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Heavy demand for guns, ammo puts strain on supply chain
St. Louis Post-Dispatch ^ | 04/27/2009 | Tim Barker

Posted on 04/28/2009 7:27:55 AM PDT by newgeezer

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I'm frankly surprised the messiah didn't make this a priority for his first 100 days. I can only guess they're waiting for (or, planning) some sort of "crisis" to move their agenda further and faster.
1 posted on 04/28/2009 7:27:55 AM PDT by newgeezer
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To: newgeezer

Because of the election, I can’t find any small rifle primers to save my life.


2 posted on 04/28/2009 7:31:07 AM PDT by JamesP81 (When Obama signed an order providing tax dollars to murder children, he stopped being my president)
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To: newgeezer

We’re told that more guns = more crime. So why hasn’t the crime rate gone up as fast as the gun sales?


3 posted on 04/28/2009 7:32:04 AM PDT by umgud (I'm really happy I wasn't aborted)
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To: newgeezer

No kidding. I can’t find .25 ACP for my wife’s CCW if my life depends on it.


4 posted on 04/28/2009 7:33:01 AM PDT by Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus (Third Parties are for the weak, fearful, and ineffectual among us.)
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To: newgeezer
What started late last year — about the time President Barack Obama took office

The St Louis Post-Disgrace could not wait until January for 0bama to take office.

Great journalism by a biased member of the media.

5 posted on 04/28/2009 7:35:12 AM PDT by TYVets
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No problem getting 9MM, 30-06 or shotgun shells here in NJ.
However, the price SUCKS! I don’t buy unless I see a sale...which there still is believe it or not.

People have to calm the heck down...I know it’s all speculation but do you really need 25000 rounds of ammo? Stop buying for a while so these online rape artists (auctions) get stuck with a crap load of over priced ammo.


6 posted on 04/28/2009 7:36:03 AM PDT by mikelets456
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To: newgeezer

I’m surprised as hell that no unconventional entrepreneurs aren’t leaping into the breach.

Where are the wheeler-dealers buying up stockpiles of leftover 7.62x39mm, 7.62x51mm, 5.56mm, ancient 30’06, and 9mm from 3rd world stockpiles the world over?

If I was a turd world potentate, warlord or globe-trotting gangster, I’d be getting out of the killing business entirely and selling my ammo stockpiles to the yanquis.

Sigh! Too bad ol’ Viktor Bout (”The Merchant of Death”) is in the klink. This would be a tailor-made opportunity for someone like him.


7 posted on 04/28/2009 7:36:35 AM PDT by sinanju
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To: umgud

People need to, seriously, ask themselves....”What is the government afraid of when it comes to our people owning guns?”


8 posted on 04/28/2009 7:36:36 AM PDT by RC2 (FREEDOM)
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Why don’t factories ramp up production? Obama was elected in November. I suspect they are using this to ramp up the price or will do so.


9 posted on 04/28/2009 7:36:54 AM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: umgud

I’ve heard ads for a gun store running an “Obama special”.

Of course the MSM will tend to think of people stocking up as being the lunatic fringe of society, but it does seem like a reaction to Obama.


10 posted on 04/28/2009 7:37:21 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: newgeezer
Firearms Salesman of the Year

11 posted on 04/28/2009 7:38:16 AM PDT by Hodar (Who needs laws .... when this "feels" so right?)
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To: JamesP81
Because of the election, I can’t find any small rifle primers to save my life.

Think about that statement being more true than any of us would want to believe.

12 posted on 04/28/2009 7:39:13 AM PDT by Aroostook25
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To: Anti-Bubba182

Lee Precision has doubled the size of their factory and are running full steam.


13 posted on 04/28/2009 7:39:33 AM PDT by texmexis best (uency)
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To: mikelets456

Same here in N.E. Ohio. You can get it all, but you’ll pay for it.

I think the panic mongers are running the price up for us weekly shooters.


14 posted on 04/28/2009 7:40:11 AM PDT by Pessimist
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I would like 25000 rounds in the event we spiral down a depression road or the mexican govt fails and south texas has a flood of illegals. WE do not konw what is going to happen and for how long. And the last thing i want is to be stuck with 100 bullets and no way to get more if they are needed.


15 posted on 04/28/2009 7:40:28 AM PDT by genxer
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To: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus
http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/cb/magtech-handgun-ammo.aspx?a=532475

You'd better hurry, though

16 posted on 04/28/2009 7:41:41 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: Anti-Bubba182

I’ve read several articles that say the ammo manufacturers are running their factories 24/7, but still can’t keep up with demand. I even heard that on the radio news a couple of weeks back.


17 posted on 04/28/2009 7:41:56 AM PDT by basil ( It's time to eliminate all "Gun Free Zones")
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To: genxer

do we have a gun ping list i can subscribe to


18 posted on 04/28/2009 7:42:06 AM PDT by genxer
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This is a warning shot (pun intended) to the Democrats that any infringement of the 2nd Amendment on their part will drive people to the polls like the 1993 AWB drove them to the polls in 1994 (the year of the self-serving and failed "Republican Revolution").
19 posted on 04/28/2009 7:42:54 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Islam is a religion of peace, and Muslims reserve the right to kill anyone who says otherwise.)
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To: JamesP81

Small rifle, large rifle, small pistol, large pistol - they’re all gone.

The only thing I can find is “large pistol magnum” and shotshell.


20 posted on 04/28/2009 7:43:15 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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