Posted on 04/20/2013 4:19:00 AM PDT by markomalley
Ammunition sellers and manufacturers say there’s been a run on bullets and they can’t keep their shelves stocked.
Jeff Dillard who runs National Armory in Pompano says it’s the worst he’s ever seen.
“I have never seen ammo so impossible to get,” said Dillard.
He said demand for ammunition has been growing and spiked over the past couple of days.
“Because of the terrorist attacks and the gun control legislation people are getting in more of a panic situation,” Dillard said.
When he can get bullets, Dillard says, they’re expensive.
“We paid five times the price we would normally pay,” he said, adding that it isn’t just ammunition running low, he can’t even get the parts to make bullets. “All our vendors are telling us not only are they out of stock but some are two to three million bullet-heads in back-order. They won’t even take our orders because they don’t know when they’ll be able to fill them.”
Ammunition manufacturer Andy Delatorre says can hardly keep up with ammunition orders, but the shortage on parts has hurt his business so much he had to lay off four people last month.
“We have had to shut down 50 percent of manufacturing process. People are out on street without jobs right now. We just can’t find enough raw material,” he said.
Ammunition manufacturers and sellers say they see no end in sight to the demand for bullets. “A lot of the distributors and suppliers are telling us it could be 2-3 months before we can get an ample supply of ammo and all that’s going to do is to drive up the prices,” said Dillard.
That guys lathe was great !
I have an old foot powered sewing machine and like it better for repairing stuff that an electric high dollar do so much it can’t do one thing right sewing machine.....:o)
Stay safe !
Sorry the link to the Lutz Moeller site (from the cbt. engr. site) was defunct. Looks like he has a different site. Haven’t looked at the content, yet.
http://lutz-moeller-jagd.de/English/
I still sew with needle and thread.
Found it ... Was very interested in the LM105 .338 Lapua Mag till I saw I’d have to rechamber my Dakota Arms Longbow for the overall length aka c.o.l ...... Very very good read !
Lots of great info....
Modify a lot of my clothing to fit my needs, wear from holsters, pocket knife clip wear, pen slots and sleeves for pen and phone. Tailor custom pockets inside waistband for a SD card or a few Benjamin’s hidden for emergencies etc... Kevlar cord hidden under logos and labels etc ...
Parachute riggers used to do such for us but, retired now so I’m on my own. girl friday sews but I like to do my own modifications.
Magnetized sewing needle for sewing and improvised floating compass is in the wallet and my boot laces are 550 cord. I can salvage massive amount of sewing thread from the guts of the 550 cord if need it.
Sewing is one of my renaissance man skills Mom made me learn long ago.
....:o)
Yes sometimes I do feel like part of an alien world. I don’t think that the politicians and the media can understand us.
I am restoring an old 7mm Mauser, if I can get some reloadable brass I would love to load some paper patched rounds.
If they can’t grok the basic nomenclature of the components of a firearms cartridge I don’t think they have what it takes to understand rational intelligent human beings. lol
Lots of good how to videos on you tube.... Really interesting how the accuracy actually improved in some of old legends ...cast soft lead, paper patched and some of the shooters were impressive and extreme ranges.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q98H0-oLSlA&sns=em
Good project...stay safe !
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