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The run on guns and ammunition
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| January 29, 2013
| Jeremy Desel
Posted on 01/30/2013 5:46:49 AM PST by thackney
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To: thackney
There are multiple reports of manufactures going 24/7 trying to meet demand. Coming from employees that work in said ammo factories?
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posted on
01/30/2013 7:20:57 AM PST
by
OB1kNOb
(On November 6, 2012 liberty was given the death penalty in America.)
To: thackney
Think about how this will affect small business firearms shops and dealers if it keeps up. I know business is booming, but when the shelves are now clear and there isn't any inventory to be sold, it affects your bottom line. If people are waiting months and months for products you still have to pay the bills for your employees and keep the lights on etc. in the meantime. On top of everything else, Obama’s jacking around a bunch of Mom and Pops who are just trying to put bread on the table and feed their families.
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posted on
01/30/2013 7:22:11 AM PST
by
444Flyer
(Obama killed the Twinkie, but not the terrorists in Benghazi. What's wrong with this picture?)
To: OB1kNOb
The record sales and run up in stock prices are not being reached by holding inventory back.
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posted on
01/30/2013 7:23:28 AM PST
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: Zippo44
I was at Carters Treaschwig store yesterday to pick up a varmint call and noticed they are out of most reloading components. Ditto Bass Pro and Gander.Our Bass Pro is completely out of 12 ga. primers. They have been for several weeks. I finally ordered a couple of thousand from Cabelas and am waiting for the UPS guy right now. I still need to get some more powder.
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posted on
01/30/2013 7:24:10 AM PST
by
Starstruck
(If I were a communist, socialist or fascist, l I would be for gun control.)
To: thackney
I looked at the website where I normally buy ammo and the stock of 9mm is completely wiped out.
45
posted on
01/30/2013 7:29:13 AM PST
by
Cyber Liberty
(Obama considers the Third World morally superior to the United States.)
To: SampleMan
Did all of the urban youths just take up skeet shooting? Once our Dear Leader's fans heard it's Obama's favorite hobby, I'm sure that's what happened. And that's why they bought up all the .22LR, .45ACP, and .223 ammo in the country.
To: buffaloguy
Policies got in the way.
The legal beagles got spun up over officers training with one kind of ammo, and qualifying/carrying another
The bean counters got spun up over maintenance and consumables contracts for “Star” automated reloading machines (expensive)
The LE management got spun up over the time involved in sending officers to the range (in addition to court, other training, and that pesky time off/overtime)
Makes no sense....
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posted on
01/30/2013 7:37:10 AM PST
by
petro45acp
(No good endeavour survives an excess of adult supervision)
To: thackney
One law enforcement rifle instructor said it takes between 800 and 1200 rounds to get certified on a police rifle, and that's for one officer on one gun.Good gosh, just put a picture of a dog on the target. Being in the military, we used nine to 12 rounds for zero and then 42 - 56 on the range, depending which qualifying cycle we were shooting.
To: Zippo44
...noticed they are out of most reloading components. ...I will email our daughter and see how her friend in Wisconsin and her family are doing with their reloading business. They had to expand twice after 0 bummer got elected in 2008. They used to get an order and ship the same day and now they had a 3 - 4 week wait to ship.
To: Trailerpark Badass
“I am thinking of finally getting a .17MHR gun, since thats the only ammo in stock anywhere”
You are not kidding. I see it at every store I go to but it seems to be the only thing I see. Every once in a while I will see 22Magnum and 300WSM. Maybe a couple of boxes of 12ga target loads. But thats it.
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posted on
01/30/2013 7:50:07 AM PST
by
Syntyr
(Happiness is two at low eight!)
To: thackney
Glad I asked for ammo for all my calibers for birthday and Christmas - Santa didn’t disappoint!
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posted on
01/30/2013 7:50:46 AM PST
by
jagusafr
(the American Trinity (Liberty, In G0D We Trust, E Pluribus Unum))
To: IMR 4350
Some are revolving bullet extractors.
Some are bolt action bullet extractors.
Some are semi auto bullet extractors. Heh....perfect reply!
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posted on
01/30/2013 7:51:24 AM PST
by
Windflier
(To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
To: WCH
What stores are still selling 22 ammo at a good price?
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posted on
01/30/2013 8:06:48 AM PST
by
tbw2
To: 444Flyer
Think about how this will affect small business firearms shops and dealers if it keeps up. I know business is booming, but when the shelves are now clear and there isn't any inventory to be sold Go back to the article. They are selling in a week and sometimes a day what they used to sell in a month.
The problem he has is not that no supply coming in. His "problem" is demand is so high that it move out faster.
I used to buy ammo a couple times a year. Now I stop at different stores nearly every day to build up my stock. I have enough that I am not going to pay the inflated prices I see on the couple web sites with stock. But local suppliers are mostly holding price while limiting sales to serve many more customers than before.
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posted on
01/30/2013 8:09:55 AM PST
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: thackney
I remember back in the 1950s and early 1960s when no one had money to blow on ammo or other frivolous things.
When hunting season came the local hardware store would break a box of 20 cartridges and sell you three rounds to go hunting, and they were not cheap!
That stopped with the 1968 gun Control Law.
I like to mention that FORTY years ago, an old man near here saw a rare doe in his back pasture! It was summer and he grabbed his trusty British .303 and went on the hunt!
He pulled the bolt back to feed a cartridge into the chamber, and he could not get it to feed! The high humidity had caused his cases to corrode and they were stuck together, and I mean STUCK.
People were not known for taking care of firearms at that time. I saw lots of old army surplus rifles hanging on a wall rusted up.
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posted on
01/30/2013 8:26:33 AM PST
by
Ruy Dias de Bivar
(Click my name! See new paintings!)
To: Jack Hammer
Obamas place in history is secure as the Greatest Firearms Salesman in the history of Planet Earth.While I agree with the concept, I'm getting tired of hearing/reading it. It does a disservice to salesmen. Salesmen, true salesmen, know their product cold.
I mean, if you placed a 9mm x 19 147 gr. FMJ round in his hand he would not be able to identify it.
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posted on
01/30/2013 8:32:05 AM PST
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Here once the embattled farmers stood... And fired the shot heard round the world.)
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
“I mean, if you placed a 9mm x 19 147 gr. FMJ round in his hand he would not be able to identify it. “
Uhhhhh Let me be clear... Thats the uhhhh round that we uhhhhh use to go hunting skeet!
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posted on
01/30/2013 9:03:16 AM PST
by
Syntyr
(Happiness is two at low eight!)
To: thackney
Been hearing a lot of retailers saying they ‘can't find’ or ‘won't be available for a while’, ‘don't have any idea when we can get’ comments. Which means it limits the products they sell, at least on that day. What percentage are ammo sales floating a business? What percentage are firearms? And in what sales volume? If they can't get the product they can't sell it. That's where I think it could affect their bottom line in the long run if the demand keeps up.
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posted on
01/30/2013 9:51:03 AM PST
by
444Flyer
(Obama killed the Twinkie, but not the terrorists in Benghazi. What's wrong with this picture?)
To: IMR 4350
Each has the ability to remove the bullet and deliver it to the person requesting the bullet and it destroys the powder and primer at the same time, thus rendering the individual ammo round useless until the time it is made ready to deliver another bullet to the person requesting it. I love it. Thanks for the chuckle.
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posted on
01/30/2013 9:58:03 AM PST
by
zeugma
(Those of us who work for a living are outnumbered by those who vote for a living.)
To: 444Flyer
Every report I hear, like the seller in this article, their total volume of sales is up. The problem is they cannot find enough to meet demand. I haven’t seen a single claim that their sales are down due to lack of supply.
It is more a case of:
used to sell 10 a day
now sell 20 a day
could sell 50 a day if I could find supply.
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posted on
01/30/2013 10:12:28 AM PST
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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