We Are Witnessing UNPRECEDENTED Shortages Of Ammo, Physical Gold And Physical Silver

The Economic Collapse ^ | 4/25/13 | Michael

[Nebr FAL owner]

Basically you paid $130.00 for $50.00 worth of ammo at that price I can see why the store has plenty of 9MM on the shelf.

[Blood of Tyrants]

We need a national don’t buy ammo at their inflated prices month. How about April?

[Blood of Tyrants]

We need a national don’t buy ammo at their inflated prices month. How about April? Or May?

[Colinsky]

Has anyone called the ammo manufacturers and asked them to speed up production slightly?

According to the article, the government's huge standing order for ammo pre-empts other customers:

"As part of their contract it stipulates that when the government calls and says give us another quantity, that everything they make has to go to the government priority one before any of it goes to the commercial market."

[longhorn too]

“Cheaper Than Dirt in North Fort Worth seems to have plenty, including 9mm. I just purchased 3 boxes (150 rounds) there this afternoon. They’re a bit pricy, $129.80 after taxes. However, the shelves were full.”

Whoa! That is right at $40.00 per box. That is some high priced 9mm.

[Dalberg-Acton]

It was 45 ACP. I forgot to put that in the first post. Still damned expensive.

[lacrew]

Aprilis about over, but I’m all for a declaration to make May:

‘Don’t buy ammo at inflated costs month’.

I think if the people who are trading in ammo get worried about taking a loss, they would stop....and my dream of seeing .22 lr on the Wal Mart shelf again will be realized.

[Eagles6]

Somebody at Walmart calls someone when the shipments come in and they show up with a number of people and buy all the .22 LR, .380, 9mm, 40s&w, .45 ACP, .357 mag, .38 spl, .223, 7.62x 39. Sometimes they resell it on Gunbroker or to smaller shops. If you notice there is hunting calibers in stock 30-06, .270, .308 and such.

[Drago]

Are there any ammo manufacturing start-ups I can invest in? Perhaps Freepers with $ to invest could start our own manufacturing company? Probably too long of a lead time to get production equipment & supplies...with my luck we would miss the “peak” demand.

[FreedomPoster]

Everyone who never bought/kept bulk ammo is now catching up since last December. If you are in that category, look in the mirror for your answer. If you are not, and just don’t want to shoot up ammo you can’t replace (which is not unreasonable), look at your neighbors.

[FreedomPoster]

A friend with a background in setting up industrial plants says it typically takes two years for new capacity to come on stream. That there is typically at most 5-10% of excess capacity in an industry, and beyond that, the time involved to acquire machinery, build/modify buildings, get upstream suppliers rolling (who are going though the same process), hire and train new staff, etc., and it’s two years before significant new capacity comes on stream.

As a side note, he has quite a nice .45 collection.

[Big Red Badger]

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