plainsdrifter
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Seems to be plenty of ammo out there according to all the solicitations from several retailers in my in-box. And prices are still holding if not going down.
They probably have a long enough shelf life.Great tip! I am going to start hoarding Happy Meals!
The problem I have is overstocked. I bought a case when I had the cash for whatever I was shooting. Then I messed up my back and standing for more than 10-15 minutes is agony. Arthritis in my hands was bad enough but I could muddle thru.
So, now I'm stuck with thousands of rounds and no hope of shooting it up.
I do wonder how much ammo goes unused. I imagine estate sales are a good indicator.
This is funny. Ole Uncle Bob had a lot of fishing sinkers and nut crackers in his shop!!!It's all the other stuff we have that isn't something any normal person would want, that is the job.
The very definition of "shortage" is not enough supply to meet demand. What you refer to as "panic buying" is simply a temporary increase in demand that outstrips the available supply.
....no, like Chicken Little and the rant "the sky is falling!", the attempt to push all gun owners to "panic buy ammo now!", punishes us all. The fool is Chicken Little. Not responsible and prudent gun owners.Remember: The prudent man sees the danger and hides; the fool carries on, and is punished.
I disagree with your assessment in that I do not see this as unnecessary. I remember previous shortage where 22LR and 9mm was absolutely unaobtainium. I remember having to buy a case of 9mm online and paying extra to have it shipped to me on the barge because absolutely no retailer in my city had any 9mm at any price. There have be no primers of any kind for sale at any retailer for any price in my city since 2020, Covid, and the "Summer of Love" riots. I mean absolutely none. They simply do not exist. So now, when I see the danger of ammo/component unavailability, I hide from it by buying whenever it is available.....and that "panic buying" is creating a unnecessary shortage based on nothing but fear.
I promote people being prepared, taking responsibility for themselves, and acting in their own self interest. I oppose people "not participating in the panic" (i.e. acting against their own self interest) in some socialist utopian nightmare, believing, falsely, that if we all just sacrifice personally, for the common good, and not buy ammo, that somehow the problem will just magically go away.Yet so many here, with these types of threads, are actually promoting the practice.
What part of the current demand for ammo and components is not real? Real people are exchanging real labor for real currency which they then exchange for real ammo. That demand seems pretty real to me.These ol' "Buy before it's all gone" rants, along with the "I've got mine boys! You need to be more like me!" statements are just as much as a driving force of price increases and any perceived shortages, as material shortages and real demand.
Ghandi once said "be the change you want to see in the world." I guess you can stop buying ammo and see how that works out for you, but for you to tell others "nothing to see here, move along" is disingenuous at best....the attempt to push all gun owners to "panic buy ammo now!", punishes us all. The fool is Chicken Little. Not responsible and prudent gun owners.
Interesting take. Why do you think that? Have you seen food prices lately? Food, overall, is up 26% in the past four years. People who filled their garages with food four years ago are getting a better return on their money than people who invested in an IRA or bought gold. (or ammo for that matter.) This is doubly true if one has a large family to feed....nothing wrong with some extra canned foods, but a whole garage full is just as dumb as semi-bare shelves...
There are only two solutions to the problem.Rumors and hearsay are generally the cause of the problem, not a means to a solution.
But powder doesn't last forever.That is crazy. I have about 27 pounds of powders. So I am good for a long bit. I think I paid 15 bucks for a pound for some, others 29 bucks a pound. This will pass most likely, but you never know. One time it will be the new normal.
We have similar problems. I don't have access to an inexpensive outdoor range so I don't get to shoot as much as I would like. I'm also out of .357 brass so I can't reload any more rounds, despite having bullets, powder, and primers.The problem I have is overstocked. I bought a case when I had the cash for whatever I was shooting. Then I messed up my back and standing for more than 10-15 minutes is agony. Arthritis in my hands was bad enough but I could muddle thru.
So, now I'm stuck with thousands of rounds and no hope of shooting it up.
Do you have a friend or a family member who does understand the value of your guns? I highly recommend putting him in charge of liquidating themIf I were to suddenly die or become very incapacitated- my wife would basically give away my rifles plus ‘multiple’ thousands of rounds of centerfire ammo.
No way would she even consider trying to figure out Gunbroker or haul the guns to be ripped off by a gun store.
She barely has the strength.
A friend was given a basically mint (1970’s) Remington .308 with a beautiful Vortex scope. Given by the widow of a former coworker.
Did anyone else just hear the sound a record makes when you drag the needle all the way across it?...I put my wife in charge of the ammunition and she started buying.