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Gun Stores Seeing A Run On Ammunition
CBS Miami ^
| 4/18/2013
Posted on 04/20/2013 4:19:00 AM PDT by markomalley
Ammunition sellers and manufacturers say theres been a run on bullets and they cant keep their shelves stocked.
Jeff Dillard who runs National Armory in Pompano says its the worst hes 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, theyre expensive.
We paid five times the price we would normally pay, he said, adding that it isnt just ammunition running low, he cant 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 wont even take our orders because they dont know when theyll 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 cant 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 thats going to do is to drive up the prices, said Dillard.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; Government
KEYWORDS: banglist; guncontrol; secondamendment
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To: markomalley; Squantos
Folks, if you want to survive the end of the world, you gots to be able to make bullets. There’s only one way to make the real, tactical bullets instead of those gooshy lead bullets that will melt coming out of your AR-15 or blow up your Glocks! Here’s the secret: the Hydro-Press for only $8950.00.
Hurry, before they’re all bought out by the leaders after the end of the world. You don’t wanna die!!!!
http://www.corbins.com/index.htm
;-)
Sorry, Squantos. Couldn’t resist. And no, I have nothing against swaging, having set up and done similar runs and other kinds of machine work in the past. I’d recommend that interested folks go for more flexible machines for custom jobs of all kinds, though. A good and much more versatile hydraulic press can be had for less. Manual presses for custom work for far less. Fads do end, while some less exciting items will be desperately needed (e.g., parts for heavy equipment and light transportation).
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posted on
04/20/2013 11:44:21 AM PDT
by
familyop
(We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of rotten politics smelled around the planet.)
To: Celtic Conservative
"You mean crack smoking CBS reporters?"
No, but that works too.
To: markomalley
Is this posted in the right YEAR?
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posted on
04/20/2013 1:39:13 PM PDT
by
Cheerio
(Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
To: LRM
Your most welcome.... share the goodies ya find cheap !
Stay safe !
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posted on
04/20/2013 1:41:54 PM PDT
by
Squantos
( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
To: familyop
I have a corbins press .....:o)
Link to it in my post above to Mark ....needs saying many times !!
I am gonna take a turn on the lathe with some of the copper bronze rod for .224 dia bullets . even if I have to use the bad ones with 30 cal sabots
85
posted on
04/20/2013 1:42:25 PM PDT
by
Squantos
( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
To: Lurker
Stiil have a care package trying to get together for your tribe ....T-Shirts are nil to none right now at Widget Works due a new contract taking over .... hold the brass and I will send what I have with a note.
Stay safe !!
86
posted on
04/20/2013 1:45:10 PM PDT
by
Squantos
( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
To: Squantos
"I am gonna take a turn on the lathe with some of the copper bronze rod for .224 dia bullets . even if I have to use the bad ones with 30 cal sabots"
That can be a great way to make bullets, for anyone who can cut a very consistent ogive from one bullet to the next. Some custom match bullet shops have done really well with those. I haven't had time to look into solving that problem (extremely consistent ogive on a lathe) but will try to get around to it.
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posted on
04/20/2013 3:29:08 PM PDT
by
familyop
(We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of rotten politics smelled around the planet.)
To: Squantos
"I have a corbins press .....:o)"
You've gotta like swaging. ;-) IIRC, Corbin's press for near $700 or so is not a bad deal at all. I've thought about swaging a time or two but opted so far to restrict my bullet making to larger bores (cooked lead alloys with gas checks added for rifles)
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posted on
04/20/2013 3:46:23 PM PDT
by
familyop
(We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of rotten politics smelled around the planet.)
To: Squantos
89
posted on
04/20/2013 3:52:21 PM PDT
by
Lurker
(Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
To: Sender
Bullet heads the part of the bullet that gets shot down the barrel (from msm guide to bullets, clips and scary parts)Do you ever feel like you're from an alien race of people from a culture that is a hundred million years more advanced than the one on this planet? Thank you, liberals! You have erased all cause for me to ever doubt my intellectual abilities. Apparently I did poorly in high school because I couldn't decipher the primitive grunting that passes for language on your world.
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posted on
04/20/2013 3:55:40 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(If babies had guns they wouldn't be aborted)
To: familyop
Just a cool suggestion if ya have old surplus rifles... soft lead cast bullets, “paper patched” ....very cool, very accurate lots of links on you toob etc ... give it a peek !
303, 6.5x55, 7.62x54R, 30-40 Krag aka 30 Army etc ..... great fun !
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posted on
04/20/2013 4:42:28 PM PDT
by
Squantos
( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
To: familyop
Make a cutter not unlike a pencil sharpener would be my first attempt....:o)
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posted on
04/20/2013 4:44:00 PM PDT
by
Squantos
( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
To: Squantos
"Just a cool suggestion if ya have old surplus rifles... soft lead cast bullets, paper patched ....very cool, very accurate lots of links on you toob etc ... give it a peek !"
Thanks! I'd almost forgotten about that. It would be a good way to get the bullet diameter up enough to fill the grooves. I do cast hard pistol bullets a little over-sized but hadn't thought about checking actual bore sizes in medium or large bore rifles.
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posted on
04/20/2013 5:18:59 PM PDT
by
familyop
(We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of rotten politics smelled around the planet.)
To: Squantos
"Make a cutter not unlike a pencil sharpener would be my first attempt....:o)"
The same guess occurred to me, too: lay the tool out. Then grind the shape right into the tool to make the consistent ogive on each bullet. I wonder if a wee bit of use of emery paper on each for finish would help with a better finish or mess up the ogive.
It might be a good idea to look around the Net in advance, too. Quite a few men with shops have recently put some good machining tutorials about making firearms parts out there for free.
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posted on
04/20/2013 5:27:17 PM PDT
by
familyop
(We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of rotten politics smelled around the planet.)
To: familyop
All fun .....:o)
Sta safe !
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posted on
04/20/2013 5:30:31 PM PDT
by
Squantos
( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
To: Squantos
Some info on turning copper bullets can be gleaned from the following folks. They were great with some virtually perfect 6.8 SPC bullets for a test a while back. You’ll also find a little terminal ballistics info there.
GS Custom Bullets
http://gscustom.co.za/
[familyop: Use a hefty flow of good coolant, IMO (re, copper’s radical expansion with heat noticed in other kinds of custom jobs in the past, IIRC).]
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posted on
04/20/2013 5:43:04 PM PDT
by
familyop
(We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of rotten politics smelled around the planet.)
To: familyop
Good Link...grateful !
BTW was looking at my daily video sites I bookmark and found this guy . Awesome video, though ya might enjoy it as well .
http://www.wimp.com/footpowered/
Stay safe !
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posted on
04/20/2013 5:59:07 PM PDT
by
Squantos
( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
To: Squantos
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posted on
04/20/2013 6:00:46 PM PDT
by
familyop
(We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of rotten politics smelled around the planet.)
To: Squantos
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posted on
04/20/2013 6:07:28 PM PDT
by
MHGinTN
(Being deceived can be cured.)
To: Squantos
"BTW was looking at my daily video sites I bookmark and found this guy . Awesome video, though ya might enjoy it as well ."
Yes! Thanks!
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posted on
04/20/2013 6:07:34 PM PDT
by
familyop
(We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of rotten politics smelled around the planet.)
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