How's your ammo?

[Rbo]

My SIL sent me a text. SG Ammo is not accepting any new orders for ammunition due to their overwhelming backlog. (I confirmed. SG has a flag up right at the top of their site. Bummer. They are my go to guys for ammo.)

I read a post from an online gun retailer that was reporting that a lot of people (mainly from states like California) were upset to find out that they couldn't have a few guns delivered to their door. They'd been assured that online gun sales were a thing and they could buy their assault rifles, machine guns and rocket launchers direct by the media and some politicians.

(OK, I made up the part about machine guns and rocket launchers. But not the rest.)

But at least have a whole lot of toilet paper.

One of my wife's coworkers lives in the town we are in. He told my wife that his wife went to the local grocery store and a woman from a nearby city (out of state plates) had bought enough toilet paper to essentially strip the local store and fill her trunk with it. The coworker was worried he'd have to go bail out his wife, because she went off (big time screaming at her) on this other woman pretty hard about hoarding at the expense of the local community.

It's Robert Heinlein's Crazy Years. We're just living in them.

Stay safe everyone. Hope you stocked up. (With a REASONABLE amount of toilet paper.)

 

[sheepdawg]

I bought enough the first Wednesday of November 2012 to last a lifetime plus some.

 

[Goldstar225]

Yeah it seems people are going nuts. As for myself, depending on the cartridge I maintain a 1-3 year supply of ammo for normal range trips. Shoot some, buy some. I'll wait til the surge is over and resume my normal purchase pace.

I went to our local store yesterday to get the wife some ice cream. Out of curiosity I walked the aisles checking out the stock. No TP, canned goods 60% depleted, fresh meats 75% depleted, eggs 80% gone, BACON almost all gone!!

I'll grocery shop in a couple of weeks.

 

[hittman77]

"How's your ammo?"

Mine is dry, secure and plentiful.

Sounds like that guys wife should seek professional help if she starts an irate confrontation because an "out-of-towner" bought too much Charmin.

Good Lord .... THIS is what people lose their **** over? Sad indeed.

 

[Rbo]

When I went to the same local market as noted above yesterday, no TP, NO eggs, good selection of canned veggies, good selection of meat.

Having said that, the locusts may have been through today.

As for ammo, personally, I am good. I always try to keep enough on hand that if the local media ever found out they'd say I had "amassed" a huge stockpile.

Or enough for a few good range days to gun people.

 

[schutz5]

I bought enough the first Wednesday of November 2012 to last a lifetime plus some.

Me three. And now that the ranges are closed,its gonna last me through reincarnation!

 

[Rustyt1953]

I own neither guns nor ammo.

I am not the droid you are looking for..

 

[Rbo]

Be a bit merciful Hittman77, maybe she needed a package of TP for her family. But then she couldn't get one because someone decided to pack their trunk with every roll in the store.

I'm pretty sure you or I would not be happy with that situation. Especially when the moment of truth happened.

 

[redlevel]

After the election of 1992 I decided to accumulate a lifetime supply of ammo. I bought a little along cause that was all I could afford.

My problem now is that a “lifetime supply” ain’t near as much as it was back then. :-((

 

[Onomea]

I got two boxes of 38 spl. Colt DS in my pocket. I feel comfortable.

 

[Tubbsy]

I've got enough to arm my local PD I think....

 

[Hillbilly77]

I learned my lesson in 2013.

My ammo is just fine.

 

[Frank46]

OK, I can understand toilet paper, and akk the other stuff. But what is going with drinking water.? In all the hurricanes I've been through I've only lost the city water once. And since we normally keep a case on hand for emergencies I'm still mystified about the drinking water. I did find a couple of gallons of distilled water for my bipap machine. Which I use every night. Frank

 

[kamloops67]

I have thousands of 38 loaded but those were supposed to be for spring practice and fun shoots
I guess ill have to try to stretch em out til we see where this is going

 

[JcMack]

OK, I can understand toilet paper, and akk the other stuff. But what is going with drinking water.? In all the hurricanes I've been through I've only lost the city water once. And since we normally keep a case on hand for emergencies I'm still mystified about the drinking water. I did find a couple of gallons of distilled water for my bipap machine. Which I use every night. Frank

When bottled drinking water started being hawked to the general public I thought this idea will never fly. Only God knows where the stuff comes from and who's gonna buy it. But here we are and I see people all the time that obviously have to watch their pennies spent on food buying bottled water. I've usually got a case of water on hand so I can take one with in the car. I drink a least two pots of coffee a day and I use city water for that, so I'm DOOMED. I read an article about the toilet paper phenomenon and the point was people now consider toilet paper as a basic staple for existence. Who knew?
Ammo (especially 9mm) got so cheap here last fall I really stocked up.

 

[Jack Flash]

Midway is out of stock on a lot of 9 mm and .45 ACP, but .38 Special and .45 Colt are mostly still available.

Maybe that's a new twist to the old Revolver vs. Auto Debate -- semi-autos make their owners more panicky.

 

[jscheck]

I have enough ammo to protect my toilette paper supply!

 

[bushmaster1313]

I’m good because my practice has been to keep one “Order Quantity” in reserve. For example if I normally order a caliber by the case I will order a new case when the amount of that caliber on hand approaches one case.

 

[Geno44]

Anyone on gun forums who got caught short on their supply of ammo this time hasn't been paying attention. All the posts on the net about "things are quiet, prices are low, buy now" should have been a clue to anybody.

 

[Linejudgemick]

Way, way, way more than the last time we experienced a shortage. But, I didn't realize then that I needed to maintain a supply of toilet paper too!