If you need 9mm HP - 124+P Gold Dot, 2023 government contract overrun, brass case, $500 - 1,000 rounds:
https://www.velocityammosales.com/products/9mm-speer-gold-dot-124-grain-p-jhp-brass-1000-rounds/
upcoming 9mm and 5.56 ammo shortage?
- Thread starter conan32120
- Start date
- Status
If you need 9mm HP - 124+P Gold Dot, 2023 government contract overrun, brass case, $500 - 1,000 rounds:
https://www.velocityammosales.com/products/9mm-speer-gold-dot-124-grain-p-jhp-brass-1000-rounds/
Hillbilly Hydrographics
Member
I stay atleast semi stocked on all the calibers I shoot some are very well stocked some are stocked enough that slumps don't slow me down to much. I will say though that the panic buyers and scalpers are the ones who create a "shortage" soon as the first word comes out of "shortage" the idiots run out and buy buy buy creating a shortage where there wasn't one. Look at all the idiots who now have thousands and thousands of rolls of tp. If anything gets left on the shelf then the prices don't go through the roof. If shelfs stay empty and can't be filled fast enough to meet the panic buys then the price go's up up up because the companies know they can get away with it cause the next idiot is gonna pay it cause they think there's a shortage and that they need them regardless of price. The last man made shortage companies would say out of stock on a purchase of 2 boxes of freedom seeds but had enough in stock to sell you a case. I quit using several companies the last go round when they started there bs and gouging. Even though I stay stocked up I'm not gonna continue to do business with companies who want to rape there customers the first chance they get.
I think this is just a bunch of panic buying Winnies again. When ammo started coming back several years ago, like in 9mm, while Federal was in the middle of doing a multi-million contract with the armed forces. And late last year Winchester got a new contract with the local Fed for more ammo. Why would you think they need any more small arms ammo now? Remember Obama even armed the IRS and the SSA with guns and ammo in 2013.
CoalCrackerAl
Member
I was going to wait until January. When im back down where Sportsman's warehouse is. To buy more primers. I decided to get more local since the new war has started.
Shanghai McCoy
Member
Someone once said. "Never let a good crisis go to waste", (or something like that..? ) 
Ignition Override
Member
If gun owners gradually built up a reserve- as they have been Advised to do, for Many years-- why would a possible shortage matter all that much?
Did seasoned gun owners --again-- choose to ignore extremely frequent (on gun forums), well-displayed advice?
Did seasoned gun owners --again-- choose to ignore extremely frequent (on gun forums), well-displayed advice?
Did seasoned gun owners --again-- choose to ignore extremely frequent (on gun forums), well-displayed advice?
There’s a good chance lots of experienced guys forget just how much is in there stash, get nervous and buy more!
Once a week someone posts how they found a case of something they didn’t even know they had.Good for you . Expensive hobby, isn’t it ?Ordered as much as I could- we'll see if it actually ships.
NIGHTLORD40K
Member
For many years I had more $$ in Star Wars action figures than guns and ammo- somewhere north of $30K all told. Didn't quite break even when I sold it all, much of it unopened.
At least my guns have held their value, and I actually get to play with them.
Don't get me started on boats and hot-rods......
tominboise
Member
YupThere’s a good chance lots of experienced guys forget just how much is in there stash, get nervous and buy more!
Ignition Override
Member
Hartkopf: I have an ok stash of .308,, but my favorite four rifles all are in .308.
The only reason I don't buy much more is simply the current price over the last two years since "Battle Rifle fever" Bit hard---so Really late in life.
2 FALs, a PTR-91 and an M1A.
The only reason I don't buy much more is simply the current price over the last two years since "Battle Rifle fever" Bit hard---so Really late in life.
2 FALs, a PTR-91 and an M1A.
D.B. Cooper
Member
- Joined
- Oct 2, 2016
- Messages
- 4,396
Then you will soon have no place to buy anything-especially ammo. It's not rape; it's the Invisible Hand of the market. If retailers can't keep product on the shelf, then they are obviously selling it too cheaply. The market is obviously out of equilibrium and the price must rise to bring balance back to the market. Prices convey information about demand and scarcity. If ammo is scarce, the price must convey that information (in other words, scarcity equals higher prices.) The price of ammo will continue to rise until at least some ammo remains on the shelf. One positive side effect of this is that, the more we are willing to pay, the more ammo they will make, up to their maximum capacity.
Retailers have an obligation to their shareholders to maximize profit. Contrary to what you may think, Sportsman's Warehouse, Remington, Blazer, etc. are not in business to provide you with ammo. They're in business to provide dividend checks to their shareholders. It would be a breach of fiduciary obligation for them to sell ammo to you at a price lower than the market value (the equilibrium point).
Hard times seem to be the norm these days, be prepared as best you can. The finer points of supply and demand are off topic for us and we've been down this road before, let's call it a day.
- Status
