Shhhh! Don’t give anyone ideas.Unless the market experiences another exogenous shock. Banning Russian ammo imports would do it.
I herd him talking about not building new ammunition plants and this may be a splitting hairs thing. Adding additional primer capacity might be a smart move considering that people will over buy for a while after this thing is over. I'm guessing people on here will have at least 20-50k before they stop. That's a lot of forward production. They are small and dont take up.much space unless you buy federal... I hate their packaging but that's a different debate.
Never enough. I dont remember federal limits but 50k seems to be a tipping point.Before they stop.....until the next pay day you mean?
I was talking with a friend just yesterday about components and prices.
I told him I expect standard price for primers to be $50-60/k by the time shelves are fully stocked again.
I hope I'm not too light on that estimate.
It is regional. Around N. Florida we're still seeing bare shelves at the few places who bother to carry reloading supplies.This must be regional cause in my neck of the woods (Northeast) shelves are still empty. I also find online pretty bare too. I would imagine the midwest/west to get supplies first since the shooting community is much larger. Can't find a Scheels anywhere east of Indiana.
I have this theory that all of the supply is going to anti-gun cities and counties to supply the scalpers and drive people away from wanting to own guns. If ya'll are getting stocked while places traditionally very gun friendly are getting shorted, we might want to know why and have our industry rep's explain themselves.
I doubt the supply chain is political (more than it normally is, anyway). I believe they are fulfilling the big contracts as high priority and the little guys are being left with the scraps. I'm sure the big box stores have computer algorithms that help divert stock to stores in regions where it sells the fastest, so scalpers may be feeding the algorithms by buying it up super fast.Would all the folks posting, "What shortage? Why, I just bought 10 million small pistol primers this morning!" please post where you are (region or state, please) so we know where the supplies are going to and where they are being withheld? I have this theory that all of the supply is going to anti-gun cities and counties to supply the scalpers and drive people away from wanting to own guns. If ya'll are getting stocked while places traditionally very gun friendly are getting shorted, we might want to know why and have our industry rep's explain themselves.
Amen, Brother, and pass the ammunition.Just because you are acting paranoid doesn't mean the powers that be are NOT out to get you.
I went by BP on Saturday (now that they have folks working there who customer oriented) and saw a sign that they had ammo in: 6mm CM, .338WM, .475Linebaugh, and .458WM. I remarked to the guy behind the counter it was good to see they were at least getting some ammo in. He said, "Oh, yeah, it's wonderful they're sending us stuff nobody in Florida has any use for. It'll never sell and because it doesn't sell we won't get orders filled for ammo that will sell. I don't know who's making these decisions but they got their head up their..." (collective caboose). Strange an outfit like that - that big and that business savvy - would send big, dangerous game, long range rifle ammo to N. Florida - where we haven't seen a elephant or rhinoceros since Ringling Bros. were in town and the average deer (all 150 pounds of 'em) is shot at less than a hundred yards. Now, I'm, not saying there's a conspiracy or plot or anything, just stupid decision-making and maybe some bad-actors deliberately skewing the data. That's why I'm trying to gather my own data. Right now, all I got is a string of coincidences without any supporting data. The darned distributors won't share they're internal data and anecdotal data is the most unreliable kind there is but, if it's all you got, work with it.I doubt the supply chain is political (more than it normally is, anyway). I believe they are fulfilling the big contracts as high priority and the little guys are being left with the scraps. I'm sure the big box stores have computer algorithms that help divert stock to stores in regions where it sells the fastest, so scalpers may be feeding the algorithms by buying it up super fast.
Would all the folks posting, "What shortage? Why, I just bought 10 million small pistol primers this morning!" please post where you are (region or state, please) so we know where the supplies are going to and where they are being withheld? I have this theory that all of the supply is going to anti-gun cities and counties to supply the scalpers and drive people away from wanting to own guns. If ya'll are getting stocked while places traditionally very gun friendly are getting shorted, we might want to know why and have our industry rep's explain themselves.