Hoarding is getting to me!
I have always been an avid shooter and I visit the range twice a week. I use quite a lot of ammo in various calibers and that’s fine, however, my wife, loves to target shoot but suffers from some physical disabilities. She shoots .22 as that is all she can handle. Unfortunately within 6 to 8 months the progressive disabilities will bring an end to her shooting , and therein lies the source of my ire. . I always had enough .22 on hand to keep her shooting about 8 weeks and now she is down to a two week supply and there are no signs of being able to get any more for her in the foreseeable future. The reason is simple! “ Hoarders” grabbing everything of the shelves . so much so that now there are real zero stock situations all over the country
I know that many are worried about future supplies of ammo but it galls me to overhear comments like “Yes I have a 5 year supply stocked away” or “Yep I have 10,000 rounds. I have even seen the posts here too, gloating that they have a 10 year suppy. I don’t begrudge them their “stash” But what I do see as a crying shame, is that some individuals are like the "king in his counting house!" Sitting and counting their stash of ammo every night! Many of them are Once in a Blue moon shooters and vary rarely even go to the range.
I went to a gun show Sunday and a guy there had about 10 boxes of federal .22 LR and was asking $7.00 a box of 50.These are the Federal that Wal-Mart sold for $1.97. I would not and could not pay $7.00. Luckily my views were shared by the other show attendees, as at the end of the show, he still had them stacked up on his table. He also had his Small pistol primers too. He wanted $7.50 a hundred for those and there were no takers! Please don’t post responses about a free market. I am fully aware of the opportunities the current situation offers some individuals! But I don’t have to like it!
Luckily for my own shooting I reload everything I need and always keep as much as possible as I can, as I shoot so much. I think there is a difference between hoarding and having stock on hand to USE!
We are going to the range tomorrow, to see if she can handle some .380 that I have light loaded that will hopefully cycle, and just hope her hands can handle the more powerful cartridge. I don’t think this is going to work but she is game to try.
Just wanted to say a sarcastic thank you to the real hoarders! Have fun gloating and counting it all every night! Also thanks to the opportunists buying everything they can lay their hands on to resell at an excessive profit.
I have always been an avid shooter and I visit the range twice a week. I use quite a lot of ammo in various calibers and that’s fine, however, my wife, loves to target shoot but suffers from some physical disabilities. She shoots .22 as that is all she can handle. Unfortunately within 6 to 8 months the progressive disabilities will bring an end to her shooting , and therein lies the source of my ire. . I always had enough .22 on hand to keep her shooting about 8 weeks and now she is down to a two week supply and there are no signs of being able to get any more for her in the foreseeable future. The reason is simple! “ Hoarders” grabbing everything of the shelves . so much so that now there are real zero stock situations all over the country
I know that many are worried about future supplies of ammo but it galls me to overhear comments like “Yes I have a 5 year supply stocked away” or “Yep I have 10,000 rounds. I have even seen the posts here too, gloating that they have a 10 year suppy. I don’t begrudge them their “stash” But what I do see as a crying shame, is that some individuals are like the "king in his counting house!" Sitting and counting their stash of ammo every night! Many of them are Once in a Blue moon shooters and vary rarely even go to the range.
I went to a gun show Sunday and a guy there had about 10 boxes of federal .22 LR and was asking $7.00 a box of 50.These are the Federal that Wal-Mart sold for $1.97. I would not and could not pay $7.00. Luckily my views were shared by the other show attendees, as at the end of the show, he still had them stacked up on his table. He also had his Small pistol primers too. He wanted $7.50 a hundred for those and there were no takers! Please don’t post responses about a free market. I am fully aware of the opportunities the current situation offers some individuals! But I don’t have to like it!
Luckily for my own shooting I reload everything I need and always keep as much as possible as I can, as I shoot so much. I think there is a difference between hoarding and having stock on hand to USE!
We are going to the range tomorrow, to see if she can handle some .380 that I have light loaded that will hopefully cycle, and just hope her hands can handle the more powerful cartridge. I don’t think this is going to work but she is game to try.
Just wanted to say a sarcastic thank you to the real hoarders! Have fun gloating and counting it all every night! Also thanks to the opportunists buying everything they can lay their hands on to resell at an excessive profit.
