Ammo shortage

[brokencowboy]

It appears that the short supply of ammo is receiving national attension. Just read this on the MSNBC website.

(If this is not the proper location, please move it.)

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24725781/

 

[kentucky_Dave]

This is just the beginning my friend...just the beginning.

If our government continues spending like a fool with a credit card and no job, the value of our currency will continue to decline and we'll feel even more of a pinch in the wallet.

 

[Rugerlvr]

Very interesting. It was actually fairly unbiased reporting.

 

[brighamr]

I remember reading last year that we are buying 11 million rounds from taiwan to support the troups. I think the ammo shortage has been going for quite some time and wont clear up for quite some time.

RELOAD!

 

[Picard]

Unbiased? Maybe... What the heck is "assault rifle ammunition"?

It's this type of journalistic ignorance that gives gun owners a very bad image in the mainstream.

We should campaign to stop these trigger words. An assault rifle is a fully automatic military rifle. The guns that look like them are all semi-automatic rifles, nothing more. I'd like to start spreading the word to stop using these terms incorrectly.

 

[mbt2001]

With more and more people getting into the commodity game and the cost of transportation rising, it isn't just the consumers that are getting pinched. Our city, county, state, federal budgets are as well. What happens when the police are having to ration their gas, ammo and other supplies they need to do there job? Seriously, they can't just pass the cost off to us on this, we are pinched too. What happens when entitlement programs start getting cut as the only means to make up revenue shortfalls?

Not a pretty picture.

To quote C3P0 - "I have a bad feeling about this".

 

[K3]

To quote C3P0 - "I have a bad feeling about this".

I thought that was Han Solo....

 

[Kitchen_Duty]

I think every major star wars character has said that. C-3PO said that when entering Jabba the Hutt's palace.

 

[TallPine]

Pretty soon cops will only be able to afford to carry one bullet (in their pocket)

 

[mbt2001]

I think every major star wars character has said that. C-3PO said that when entering Jabba the Hutt's palace.

+1

They all said it at one point or another.

 

[Gun Slinger]

Having put 27,000 rounds of 9mm, 4,000 rounds of .45 ACP and 1,000 each of .223, .308, .30-06 and 300 rounds of .375 H&H away about 4 years ago, I believe that I am "all set" for the time being.

If you haven't put some extra ammunition aside at this point, now may be the time to do so. .

While current prices are most certainly quite high, the metals commodities show no sign of regression well into the future (especially with the emerging markets in Asia) and assuming average rate of price increase of just 15% per year, which is not an unreasonable asumption to make, ammunition will double in cost about once every 5 years.

This means that if you are paying $12 for a box of 50 9mm 115 FMJ's today that come mid-2013 you'll be forking over $24 or more for that very same box and come mid-2018 that price will double again to become $48.00. Since most of us will not see a similar increase in our paychecks over those same time periods, anyone can see that the implications are obvious.

 

[hddeluxe]

I agree with gunslinger. I think that 4000 rounds of each caliber that I shoot--both long gun and handgun is about right. This is over and above what I reload and shoot on a regular basis. Kind of like my stratigic reserve. I know I am always on the lookout for good deals on bulk reloading components.

 

[Gun Slinger]

hddeluxe,

"Strategic Reserve"

Nice term, I like it.

If the Gubmint can have one, why not I?

 

[hotpig]

I'm still waiting on back orders from Winchester on their Ranger ammo. I just received some that was ordered in 2005. I still have about 100k of 9,40, and 45 from 2006 that has not arrived.:banghead:

Federal was supposed to ship my Tactical ammo back in January. As of today there is no new eta.

 

[Farnorthdan]

Buy componants

My plan is to buy/hoard as much reloading components as I can. I've got literally thousands of once fired shell cases (many diff calibers) bagged and stored ready for reloading, they are free if your willing to spend some of your range time scrounging brass which I do. I am also trying to stock pile as much powder, primers and boolits as financially possible. I can also reload as much as I want in the future because its my time and the cost of it won't be going up and besides, reloading is my hobby and I love doing it.

 

[Soybomb]

What the heck is "assault rifle ammunition"?

Its painted black

 

[Flintlock Tom]

...and has a barrel shroud.

 

[jakemccoy]

I'm on back order with some ammo at Cabela's. The price I locked into is about half the price of what the ammo is right now. So, at this point, I'm not confident they'll honor my order because my price was so low.