I’ve wondered if the public ranges have had largely empty stalls. What ammo is available is very expensive and popular calibers are not available, especially some of the more traditionally less expensive. I only make it to a public range about once, maybe twice a year. Use long arms at a private family property maybe twice a year. I bought most of my stuff from 2007 to 2010 and haven’t used any of my stock because of the outage.
this should be enough incentive for people not to take the availability for granted. For years after the 2008/9 panic, I purchased a case here and a case there while curtailing my trips to the range. Now we have a real panic on our hands and we just have to be patient but whenever I see it, I buy it. People are buying popular calibers of ammo they can’t use just for trade. I’m pretty sure that we will still be able to get imported ammo, it just costs more for now.
Believe me, if there is money in it, someone will start making more and retooling to meet demand, it just won’t be as inexpensive as in the past is all.
That’s an interesting question. There for a while, it was standing room only at my local indoor range, even on a day with really nice weather. But I’ve noticed the rush has fallen off the last month or so. I always go in the late afternoon of a weekday so I get in, no problem.
But it was crazy as hell during the week, just after Christmas.