Ammo

[littlebluevette]

There are a lot of people who are going to be toasted and stuck with the over priced ammo they bought on g____.com. --deleted-- are buying stuff at the ____mart or a local shop and selling it for double of what they paid for it.

I don't know why people would pay for something that others are williing to give away.....There is nothng unhigh road about this comment.

 

[Yo Mama]

Firsties!

Where do you get that people would be willing to give away ammo?

 

[KTXdm9]

Who says they are going to be stuck with it? Why not just shoot it?

 

[Fishslayer]

Hate to say it but I'm sitting on some I bought during the Great Ammo Drought of '09. I consider it a very liquid asset though the best I would do is break even if I wanted to sell it. I have one box of WWB .45ACP that cost $55/100 at Big 5. The rest probly averaged around $.40-ish a round. I was just getting started & wanted to build a stash.

I roll my own now so I'll just keep sittin' on that commersh till I need cash or somethin'.

 

[hogshead]

I guess you would like the government to pass a law against ammo <deleted> and restrict every one to 100 rounds.

 

[hogshead]

Feel free to edit mine to walkalong. Just replying

 

[ColtPythonElite]

Who is giving away ammo? I want some.

 

[Snowdog]

I put 500 rounds of XM855 on the site you speak of with no reserve and a start price of $10 + $25 shipping. I don't feel I ripped anyone off as I was only allowing the guiding hand of capitalism determine what the ultimate sale price would be ($425).

I sold something I had on hand that I didn't need that others felt they did. I made a heck of a profit. Nothing wrong with that. Now, if I were selling food to the poor, that would be something different entirely.

 

[PedalBiker]

CMP was selling 1970's ammo not too long ago.

The prudent see trouble coming and prepare for it. Foolish people fail to prepare and suffer when it arrives.

It's only hoarding if you have no use for it. I used every can of propane I bought for Y2k AND by the time I burned the last can full the price was double. No regrets.

 

[06]

There once was an ant who prepped for the winter's storms. His grasshopper bud fiddled away the summer going to the lake and vacations. When winter came the ant ate well, had his stores set for all winter, and the poor grasshopper had to pay full price for what ever he could find. The Bible says---"look to the ant oh sluggard".

 

[gspn]

Everyone gets to determine the price they want to pay. If they pay up...so be it...it's their money to use or lose.

I reload so I'm somewhat disconnected from the supply line problems...but I do find it interesting that there are so many "panicky sheep" in the gun community. There is no ban on ammo coming...no ban on reloading supplies...nobody talking about taking away our ammunition...but the sheep have all run and picked the shelves clean. Heck they've picked the pistol counter clean of guns that aren't even on the Feinstein list of targets!

I'm not saying that everyone is panicking...many people are simply trying to maintain their normal shooting routines, others are brand new and have no ammo at all and must scrounge for what they can...but there is clearly a sub-set of the gun community who is surely in a full-bore panic. Grown men...panicking...ridiculous. Not the reliable and cool headed men I would want as company.

I felt badly for the folks at the store today. I cruised the ammo aisle on the way to the fishing department and there were a dozen or more grown men standing in the aisles all staring at the same empty shelves. Some talking amongst themselves in hushed tones about what they've got at home or would buy if it were available...pacing back and forth and staring...picking up the few items that were there and suggesting them to each other:

"22 win mag?"

"no...no i need long rifle"

"they've got this box of 22 long shotshells"

"no i don't need a box...Id buy a brick if they had them"

The pacing and staring continued.

The atmosphere dripped with despair. Some looked as i they were waiting for the last helicopter off the roof of the embassy. Funny and sad all at the same time.

 

[Texasrpbrock]

I'm an ant... Hopefully there will be more ants and less grasshoppers soon. But this ant is also planning on starting the press up again soon when components are more readily available.

GO ANTS!

 

[doc2rn]

If I owned a home I would be an ant, as I am currently a renter: I am forced to ride it out with what I have on hand. Back home is an entirely different situation!

 

[gspn]

There once was an ant who prepped for the winter's storms. His grasshopper bud fiddled away the summer going to the lake and vacations. When winter came the ant ate well, had his stores set for all winter, and the poor grasshopper had to pay full price for what ever he could find. The Bible says---"look to the ant oh sluggard".

I'm not flaming you 06...just making a comment about the ant story that I see so often...

It's a neat story when you only apply it to a narrow selection of things that you are already prepared for...but the fact is that nobody has enough money to be fully prepared for everything...that's just the nature of economics...so you can't talk down to someone who got caught flat-footed by this episode. They may very well be prepared for other shocks that we haven't even thought of.

I imagine there are plenty of folks with a years worth of ammo in their garage but don't have a years worth of cash in their bank...or perhaps even any life insurance.

How many here have enough cash in their bank to cover all of their living expenses for the next year if they lost their job?

Still feel like a prepared ant?

 

[WC145]

CMP was selling 1970's ammo not too long ago.

The prudent see trouble coming and prepare for it. Foolish people fail to prepare and suffer when it arrives.

It's only hoarding if you have no use for it. I used every can of propane I bought for Y2k AND by the time I burned the last can full the price was double. No regrets.

Ants and grasshoppers. I already had what I needed set aside before this rush of panic buying. When the freak out wears off I'll replace what I've used while waiting it out.

 

[medalguy]

The problem with the ant and grasshopper story today is that if you're the ant and lay up supplies to tide you over, and the gubbermint finds out about it, they may try to take your supplies to redistribute to the lazy grasshoppers who didn't have the smarts or foresight to do the same themselves, or decided they needed that shiny new car instead.

 

[PedalBiker]

I imagine there are plenty of folks with a years worth of ammo in their garage but don't have a years worth of cash in their bank...or perhaps even any life insurance.

Yup, I'm sure there are. There are also people who are underwater on their mortgage because they just had to buy a bigger house than they need, or got swept up in the stock market bubble and lost most of their retirement funds.

Wisdom means knowing what is prudent and what is a public mania or popular delusion.

Keep your friends and family close, be wise and use what God gave you to your best ability.

I also reload, I keep an adequate inventory of things I need. I was not part of the recent rush to buy anything. On the other hand, given the election results and observations from the stock market bubble and the housing bubble, it is just not terribly surprising to see empty shelves in the gun stores.

 

[xfyrfiter]

And if you have a years worth of savings in the bank you are a fool. During the last great depression banks were the first to close because they do not store cash, they store paperwork, that says you have cash coming, solid assets are the best way to save for a crash, ie. gold, silver, diamonds, and even ammo and supplies.

 

[hogshead]

+1 xfry