2012 Shortage/Hoarding Mega Thread

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I don't recall the last ammo shortage making the front pages or the 10:00 news. It was big on the gun forums and publications but it seemed to lay low in the mainstream media. Also, you don't hear how all the gun makers can't meet demand right now. That is news to people like us but you surely don't see it on MSNBC or FOX, CNN or any of the big boys.
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http://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/apr/19/gun-sales-skyrocket-during-recession/

http://abcnews.go.com/m/story?id=16073797

http://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/apr/19/obama-is-named-gun-salesman-of-the-year/

http://dailycaller.com/2012/04/06/whats-going-on-with-gun-sales/

http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2012/04/12/woman-driving-guns-sales-up/
 
Just visited my local mom&pop store, lady claimed that things are already worse than they were in the buildup to november '08. said that lipseys and davidsons have nothing in their warehouses to special order. All of the shelves in the store are suspiciously bare. I think that it might be (sarcasm) fear mongering. prices on available inventory haven't spiked all that much though. Im glad my ammo cans are full.
 
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I don't recall the last ammo shortage making the front pages or the 10:00 news. It was big on the gun forums and publications but it seemed to lay low in the mainstream media. Also, you don't hear how all the gun makers can't meet demand right now. That is news to people like us but you surely don't see it on MSNBC or FOX, CNN or any of the big boys.

http://m.washingtontimes.com/news/20...ing-recession/

http://abcnews.go.com/m/story?id=16073797

http://m.washingtontimes.com/news/20...n-of-the-year/

http://dailycaller.com/2012/04/06/wh...ith-gun-sales/

http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2012/04/...guns-sales-up/
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News stories, yes. Front page news? 10:00 news headlines?
 
News stories, yes. Front page news? 10:00 news headlines?
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Yep, that's right, just look through the first few pages.
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=us&tbm=nws&q=gun+sales

Either way it's out there and people read it.

But more to the point, when the NRA or who ever goes into a congressman's office and gives him all the record breaking numbers from gun and ammo sales He realizes there is a powerful group that is out there and they don't like the possibility of more gun control. Which might sway his vote or cause him to sit it out.

I say bring it on. It'll be for our benefit in the long run.







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Dec 21st 2012 !!!

As we approach Dec 21st, guns and ammunition sales will go thru the roof !!!
Forget all the other reasons for a shortage and just look at the Dec 21st situation.
Things are heating up all over the world. There are preppers everywhere on the planet. And, they are increasing in number everyday.
The internet and TV are fueling the panic !!!
Whether something terrible happens or not, the world will be in a full panic mode as we approach the date.
It will make Y2K look like a hiccup.
Everyday we are being bombarded with fear !!!
This panic will go well beyond guns and ammunition. Everyday things like food and water will be stockpiled.
Affect everyday business and the stock market? I think so.
And if anything happens out of the ordinary, ex. a severe change in the weather (which is happening) panic will really get out of hand.
Personally I don't have much respect for the Mayans, they used to eat their young.(or something like that) But, its not that they are predicting something will happen but they are saying something really bad happens every 5000 years and we have been keeping records for thousands of years. And after keeping records for thousands of years we know something bad happens every 5000 (or so) years.
We do not know what that "really bad thing" is, most of their records were destroyed.
Maybe a certain asteroid passes earth every 5000 years and reeks havoc or the earth is lined up with the center of our galaxy every 5000 years and bad things happen. Oh oh thats what really will occur !!!!!
Its not their knowledge of things but their record keeping.
All I know is we all need to be prepared because there will be shortages in everyday leading up to Dec 21st.
 
Actually the Mayans don't say anything about something bad happening. THey simply say it will be the start of a new age according to thier calendar.

And I haven't seen any examples of shortages. I order a few boxes of Black Hills 52 gr. Match Black Hills the other day. Midway put it in a box and shipped it just like they had plenty.
 
browningguy said:
Actually the Mayans don't say anything about something bad happening. THey simply say it will be the start of a new age according to thier calendar.

And I haven't seen any examples of shortages. I order a few boxes of Black Hills 52 gr. Match Black Hills the other day. Midway put it in a box and shipped it just like they had plenty.
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Yep.
That's what I got out of it all too.
A time for "Great Change" or a "New Beginning" or something like that.
Not the end of the World.....lol
 
If the Mayans were so good at predicting the future, why didn't they predict their own demise?
 
We've had many instances of the end of the world predictions over the years. Think back 12 years (wow, 12 already) when Y2K was going to spell doom for us all. Experts claimed that the computers that we used would shut down the banks, make airplanes fall out of the sky, shut down the internet, disrupt cell pnone service and cause all of our savings and investments to disappear because they were built on 00 (2000) being 1900 and not 2000. So, when 2000 arrived the computers would revert back to 1900 and all of our valuable information would be lost and our economy would crash. Total chaos would reign. Well, 2000 came and went and nothing happened inspite of all the "experts" who paraded on tv and newspapers for years who said otherwise.
Point?
If the magnetic poles do switch in December and the earth disintegrates in a ball of flame then what difference does it make if we have 500 rounds or 500,000 rounds in our bunkers?
 
larryh1108 said:
we've had many instances of the end of the world predictions over the years. Think back 12 years (wow, 12 already) when y2k was going to spell doom for us all. Experts claimed that the computers that we used would shut down the banks, make airplanes fall out of the sky, shut down the internet, disrupt cell pnone service and cause all of our savings and investments to disappear because they were built on 00 (2000) being 1900 and not 2000. So, when 2000 arrived the computers would revert back to 1900 and all of our valuable information would be lost and our economy would crash. Total chaos would reign. Well, 2000 came and went and nothing happened inspite of all the "experts" who paraded on tv and newspapers for years who said otherwise.
Point?
If the magnetic poles do switch in december and the earth disintegrates in a ball of flame then what difference does it make if we have 500 rounds or 500,000 rounds in our bunkers?
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499,500?
 
larryh1108:

If one of those so-called "experts" claimed that in 2001 airplanes would fall out of the sky, he not only knew nothing about modern airplanes (FMC navigation databases don't have input to engines or flight controls), he probably knew nothing basic about anything else.
 
Mayans didn't predict the end of the world, they predicted the end of their calender.
Sort of like when the 12th Victoria's Secret model appears on your wall in December....you know then that the end of the calender is nigh.
So stock up on Victoria's Secrets items....it all ends after December! ;)

On the other hand, Harold Camping absolutely positively said the world would end on May 21, 1988 .........
then he changed it to September 6, 1994 ,
then changed it again to May 21, 2011......
and yet, here we are, still alive and waiting for the next end of the world to come.

What is it about the human race that we simply must have a 'catastrophic impending doom' to keep us fulfilled? I suppose everyone needs a hobby.

As for ammo and guns and hoarding (oh my)? Happy hoarding.....I'll make some extra cash selling stuff.

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Harold Camping.....lol
The biggest horses *ss of the modern era as far Doomsday stuff goes.
He's the only guy I can think of who has been wrong so many times and people still listen to him anyways.
Well....him and the weather man...
 
It is a bit frustrating though. I've never gotten into the AR game and was about ready to jump in. Now the prices will go up again. That's ok. Next year there will be a glut on the used market.
 
I sure am getting sick of the mindless hoarding cycle that seems to be happening with gun-related supplies. I went to Sportsman's Warehouse to buy some more .308 175 gr SMK bullets the other day, after shooting through 200 of my last 300 of these bullets. The SMK is obviously a very common and popular bullet, and I found that the store was stripped clean of many bullets, including the ones I needed. Their primer selection was getting thin again, too.

According to their employees, the rush has been on for ammo and components yet again. They also claimed it would be as bad as 2008, though I doubt anyone knows for sure. One of the guys I know in there previously told me that a couple of customers routinely come in and clean them out of fairly popular bullets and ammo (one guy bought something like 30-50 boxes of Federal Gold Medal Match ammo, and then went around to their other regional stores to buy the rest of their stock in that ammo).

Unfortunately that type of hysteria leads to more hysteria, since even the non-hoarding types like myself end up having to buy more components when we find them (though I really just want to make sure I can get through the summer shooting season, not the end of the world). So, where I might otherwise buy 100 bullets at a time, I find myself buying maybe 300 at a time. Others do the same, I'm sure.

So far I've only checked that one Sportsman's Warehouse store. The situation may prove to be unique to them, since their inventory control has never seemed to be the greatest. Hopefully I'll find what I need at other local stores, and hopefully the fools among us won't strip the shelves bare for another year, yet again.
 
What is interesting is that any of this comes as a surprise.
We have these presidential elections every 4 years.....it isn't a big secret. After the last election and the resultant 'panic', everyone should know folks would self-induce more of the same now. We can be our own worst enemy at times.


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Honestly, I'm not sure where some of the anger come from here.

I mean, I've bought ammo by the single box before.
But I've also bought ammo by the case as well.

Whenever I buy a brand new gun for example...
I'll buy (1) box of several different brands of ammo in that specific caliber.
I test that ammo for proper function and also to see how well it groups for me.
I start to eliminate the lesser performing ammo until I'm down to a favorite.

That favorite load might turn out to be the most expensive one of the bunch.
Other times, it has been one of the less expensive rounds.
Rarely, it's been the cheapest..but it "has" happened once or twice.

Either way, once I find that favorite...then I buy the heck out of and stock up at least 1000 rounds or more of it in a couple ammo cans so that I always have some.
I may still plink with other brands that are cheaper or not as good, but I always try to keep my favorite resupplied and stockpiled.

If I happen to buy up all of something at the time, all I can say is "Sorry."
But this is America, and that's how the free market works.
:D
 
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