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Offline sslater

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Ammo Shortage...
« on: March 03, 2009, 11:41:06 PM »
I'm wondering if anyone else is having as much trouble as I am finding range-type ammo for sale?  
Most of the mail order places even the big places like Cabela's, Midway, & Cheaper Than Dirt list 9mm, .40S&W, and .38 Special on back order.

I was at the range the other day and noticed they have ammo in stock but the prices are ridiculous - like $10 / 100pak higher than the last ammo I bought a Wal-Mart.  (The two local Wal-Mart stores are out of stock; the clerk claims that they are getting only a fraction of what they order.  And, what they do get in, goes out as soon as it hits the shelves.

Gotta wonder if serious shooters are hoarding ammo in case the new Presidential Administration does something nasty.    

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Re: Ammo Shortage...
« Reply #1 on: March 04, 2009, 12:29:11 AM »
There is LOTS of hoarding going on.  I think it will blow over at sometime and ammo prices will come back down because manufactors will at somepoint be overstocked from increased production to try to keep up with todays command.  I may be totally wrong but I hope I am not.
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Re: Ammo Shortage...
« Reply #2 on: March 04, 2009, 01:55:10 AM »
Same story at the Walley Worlds here in NC, I just returned from FL and the Walley Worlds I visited there don't even get it in on a regular basis and I stopped at three while I was there. My local shop has a pretty good supply on hand, at leat for now.  John
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Re: Ammo Shortage...
« Reply #3 on: March 04, 2009, 12:29:45 PM »
years ago Clinton closed down some of the ammo plants, that has put hardship on the ones still here. when you find ammo buy it now.   Tom
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Re: Ammo Shortage...
« Reply #4 on: March 04, 2009, 05:19:22 PM »
Academy sporting goods normally carries a well-stocked ammo
shelf but not now. I was given a two box limit on WWB per store
visit. That policy generated a few more store trips which amounted
to multiple cash register receipts.

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Re: Ammo Shortage...
« Reply #5 on: March 04, 2009, 06:34:18 PM »
On the assumption that the situation is not going to get any better any time soon, I've begun stocking up on ammunition for each firearm I own. I hope I'm wrong, but I suspect that commercial supplies of 9mm Parabellum ammunition may  become increasingly scarce in the near term due to military procurement demands.
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Re: Ammo Shortage...
« Reply #6 on: March 04, 2009, 06:41:34 PM »
That sounds like a very wise plan and correct assumption.
If anyone thinks ammo is expensive now, just wait.

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Re: Ammo Shortage...
« Reply #7 on: March 04, 2009, 07:08:10 PM »
we are not in the good old days of buying some ammo when we find it cheap. the ammo market has changed, if you find what you want buy it all. You may not get any more at any price.  Tom
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Re: Ammo Shortage...
« Reply #8 on: March 04, 2009, 07:47:52 PM »
To affirm what Tom says, the WWB 9 mm. was readily available
in Houston 1 year ago at $5.49 a box; now, it is rarely on the shelf
at $12.49.
Ammo has been a classic case of supply and demand; so far, at least,
it is price inelastic.

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Re: Ammo Shortage...
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Re: Ammo Shortage...
« Reply #10 on: March 19, 2009, 09:13:37 PM »
Purely as an anecdotal observation, I stopped by my FFL's shop today to continue the slow but steady ammunition procurement project I have been pursuing for the past few months. I walked out having spent $70 for a purchase which, according to a comparison of price labels on the boxes, cost about half that much as recently as last summer. (Guard your ammuinition, my friends, and store it well.   ::) )



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Re: Ammo Shortage...
« Reply #11 on: March 19, 2009, 11:23:34 PM »
Richard,
I think your anecdotal observation is an irrefutable fact of
life for now. There are many more active ammo shoppers
than in the past and they are paying very high prices quite
willingly.

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Re: Ammo Shortage...
« Reply #12 on: March 20, 2009, 04:32:37 PM »
guys, sad but true. :( :'(   Tom
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Re: Ammo Shortage...
« Reply #13 on: March 20, 2009, 07:22:04 PM »
+1 on the stockpile
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Re: Ammo Shortage...
« Reply #14 on: April 18, 2009, 07:37:28 PM »
This is getting really bad.  

I know better than to bother with the local outdoor shops at this point, shelves are terminally bare.  

The local gun store had a decent supply (for a price) last month.  I stopped there today to pick up a box or two of WWB and they are ONLY selling ammo with gun purchase!

A friend just picked up an LCP at the local indoor range yesterday.  Normally they let you use the range when you buy a new gun from them, but they had no FMJ ammo for it.  He had to take it home unfired.