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Gun sales going ballistic (DHS visits mail-order ammo buyer!)
PostStar.com ^ | March 20, 2009 | Don Lehman

Posted on 03/22/2009 8:20:26 AM PDT by Atlas Sneezed

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To: Old Sarge

That’s 49 rounds to QUALIFY - i.e.: pass a test. That doesn’t include any practice time.

It’s not unusual for a civvie to go thru 500 rounds just for an afternoon of plinking. A 4-day class can easily require 2500 rounds. And with prices rising with no peak in sight (and possible zero availability eventually), it only makes sense to stock up on a lifetime supply of a shelf-stable no-expiration-date consumable _now_ - esp. considering bulk purchases are cheaper.


81 posted on 03/23/2009 7:51:49 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (John Galt was pushed.)
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To: GL of Sector 2814

If a gun shop is relating the story, I wouldn’t be surprised if they told it to discourage customers interested in buying by mail to save money.


82 posted on 03/23/2009 7:54:35 AM PDT by MediaMole
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To: Eye of Unk

I have never used Cheaperthandirt because their prices always look high. I use Cabelas all the time for run of the mill target ammo and ammunitiontogo for hard to find or novelty type stuff (tracers etc.). They also have a lot of other stuff besides ammo. I just picked up a bunch of surplus 30 cal. ammo cans for $2/ea. I see these all the time at gun shows selling for $12-15.


83 posted on 03/23/2009 8:04:37 AM PDT by rocket002
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To: rocket002

Excellent - thanks!


84 posted on 03/23/2009 8:11:43 AM PDT by weef
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To: ctdonath2
it only makes sense to stock up on a lifetime supply of a shelf-stable no-expiration-date consumable _now_ - esp. considering bulk purchases are cheaper.

I can't argue the sense of that at all. Having not really been "plinking" in a while, the amount of ammo burned escapes me.

85 posted on 03/23/2009 8:29:12 AM PDT by Old Sarge ("Remember, remember, the Fourth of November, the Socialist treason and plot...")
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To: Old Sarge

God Bless You Sarge.


86 posted on 03/23/2009 10:21:01 AM PDT by TheConservativeParty ("Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction." Ronald Reagan)
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To: School of Rational Thought

www.ammoman.com says they do not keep records of such sales


87 posted on 03/23/2009 1:18:46 PM PDT by Armedanddangerous (I think youre so full of inconsolable rage, you don't care who you hurt.)
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To: NoControllingLegalAuthority

No, our new emperor has decided that American citizens are ther terrorists. Black Stalin, now more than just a soca band..


88 posted on 03/25/2009 8:58:37 AM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: Roklok

How did you fit 20 20 round mags on your person?


89 posted on 04/22/2009 6:16:14 PM PDT by wastedyears (Iron Maiden's gonna get ya, no matter how far!)
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