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A Run On Ammunition Has Begun:
SHTF Plan ^ | 3/6/14 | Mac Slavo

Posted on 03/06/2014 7:37:42 PM PST by Kartographer

In recent months ammunition has slowly begun appearing on store shelves at major retailers in the United States. But after nearly two years of shortages that had ammunition manufacturers running their factories 24 hours a day, 7 days a week because of consumer demand and massive government purchases, it appears that another supply pipeline may have been cut.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: ammo; ammoshortage; banglist; russia; ukraine
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To: WhistlingPastTheGraveyard
Right, except the stuff never makes it to the shelf. Otherwise, great theory.

That's what p!$$e$ me off royally. Gun dealers sending jerks into Walmart at 7am on shipment days so they can buy ALL of the shipment and then reselling it at inflated prices in their shops. It's happening all over. Someone is going to get "testy" with one of these guys and it will not end well.

81 posted on 03/07/2014 11:58:05 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Truth sounds like hate...to those who hate truth.)
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To: Kartographer

Is this hussein and Putin’s “flexability”?


82 posted on 03/07/2014 1:36:50 PM PST by bgill
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To: WhistlingPastTheGraveyard

go to auctions


83 posted on 03/07/2014 3:08:44 PM PST by Donnafrflorida (Thru HdredscottIM all things are possible.)
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To: Kartographer
Just got an eMail from AIM:

Excellent Ammunition buys at AIM Surplus while they Last

Russian manufactured calibers in stock now, and at AIM Surplus's
always low low prices! While they last...


84 posted on 03/07/2014 5:09:32 PM PST by Iron Munro (Albert Einstein: The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits)
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I expend no energy looking for ammo. I just read the threads of those that didn’t stock up years ago when all the signs were there about what is now taking place. My great grandsons will thank me.


85 posted on 03/07/2014 5:24:04 PM PST by jy8z (When push comes disguised as nudge, I do not budge.)
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To: Boogieman

I think greater demand necessitates larger purchase orders. If it’s going straight from the pallet to the customer, never occupying space on the shelf, you buy more. It’s a simple concept.

If Walmart could buy more, they would. They can’t. Because it isn’t available.


86 posted on 03/07/2014 7:50:13 PM PST by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard (If you don't stand up, you don't stand a chance.)
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To: WhistlingPastTheGraveyard
A Mosin jam?

LOL!

87 posted on 03/07/2014 8:14:17 PM PST by Sarajevo (Two cannibals are eating a clown. One says to the other: "Does this taste funny to you?")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
I've seen hundreds of rounds of .223 at Academy Sports and Wally World. The problem is that I don't own anything in .223, nor will I.
7.62 x 54R seems to be appearing on the shelves more often, but .22lr and even .17HMR are almost non-existent. I'd really like a small varmint calibre weapon to augment the collection.
88 posted on 03/07/2014 8:18:49 PM PST by Sarajevo (Two cannibals are eating a clown. One says to the other: "Does this taste funny to you?")
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To: Sarajevo

I managed to jam it when I put the new stock on. But it was because the bolt was catching on something. Nothing to do with the ammo, obviously.

But yeah, in retrospect, it was kind of a silly comment. Duh.


89 posted on 03/07/2014 8:49:13 PM PST by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard (If you don't stand up, you don't stand a chance.)
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To: Sarajevo

Tons of .223, lots of .40, plenty of .380. Even 9mm has been gettable throughout this, if you’re willing to wait in line for it.

I literally have not seen a single box of .22LR available for purchase in 18 months. Besides Gunbroker.com and some match-grade and tracer rounds on CTD.


90 posted on 03/07/2014 8:54:43 PM PST by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard (If you don't stand up, you don't stand a chance.)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

All of the Walmarts I’ve bought from had three box limits. I thought it was a corporate policy. The dealers must be buying off the clerks.


91 posted on 03/07/2014 8:59:24 PM PST by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard (If you don't stand up, you don't stand a chance.)
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To: WhistlingPastTheGraveyard

“I think greater demand necessitates larger purchase orders. If it’s going straight from the pallet to the customer, never occupying space on the shelf, you buy more. It’s a simple concept.”

They can’t buy more, because production can’t keep up with the increased demand.


92 posted on 03/07/2014 9:36:29 PM PST by Boogieman
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To: Boogieman

So the manufacturers are producing as much as they can. And the retail outlets are buying as much as they can. And no one, anywhere, is actually getting any of it.

And this sudden demand for .22LR just exploded in December, 2012.

If that makes sense to you, great. It doesn’t to me. At all.


93 posted on 03/07/2014 10:18:35 PM PST by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard (If you don't stand up, you don't stand a chance.)
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To: WhistlingPastTheGraveyard

Exactly. They are making deals with insiders before the stuff hits the shelves. Greedy, selfish, ahole rats. Such a lack of integrity really grinds my gears. You can find vids on YouTube showing this activity.


94 posted on 03/08/2014 5:57:40 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Truth sounds like hate...to those who hate truth.)
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To: WhistlingPastTheGraveyard

Maybe someone here can answer:

1. How many new .22lr buyers/shooters have there been since Dec 2012?

2. How many new preppers are there since Dec 2012?

I’m charitably thinking the answer to the ammo shortage lies somewhere in between.


95 posted on 03/10/2014 10:00:18 AM PDT by LadyBuck (Strangeways, here we come....)
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To: Lazamataz

Congratulations on your recovery Laz!


96 posted on 03/10/2014 10:06:12 AM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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