Stopped by Cabelas earlier today for a look around. Thats all it was, looking with very little to see but bare shelves. Was told a few days earlier it was somewhat stocked, but gets wiped out very quickly, even with limits per person. Some .380, 327mag, 10mm, 9x18, but none of the more common, popular handgun or rifle calibers. No magazines either, and even the section for gun safes is looking pretty bare.
Why there is an ammo shortage
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b.guggenmos
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I got lucky yesterday and bought a 1000 of each CCI small pistol magnum and large pistol magnum for $39.95 each. I didn't have to think about it very long. I even left some for someone else.
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I called my local sporting goods shop who has been out of .22 ammo for almost a month to ask if it was now available. He told me that he called CCI last week, and that they told him that they were filling GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS, and that until they were filled that they would not be filling public orders. Said it would be a month before he would get any...I guess the gov't does go to the front of the line. Why is the government buying .22 ammo??
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357-RevolverGuy
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What’s sad is that the gov usually gets it at a bulk discount rate with incentives and usually not even taxed ... they find ways to get around all of that while we pay top dollar. I’ve sort of been wondering if there’s an even greater evil in plans. That perhaps if they are buying all of it up now, and a shortage or civil unrest does occur, that we’ll be forced to start buying ammo from the government, making them the lead supplier.
For some people, a .22 pistol or rifle may be all they can afford to buy, and because the .22 ammo has historically been the least expensive. It seems like the government buying up .22 ammo from CCI(which is virtually all they produce) would effectively disarm these people.
photoman
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1. Don't believe everything the gun store guru tells you.
2. The government is BIG. The government has LOTS of armed agents. They have to train and qualify many times per year. They burn up LOTS of ammo.
3. The government DOES own black helicopters but they are NOT flying over your house.
Everyone relax. There is currently the highest public demand for guns and ammo I've seen in 20 years. The supply chain cannot keep up no matter how impatient the public gets.
Once things recover, please be sure to stock up BEFORE the next panic sets in.
p.s. Start saving your cash for April 15. There will be a ton of "assault" rifles and ammo for sale CHEAP.
2. The government is BIG. The government has LOTS of armed agents. They have to train and qualify many times per year. They burn up LOTS of ammo.
3. The government DOES own black helicopters but they are NOT flying over your house.
Everyone relax. There is currently the highest public demand for guns and ammo I've seen in 20 years. The supply chain cannot keep up no matter how impatient the public gets.
Once things recover, please be sure to stock up BEFORE the next panic sets in.
p.s. Start saving your cash for April 15. There will be a ton of "assault" rifles and ammo for sale CHEAP.
BigBill
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Looming ammo tax too. I can't find any reload stuff too no primers.
It seems none of the regular stores selling reloading supplies have any primers, JHP bullets, and even pistol reloading powder and most won't even let you post and order on backorder so something is going on. If they thought they would be getting it in even in 3 months from now they would be letting you order on a backorder. The same goes for 223 and 7.62x39 rifle reloading components.
rakstr
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3. The government DOES own black helicopters but they are NOT flying over your house.
Machine gun fire from military helicopters flying over downtown Miami Fl. - YouTube
Machine gun fire from military helicopters flying over downtown Miami Fl. - YouTube
1. Don't believe everything the gun store guru tells you.
2. The government is BIG. The government has LOTS of armed agents. They have to train and qualify many times per year. They burn up LOTS of ammo.
3. The government DOES own black helicopters but they are NOT flying over your house.
Everyone relax. There is currently the highest public demand for guns and ammo I've seen in 20 years. The supply chain cannot keep up no matter how impatient the public gets.
Once things recover, please be sure to stock up BEFORE the next panic sets in.
p.s. Start saving your cash for April 15. There will be a ton of "assault" rifles and ammo for sale CHEAP.
FishyOne
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"Why there is an ammo shortage?"
Because of me!
Just kidding but it is because of all of us. My local big box retailers have supplies of big name ammo in hard to get calibers. Thing is it's all $1/rd or more and supplies are low at that price. I can't bring myself to pay $25 for 20 rds of Federal Hydra-Shok even if it is P40HS2 for my G22. I have stocked up on 180gr ball though. Boxes of 50 are still $18 around here.
Because of me!
Just kidding but it is because of all of us. My local big box retailers have supplies of big name ammo in hard to get calibers. Thing is it's all $1/rd or more and supplies are low at that price. I can't bring myself to pay $25 for 20 rds of Federal Hydra-Shok even if it is P40HS2 for my G22. I have stocked up on 180gr ball though. Boxes of 50 are still $18 around here.
ARGH
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mdad85
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Ammo shortage
What worries me is that it isn't just Ammo, try reloading dies in 223, It make s no sense, 22 lr, 5.56, 223, 30 06 is getting ridiculous in cost as is 270, primers are hard to find,
Seems anything to do with certain calibers. magazines, etc. What also gets my attention, is how is all this possible, we aren't talking a few thousand rounds, we are talking millions,you will never convince me that the average person out there bought up all the ammo, mags, primers, dies, etc in the whole country.
Something smells fishy.
What worries me is that it isn't just Ammo, try reloading dies in 223, It make s no sense, 22 lr, 5.56, 223, 30 06 is getting ridiculous in cost as is 270, primers are hard to find,
Seems anything to do with certain calibers. magazines, etc. What also gets my attention, is how is all this possible, we aren't talking a few thousand rounds, we are talking millions,you will never convince me that the average person out there bought up all the ammo, mags, primers, dies, etc in the whole country.
Something smells fishy.
The ammo shortage is because people thought there was going to be one so they caused one by buying more than they needed. Its caused a self fulfilling prophesy. If everyone had gone about their normal buying there would be no shortage.
That's easy. Panic buying.
JJEH
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The shortage is fake. Brought to you by !@#$ people...
Stupid people paying stupid price's. I refuse to buy any ammo right now or any damn guns right now unless they are used revolvers. Glad I am not low on any ammo either, like the feeling I paid 70 percent less for my ammo then what this morons are paying now.
Eric
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I have seen the DHS Request for Proposal for one of these huge ammo buys. If I can figure out how to do it, I will post the PDF document here.
New to this site but not new to guns, S&W or shooting.
New to this site but not new to guns, S&W or shooting.
Smokester653
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Right now in my opinion it's not about need it's more about greed. I believe that a lot not all of the ammo and other gun related supplies are being grabbed up by those that think it's going to be the new gold. The other obvious part is the overzealous panicked masses running into every store they can get to and buying everything they can because there is a "shortage". All one has to do is research some of the boards and it all comes to light. Buyers boasting that they "bought all they had" or "the limit was three but I got me six". All that does is perpetuate the cycle and does what? Causes a "shortage". And the longer it continues the bigger the grin on the faces of the manufacturers and the dealers because they can jack up the prices and keep them there. And yes I understand the whole supply and demand concept, capitalism and the free market but man enough is enough.
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