Posted on 09/10/2021 4:19:55 AM PDT by Right Wing Vegan
With hunting season around the corner, ammunition shortages remain an issue, although dealers are seeing signs of improvement.
The COVID-19 pandemic affected inventory levels across multiple industries, and ammunition and firearms were no exception. Scott Sutton, general manager of American Gold Mine, said although ammunition is returning to shelves, it’s still hard to get.
“It’s been really tough,” Sutton said. “Hunting ammo is still not the easiest thing to come up with. We always try to keep some for guns, because it is really hard to sell a gun if you don’t have the ammo for it.”
While people stocking up on firearms and ammunition were at an all-time high while COVID-19 was at its peak, some retail locations had to place limits on how much customers could buy.
James Wymore, store manager at Bullseye Trading Company in St. Joseph, said purchasing limits were set for multiple reasons.
“Some people would buy as much as they could and then just take it home and sit on it,” Wymore said. “We began offering people a discount if they purchased ammo in here and shot it at our range simply because then we knew it was getting used.”
With manufacturing beginning to pick back up after pandemic shutdowns in some states, dealers say ammo is slowly returning to shelves.
“As far as plinking rounds for shooting out here on the range like 9mm, 40 S&W and 45ACP .... we’ve come a long way in getting more and more of them,” Wymore said. “We finally took the (purchasing) limit off of .9, .40, .45, .223, 5.56, and .308.”
While ammo was in a shortage, buyers were not, causing an inflated resale market to spread like wildfire through multiple online platforms with some brands being sold for more than 100% of the standard retail price. However, with the inflated prices found online, some local dealers believe this helped their cause.
“It’s so dang high to order it that way (that) once the locals find out that we’ve got it at a more reasonable price in the shop, then it helps us in a way,” Wymore said.
With the slow return to normal, ammunition remains a highly sought-after item, particularly in some specialty and hard-to-find calibers.
“We’re taking all we can get,” Sutton said. “Ammo is something you don’t turn down.”
Why not just write an Executive Order that anyone possessing more than 100 rounds of ammo MUST be vaccinated. That way, you can start going around and checking how much ammo folks have.
THAT should set it off... (just trying to help)
If they want it so badly, let THEM start it.
Amo has been back somewhat, and the prices have declined slightly. But, make sure you have enough because you may have to use it.
Ammo. “It’s not just for gun ranges anymore.”
In post-Constitutional, Marxist America, ammo should be referred to as “votes.”
There does not seem to be a shortage in Chicago. Perhaps Lightfoot is pulling some strings.
Well played.
When my father died last summer I inherited several thousand rounds of ammunition. I haven’t fired off a single one, but at least I did sort it all out last weekend, putting it all in separate ammo boxes. I have several hundred of 30 ought 6 for my rifle, a couple thousand for my SKS, about 1,000 for my 9 mm, a couple thousand for my 22 rifles, as well as roughly a 1,000 for my shotguns and about 60 for my 380 that I carry in my car.
The reason for sorting it out is that I am actually going to go to the little firing range that I built on my property and give some of it a try this weekend. I need to get proficient with these guns and not just have them hanging around. It’s a bit like owning a car and not knowing how to drive.
That would be like throwing gas on a flame. A lot of people would die. Some would be the homeowners where they inspected and others would be the cops themselves but a lot of people would die. Think Ruby ridge * 100,000.
“There are four boxes to be used in the defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order.”
I lost all my ammo in that canoe accident.
Get more .380.
Start a blog.
I believe Remington has restarted ammo production. Should help some.
Well, let them start it. It was a tongue-in-cheek comment. They seem to be so determined to get something going, then, start it.
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Still not finding supply on shelves in my part of DFW, TX. Just ordered 9mm online, it was 2x the price I should pay and then shipping on top of it. Couldn’t bring myself to pay the price for plinking rounds. Lesson learned on not stocking up. . .
Suspect ammo sales are gonna be high this weekend and shelves will be cleared of what’s available
I suppose that means use of a sub machine gun could be referred to as “ballot harvesting”.
Does anyone else think the price of firearms has plateaued since the Biden riots run up?
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