Posted on 01/30/2013 5:46:49 AM PST by thackney
... "This is usually full of .22 up here. .45 and .40...
"We used to sell 30,000 rounds a month of ammo and we’ve done that in a week, and sometimes even a day in ammo," James said.
What little they do have is generally high end and there is a limit on all purchases: a three-box max or 150 rounds at a time. That’s for all types and all sizes.
It’s not just one store.
Ron Casady has been shopping for weeks.
"I noticed online and everything is out of stock. Click add to cart. Sorry we are out of stock." Casady said.
When it comes to ammunition, there is pressure on everybody from the manufacturers to the distributors to those that resell that ammunition and it is not getting better anytime soon.
Several manufacturers have back orders of 14 months, some as long as two years.
James said, "Most of the manufacturers I have talked to have gone to round-the-clock production."
It is not just gun stores and recreational shooters scrambling, area police departments are starting to feel the impact.
Several departments KHOU 11 News talked to are putting limits on ammo that can be used for training on non-duty weapons.
So far, there are no outright shortages in our area, but plenty of departments are worried about their orders for next year, both in the ability to get the ammunition and what it will likely cost.
It takes plenty of ammo to train police officers.
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.
It’s the political climate most believe is fueling the run on guns and ammo, and it seems that is not calming either.
(Excerpt) Read more at khou.com ...
Coming from employees that work in said ammo factories?
The record sales and run up in stock prices are not being reached by holding inventory back.
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.
I looked at the website where I normally buy ammo and the stock of 9mm is completely wiped out.
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.
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....
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.
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.
“I am thinking of finally getting a .17MHR gun, since that’s 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.
Glad I asked for ammo for all my calibers for birthday and Christmas - Santa didn’t disappoint!
Heh....perfect reply!
What stores are still selling 22 ammo at a good price?
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.
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.
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.
“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!
I love it. Thanks for the chuckle.
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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