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Bullets are speeding faster out of gun shops in U.S.
The washington Post ^
| November 3, 2009
| David A. Fahrenthold and Fredrick Kunkle
Posted on 11/22/2009 2:47:35 PM PST by An Old Man
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To: PowderMonkey
Lotta fairly cheap dry foods out there. Rice, pasta, egg noodles, beans. Just buy in bulk.
Shelf life is somewheres between five years and forever.
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posted on
11/22/2009 3:49:54 PM PST
by
djf
(Maybe life ain't about the doing - maybe it's just the trying... Hey, I don't make the rules!)
To: An Old Man
I haven’t seen any for sale in quantity for a long time. I’ve been lucky from time to time to walk into a shop that had recently gotten some in, but they prudently limit sales to a few boxes of 100 per customer. I draw a blank everytime I check any of the on-line venues as well.
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posted on
11/22/2009 3:53:50 PM PST
by
VR-21
(Down to the stones, where old ghosts play.)
To: An Old Man
They had tons of them at the gun show last weekend.
Not being a reloader-type dude, are they all the same or are there a bunch of flavors?
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posted on
11/22/2009 4:02:16 PM PST
by
djf
(Maybe life ain't about the doing - maybe it's just the trying... Hey, I don't make the rules!)
To: the anti-mahdi
To: the anti-mahdi
To: Zuben Elgenubi
I recently came across most of a box of Montgomery-Ward Redhead brand paper .410 shotshells. They were stored in a military ammo can and look like new.
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posted on
11/22/2009 4:04:53 PM PST
by
EricT.
("Mankind, when left to themselves, are unfit for their own government." -George Washington)
To: Armedanddangerous; Zuben Elgenubi
Follow buckshot to the upper-middle thorax/neck, groin or armpits with a slug or two if laying lower than the attacker. That should do it with a .410. New Maverick (Mossberg) 12 gauges are pretty cheap and hold up well. With those, you can follow 00 buck loads with hardened big game slugs to handle just about any likely defense situation.
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posted on
11/22/2009 4:05:38 PM PST
by
familyop
(cbt. engr. (cbt), NG, '89-' 96, Duncan Hunter or no-vote)
To: Renegade
We try to get to the gun shows early to stock up before the hoarders do!
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posted on
11/22/2009 4:20:26 PM PST
by
Apple Blossom
(Politicians are like diapers, they both need changed regularly, and for the same reason.)
To: An Old Man
What a misleading headline. Based on how it's worded, I thought there had been some new ballistic breakthrough that provided higher velocities. "Sales velocity" has increased, but not muzzle velocity.
I did my share today with four bricks of .22lr Federal Champions. Gotta keep the pet .22s fed, along with the more serious stuff.
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posted on
11/22/2009 4:23:30 PM PST
by
300winmag
(Zero to abject failure in under a month. A new land speed record!)
To: djf
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posted on
11/22/2009 4:29:21 PM PST
by
MileHi
( "It's coming down to patriots vs the politicians." - ovrtaxt)
To: All
Hopefully you are doing your homework and if need be holding out and waiting for a good deal.... shouldn’t pay more than $.50 or so per round for pistols... some online stores will sell some for more than $1.20/rd. Holding out will reward you. I just scored some that I wanted for $.49/rd and ordered some boxes. Good thing target range ammo is back and cheap. Be vigilant, wise, and safe.
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posted on
11/22/2009 4:29:39 PM PST
by
jblann1
To: An Old Man
Do some of you have more than your share? Apparently they do.... I need some .357 if someone has too many....
To: An Old Man
Handloaders are probably at least that many times over again just in bullet purchases.
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posted on
11/22/2009 4:32:49 PM PST
by
CodeToad
(If it weren't for physics and law enforcement I'd be unstoppable!)
To: MileHi
I shoulda just went and looked!
I have .25, .32, .40, .223, .308 and .30 carbine...
Probably some differences there.
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posted on
11/22/2009 4:34:42 PM PST
by
djf
(Maybe life ain't about the doing - maybe it's just the trying... Hey, I don't make the rules!)
To: djf
When you have time, check this site out.
Chuck Hawks wrote a good primer on the types and uses.
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posted on
11/22/2009 4:35:52 PM PST
by
An Old Man
(Use it up, Wear it out, Make it do, or Do without.)
To: An Old Man; All
Gun sales increased 42% and ammunition sales increased 49%......so I can only presume there was a corresponding increse in crime, right????/sarc
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posted on
11/22/2009 4:37:15 PM PST
by
Red in Blue PA
(Obama, Hitler, Stalin: Who are 3 people nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.)
To: An Old Man
Buy ‘em local, there’s a hazmat charge on powder and primers. Plenty around here.
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posted on
11/22/2009 4:39:11 PM PST
by
Eagles6
( Typical White Guy: Christian, Constitutionalist, Heterosexual, Redneck. (Let them eat arugula!))
To: Apple Blossom
Seems to me the price of ammo at gun shows is way high. You also have to add in price of admission which is about $7.00 here. I get better prices online from Cabelas. Check out ammoman.com The ammo is shipped free and prices are really reasonable . No tax either .
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posted on
11/22/2009 4:41:48 PM PST
by
Renegade
(You go tell my buddies om Planet' and " Battle of the Worlds " on Blu-ray ?)
To: An Old Man
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posted on
11/22/2009 4:41:48 PM PST
by
djf
(Maybe life ain't about the doing - maybe it's just the trying... Hey, I don't make the rules!)
To: An Old Man
“In between, in the 12 months since last October, gun shops sold enough bullets to give every American 38 of them”.
I gave some out on Halloween, mostly a bunch of old Turk
8mm with corrosive primers though the cute chicks all got
an extra .338 lapua and a small tin of Ed’s Red.
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posted on
11/22/2009 4:43:39 PM PST
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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