Interesting tidbit overheard at Fleet Farm

[LarryP]

Are the mfgr's trying to meet the demand?? Who knows??

Can't see a better way to increase profit by creating and keeping a demand for it.

This is a good time to sell ammo. The ammo makers are probably putting out as many rounds as they can, and eventually the people who are stocking up will stop buying due to lack of funds/space/spousal approval.

It's just an ammo bubble. Be ready for the down side! And there will be a down side.

[XDM45]

Cheapest .45ACP I've found is .72 a round. Eff that.

I'll shoot 1,000 for the year and be done with it. Come January 2014 I'll order more. Hopefully prices will be down then, if not, I'll wait until they are. I'll order a ton of it when I do order. I'm thinking 5,000 in .45ACP and 20k in .22LR.

[SamM]

I wonder if large purchase tracking is in any of the planned amendments. There was a time large powder, or was it any powder?, purchases were logged. Then the ATF comes knocking because you bought 20k .22lr rounds... You know, just in case there's a zombie rabbit outbreak...

[XDM45]

I wonder if large purchase tracking is in any of the planned amendments. There was a time large powder, or was it any powder?, purchases were logged. Then the ATF comes knocking because you bought 20k .22lr rounds... You know, just in case there's a zombie rabbit outbreak...

I hope not.

[peckerhead]

Trying to barter or buy ammo on armslist is about enough to make a guy lose faith in humanity. Those people are crazy.

Good thing for us were talking about ammunition and not food and water. If the latter were the case, half of us would be dead by now. Buy low sell high!

[SharpRule]

I would rather save the money and use to buy new guns than buy target ammo at ridiculous prices. I'm not going to support the price gougers when I could have a nice 1911 or whatever else. It would be something else to enjoy when the stock comes back and we can walk in and buy what we want at msrp or less...we can all dream right?

[GordyTheCook]

Trying to barter or buy ammo on armslist is about enough to make a guy lose faith in humanity. Those people are crazy.

Good thing for us were talking about ammunition and not food and water. If the latter were the case, half of us would be dead by now. Buy low sell high!

Sad to hear. don't come knocking on my door when half of you are out of food. Will trade #10 cans of sour kraut for ammo
if you have 40 or 9mm is HP i mite be willing to trade re-fried beans

[XDM45]

Trying to barter or buy ammo on armslist is about enough to make a guy lose faith in humanity. Those people are crazy.

Good thing for us were talking about ammunition and not food and water. If the latter were the case, half of us would be dead by now. Buy low sell high!

On a serious note.... think about that for a minute.

If a SHTF situation, even a temporary one like Katrina happened, do you really think your fellow human being won't shoot you, bend your corpse over and commit a vile act before they give or even sell you some food and/or water? I'm afraid the "eff you! I got mine...and now give me yours too!" would happen all too quickly. It's every person for themselves. Maybe I'm just too jaded and lack faith in humankind, or maybe I'm just a realist, it's a matter of opinion.

[GordyTheCook]

Trying to barter or buy ammo on armslist is about enough to make a guy lose faith in humanity. Those people are crazy.

Good thing for us were talking about ammunition and not food and water. If the latter were the case, half of us would be dead by now. Buy low sell high!

On a serious note.... think about that for a minute.

If a SHTF situation, even a temporary one like Katrina happened, do you really think your fellow human being won't shoot you, bend your corpse over and commit a vile act before they give or even sell you some food and/or water? I'm afraid the "eff you! I got mine...and now give me yours too!" would happen all too quickly. It's every person for themselves. Maybe I'm just too jaded and lack faith in humankind, or maybe I'm just a realist, it's a matter of opinion.

In a lot of ways I agree with you. I believe in being prepared, as f%&*ed up as it sounds the people I work with, and most the people who Know me and know I am prepared have no clue ware I live. lets just say there is a pretty short list of like minded people who know what to do if things go bad.

[peckerhead]

I think you're both spot on.

[Stoley_XD]

Couple weeks ago I was at the Walmart in Lakeville and lo and behold there was two boxes of federal 45 ACP sitting on the shelf it was the first pistol ammo I've seen since December...and I passed on it, if it would've been boxes of 22 LR I would've been all over it. I've built up a pretty good stockpile of multiple pistol rounds and rifle rounds but for some reason I've neglected 22LR I guess I always assume that it would be available at any time.

Now on the other hand every time I go in there they always have 17 HMR and plenty of shotgun shells... looks like I'm gonna be doing a lot of .17 shooting and clays this summer.


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[bjohnson]

I was at the BP Fleet Farm over Easter weekend. Ended up chatting with a guy looking for ammo, he told me he was talking to one of the people working there and they said when they get ammo in, they just wheel the pallet over and leave it there. They don't bother putting it on the shelf because it's a waste of time. Apparently a couple times they have wheeled out the pallet, a guy saw it, asked the clerk how much there was, then said he'll take it all....

[leprechaun50]

[/quote]
Sad to hear. don't come knocking on my door when half of you are out of food. Will trade #10 cans of sour kraut for ammo
if you have 40 or 9mm is HP i mite be willing to trade re-fried beans [/quote]

You sir are now talking about WEAPONS OF MASS DISTRUCTION and can expect a visit from the ATF, FBI, SS, BBC ETC

[MNGunner]

Want food, ammo, or anything else from me in a disaster, send your daughter. The hot one, not the fat one.

[goalie]

I was at the BP Fleet Farm over Easter weekend. Ended up chatting with a guy looking for ammo, he told me he was talking to one of the people working there and they said when they get ammo in, they just wheel the pallet over and leave it there. They don't bother putting it on the shelf because it's a waste of time. Apparently a couple times they have wheeled out the pallet, a guy saw it, asked the clerk how much there was, then said he'll take it all....

Not exactly great business practice if true.