Are you stocked up for 2024

Ammo crisis #1 (brought to you by he who said that his Inauguration Day would also be the day that the ocean levels stopped rising) made me wary. I figured more of the same was coming. I was determined to take measures to avoid being caught short. Crisis #2 (can’t remember what tripped it) resulted in guys standing outside a local sports store 1-2 hours before it opened every Tuesday- the day the “truck came in”.
Sometimes that truck delivered ammo , sometimes not. ONLY 2 BOXES OER CUSTOMER PER DAY stated the signs at all the retail places.
I was not one of the sad sacks standing in line. I had the luxury of passing in ammunition that was 2X the price it had been a few years earlier.

I’m older now, had some health changes like a lot of other guys. Slowed down my rate of consumption a bit , which is ok.

Am I good for 2024? Yes , in fact I’m good for the home stretch. One less thing to worry about.

Waveski said:

Ammo crisis #1 (brought to you by he who said that his Inauguration Day would also be the day that the ocean levels stopped rising) made me wary. I figured more of the same was coming. I was determined to take measures to avoid being caught short. Crisis #2 (can’t remember what tripped it) resulted in guys standing outside a local sports store 1-2 hours before it opened every Tuesday- the day the “truck came in”.
Sometimes that truck delivered ammo , sometimes not. ONLY 2 BOXES OER CUSTOMER PER DAY stated the signs at all the retail places.
I was not one of the sad sacks standing in line. I had the luxury of passing in ammunition that was 2X the price it had been a few years earlier.

I’m older now, had some health changes like a lot of other guys. Slowed down my rate of consumption a bit , which is ok.

Am I good for 2024? Yes , in fact I’m good for the home stretch. One less thing to worry about.

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I took pictures of the 2-hour long lines standing in front of the plywood covered windows of the Turners Outdoorsman store in San Bernardino, Ca. Total ridiculousness.

I also avoided 95% of that panic because I bought what I thought I might need, before I needed it. I did run low on SPP, down to under 1k left in a brick, so I did pay a bit of scalpers prices to keep feeding my revolvers. I am much better now, though.

Stay safe.

Riomouse911 said:

Congrats! I retired one year ago this week from a .org, so I get your initial wait to see how the pension payments balance out. (I get paid by two systems, so mine took about six weeks to become official.)

Most of my match .22 I bought when Big 5 was clearing out RWS match ammo for $2.99 a box. I cleaned out five or six Big 5’s around here, and even scooped up the remaining stock from the store in Newport, Oregon when up there on vacation.


I dabble in the black arts of the reloading bench. In fact, after moving stuff around on the rimfire shelf i cleaned/processed about 250 .38 Special and primed 400 .44 Special cases earlier this afternoon.

Stay safe.

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Hey, don’t be coming up to where I live taking our ammo supply! Haha just kidding of course. Glad you found some.

Confused on what the issue is with pensions military and government. I have both and never had any issues

Chief TC said:

Hey, don’t be coming up to where I live taking our ammo supply! Haha just kidding of course. Glad you found some.

Confused on what the issue is with pensions military and government. I have both and never had any issues

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Just the time it takes between filing the retirement papers, retiring, and when the proper pay/tax withholding numbers become permanent.

I filed in Sept, retired in Jan and all numbers were finalized in Feb. With two systems involved with my retirement, that wasn’t too bad.

Stay safe.

MarshallDodge said:

Why do you say $150/k for primers? Brownells has CCI in stock for $90/k and I can find them a lot of other places for less.

While I constantly hear the moaning about reloading costs, they must not matter much to the majority of the population. The stuff is still flying off the shelves.

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Two places in two different states. $150 for Gold medal match LRP's and the other place that is always ridiculous and don't even know how they stay in business wanted $150/1K SPP's but this is the same place that charges $60 for a 525pk of winchester .22lr and that was like 2 weeks ago.

357smallbore said:

New year, new challenges. It's of course an election year, inflation isn't going anywhere anytime soon. Costs of ammunition is going up according to Vista. Components are ridiculously high, wars in Ukraine and Israel are still going on. The US border debacle is sizzling.
Are ya stocked up on your guns, ammo and components if ya reload? I'd think if ya aren't, ya better get while the getting is good. One little tick the wrong way, and over goes the dominos. One tragic mass shooting to take place that really would be like a Sandy Hook and BAM. Everything will be gone again and it'll be like the Sahara (baren and bleak)
I know so many folks and they think all will be ok for 2024 going into 2025. Maybe so, but I doubt it. I've politely encouraged them to get what they believe they need for preparation in case it happens. Better to have and not need, than need and not have..
I've always been stocked up. None of these runs on anything gun related has ever affected me. I believe in being always full when it comes to the larder.
How about you folks, are ya ready for that just in case it happens?

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Except for Large Rifle Primers, which are still frustratingly difficult to obtain at reasonable cost, I generally have too much stuff. Not just shooting stuff, but too much of nearly everything. 2024 will be a year of me shedding unnecessary material possessions.

In recent years, I've dealt with the passing of elderly relatives, and in each case we had mountains of "stuff", possessions accumulated over a long lifetime, to wade through and dispose of. I'm now in my mid-60s, and my health is gradually declining. The arthritis in my hands is getting so bad that, barring some new miracle cure, I can see that, in a few years, I won't be able to do many of the things that accompanied my passions for 60 years. And also chores, like cleaning out the attic. I don't want my wife to have to slog through rooms full of my flotsam and jetsam when I slip off to meet my maker. Time to slim down and simplify. I can't take these things with me.

Smokin Gator said:

If you wait to stock up after the shortages start to occur buying as much as you can at high prices, leaving nothing on the shelves, what you say is true. But for shooters who stock up during normal times when powder and primers are plentiful at normal (for that time) prices it is not true.

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...my point was, that threads like this, that help spread the fear and panic of a pending(and many times non-existent) upcoming shortage is the driving force behind the shortages themselves. This happens after virtually every mass shooting. The fear of a shortage drives panic buying and creates a shortage that wasn't there before. I too have no problem buying reasonable amounts when they are readily available. I too have a good amount to last me a long time, but I don't run out and buy more everytime some Henny-Penny claims the sky is falling.

I'd be interested in how many folks out there ran out and bought .22 ammo just because the conspiracy theory of the government buying it all up came out. It was posted here and on other gun sites several times. Folks that hardly ever shot their .22 bought every brick they could find because, yep, it was never gonna be available again. Retailers had big smiles on their faces as folks paid 5Xs the MSRP for anything they could find. Tons of threads of "where can I find .22 ammo?". Someone would reply where they found some and within minutes there would be a reply with a sad smiley saying "....nope, all gone." Curious as to how many of those panic bought bricks are still untouched since.......

Well, I won't be in the group that buck460XVR mentioned above. Had bought to be ahead of any shortages, prior to any shortages that appeared lomming. Never stood in a line for ammo, components and the like. ALWAYS seemed to have plenty of .22lr in my shop. Shot shells also; both 12 and 20ga, lead and steel. To this day, I'm good.
This is no knock on buck460XVR or anyone else, he made a valid post.

Honestly, other than recreational ammunition I cannot envision a situation where I'll need more than a handful of ammo in 2024.

I did the same with 22s. Bought cases occasionally when prices were good. Later I'd see people at Sportsmans Warehouse lined up early hoping to get 1 or 2 boxes if they even had any available that day. Heard about the ridiculous prices people were trying to sell 22s for. Never bought any of it. Now my two grandsons are starting to shoot 22s and I've got plenty for them to shoot for years to come.

DustyGmt said:

Two places in two different states. $150 for Gold medal match LRP's and the other place that is always ridiculous and don't even know how they stay in business wanted $150/1K SPP's but this is the same place that charges $60 for a 525pk of winchester .22lr and that was like 2 weeks ago.

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I finally scored 5000 WLRs at a decent price at targersportsusa with no hazmat fee. LR primers have been super difficult to find in my locale and online.

Chief TC said:

I finally scored 5000 WLRs at a decent price at targersportsusa with no hazmat fee. LR primers have been super difficult to find in my locale and online.

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Targetsports has been my go 2 place for all bulk ammo for like 6 years and in a pinch my local hardware store has fair prices on .22lr.

I have been looking for LRP's ever since I got my Henry 4570 a cpl years back. Can't afford to shoot it buying factory ammo. I have less than 100 rds thru it. Can't wait to find some primers

DustyGmt said:

Targetsports has been my go 2 place for all bulk ammo for like 6 years and in a pinch my local hardware store has fair prices on .22lr.

I have been looking for LRP's ever since I got my Henry 4570 a cpl years back. Can't afford to shoot it buying factory ammo. I have less than 100 rds thru it. Can't wait to find some primers

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Use ammoseek to find what you are looking for on reloading components. I use Powder Valley a lot becuase they run free hazmat frequently. I have 2 rifles in 45-70 and reload for both using WLRs. Prices without hazmat fee for LRP has become reasonable again.

At first I suspected that the OP was hinting at being stocked up for next November.

But random, unsuspected events have also caused ammo panics, and many seasoned gun owners seem to forget this.

They seem to need the internet to tell them what to do.

Couple of boxes every visit which is a few times a month. I need to stock up on 6.5x55 and 7.65x53 for my Mausers. Maybe get some more 45-70 subsonic or trap door loads, I have plenty of high powered loads of it

Self-initiative seems to be popular.

The other type of people will wait for a panic to begin and Then decide to stock up.

More than I will need for the rest of my life. But, After saying that I can also say that never in my 76 years have I "needed" more than the previous year.

Something very deja vu -ish about this thread.

At my age I don't even buy green bananas anymore but you guys got me taking inventory. I've got enough primers for 5+ years at the rate I shoot annually. Quite a bit of powder & enough brass for the rest of my days but hope I'm wrong. Bullets I should stock up on. Last time I was at Bass Pro I saw SPP for @$80/1000.

I picked up a case of .22 LR. With two teenagers who enjoy shooting, I’ll probably be saying that I should have gotten 2…need to sign up for some extra shifts and cash up first.

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Something very deja vu -ish about this thread.

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Ignition Override said:

But random, unsuspected events have also caused ammo panics, and many seasoned gun owners seem to forget this.

They seem to need the internet to tell them what to do.

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Hard for me to believe, that anyone who has been a member here for more than a day or two, would need to be reminded .........again. While I know that some folks have short memories, it's almost impossible to miss these continuous "the sky is falling" posts.

"OMG.....an AR type rifle was just used in another mass shooting, Better go out and get yours before they are banned!". I sure most of us remember that one. Still know folks with ARs in the factory box, but they got their before.....before what? Not before the price jump because of the panic.

Then the one about " I was told by the clerk in my LGS that since the gooberment can't ban ammo, they are going to buy it all up so we can't get any! I bought all they had, and so should you!". That was my favorite, and it ran on just about every gun forum I am on. This one trickled down to .22 rimfire.

I have no issue with folks being prepared and I agree it took a while for some of us old timers that were used to going to the local hardware store/gas station anytime we needed ammo or components and finding plenty, to adjust to fact it might not be there when we want it. But Columbine was in 1999, and it created the first small panic shortage. But, it was before the masses developed a love for the internet, so it was squashed early. Every mass shooting since then and every time the Dems get elected, we have had another flood of "get yours before it's gone" threads and another panic shortage. None of the shortages were caused by bans or government interference. All were caused by us. Period.

.....just sayin'.

My wife tells me I must be on a list somewhere so i believe I'm all set.

strat1962 said:

My wife tells me I must be on a list somewhere so i believe I'm all set.

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If you're on the THR list then it's likely that you're on a list somewhere else.
Just saying... .