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

[loveMD]

I dont know, sure there is more demand but i still think supply is off. There isnt as much ammo getting to stores. A lgs said they got 6 boxes of 22lr on their weekly truck last week. Of course its gone quickly when theres hardly any to sell. Something doesnt add up.

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[tcc]

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.

 

[Practical]

If imports could be done even the major manufactures would order from foriegn suppliers to fill their pipeline.

 

[Practical]

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...

 

[Skunkhome]

I dont know, sure there is more demand but i still think supply is off. There isnt as much ammo getting to stores. A lgs said they got 6 boxes of 22lr on their weekly truck last week. Of course its gone quickly when theres hardly any to sell. Something doesnt add up.

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I have to agree with you. But 2+2=5 for very large values of 2.

 

[packerbkd]

Geeez, I feel very lucky now by getting 150 rounds of 9mm at Walmart for my new Shield. I am using the Walmart app to try to grab some more....3 boxes at a time. They seem to stock twice a week. it will take me a little over 28 weeks and lots of luck to catch up to your 8500 round threshold!

 

[ArchAngelCD]

There's a guy over on Rimfire Central who has a stash of 650,000 rounds of .22LR . He's been stock piling cases of it since the 50's !

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.

 

[Nick B]

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.

I haven't looked at the thread for about 10 days but the last time I looked people were trying to buy some of it .

 

[gm272gs]

There's a guy over on Rimfire Central who has a stash of 650,000 rounds of .22LR . He's been stock piling cases of it since the 50's !

What a moron.

 

[ladyT]

I said it before and ill say it again. Find something else to do in the mean time. You cant tell me all you do is sleep, eat and shoot

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Outside of adding shopping and reloading to your list the answer to your question of " You cant tell me all you do is sleep, eat and shoot" is YES. Wait a sec. I take a bubble bath every now and then too.

 

[alwslate]

Honestly im so sick of ammo talk and lack there of. Im starting to hate ".22" i have 8500 rounds and fear that will be gone by July and i check gunbroker to see if things are going back to normal and guess what.......nope they sure aren't. These prices are ridiculous. The whole thing is ridiculous. Seriously, its 22lr. They aren't gonna stop making it!!!! Pretty bad i could sell all my ammo and buy a higher end 1911 and a classic P&R smith. ( with just my 22lr ammo) lol

Lets see now; you have 8500 rds of 22 ammo and you fear it
will all be gone by July. You forgot to say July of what year.
I grew up rather poor in a rather poor neighborhood on the
outskirts of a small town and some of my neighbors were
avid hunters. Back then many folks squirrel hunted with bolt
action single shot 22s and prided themselves with making
each shot count. Accurate shooting was valued not number
of rounds fired on a given day. A round count in a hunters
pocket might reveal 6-8 22 shells of different make and type.
I'm not saying we all need to return to this level of austerity
but it seems to me that being conservative during times of
short supplies only makes sense.

 

[ladyT]

Maybe if folks didn't hoard... I don't know... 8500 rounds and then complain about the lack of ammo, there would be more for the rest of us. Sheesh! Sorry bro, YOU are the problem!

No he is not the problem. I really don't understand foks who blame others simply because they did not have foresight to be prepared thenselves. If you got caught short on ammo then whose fault is that. It's not the fault of those who were not caught short. If you got caught short that's your fault not someone elses fault. Admit and move forward to fix the problem

I myself got caught somewhat short in 9mm, 40 s&w and 45ACP. After some 3 1/2 months standing in line at my local Academy for ammo my stash has reached the point where I feel I can shoot a match this weekend. My problem is even though I have the ammo to shoot its uncomfortable thinking about shooting any of it as its value has skyrockected causing me to consider selling it instead. Afterall there is the new shotgun I want for Trap and Skeet plus I made the mistake of looking at Sig's new catalog and of course discovering the Tavor. All of which require money and the easiest way to get it is to sell part of my stash.

 

[perfectcircle1]

Outside of adding shopping and reloading to your list the answer to your question of " You cant tell me all you do is sleep, eat and shoot" is YES. Wait a sec. I take a bubble bath every now and then too.

I took one a few years back. It felt really gay

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[perfectcircle1]

I sure am glad someone started another thread to remind us of the ammo market. I haven't thought about it in, wow! 12 hours?

Hahahahaha good one

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[perfectcircle1]

Maybe if folks didn't hoard... I don't know... 8500 rounds and then complain about the lack of ammo, there would be more for the rest of us. Sheesh! Sorry bro, YOU are the problem!

Awwww are you mad "bro" cause you have none??

All i hear is old timers talking about how a box of 50 would last them hours in the woods. You know what? Im not you.

I go out and target practice with a couple hundred rounds then i just dump a couple hundred rounds for fun. Lets see that adds up to almost a brick. That means if im alone i could easily shoot a brick on a Saturday afternoon. 8500 divided by 500 is 16.5. So ill have enough for 3-4 months. If i shoot alone. I live in the north and only can shoot 5-6 months out of the year. I buy my ammo in the winter so i don't have to run out and get it evertytime i go out shooting.

 

[perfectcircle1]

I love these ammo threads lol

 

[dougb1946]

So we all agree then. The problem is high capacity magazines on semi auto rifles.

I found a 50ct box or .22lr in a dresser drawer. Unused. Only 25 years old. Do I have any offers.

 

[perfectcircle1]

So we all agree then. The problem is high capacity magazines on semi auto rifles.

I found a 50ct box or .22lr in a dresser drawer. Unused. Only 25 years old. Do I have any offers.

Ill give you $22 for it lol

 

[jsfricks]

As long as the folks keep paying the crazy high prices from these 'resellers' this won't end anytime some.

 

[perfectcircle1]

Maybe if folks didn't hoard... I don't know... 8500 rounds and then complain about the lack of ammo, there would be more for the rest of us. Sheesh! Sorry bro, YOU are the problem!

I also see you just joined this forum. Let me guess....you found it googling " in stock 22 ammo"