I have talked to some of my old shooting supply wholesalers. They told me their customers are ordering ammo at much higher rates...about double average...since what happened in Pa. reloading supplies too. I'm hoping this is not a harbinger of things to come. Or maybe a regional thing?...2 of them are based in Pa. Whatever...it may behoove you to consider the state of your ammo shelves at home
Just a report or two from some of my old shooting sppliers
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sigp220.45
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Oh great, another Chicken Little panic!
AJ
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Went by the LGS yesterday and they said they were doing quite a bit of business that morning.
The "Target Sports + Membership 8% discount" about run me broke. I've sworn off buying anything gun related since April. Well, almost. PSA had Tanfoglio MAPP 9mm daily deal yesterday. I looked at it twice and then once too many at bedtime. Oh well, If'n I die money in the bank won't help. And if'n I still had my 01 FFL I could save the $45 "transfer/BGC fee." I hope it ain't junk. Joe
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Some people see the ammo shelves as half empty and others say the ammo shelves are half full.
YMMV.
YMMV.
In SG Ammo's newsletter Sam said they're having quite a surge in orders.
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I expect this to be a short lived spike in demand. Nobody is talking about gun control or civil unrest which is what usually drives the big, long lasting shortages.
But it is a good reminder that ammo prices are as low as they are going to get and you never know when the next big shortage and high prices will occur. I could use some more 38/357 but have enough of the other calibers I shoot. I have been holding off but it may be time to order some. But I am not in a rush, if SG ammo is running behind on getting orders filled I will wait until things slow down.
But it is a good reminder that ammo prices are as low as they are going to get and you never know when the next big shortage and high prices will occur. I could use some more 38/357 but have enough of the other calibers I shoot. I have been holding off but it may be time to order some. But I am not in a rush, if SG ammo is running behind on getting orders filled I will wait until things slow down.
I am glad that your shelves are half full.
The Sportsman's whse in Reno is so low on supplies that I stopped looking for gun related items !!
The Sportsman's whse in Reno is so low on supplies that I stopped looking for gun related items !!
Also received a note from SG Ammo following the events
this past Saturday. They said the sale of ammo on their website
was up 2000%. I don't understand why?
this past Saturday. They said the sale of ammo on their website
was up 2000%. I don't understand why?
sigp220.45
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Me either, but it must be the same reason people bought up all the .22 LR ammo two or three years ago and then waited for the ammo truck at Wal Mart every morning. Nobody was ever talking about banning .22s.
Best I can come up with is fear, followed by people cashing in on fear.
My normally normal neighbor just bought a bunch of gunpowder he probably won’t use because he heard somewhere there was going to be a shortage. So he went out and contributed to the shortage.
Its like the great toilet paper run of 2020.
I’ve decided for much of the public buying ammo is an emotional rather than rational decision. Feeling a little scared or uncertain? Buy ammo. Having FOMO because there’s less ammo on the shelves? Buy ammo.
I just buy it when it’s cheap.
I just buy it when it’s cheap.
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I buy a good bit from SG. Great service, and quick ship times.
The Owner, however, does come off a bit dramatic, at times.
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There is an infestation of paranoiacs who need something gloomy to worry about every waking hour. Events such as the recent one really shakes up the fearful and insecure. Ammo purchases will hold them until the next imagined crisis which is never far off.
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Yendor357
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We would all be so much better off if everyone would just chill out.
max503
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The way I see it prices ain't gonna drop no matter what.
Funny how these things are what really get the firearms industry overall humming. The best marketing there is for ammo and guns is the anti 2A zealots. Ironic as it may be maybe we could call it the 3rd Law of firearms economics.
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