Maybe I'm the one who's nuts... thoughts on the great ammo & reloading run of '21

[Shangobango]

Thank the NRA for this. They stoked the fear that democrats = the end of the world, even though it's proven untrue time and time again.

I personally think that it has more to do with the huge number of new gun owners. Supply and demand. As soon as people started having trouble finding what they wanted the hoarding began. JMO

 

[jeff_gibbons]

Found this in my stash. Never see that again

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Wow! agree. never again.

 

[JLS]

 

[Fj605]

As soon as people started having trouble finding what they wanted the hoarding began.

I completely agree with this. Even though I've never been a hoarder, I would usually check the ammo shelves and buy a box. Now, I'll buy a couple boxes of multiple calibers if it's there. There just hadn't been anything on the shelves in the last few months.

 

[Oak]

I wish this had a price tag on it. I probably paid $0.99.

 

[Carl 9.3x62]

I think I have succumbed to the panic buying. Just spent $150 on a couple boxes of ammo.

 

[Shangobango]

I think I have succumbed to the panic buying. Just spent $150 on a couple boxes of ammo.

Don't feel bad. I just bought 3 boxes of Nosler Partition bullets in .284 for almost $130 from a major supplier.

 

[Crillyiv]

I agree with most who've posted that this will pass as the panic subsides. Likely going to be a great 4 years for the firearms and ammo industry though regardless.

 

[Id-Dave]

Here are some older boxes from cci I bought at an estate sale. I wonder how old they are.

 

[marksjeep]

Piqued my curiosity... Omark Industries was bought out in 1985.

Neat history of CCI here: https://www.wardscollectibles.com/22-box-id/USA/CCI.pdf

 

[Southern Elk]

 

[Buffs35]

The funny thing is, supply shortages exist everywhere right now. It’s hard to find mountain bike parts, off road parts, etc. Gun owners just have a propensity to insert paranoia into the equation and panic buy.

Lumber... my fence just blew over. 30 dollars for a 4x4 post.

 

[Fullquiver]

Thank the NRA for this. They stoked the fear that democrats = the end of the world, even though it's proven untrue time and time again.

Riiiiiight!!! Nice to see you get a thread closed....

 

[SummitsCalling]

With ammo it's like building a fire in the wilderness, look at your pile and make it 10x bigger.

 

[LuketheDog]

Absolutely. My point is there is no grand conspiracy. People just think that and it drives their purchasing. No one is worried the government is out to take their Bilstein shocks, so they’ll pay 4-10x retail in order to get them.

I think the government is out to take my 2x4s, $7.23 a piece at Lowes, I'd rather pay $100 for a pound of gunpowder...

 

[F250]

I too got caught up in the panic and yesterday spent $15.00 over the normal cost per box of some rifle ammo. However, I am now certain I have enough for two years of practice and hunting.

 

[geetar]

Gun stores who price gouge during a pandemic or an election year are as bad as the NRA fear mongering people for their money only to use it on themselves.

 

[devon deer]

Have about 30,000 primer's but got them from a friend when he died.

Why would your friend have ever needed that many primers?
Was he a target/competition shooter?

I might get through 200 primers a year, shortages now showing in the UK.

The only panic buying I have witnessed is TP and chopped tomatoes

Cheers

Richard

 

[Big Fin]

Thank the NRA for this. They stoked the fear that democrats = the end of the world, even though it's proven untrue time and time again.

Not sure why the R/D thing has to enter every damn thread. Keep that crap out of these discussion. And I don't care what team someone is on. R/D seldom has any beneficial context to these threads.

 

[MTGomer]

People bought out the nation’s toilet paper supply in March when a handful of people had a virus that doesn’t cause diarrhea.
‘Toilet paper anxiety’ became an actual term.
I am not surprised ammo is scarce.