N555
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Ya seems to happen every 4 years...
Over heard at a local gun range.
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doubleh
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Both mother and her mother were the types that wouldn't let go of that penny until it had been rubbed smooth on both sides. Grandmother survived WW1, the "Spanish flu" of 1917-18, the Depression of '29, and BOTH survived WW2, Korea, Vietnam, etc.
Both taught me well.
My parent were both born in 1905 and married in 1927. They were farmers so never went hungry during the depression. My mother told me a nickle would buy quite a bit with the problem being no one had a nickle. She also told me they lived an entire year on $64 dollars. One old farmer they were friends with made a cotton crop that year and my parents pulled bolls to make that $64. If you haven't drug a cottonsack you have no idea how hard a job that is. Yes, I drug one some as a kid and hated every minute of it. Having asthma just made it that much worse.
My parents impressed upon me the difference between need and want early in life, I have never put a gun on lay-away and only bought one with a small loan.
As to shotgun shells I gave my Ithica 600 20 guage to my oldest great grand daughter this year and the many boxes of ammo I had to go with it. When she shoots that up she can depend on her parents and grandparent to find some more. Grampa is out of the game. There is enough to do her for bird hunting for a few years. All I can say to her is to have fun with an excellent shotgun and running herself silly chasing our blue quail that prefer to run rather than fly and I hope she enjoys it as much as I did.
I play the “buy SOMETHING every payday”. During COVID the simple 30/30 Winchester was selling for $5/round in GB. You couldn’t find it anywhere. One just needs to look at large rifle and large rifle magnum primers. I tell all my “friends” buy some stuff while it’s here. They call me a hoarder or paranoid, then they take pics of the stuff on the shelf. BUT when they are out of ammo they bring me a box of brass and ask me to make them some. Then they get all pissy when I ask for powder, primers and bullets. “But you have a lot! I’ll give you some $” yea, buy the stuff when you can. They learned I ain’t ammo welfare.
All you need to do is search “ammo shortage” in this site and you will see the viscious cycle. OP, a case of buckshot seems like a safe purchase.
This wasn’t that long ago.
This wasn’t that long ago.
When will the ammo shortage end?
When do you think the ammo shortage will end? What is causing it at this point? Is it panic buying? Are factories operating at full capacity?
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The Night Rider
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This is the direct result of you talking to your friends about what you have on hand.
No one but my wife needs to know what we have on hand and she usually has a better idea than I do.
Not at all!! They have no clue what I have. They know me and my sons go shooting whenever we want. I have loaded hunting ammo in the past when it was “milk and honey”.
Ignition Override
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With no single event in the last year - it seems - to cause mass anxiety about ammo, & with basic Bulk .308 at appox. .72/rd before taxes etc…seen on “Ammoseek”..
…I can’t imagine what .308 will jump to during the Next bonafide panic.
That’s why I’m buying some reserve, but with Non-reman. .308 above .75/rd, it’s difficult to find cash to stock up a bit.
The most likely “planned” “event” which easily could cause the usual stampede for the masses is next November.
But first watch "their convention" in late August. ---there could be a very different candidate resulting from their anxieties.---
Most of my centerfire rifles are Battle rifles or clones from the NATO era. Loving semi-auto guns in .308 is like having a few harsh mistresses. A guy in the AFRES (in '81) once said that about aviation as a career.
…I can’t imagine what .308 will jump to during the Next bonafide panic.
That’s why I’m buying some reserve, but with Non-reman. .308 above .75/rd, it’s difficult to find cash to stock up a bit.
The most likely “planned” “event” which easily could cause the usual stampede for the masses is next November.
But first watch "their convention" in late August. ---there could be a very different candidate resulting from their anxieties.---
Most of my centerfire rifles are Battle rifles or clones from the NATO era. Loving semi-auto guns in .308 is like having a few harsh mistresses. A guy in the AFRES (in '81) once said that about aviation as a career.
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P5 Guy
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Ammo will get you thru times of no money better than money will get you thru times of no ammo.
D.B. Cooper
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We have a new winner for "most poetic thing ever posted on these forums."
Old Hobo
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One should always have lots of ammo put back. The shelf life is decades if kept out of the extremes of hot and cold weather.
Now that I'm getting older ... downright old ... worn out, I'm passing-on firearms, ammo, and shooting supplies to younger generations. Don't get me wrong, what I need plus range-blasting ammo, I keep! I'm not that dead yet ... only partially so.
Here's a sad, but real situation: What with the U.S. dollar tanking, what's one of the best barter items? Yes, ammunition. Me, I'd only barter with my bestest buddies, totally sane, non-criminal family and friends. I'm a gun-safe kind'a guy. Never let your firearms/ammo fall into the hands of thieves nor nut-cases. Lock'em up! Keep out only your firearm(s) in current use. When away from your house, take only your hunting or carry firearms and lock-up the rest in your safe. (Note: Fire safes allow you to also store important documents, family heirlooms, ... .)
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Now that I'm getting older ... downright old ... worn out, I'm passing-on firearms, ammo, and shooting supplies to younger generations. Don't get me wrong, what I need plus range-blasting ammo, I keep! I'm not that dead yet ... only partially so.
Here's a sad, but real situation: What with the U.S. dollar tanking, what's one of the best barter items? Yes, ammunition. Me, I'd only barter with my bestest buddies, totally sane, non-criminal family and friends. I'm a gun-safe kind'a guy. Never let your firearms/ammo fall into the hands of thieves nor nut-cases. Lock'em up! Keep out only your firearm(s) in current use. When away from your house, take only your hunting or carry firearms and lock-up the rest in your safe. (Note: Fire safes allow you to also store important documents, family heirlooms, ... .)
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buck460XVR
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True dat.
I have a lot of supplies in reloading components. Even before the shortages, I had a hard time not having more on hand than I really needed. As I get older, I shoot less and less. Neither of my two boys have any interest in reloading(yet) even tho they hunt and shoot. So odds are all that stuff will go in a garage sale to someone else.
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Ammo prices are so volatile I think you can only look back 6 months and if the price looks good, grab it.
I'm constantly 'adjusting' what my idea of cheap ammo costs.
I'm sitting on stacks of ammo worth 3x to 4x what I initially paid for it years ago. Wish my retirement was doing that well.
Yea, I have a lot of $$$ tied up in ammo, I have a lot more $$$ tied up in firearms too. Without ammo they're just fireplace decorations.
I'm constantly 'adjusting' what my idea of cheap ammo costs.
I'm sitting on stacks of ammo worth 3x to 4x what I initially paid for it years ago. Wish my retirement was doing that well.
Yea, I have a lot of $$$ tied up in ammo, I have a lot more $$$ tied up in firearms too. Without ammo they're just fireplace decorations.
