I have a suggestion to fight profiteers!

[df53141]

If you have extra ammo, maybe share some with your fellow shooter in your area (say 50 rounds), I mean either loan them or charge them a reasonable price, say 35 cents/round (for 9mm?, I mean similar to the price charged by reputable dealer such as Cabellas, ), this is to combat any rush to buy ammo from egregious profiteers such as CTD and these on gunbroker.com

Once the situation gets better, we MUST unite and drive CTD out of business, they are as bad as gun-grabber!

 

[HereSinceTheLongHunters]

A united group of enthusiasts working to make sure everyone had a comfortable store would be great...but good ol' human nature.. the same reason we have the 2A.. will always rear it primitive nature whenever issues of survival or opportunities for profit arise. Clubs or groups could probably pull it off.. but there will always be other guys on their own trying to keep up... There's an idea: anyone with a mountain of 9 wanna adopt a "gun buddy"????

 

[fyimo]

Sounds great and if people knew that there was an end to this sad chapter in history it might work but right now no one knows what the future is and if they will ever get to buy ammo as they wish or reloading componenets again so the hearts of giving seem closed.

 

[arjay]

I keep my son and sister in ammo and I suspect a lot of us with a little put away are doing the same.

 

[smithman 10]

Share the wealth!

I gave my brother-in-law a box of 9mm to practice with. I gave my chiropracter half a box (like 250 rounds) bulk .22 to shoot.

If I know someone desperate for a little ammo I will spare a little. I'm sure we all do this for relatives and friends.

It's like sharing food when it's in short supply. We should all be doing this (sharing ammo when we can, if we have a little extra) without even having to think about it.

I'm betting most of us who have a couple extra rounds are already doing it, am I right?

 

[flundertaker]

I have a hard time blaming anyone who was properly prepared. In some ways I was remiss and didnt buy enough when it was "dirt cheap". I suspect I have a lot more than many but I certainly dont have a lifetimes worth as a few I know have. It comes down to choices. Why would anyone buy now when they wouldnt buy when it was cheap? If the answer is "I didnt know...." or "I never thought..." than thats your problem as this situation was fairly predictable. When times are good its easy to put off squirreling away a case of your favorite ammo. "It'll always be available, right?" That attitude is what seperates those with and those without. For those who had the discipline to adequately prepare to generously offer up part of their stash at a price people are obviously willing to pay makes them capitalists, nothing more. I dont do business with CTD because I am not willing to pay their prices but I am not calling on a boycott of them because of their prices.

 

[flundertaker]

I keep my son and sister in ammo and I suspect a lot of us with a little put away are doing the same.

I am not, nor do I really understand your statement. Ammo is not like food. They dont need it each day in order to stay alive. If you give them a box to go to the range, that's great but I honestly dont see the need to be a constant provider as your post suggests. Its your ammo, you can certainly do with it as you see fit but I am not keeping anyone in ammo and have cut back my own shooting to just enough to remain proficient despite a supply that is adequate IMO. I havent been to the range for fun since late 2009.

 

[Engineer1911]

If you didn't or couldn't learn from Clinton about shortages in ammo, components, powder; then O'bama is teaching a graduate level course in "Preparadness" and shop early, shop often..

Edit: Broke out the first case of Obama1 large pistol primers and loaded 1,200 45 acp with cast bullets. Lead was mined from outdoor range backstop.

 

[smithman 10]

Stingy bunch!

Well, so far looks like I am wrong. I guess most of us shooters are a stingy bunch.

Look at it this way. All these brand new gun owners who can help us support the Second Amendment need encouragement, right? If they can't shoot their new firearms they won't stick with it and become diehard enthusiasts like the rest of us here.

I'm for helping them out to the extent that I can.

 

[jonesy814]

Not a bad idea, but not always feasible. I have a shooting buddy that I have been telling for months to pick up ammo for when the weather gets good. I even told him where to get it as I know of a gunshop that almost always has 9mm and 22 in stock, although at slightly higher than normal prices. He just plane old didn't do it. I'll be darned if I will sell him any of my ammo just because he was too lazy to take a 25 minute ride out of town.

 

[arjay]

My goal is to go to my grave flat broke.The man that dies wealthy is a fool IMHO.

 

[df53141]

Some people miss something here lol!

Well, so far looks like I am wrong. I guess most of us shooters are a stingy bunch.

Look at it this way. All these brand new gun owners who can help us support the Second Amendment need encouragement, right? If they can't shoot their new firearms they won't stick with it and become diehard enthusiasts like the rest of us here.

I'm for helping them out to the extent that I can.

You see some people here don't even have the cherished NRA logo next to their ID, , we also need to take care of membership, right? Congressman's first question to any gun lobby is: how many new members have you got?

 

[S&WForty]

I wish this mess would end. I know people I really like and respect that now have more freaking ammo that they'll ever be able to shoot. And they're still standing in line hoarding more most days of the week.

Then I know people buying guns and ammo with money they don't really have. One month they're complaining they can't pay their utility bill or car note, then the next month they're buying yet another $600-$900 pistol. Beam me up.

 

[don5]

I just sold 2 325 round boxes of 22 ammo to one of my son's friends parents. I sold it for $17 each, which is what I paid for it. I was over at their house to pick their son up, he was staying the weekend with us. His mom was talking about not finding any 22 ammo. The boy goes into his older brothers room and comes out with a box of 22 ammo. He tells me that this was all they had. I looked in the box. There were about 20 shells in there. I told them that I would sell them some. When I told them the amount of ammo and the price, they got really excited! His mom and dad thanked me repeatedly. I told them to ration it and not shoot it all at once. I told them whenever they see it for sale, they should stock up. They were really happy and I was glad to help them out.

 

[Dezfan]

I haven't sold much as I intend to build my cache to a point that my son should have ammo to shoot long after I leave this Earth.

The little I have sold, has been local, sold to service members, and at my cost.

I have nothing against those selling ammo at a profit. It's capitalism in action. It will sell for whatever the market will bare.

But it a free market, as such, you are free not to purchase it.

That's the beauty of it.

 

[blujax01]

Take a look at EBay and reloading dies. The folks who have their auctions at three-figure prices are not selling product.

The folks who started their auctions at retail price (or lower) with no reserve are making healthy money. Their goods are being bid up over 3X retail close to that Buy-It-Now price in the inactive auctions

If one starts an auction at $0.99 and folks bid it up to the stratosphere, whose duty is it to say: "No, no now don't be foolish. Go buy it from someone else."

And whose fault is it that the high price was paid? The seller took a chance that no more than $0.99 would be paid. It was the purchaser - the market - that determined the final selling price.

Those of you complaining about "profiteering" are barking up the wrong tree. The buying public has and always will set the price of any free market commodity. Price fixing and profit limits are the stuff of government regulation and I'm not even going to entertain that conversation.

 

[compshootfl]

I just wanted to ad that there are few members I know are helping those without ammo, by selling some of their stockpile at pre-panic prices. Just goes to show, there are still some good guys left. I just wish I could help someone in need, but, I am one of the unfortunate who just bought ammo when I needed it and didn't stockpile...lesson learned.

Carry on.

 

[steamloco76]

My LGS offered to buy .22LR from me at $25 per brick and 9MM FMJ at $20 per box. I almost sold him some, until I saw what he was reselling other repurchased ammo for: $6.00 per 50 rounds for .22 and $38 per box on 9MM.

So, friendly LGS offers to buy ammo from me for $5 more than I paid to re-sell and make $18 to $35 per box on it. Nope. If one of my few real friends needed some ammo, I would sell them some, otherwise my wife and I are going to keep and use what we have.

 

[Tenn2]

I have been doing this very thing for the last couple of months. Gave a box of 9mm to my wife's boss and just gave another to my neighbor. Also gave a box of 22lr to another neighbor.

Also sent some 9mm to a fellow forum member and we are waiting for photos of his range visit.

I have a good amount of ammo and am hedging my bets that this will end eventually.

Share the wealth!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[gm272gs]

I have a friend who bought a 9mm pistol (his first firearm) last year. He emailed me last week and asked if I had any sources for ammo, since he couldn't find any and wanted to go out to the range.

I thought that I could part with some 9mm to help a friend. I put 100 rounds of 9mm in a ziploc bag and dropped it off for him at his office. He called me gushing with compliments and telling me he'd pay me back in ammo as soon as he could find some. I told him that he didn't need to. It was my gift to him.

Guess what? Another friend called me two days later because he was liquidating an estate and wanted to know if I needed 5.56 ball ammo. I said SURE! I bought 1,000 rounds of new Lake City (in an ammo can) for $350 and he threw in 90 rounds of .308 and 400 rounds of 9mm.

Karma, baby!