Ammo Supply Problems - need your thoughts

[tombogan03884]

Shooting more and buying enough to have on hand (like a couple month supply), I'd call OK. Buying a 10-year supply, I'd call excessive.

I'd buy a 10-year supply of soup and camping supplies before I'd buy a 10-year supply of target ammunition. If society as we know it ends, how much time do you plan to spend at the range?

None, but cartridges are easier to transport for trade than turnips and such and will probably be worth more.

[Luv2Shoot]

... and THIS is why the rest of us can't find ammo.

You snooze you Loose

I guess it determines where you live in the country. 9mm and 45auto are still on the shelves almost everywhere in San Antonio, TX.
The strangest thing I've come across, was I when to Sportsman's Warehouse yesterday and they were almost completely sold out of pistols and rifles.

I'm sure glad I've been stocking up for the past year. I also chose pistols and rifles that shot the same caliber round.

  Just think a few months ago Wal-mart sold 100rd box of 40s&w for $17.99 and now it's selling for $28.99 IF you can find them.

[Timothy]

Just got back from the "Things that go Bang" superstore, aka my neighborhood FFL...my thoughts on ammo are OUCH!!!!

40 bucks a box for WWB 100/count.....bought three boxes.....   More next week and his supply is plentiful.  He has no supplier problems, YET....

[PoorSoulInJersey]

YOU WILL BE AT THE RANGE LESS. THAT AMMO WILL BE LOOKING LIKE A GOOD IDEA WHEN YOUR SOUP RUNS OUT AND YOU NEED TO HUNT FOR FOOD. 

you think you can carry and store 10 years of ammunition if you're living on only what you can hunt?

I'd be more likely to invest in a good bow at that point. A pointy stick arrow might be a little more sustainable in the long term.

[Badgersmilk]

If Opec wants to bring in a few extra bucks for a given period what do they do?  Cut back production!  Demand goes up, prices go up...  More money in their pockets!  "Whew hoo!  Order up the gold leaf toilet paper for the executive bathrooms!"

Now change one word in that statement:

If Cerberus wants to bring in a few extra bucks for a given period what do they do?...  Get the picture?

While its marketed under MANY, MANY names, Winchester, and Remington produce a LARGE portion of the ammo circulating in the world today.  Doesnt Cerberus own them both?  (Along with who knows what all else)

[Sponsor]

[Timothy]

If Opec wants to bring in a few extra bucks for a given period what do they do?  Cut back production!  Demand goes up, prices go up...  More money in their pockets!  "Whew hoo!  Order up the gold leaf toilet paper for the executive bathrooms!"

Now change one word in that statement:

If Cerberus wants to bring in a few extra bucks for a given period what do they do?...  Get the picture?

While its marketed under MANY, MANY names, Winchester, and Remington produce a LARGE portion of the ammo circulating in the world today.  Doesnt Cerberus own them both?  (Along with who knows what all else)

True Badger, but what can you do about it?  It's just supply and demand, simple economics and the heartbeat of capitalism.  You can choose not to participate.  There is no law against owning more than one company or making a profit.  Now, if the price of .45 ammo went to say, 80-90 bucks a box with no real cause, then I have a problem!

I remember when gas was 19 cents a gallon, could fill my gas guzzling 64 Impala with loose change I found under the seats but today at 2 to 4 bucks a gulp, I gotta get to work.......One is a luxury, the other is a necessity...

Good thought, keep it up...

P.S.  What part of MI you from?

[tombogan03884]

you think you can carry and store 10 years of ammunition if you're living on only what you can hunt?

I'd be more likely to invest in a good bow at that point. A pointy stick arrow might be a little more sustainable in the long term.

In NJ that will probably be all that's left to you. As long as you have the proper license and permission slip.

[tombogan03884]

If Opec wants to bring in a few extra bucks for a given period what do they do?  Cut back production!  Demand goes up, prices go up...  More money in their pockets!  "Whew hoo!  Order up the gold leaf toilet paper for the executive bathrooms!"

Now change one word in that statement:

If Cerberus wants to bring in a few extra bucks for a given period what do they do?...  Get the picture?

While its marketed under MANY, MANY names, Winchester, and Remington produce a LARGE portion of the ammo circulating in the world today.  Doesnt Cerberus own them both?  (Along with who knows what all else)

Doesn't work, to many other Companies like Fiocchi, Blackhills etc.

[Teresa Heilevang]

you think you can carry and store 10 years of ammunition if you're living on only what you can hunt?

I'd be more likely to invest in a good bow at that point. A pointy stick arrow might be a little more sustainable in the long term.

Well in the next 10 years...  God forbid...you might have to hunt "what you can not eat".... And please don't blame "me" and those that plan ahead and stock up ( for whatever reasons) for you not being able to buy -  find ammo.  Should have started buying sooner I guess. We don't have a shooting range closer than 120 miles. Never have gone to one, but we live in the small cow town  country, and not too often do we just go out and shoot more than 100 rounds of anything.
 I know people ..lots of people.. who have a ton of ammo in their survival boxes. We have alot stock piled but not near what some have. Do I begrudge them that ? Heck no. Nor do I get all grunchy with those who were smarter than me and bought bulk seed and corn and wheat when it was cheaper...and put it in permanent packing barrels.

The thing is , none of us know how bad it is going to get. Personally I think I and my family are setting in one of the better parts of the country if the poop hits the end of the pipe. Anyone who is not living in the city or around one and used to doing things 'the old way' is better off if things get ugly.  We can survive..without what the city makes most dependent on.
But bullets (for protection of yourself, your property and for hunting food) water and a way to make fire is top on my list of things I HAVE to have.

You can have your pointy stick... I'll take my guns and ammo thank you very much.  

[MOREGUNS]

In NJ that will probably be all that's left to you. As long as you have the proper license and permission slip.

Better stock up on Beetle Spins too