Is The Obama Administration The Cause Of Gun Ammunition Shortages?

Forbes ^ | Oct 20, 2013 | Frank Miniter

[Innovative]

As gun sales break records—partly because of fear of coming gun control from the Obama administration—supplies of ammo ran so low that gun stores and ranges have to ration ammunition. Meanwhile, rumors of mass purchases of ammunition made by government entities began to fly around the Internet. Making all this even worse is that fact that it hasn’t been a short-term supply problem. Now well over a year since the shortages of popular types of ammo began there are still empty shelves and rationing here and there around the United States.

[Innovative]

If they can't take our guns, they are taking our ammunition so the guns can only be used as clubs... clever way of getting around the 2nd Amendment.

[Innovative]

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http://www.forbes.com/sites/frankminiter/2013/10/20/is-the-obama-administration-the-cause-of-gun-ammunition-shortages/print/

[moovova]

Plenty of evil guns and ammo at Bass Pro Shop yestidy in Concord, NC...if you wuz willin’ to pay the price.

[Repeat Offender]

Answer to the headline: Is a frog’s a## water tight?

[Chode]

wally has had ammo in all calibers for a couple months now... EXCEPT .22!!!

[KC_Lion]

I literally could have told you he was the reason 5 years ago.

I remember in NOV of '08 my Mother went to my Father and I and said "I want a Shotgun for defense, NOW!"

And this is coming from a lady who has Never even held a Gun, we weren't gun people growing up, so that was quite a change for us.

[Pollster1]

My Bass Pro didn’t have any pistol ammo at all - nothing for .45 GAP/ACP/Colt, .357, .38, 9mm, 10 mm, or anything else in pistol. They had no .22lr, no .223, no 5.56, and none of the other major calibers, but they did have several odd calibers of rifle ammo. They had plenty of birdshot and trap loads, plenty of steel shot, but no defensive loads in 12 ga or 20 ga. They did have lots of guns though, even ARs.

[eyedigress]

.22LR is tough. I got a thousand rounds from Cabellas but it took some time.

You can call and negotiate price with them as well, depending on the wait.

I got 1500 rounds of .233 20% off ad price. :^)

[eyedigress]

.223 LOL!

[Arlis]

1,000 rnds. .223 at major local gun store yesterday: $539.00

[eyedigress]

Not to bad. If you can keep it around 50c a round it is about the best you can do.

[eyedigress]

I got their boxes of 50 for nineteen bucks each with a little bit of negotiation spiced in. :^)

[Beagle8U]

I still can’t find reasonably priced 22 rimfire ammo. What was $20 a brick less than 2 years ago is now $80+!

[CrazyIvan]

I actually scored a box of .380 yesterday. Hadn't seen any for months.

[wku man]

The so-called "experts" have been trying to explain away ammo shortages as training and carry ammo for DHS, Border Patrol, FBI, and other agents. Okay, great...that explains shortages of .40 cal., 9mm and maybe .45 ACP. But what about the government orders for .30-30? 7.62x39? .30-06? Most of all, what about the absolute dearth of .22LR?

I'm starting to think the industry is under government threat if they spill the beans that, as we suspect, the government is buying up all the ammo.

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!

[Chode]

yup, absolutely obscene prices on .22LR...

[Georgia Girl 2]

Wally World and Pro Bass near us have zipola.

[moovova]

I actually saw P-Mag 30 rounders for $19.90. I didn’t need’em :~)

[Gaffer]

.22LR HAS LOWEST PROFIT MARGIN

[mabarker1]

Gander Mtn. in Mooresville the supply is not bad but prices are still up.

WallyWorld is still bare except for odd stuff