Posted on 02/14/2013 6:02:21 PM PST by marktwain
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President Barack Obama is, arguably, the best gun salesman ever. Over 65 million guns have been purchased since the President took office in 2009. FBI background check statistics indicate that, over the last twelve months, Americans purchased a new gun every 1.5 seconds, a figure which suggests there is much more to the recent panic buying than people just stocking up to go hunting or sports shooting.
The following guns and ammo industry report indicates that every major gun and ammunition manufacturer in the country is running at 100% capacity, with many so far behind that they’ve stopped taking new orders altogether.
Smith & Wesson-is running at Full capacity making 300+ guns/day-mainly M&P pistols. They are unable to produce any more guns to help with the shortages.RUGER: Plans to increase from 75% to 100% in the next 90 days.
FNH: Moving from 50% production to 75% by Feb 1st and 100% by March 1. Remington-Maxed out!
Armalite: Maxed out.
DPMS: Can’t get enough parts to produce any more product.
COLT: Production runs increasing weekly…bottle necked by Bolt carrier’s.
LWRC:Making only black guns, running at full capacity…can’t get enough gun quality steel to make barrels.
Springfield Armory: Only company who can meet demand but are running 30-45 days behind.
AMMO: Every caliber is now Allocated! We are looking at a nation wide shortage of all calibers over the next 9 months. All plants are producing as much ammo as possible w/ of 1 BILLION rounds produced weekly. Most is military followed by L.E. and civilians are third in line.
MAGPUL is behind 1 MILLION mags, do not expect any large quantities of magpul anytime soon.
RELOADERS… ALL Remington, Winchester, CCI & Federal primers are going to ammo FIRST. There are no extra’s for reloading purposes… it could be 6-9 months before things get caught up. Sorry for the bleak news, but now we know what to expect in the coming months. Stay tuned, we’ll keep you posted…
Many who have exercised their Second Amendment protections are first time buyers concerned with Federal and State gun grabs being spearheaded by politicians who are using the Sandy Hook school shooting as a pretext to restrict access to personal defense rifles, larger capacity magazines, and even ammunition.
But this may only be a part of why there’s so much demand. There are millions of Americans who are genuinely concerned with not just the government taking their guns, but all of their other Constitutionally protected freedoms as well.
We understand what happens in regimes that disarm their people. We’ve seen the democide of the last century, which left hundreds of millions of people dead or displaced when their governments turned on them.
We are determined to prevent it from happening in the land of the free.
Manufacturers were running full-bore, but couldn’t come close to keeping up with market demand.
It wasn’t just the AR-15s, the AK-pattern rifles, the M1As, and the FALs that were sold out. It really hit me when I realized that the World War-era M1 Garands, M1 carbines, and Enfield .303s were gone, along with every last shell. Ubiquitous Mosin-Nagants—of which every gun store always seems to have 10-20—were gone. So was their ammo. Only a dust free space marked their passing. I’ve never seen anything like it.
Every weapon of military utility designed within the past 100+ years was gone.
This isn’t a society stocking up on certain guns because they fear they may be banned. This is a society preparing for war.
Source: Bob Owens via SteveQuayle.com
With over 300 million firearms in America in the hands of private citizens, the people are sending a loud and clear message to their government.
Back off. Stop encroaching on our personal liberties. Limit yourself to your Constitutionally granted powers and nothing more.
You’re not the only ones that are armed.
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Just think of all the manpower and hardware it took to get one guy out here in So California, they have little chance of doing it on a scale like we are talking here. winning
I read on another site that this story had been at least partially debunked. 300 per day is not very many weapons for a manufacturer as large as S&W. I’m wondering if maybe the author merely slipped a decimal.
My greatest regret for 2012 was not picking up a Mosin Nagant M91 when my local guy had crates full of them. Plenty of time, said I. Feh. Foolish.
I guess it shouldn’t but this surprises me.
I would have guessed the shortages would go on for a few high demand guns then pretty much be over in a few weeks.
Same for ammo.
This is clearly more intense than when the ban which sunsetted first was being discussed, then passed.
While I believe this in principle, has the details been proven to be true? I know S&W’s custom shop can produce several hundred per day and when I visited the factory years ago, they were pushing out thousands so to say they are maxed at 300 per day is unusual. Small shops do that.
Yup
Something is up here.
CCI and Federal have the same ammo distributor.
Both Claim they are shipping rimfire ammo.
Oh, the distributor has the DHS contract.
Wholesalers claim they are not getting the shipments.
I believe that. 3K per day sounds more reasonable for S&W.
Shades of Paul Revere
The past year and a half I picked up a Mosin or two every gun show after reading how much the other Texas FReepers enjoyed them. Not only were they dirt cheap (as well as the ammo), they were so plentiful it was no loss reconfiguring them.
I am still seeing them around. Go to pawn shops in smaller towns around you.
It is good timing. Archangel is about to release an upgrade kit with new stock and.... wait for it... 10 round detachable magazine. I am going to be first in line for that. (yep, you read that right, detachable magazine for Mosin).
For what it’s worth, I ordered an AR lower yesterday at
http://www.rguns.net/rifles/rifles-semiauto-ar15-lowers-556rguns-collapsible.shtml
The guy told me it would me ready Saturday. Rguns assembles their guns. It was $285. They do have many uppers, some in stock. They aren’t a name brand, but I can upgrade later. Mainly just wanted one now.
I am not affiliated nor have any interest in their company. Just passing this on for info.
What Good Can a Handgun Do Against An Army?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2312894/posts
Yes but did you notice the supply chain issues. This may be true.
Guns aren't built on automobile-style assembly lines. Each part of each firearms is machined or cast individually. Each gun is assembled individually.
Thanks. Good link. Surprisingly there are lowers out there available. The average folks who are grabbing up ARs don’t want to build. I picked up a Red Jacket uni 5.56 lower back in December. Haven’t decided my full build yet for that.
This is going to turn into another Mosin thread isn’t it? LOL. Doesn’t it always. :->
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