A Run On Ammunition Has Begun:

SHTF Plan ^ | 3/6/14 | Mac Slavo

[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.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

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.

[bgill]

Is this hussein and Putin’s “flexability”?

[Donnafrflorida]

go to auctions

[Iron Munro]

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...

[jy8z]

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.

[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.

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

[Sarajevo]

A Mosin jam?

LOL!

[Sarajevo]

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.

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

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.

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

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.

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

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.

[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.”

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

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

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.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

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.

[LadyBuck]

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.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

Congratulations on your recovery Laz!