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Ammunition Manufacturers Producing '24 Hours a Day' to Match Demand
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| 4-8-2013
| AWR Hawkins
Posted on 04/08/2013 8:39:36 AM PDT by servo1969
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear
22 lr box of 500 used to run about 20-25 bucks. If you can find them now, they'll be in the 100 dollar range for 500.
I have been paying a co worker to reload my 38 specials. Better than buying new.
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posted on
04/08/2013 9:05:52 AM PDT
by
chemicalman
(The more support I see,the harder I want to work,and the more determined I am not to let folks down.)
To: Standing Wolf
For the third time in the last 20 months, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has denied a petition from the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) to ban lead in sporting equipment. On April 9, EPA notified CBD and a coalition of more than 100 other organizations that it has rejected their March 13 petition seeking a complete ban on bullets and shot containing lead for use in hunting and shooting sports. http://www.nrahuntersrights.org/Article.aspx?id=6400
Third time...it means they are trying real hard...
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posted on
04/08/2013 9:05:55 AM PDT
by
EBH
To: Obadiah
Right now .308 is available, but I'll be darned if I'm going to pay $2+ per round. At that price they can keep it. I have enough of a stash to hold me until this craziness winds down.Exactly. Would be nice to connect with those paying $2/round so I could quintuple my investment!
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posted on
04/08/2013 9:07:09 AM PDT
by
DTogo
(High time to bring back The Sons of Liberty !!)
To: Strategerist
Not just that, gougers are guying up all the stock and selling at huge markups on armslist, gunbroker, gun shows, and even some retailers. See CTD for example.
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posted on
04/08/2013 9:09:31 AM PDT
by
demshateGod
(The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
To: servo1969
So where is all the .22LR and .380? Is it that those are not being manufactured so that producers can focus on other calibers or are those being bought up as soon as they are made? I find it hard to believe the government is buying .22Lr and .380.
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posted on
04/08/2013 9:09:45 AM PDT
by
muir_redwoods
(Don't fire until you see the blue of their helmets)
To: RushIsMyTeddyBear
Yep. But your local gouger will have plenty. Not a coincidence.
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posted on
04/08/2013 9:10:53 AM PDT
by
demshateGod
(The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
To: servo1969
Ammo producers like Hornady say the cause isn't government orders but a "politically-induced buying panic." When the ammo bubble pops, and it will, it's going to be really loud...
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posted on
04/08/2013 9:11:06 AM PDT
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: servo1969
According to some industry sources the industry expects that ammo shortages will ease in 5 to 9 months but in the future the base demand will be higher than in the past due to the influx of “large numbers of new gun owners”.
There have been a lot of numbers thown out on the number of new gun owners but I think a lot of them are way low. It might be a 50% increase over the last four years and I have many friends who have turned into gun owners in the last 4 years, many of them being the type that in the past would never own a gun.
To: EBH
Third time...it means they are trying real hard...As far as I know the EPA's hands are tied in regards to lead in ammo. That's the ONE thing that congress forbade that the EPA can do anything about.
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posted on
04/08/2013 9:14:14 AM PDT
by
VeniVidiVici
(Obama's vision - No Job is a Good Job)
To: muir_redwoods
So where is all the .22LR and .380? Is it that those are not being manufactured so that producers can focus on other calibers or are those being bought up as soon as they are made? I find it hard to believe the government is buying .22Lr and .380. Could be. I once read that .380 was a "seasaonal" round as the same equipment made other rounds of that caliber (.38, etc)
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posted on
04/08/2013 9:16:00 AM PDT
by
VeniVidiVici
(Obama's vision - No Job is a Good Job)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Next year about this time there will be lots of cheap ammo. That or none. You are most likely correct, but . . . if you're wrong the hoarders will have made a good decision.
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posted on
04/08/2013 9:16:31 AM PDT
by
Pollster1
(A war can only be just if it is fought with a reasonable chance of success.)
To: muir_redwoods
No, both are still being produced and sold - I have purchased 22LR at WalMart in the past few weeks, and seen .380 there as well. The problem is that it just gets snapped up as soon as it hits the shelves. I have had good luck with .22; some folks report they never see it around.
And to their credit WalMart has not jacked up the price on .22, or at least had not a couple weeks ago.
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posted on
04/08/2013 9:18:38 AM PDT
by
AzSteven
("War is less costly than servitude, the choice is always between Verdun and Dachau." Jean Dutourd)
To: servo1969
I received an almost priceless gift from a friend yesterday. Two boxes of .38.
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posted on
04/08/2013 9:19:32 AM PDT
by
cyclotic
(In a society of wolves, you do not fight back by creating more sheep-Dan Bongino)
To: MrB
You are right.
The only reason there is bread on the shelves every time you go to the store is because there is bread on the shelves every time you go to the store.
As soon as the supply is disrupted people will buy as much as they can when they can.
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posted on
04/08/2013 9:20:59 AM PDT
by
IMR 4350
To: Billthedrill
The shooting sports director of a Christian Camp I work with is very worried. They go through about 40,000 .22 longs every summer. He can’t get them.
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posted on
04/08/2013 9:23:01 AM PDT
by
cyclotic
(In a society of wolves, you do not fight back by creating more sheep-Dan Bongino)
To: IMR 4350
Your screen-name ....
I wish I could get some ...
Or failing that, some IMR 4895 ...
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posted on
04/08/2013 9:24:17 AM PDT
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: servo1969
If you have enough to keep in practice until this November, with a bit of margin, you should relax and avoid these panic induced price increases.
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posted on
04/08/2013 9:29:03 AM PDT
by
G Larry
(Which of Obama's policies do you think I'd support if he were white?)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Next year about this time there will be lots of cheap ammo.
Probably.
I have enough for my SKS and shotgun to hold me over for a while. I’m looking to get a ruger 10/22 and will need some ammo for that, but not a lot right away.
But eventually people will just have all they need and the demand should slow down pretty fast. That’s when I’ll buy.
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posted on
04/08/2013 9:30:00 AM PDT
by
cuban leaf
(Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
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posted on
04/08/2013 9:30:50 AM PDT
by
stuartcr
("I have habits that are older than the people telling me they're bad for me.")
To: Billthedrill
I can’t figure out why there’s no .38/.44spl anywhere.
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posted on
04/08/2013 9:32:23 AM PDT
by
stuartcr
("I have habits that are older than the people telling me they're bad for me.")
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