Ammo Shortages

[CraigJS]

Are we still hording every round coming out of the factories or have they cut back production?

[BemidjiDweller]

Depends, do you count saving up ammunition for summer as hoarding?

[LePetomane]

Probably both. I saw this coming and began stocking up a while ago. When I would go to the range intending on shooting 100 rounds I would stop at GM or FF and pick up 200, store 100 and shoot 100. I just inventoried it and am in pretty good shape. I don't know about the factories producing less and at this point I don't care. What's driving the high prices is the fact that people are hoarding now when the prices are high.

[tluchsinger]

im not hording I just want to shoot. but some guys want to hord as much as they can and leave us weekend shooters with out any ammo. that is not good, I hope this bites them in tha butt latter when ammo is avalable again, I really want to go to bills this weekend to shoot the .22 but cant caz there is not ammo to buy.
Funny thing is after seeing a show on doomsday prepers they said get a .22 for the ammo is plentyfull and eazy to get, I guess they never thought of the horders out there.

[Tronster]

The ammo plants are running round the clock AFAIK.

After seeing the "infamous ammo shortage" of '08, where there wasn't a single box of .380 to be had for nearly two years and 9mm would trickle in every few months, I made sure to stock up when the shelves were full again. I knew this would happen again if Obummer got re-elected. If you are just starting to get into shooting, sorry it's a bad time for beginners. If you've been shooting for awhile now and didn't stock up for potential shortages, hate to say it but it's your own fault.

[photogpat]

They're running around the clock, all shifts, all days.

Now whether they increase capacity will be the question.

[bothwell]

If this shortage winds-down like it sounds like '08 did, then there's not enough long-term capacity to justify a factory-building boom.

BTW, I noticed that everybody still has 7.62x54r in stock. I foresee a Mosin Bubba Build-Off in our future.

[Hmac]

Probably both. I saw this coming and began stocking up a while ago. When I would go to the range intending on shooting 100 rounds I would stop at GM or FF and pick up 200, store 100 and shoot 100. I just inventoried it and am in pretty good shape. I don't know about the factories producing less and at this point I don't care. What's driving the high prices is the fact that people are hoarding now when the prices are high.

Me too. About 2 years ago I started ordering ammo I didn't need every time I saw that PSA had dropped the shipping charges. By the time the panic rolled around, I had about 10,000 rounds of each caliber. My wife always let out a big sigh with eye-rolling every time UPS dropped off an ammo carton. Now, she gives me a little kiss on the cheek every time we go to the range.

I'm no prepper, but I have a couple of buddies who are kind of inclined to believe in the possibility of some form of crisis-induced societal hiccup. One of them buys physical gold. The other picks up silver, thinking that it will be easier to manage the lesser value of silver. I told them that I'm pretty sure that I'd have an easier time bartering goods for ammo than they would silver or gold.

[LePetomane]

I told them that I'm pretty sure that I'd have an easier time bartering goods for ammo than they would silver or gold.

In remote areas of third world countries, ammo is currency. Hopefully we don't deteriorate into that.

I'm getting sick and tired of this ammo shortage and the gouging that is resulting from it. I'd like to call for a boycott. Don't buy any ammo for two weeks. These companies and retailers who are doing the gouging can pound salt in their arses.

[rugersol]

[Need4Speed]

I have given up on Walmart. Was at FF in St Cloud last weekend, they had a pretty decent supply of 40 and 45. Prices are a little more than Wally World, but I'm not going to sweat 1-2 bucks a box. That said, it's tough to pay 23 bucks for 50 rounds of Blazer 45ACP.

The shelves are pretty bare online. All the decent places to buy are completely out, and what they do have "in stock" is way overpriced.

[MXGreg]

I was at Walmart in Red Wing Fri night, picked up three 100rd boxes of WWB .45 for $40.37, they also had 50rd boxes for $20.37. Yesterday was at FF in Rochester, they had 50rd WWB for $28.xx each. That's quite the price difference.

It's too bad I was looking for 9mm, there doesn't seem to be any of that anywhere.

[ranger]

Last Thursday was my lucky day. I found 3 boxes of 9mm Federal 100 round value packs at the walmart in Brooklyn Center. I bought all three @ $21.37 each.

[MNGunGuy]

Both Oakdale and Hudson FF had 350rd packs of Blazer 9mm yesterday for 89.99. The week prior it was 250rd packs of Magtech for 63.99. Like others mentioned its not so much a shortage as it is everyone wanting it and it disappearing as soon as it's on the shelf.

[CraigJS]

Just seems strange that so many more people are wanting ammo, than a year ago.. A year plus ago, would you have driven to multiple stores to buy ammo? That's why I asked, are we helping to create the "shortages". I think WE ARE. (flame suit on.)