo you could have bought by skipping some of the other luxuries and frivolous expenditures. If the other stuff was more important to you, that's fine, too-Just don't gripe about how you couldn't afford to stock up on ammo.
 
The purpose of stockpiling ammo is for situations just like we are having right now. Stockpiling requires planning, effort, and finance, plus covering the hassles and expenses of storage. Folks aren't apt to just part with that which they have worked hard to accumulate.
 
I am insulted at the very question! Hey I failed to buy ammo when it was available and so now you should give me some at a reasonable price. NO! You should have bought ammo when it was there. Stocked a little up for times like this, I got caught with my pants down after the 08 election and I swore NEVER AGAIN. But even then I did not complain that others had prepared, it was my fault that I didn't put a little back not theirs. Live and learn, when this calms down buy one box for shooting and one for keeping everytime you buy ammo. It may mean shooting only half as much but at least you will have ammo the next time (and there WILL be a next time).
 
Keep what you have, but quit hoarding ADDITIONAL ammo for your great, great, great grandkids and everything will be back to normal in no time. That goes for DHS as well.
 
It's not hoarding of you actually use it. Perhaps the d.bags with 100K+ rounds for their never fired ARs from 2008 would like to make a couple bucks though.

If they are keeping it for when SHTF it won't do them any good because they NEVER even practiced firing their rifle.
 
How could any self respecting 22 owner not have 3 or 4 thousand rounds sitting around?
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For my wife and I that is like a 1 month supply, two months tops if the weather is bad. No doubt we'll feel the pain if things don't improve by this time next year, we'll just have to make do shooting fewer rounds of more powerful ammo.
 
I built my house of brick and mortar. You built yours of straw or sticks. Now the big, bad wolf is out there.

Some folks go to school for all those years and lean NOTHING! :neener:
 
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InkEd, you didn't prepare and you're now suffering the consequences. Maybe you'll learn a lesson this time around and will be ready for next time.

What those people do with their ammo is up to them, not you. How and the frequency of use of their firearms is also up to them. Don't like it? Too bad. You have no say in their shooting habits.
 
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I am insulted at the very question! Hey I failed to buy ammo when it was available and so now you should give me some at a reasonable price. NO! You should have bought ammo when it was there. Stocked a little up for times like this, I got caught with my pants down after the 08 election and I swore NEVER AGAIN. But even then I did not complain that others had prepared, it was my fault that I didn't put a little back not theirs. Live and learn, when this calms down buy one box for shooting and one for keeping everytime you buy ammo. It may mean shooting only half as much but at least you will have ammo the next time (and there WILL be a next time).
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I LOVE IT!!! My sentiments, exactly.

I won't resort to name calling, like the thread starter did, but if I was going to I'd call him a "whining baby." Take your toy and go home...wait, you probably don't have one of those, either. Live and learn.
 
The original premise is faulty. It's akin to a 70 year old person who didn't save money while he could asking others who "hoarded" money for their retirement to share with him. This illogic concept would aver that the savers 'have money in the bank and aren't using it.'

These times of feast and famine are cyclical. If you didn't make preparations in times of plenty it's not the 'hoarders' fault, it's your fault.
 
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