What the heck is wrong with people!?!?!

[setxn]

If there is actually a guy that has been hoarding .22 ammo since the 50's and has over 650,000 rounds there is a show on on of the cable channels that would probably like to talk to him. His collection is different than the usual newspapers,magazines,animals etc. that are usually on the show, but I think the condition is the same.

 

[rbianco3]

Any idea why .22 is in such demand? Obviously it used to be cheap so I assume that is why. I have some extra, my old 22 LR jams about every third or fourth shot so might as well sell it on Gun Broker and pay through the nose for small pistol primers. It seems ammo stocks are slowly coming back, very slowly

 

[ladyT]

Any idea why .22 is in such demand?

Its all my fault. I bought a 10/22 takedown and I want to shoot t.

 

[perfectcircle1]

Its all my fault. I bought a 10/22 takedown and I want to shoot t.

Your probaby the same person buying all the 9mm cause you bought a shield

 

[perfectcircle1]

Hoarder.

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[Smitty357]

Calm down, calm down. It's just 22LR and im pretty sure it's all over the shelves at your local stores.

Gees people, make it seem like there is ammo shortage of some sort. And i dont see why they are paying the high prices for such cheap 22LR ammo.

Will trade for high end 1911, LMAO

 

[lightsluvr]

If he's been stockpiling since the 50's he's not young which means he will probably never shoot over a half million rounds of 22LR in what's left of his life. He should sell some and buy a new car or a house or something like that! @ current prices he has well over $100,000 worth a 22LR ammo.

Beats the stock market for return on investment!

LL

 

[perfectcircle1]

For trade. 22lr collection. Id like to trade for a 2013 dodge challenger SRT-8. Even Steven.

 

[Smitty357]

For trade. 22lr collection. Id like to trade for a 2013 dodge challenger SRT-8. Even Steven.

Man u may wanna set that Troy Landry signature box of CCI to the side.

It's gotta be worth more than any of those regular boxes, lol

 

[perfectcircle1]

Man u may wanna set that Troy Landry signature box of CCI to the side.

It's gotta be worth more than any of those regular boxes, lol

Too late. Already opened it

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[ArchAngelCD]

Man, I have a lot of .22LR ammo stored away but I never bought more than 2/3 bricks at a time. I would like to say I saw the shortage in 2008 coming but I didn't. What I did see was prices ticking up a little at a time so me being me (cheap) I bought a little extra when I found a sale. Instead of buying 1 brick for the weekend I bought 2 or 3 depending upon the price. I did the same with primers, instead of buying 2000 I bought 4000 when at a show of during a sale. I now have plenty of primers and 22 ammo all because I'm cheap. Like I said, I would love to say I knew it would happen but I didn't, I just got lucky to be cheap.

I'm thinking of listing 6 boxes of .22 ammo on Gunbroker and when they go for $100 each buy a new big screen TV. I spent about $50 on those 6 boxes so I think that's a good trade, $55 for a 55" TV... and no, I'm not going to list them for a huge price. I will start them @ $1 and let the crazies over there do all the work for me.

 

[keakar]

If you went out and acquired 8500 rounds in one week or day then that is hoarding. If you slowly stocked up over a period of time knowing that 2008 could happen again then that is just smart.

no, that's still hoarding but sometimes hoarding is smart so you are a hoarder its just recent events have shown your hoarding to be a very smart and prudent thing you did.

there is nothing wrong with hoarding ammo if done reasonably and not to extreme

 

[keakar]

I think people are being rational.

In NY next year background checks will be required for ammo.

I expect half the ammo sellers to go out of business. Ammo prices will go up because now the cost of the background check time needs to be factored in. 10 minutes lets say per purchase at probably $10-$20 per hour for any purchase. The cost WILL be added to the ammo. I expect a 25-50% increase in the price of ammo.


A lot of people with minor arrest records or hunters with a checkered past are afraid they won't be able to buy, and everyone else realizes with the limited number of sellers and the fact NY states that ammo purchases will be monitored and if someone buys too much a state police officer will visit your home, they don't want to find out how much is too much.

The law doesn't say what is too much...

forget about all that, whats most scary about living there is if you buy a big soft drink or ask for salt on your French fries then you go to jail

 

[brokenprism]

I have about 1000 rds of .44 spec/.44 mag and I'm not shooting a single round until things get back to normal, if they ever do. I don't know if I'll need it for hunting or for fighting, but I have it and I'm doing other things with my time.

For the days when my 629-1 feels too heavy for carry, I dream of having a Glock 23 again, but I don't want a gun I can't feed. Just... holding steady.

 

[tacreload]

And then you have "Jimmy".Jimmy shoots a couple hundred rounds of whatever per year.Jimmy thinks that is a lot of shooting.Jimmy reads all of the forums and discovers that ammo is going to become extinct.Jimmy panics and says to himself"Self you better buy up every box of ammo you see for as long as you can".Jimmy and millions of others just like him are partially responsible.Don't mean to oversimplify but you know what happens to bread and toilet paper right before a snowstorm.