Ammo shortage turning off new shooters?

[threefortyduster]

How about we ponder this for a little?

Say you just bought your first gun (like my neighbor who just turned 18 Monday and bought a rifle in .30-06), and want ammo. Well, the store you bought the gun at only has Fusion Lite loads for your .30-06 (again, like my neighbor). Where is the incentive to want to get into a hobby or whatever you may call it that you can't enjoy for lack of knowing if you'll ever actually get to shoot your gun more than once in a while?

My 2 cents is those that are stockpiling factory ammo left and right are doing their part to hurt the growth of something where we need all the growth we can get.

If you were getting into a new hobby and couldn't get the pieces required to enjoy it, would you stay in it?

 

[silicosys4]

Please.
Nearly every "stockpiler" I see on here who reloads or has a "hoard" of ammo, are giving away ammo to people who are in need, mostly new or beginning shooters.

 

[threefortyduster]

Please give them my contact info so I can have my neighbor get enough to sight in his gun. He'll be glad to get free ammo.

 

[vtail]

Tell your neighbor to buy his .30-06 ammo from the CMP.

200 rounds for $98.00 plus shipping.

He might want to pick up an M1 while he's there.

 

[MachIVshooter]

Denver Bullets has had good stock of .30-06 ball at reasonable prices.

http://www.denverbullets.com/ammunition.htm

Of course, sighting in with ball ammo is not a real good idea if you're going to hunt with something completely different.

 

[Sock Puppet]

Not feeling your guilt trip sorry.

 

[Rembrandt]

With every hobby there's a learning curve......the neighbor will learn it soon enough. People that want equality in the market place can visit Cuba.

 

[M2 Carbine]

My 2 cents is those that are stockpiling factory ammo left and right are doing their part to hurt the growth of something where we need all the growth we can get.

Please.
Nearly every "stockpiler" I see on here who reloads or has a "hoard" of ammo, are giving away ammo to people who are in need, mostly new or beginning shooters.

My friends and new shooters I'm teaching are glad I "sockpile".
Since the shortage began I've given them over 5,000 rounds of (free) .223, 38 Special, 9mm, 380, 32acp, 12 GA, and 22LR.
Just last night I gave a lady 200 rounds of .223.
And this evening I used my .223 ammo to sight in a lady's night sight.


I'm sorry that some people can't find ammo but maybe this will teach them to put some ammo aside for a rainy day.

 

[slamfirev10]

if it is a bolt action 30-06 he should not need more than 3 rounds to sight it in

 

[frankenstein406]

Not sure how 20 rounds isn't enough to sight a rifle in. Sounds like he wants some cheap blasting ammo and needs to get into reloading. 3006 is stocked on every shelf I've been to in the hunting flavor. I've never seen cheap 3006 local tho only hunting prices.

 

[rduchateau2954]

Figure out the legalities of shipping and I will go to the store and get him some ammo. Plenty of hunting caliber rounds available here.

 

[RX-178]

To quote Tiger Woods: Y'think?

In all seriousness, it's probably not affecting new shooters who are being actively brought into the sport by local THR members and other RKBA standard bearers.

BUT, it's almost certainly turning off people who are trying to 'go it alone' with just an internet forum for guidance.

 

[Reloadron]

While I can't speak for Florida 30-06 ammunition isn't that hard to find. Cabela,s for example has a few flavors like this one currently in stock. That being just a single example.

Last week I gave a co-worker 3 boxes of assorted 30-06. I just gave my son a brick of .22 LR so he could pass it along to a friend. My brother recently got into shooting in a big way. For Christmas I gave him a complete RCBS Rock Chucker starter kit along with assorted brass, bullets and primers.

The stuff is out there but people need to place some effort into finding it.

Ron

 

[joeschmoe]

Hand him a voter registration card.

 

[bluethunder1962]

The ones that are hurting us all and the sport are the greedy ones buying all the ammo and selling it online for twice the price. We all cand go out have fun shooting.

 

[swalton1943]

I can understand the problem. Getting a m92 for my b'day[big70] and can't decide between .44mag and .357mag. Ammo is easy to reload for either but i would like to have store-bought ammo available. .357 or .38 is on hand but no .44, mag or special.

 

[Davek1977]

I'm sorry, but I don't buy the

"My 2 cents is those that are stockpiling factory ammo left and right are doing their part to hurt the growth of something where we need all the growth we can get"

line of thinking. After seeing what happened in 2008, and getting caught shorthanded even though I thought I had taken reasonable precautions, I vowed to never let that happen again. I don't have a zillion rounds of ammo tucked away, but I do have 10k or so, evenly split between .22LR and various centerfire calibers. I bought this ammo well before this shortage, and I don't feel the least bit guilty about having done so. My prudent buying over the last five years has had xero impact on the overall availability of ammo, and as the saying goes "A failure to plan on your part, doesn't constitute an emergency on my part." If I was your neighbor, I might be a little dejected, but I'd probably have experienced friends of mine tell me before I ever puchased the rifle that now probably isn't the wisest time to jump in unless its absolutely necessary for you to have a gun RIGHT NOW. AS it is, I've given ammo away to those who need it on occasion, and don't feel its right for people like me to be blamed for a situation they didn't ask for or take advantage of. Why should I sacrifice something that is only going to go up in cost, while potentially remaining hard to obtain at any price, simply because someone else thought they'd pick up a new hobby? While I consider it my responsibility to help recruit and train new shooters, it isn't my responsibility to basically subsidize someone's new hobby because I bought something before they ever realized they wanted it.

 

[pockets]

Since I 'stockpiled' a few years ago, I doubt that affects anyone purchasing today.
And as was mentioned several times, most 'stockpilers' are glad to help those in need.
I just gave away a couple boxes of 9x19 last week to a new shooter.
.

 

[45_auto]

Well, the store you bought the gun at only has Fusion Lite loads for your .30-06 (again, like my neighbor). Where is the incentive to want to get into a hobby or whatever you may call it that you can't enjoy for lack of knowing if you'll ever actually get to shoot your gun more than once in a while?

Did you or him ever think about looking somewhere besides the store where he bought the gun?

If he can't be bothered to put any more effort than that into it, tell him that this "hobby" is probably not for him.

Midway shows a couple of dozen different .30-06 loads in stock.

http://www.midwayusa.com/find?sortb...ewcategorydimensionid=15968&statuses=In Stock

 

[PabloJ]

The ones that are hurting us all and the sport are the greedy ones buying all the ammo and selling it online for twice the price. We all cand go out have fun shooting.

People must stop buying outrageously priced ammo if they want things to improve.

 

[pockets]

Yep....the "greedy ones buying all the ammo and selling it online for twice the price" could not sell a single round unless someone is willing to buy it.
I may not like it either, but they will keep selling at 'twice the price' for as long as people keep paying 'twice the price'.
.

 

[tarosean]

Ammo shortage turning off new shooters?

Technically you need to have ammo to be a shooter. Otherwise your just a gun owner.

 

[Ryanxia]

A coworker has been on the fence, when someone asked him if he'd gotten a gun yet he replied, 'why? not even any ammo' so I would yes it is affecting some of them. I of course told him I'd set him up with some if/when he decides to pull the trigger.

 

[feedthehogs]

Sour grapes does nothing but drive a wedge into what should be a united front by attacking those who had the foresight and the funds to stock up and buy during shortages.

Unfortunately the entitlement thinking crowd seems to include gun owners as well.

There are many other factors involving the current shortages. Blaming it all on hoarders is just narrow minded.

 

[KimberUltra]

You people are optimistic. It's bad news in ct. I've been in the market for my first rifle for awhile and I can't find ammo for it so I'm gonna wait and hopefully it turns around.