checked backorder status for .22lr im trying to find at a decent price and if there is any change in when i can order or backorder and Midway has 1-3 box limits on when you can order/backorder... now just wait until they will take new odrers... waiting sucks!
rationing is hitting online sellers
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I've noticed that since the Walmart(s) around here have implemented the same type of policy, I've actually started to see ammunition start to linger on the shelves a bit longer. Placing a per purchase or per day limit on ammunition seems to give supply a chance to catch up, and if it means I'll actually be able to obtain ammunition again in a semi-regular fashion again, I'm for it.
Cesiumsponge
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The problem isn't with the manufacturers. It's with the tens of millions of panic buyers exceeding the nominal purchasing rate of the entire population of America. DC isn't limiting ammo. They provided the impetus for panic buying. It's the panic buyers drying up supply.
While I agree panic buying is the root cause, you can't ignore the government/federal agencies buying insane quantities of ammo. They are still the leading purchaser even above civilians. (Sorry no source to link but if the several articles I've read and distributors I've talked to are to be believed)
The problem isn't with the manufacturers. It's with the tens of millions of panic buyers exceeding the nominal purchasing rate of the entire population of America. DC isn't limiting ammo. They provided the impetus for panic buying. It's the panic buyers drying up supply.
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This. We tend to be our own worst enemies.
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This. We tend to be our own worst enemies.
Cesiumsponge
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The government has always been the largest purchaser of ammo. However, do we have data on what their baseline annual purchases are so we can compare baseline purchases to the "government purchases a billion rounds" stories making various news outlets the last several years?
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