Over the last few weeks I've been ask by few people (not close friends) if I would give or sell them ammo. These were people I work with, but don't know well on a personal level.

I politely declined, and suggested ways they could procure ammo for themselves. Anyone else had this experience?

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Factory ammo OR handloaded reloads ???

My handloaded reloads are for me ONLY, liability consequences.

Factory ammo, I have plenty from accumulating, I've been selling off (but not all of it). I've been selling out the car trunk in the parking lot at a local store as their store has zero stock. The price is profitable for me and less for them had they bought at the elevated store prices, win for me and win for them.

I have been asked for ammo and firearms from former co-workers, neighbors, and two friends. I point them to a local trader forum. I did sell an AR to a former co-worker a month ago, but he is like a brother to me.

I have had many people ask me for ammo since they know that I have an abundance of inventory. I will not provide reloads to anyone other than two people that I am close to and am familiar with their firearms. I prefer to Trade Ammo rather than sell it as in this market, I hate to sell if for less than I could auction it off for, but hate to gouge people.

Bob

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Factory, I would never sell my handloads...

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I have sold one box of .38 spl, a box of 9mm and given away 2 bulk boxes of .22lr. I ain't selling or buying for this year and maybe next. Joe

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Give or sell, NO.

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You are a braver man than I to advertise on public media
you have all that. There are people that are good with computers that could figure out where you live in less than 20 minutes.
And that’s just the teenagers.

I have a very small circle of friends, and an even smaller circle of acquaintances, so no.

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I have , in the past sold off factory stuff . I would / will never sell handloads . I DO NOT have a federal license to manufacture ammo for sale and the fine and prison time doesn't make it worth taking the chance , let alone the liability aspect of it all . NOPE , not worth it . Regards Paul

Wonder how good they are at cracking safes?

I pass some down to my Son and SIL.
They’ll be getting some for Xmas.
That’s it for me!

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Ill sell to those Liberals who just now got the big picture all day long, and firearms too...1 Good SW Mdl 10 1 oz of Gold, 50 rds of Factory 38 Spl, 1 silver dollar per round. I remember when the 1992 LA Riots went on all gun sales in LA were haulted, Just over the LA County Line a small shop was selling pre Jan 1899 rifles for 500.00+ each, 5 rounds of ammo $20.00. Over 560 rifles sold in 1 day. Love it.

Never a Boy Scout but I.......................

Learned my lesson as a small child..................

"Ant and the Grasshopper."

Haven't had anyone ask, but then I haven't been to the indoor range in 9 months! Wouldn't matter, I'm not letting any of mine go for any price :-)

With the instruction videos circulating on the Net today they are likely quite good at "cracking" safes. Unfortunately instead of good, sound firearm instruction too many today's kids spend most of their time playing video games and studying how to commit criminal acts without getting caught.

I gave away 25 rounds of SWC's with Model 10 sold a few months ago . Only one other gun guy where I work we keep mum though he did say had 5000 rds .22L .

Most of my ammo is my hand loads. NO!!! I do not sell/loan or donate any ammo to anyone.

The only person I provide ammo to is my son.

Ah, perhaps not so obvious a question given the responses: Why do all these people know you have an abundance of ammo?

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For good or bad, I'm the gun go to guy where I work...

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Two grown sons, 9 grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren. I share with them frequently, but it appears to be my fault because I never taught them that ammunition can be purchased in stores. They keep sending their fired brass back to old Grampa (840 rounds of .30-30 in this year's marathon loading session).

Older brother in another state complained that he could not find anything for his .38 Special revolver. I sent him 5 boxes from my stash.

I usually go to the indoor range early in the mornings (4-5AM), keycard entry allows me to come and go anytime. One of the other guys I see frequently said he was completely out of 9mm. I had a case (1000 rounds) that I purchased last year for $120. He offered $15 per box, I let him have 10 boxes (500 rounds). So now I still have 500 rounds, I recovered my investment and put $30 in my pocket.

Another one of the old guys I have seen at the range for years was strapped for .45ACP. I let him shoot a couple of boxes of my reloads, no charge, but he's been watching me shoot the same ammo for several years so he had a pretty good idea that I know what I'm doing.

I tend to hoard some things. I'm always on the lookout for .22 Shorts to keep my old Winchester 1885 in use. Some of my other old timers need ammo that is either obsolete or difficult (and expensive) to find, like .218 Bee, .25-20, .32-20, .38-40, .44-40, .45-90, .33 Winchester and a few others. Many of those are selling for $2 to $5 per round when you can find them, so I keep loading my own and casting bullets for them.

I've got one too....mine's a 1887 build.... never shot it ..... bore's not so great/ black powder........ big heavy and .22 short always makes me chuckle... hangs over the door in my home office/den!

I was in a vulnerable position, last March. I moved to a rural village and required movers to assist me. This was when COVID-19 was really starting to scare people. One of the movers remarked about my collections and asked whether I would sell either firearms or ammo. I too declined and recommended he ask friends and family.

I am fortunate, that I have a hidden pantry. My safe is bolted to the wall within. My ammo does make it a little cramped in there though.

The exact same dilemma I am in. Have an abundance of 9s and 223... I want to sell some but it just feels wrong to sell for the inflated prices it will bring... But I bought it initially to sell more than half of what I bought. Components also. Bullets brass and primers are going for ridiculous prices. I have had beaucoup people ask me to reload ammo. I usually tell them I don't load 9s or 223 and that I don't have a license to do so anyway. They ALWAYS say...I won't tell anybody. One even brought a whole load of brass to trade me 20 to 1. I still declined and told him ..not even at a 100 to 1. I keep finding primers I have stashed away. 2000 7 1/2 SRPs and 5000 Rem 1 1/2 SPPs yesterday from when we moved here 16 years ago in a 15 lb Cardboard Green Dot Keg marked dishes

Tell em to buy their own!

I helped one of my best friends buy his first 22, a Wrangler and I gave him a box of Remington so it wouldn't be a paperweight.

Luckily he followed my advice when I texted him a good deal on bulk 22 and he bought some so he at least has about 700 rounds to start training his sons and himself on.

Nobody's asked me for ammo. Fellow shooters have their own stashes. If they're in a bind, I'd certainly share factory ammo to keep them shooting; no handloads though. I shared some 22 with a friend during the 22LR ammo draught a few years ago. It kept a buddy participating in our Bullseye league.

Asked out of the blue by an acquaintance or a random co-worker? Highly unlikely I'd sell or (sheesh!) give them ammo. Sounds a lot like "what's mine is mine and what's yours is mine too!" Pretty forward if you ask me.

A few years ago, a co-worker was getting into shooting. I took him to the club a few times, helped him get his arms around handloading. I shared targets, my equipment etc. It got to the point where he expected my generosity. He'd help himself to my paper targets, rut though my shooting bag for tools, grab my spotting scope to see his targets. All of this without asking. He even wanted me to bring specific items for him to use. This got old fast and I put a stop to it. We don't shoot together anymore. An extreme example, yes, but it shows how some folks think.

Now I'm not a stingy guy. It's a pleasure to help new shooters or old shooters in a bind. Things can get out of control when other people expect gifts. Give 'em an inch and they think they're a ruler!

1. No one has asked me.
2. I would never sell (or give) my reloads to anyone.
3. An extremely close friend was considering the purchase of his first pistol. I told him I'd give him some factory ammo if he couldn't find any.

Only on TV. In real life a JPEG with no EXIF information reveals nothing about location. And like most web software this forum strips the EXIF when you upload a photo.

That a teenager can hack into any computer system given 20 minutes is a common theme on TV. But the truth is that it is a lot harder than that. If they could they would be hacking into banks, not gun forums. To steal this ammo they would have to find an unpatched vulnerability on the forum software, retrieve the posters email, correlate that email to his real address, drive cross country to his house, break into his house without getting shot or arrested, take a Saws All to his safe and then steal that ammo. That's a lot of effort, risk and felonies for not that much money. And the internet being what it is there is also the risk of going through all that trouble just to learn that their intended target was just blowing smoke and doesn't actually have any ammo.

The much bigger threat is one of your children or friends mentioning you have a lot of guns and ammo that information spreading like a game of telephone. If you are the gun guy at work word spreads. And boys like to brag about all the guns their father has and lets him shoot. Word gets around.

I would never mention guns I own on something like Facebook where my real name is shown. But I worry a lot less when posting on forums.

I have never had anyone ask me. I usually only talk guns with other gun guys and they all have ammo.

If someone did ask I would do the same as the OP, politely decline.

I have exactly 16 rounds of factory 9mm ammo but any close friend is welcome to it.

I gave a Model 64 revolver to a friend who is like a brother (or maybe a son) to me and I think I gave him a box of ammunition to go along with it and when he bought a vintage .30-30 Winchester M94 I gave him ammunition for it. I have a box of 44 Special ammunition that I plan to give to another good friend so he can use it in the 3" M629 that I gave him in lieu of paying off a poker debt more than a decade ago (I couldn't stand that gun, anyway).

Other than that, no, I shoot my ammunition, that's why I acquired it and note that I did not use the word "sell" in any of what I said above.

Okay, wait, I did sell an old Colt Police Positive to a friend recently - he's not close enough for me to just give it to him but I did give him 12 rounds of .38 Special for it.

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Come and take it!!

Anyone that couldn't see this coming, ??

I have friends and associates that know my hobbies and toys, that want me to give them ammo for hunting and personal defense use. My answer: What were you thinking?

One long time hunting friend, with MONEY, wanted 20 rounds of 20ga slugs for deer season. I offered 15 rounds, to be replaced. He's pissed. Too bad.

You are totally justified IMO.

Your children, and sadly, one of mine, have been brainwashed by socialist teachers, and socialist media. They will turn you in, in your best interest, saving you from yourself.

Very scary.

I have enough components to stay shooing for a long time. That said it could be a very long time before I am able to restock anything. I don't sell or give away ammo to anyone other than my sons and of course I just give it to them. They are the only people that I let shoot my loads as they know me well enough to know what the risk is. One does reload 223 and 300 BO with a Dillon 550 he got from me but still gets 9mm from me and 22 from time to time. The other one lives in Tampa and only shoot when he comes home pretty much and most times my guns and ammo.

Turn me in for what? Where I live there is no limit on how much ammo I or any other non felon can have in their home. My kids would not tell anyone how much of anything I have anyway. They also voted for the same guy I did this last election. I did a better job of teaching them then the teachers and professors did I guess.

The fact that you have a lot of something, does seem to lead some people to believe they are entitled to a piece of the pie, just ask a lotto winner...

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I gave the RSO two rounds of 460 magnum on Friday morning with a caution of them being reloads. He used one in my 460V and the other in my 14 inch 460, he was quite impressed, first time behind a X frame.

Or getting past a VPN.

If they tried to track my PC, it would lead them to Los Angeles right now.

Maybe France or Germany tomorrow.

I’ll break you off a piece of my Kit Kat bar, but not my ammo

Sell my ammo? Next you're going to ask for a kidney!

I've sold some junk wolf steel case that I got in local auction lots for a healthy profit. My chambers mean too much to me to subject them to that ****!
Buyers were exuberant to get it at all! I sold it for double what I paid and half the going rate!
I've also sold a few hundred rounds of quality stuff I had more than 1K stash of to fellow SWCA members who asked.
Through luck and skill, I scored more rounds of a few calibers than I'm likely to ever need, especially since I can reload for them. (yes, I have plenty primers, cases, powder, various lead alloys and molds for when times get tough!) Only thing I lack is time. :-(

And more on topic.....my formally liberal little sister who lost her startup business due to socialism and 'Covid' (who lives in Denver) asked me for a 'defensive item' several weeks ago because there were literally riots on her street. Blew me away!
I had my dealer send her a police trade-in 64 HB I didn't need and I UPS'd her a couple boxes of feed.

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SWCA #2243 SWHF #292

During the great ammo dearth of 2009 I supplied a box or two of .22 LR each to my son, brother and the neighbor who keeps red squirrels from overrunning my mother's place. That's about as far as I go. I have traded factory ammo in calibers I no longer shoot for the same in those I do.

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I need ammo, not a ride.

Brother-in-law shot all of his 380 practicing with his Ruger LCP then realized it was unobtainium. Cousin has some, and I have some 9mm Luger of a brand that ain't accurate in my G43; so an equal trade, with b.i.l being the beneficiary. I told him why practice with an LCP ... got a trigger pull like pulling a log out of the brush.

"What ammo???"

I've been doing without useless **** so I could buy guns, reloading components & ammo. I have never paid high prices for anything & bought in bulk. I started buying when Bush was elected. Way I see it everyone had the same opportunity as I had. All I can say is people that have no ammo should have bought when it was cheap.

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Interesting... a local guy here started doing that and got banned from the property along with a trespassing summons and a summons for no business license.

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I have enough ammo, but not a ton to spare. At the beginning of the panic, and a little later into the protest movements, I had friends who were scared and couldn't find ammo for love nor money. I helped them out when I had the chance, because they're friends of mine and sitting as a dragon upon a pile of ammo doesn't help me at all.

If a friend, neighbor, or coworker needed a box of ammo I would give them some. I actually do have plenty.

I suspect most of the Ant/Grasshopper posters who claim to have a big supply really don’t.

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