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post 1621428481 11-04-2020, 09:38 AM
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Why is there a lack of ammunition available?

Is it simply because people are buying it all up in mass quantities? I can see that for 223/5.56 but all I'm trying to do is get a 20 round box for my 270 for deer season and can't find anywhere locally. Or is it because production is down due to Covid/Gov't/Etc.?

Why are primers non-existent?

How do you see future supply/demand with current developments?
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Combination of election year, manufacturing slow down from Corona, supply line strain, and civil unrest.
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firearms and ammo are about to be worth their weight in gold
itll be up to buying on the black market soon
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Threat of a democratic president causes mass buying of firearms related things.

It will get worse if Biden wins.
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Originally Posted By CGatto⏩
Combination of election year, manufacturing slow down from Corona, supply line strain, and civil unrest.
This. Huge supply chain disruptions from covid earlier this year compounded by a huge jump in demand.


Best bet is to get online and ask for text updates when a site has your desired caliber in stock and check local shops about once/week. It’s probably about to get even worse now though, so you might be out of luck.
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Originally Posted By Hutrapper⏩
Threat of a democratic president causes mass buying of firearms related things.

It will get worse if Biden wins.
Ammo has been hard to find since the Rona hit six months ago.
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Originally Posted By HYDRAE⏩
Ammo has been hard to find since the Rona hit six months ago.
that certainly doesn't help.

i noticed fishing lure selection is way down in a lot of places too, so rona might be a bigger cause.

it will get worse before it gets better if biden wins.
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Originally Posted By Hutrapper⏩
Threat of a democratic president causes mass buying of firearms related things.

It will get worse if Biden wins.
This. One of my buddies who owns a gun shop made a massive stack of paper during Obama's 8 years.
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Demand is very high, and there's only 4 companies that make primers. Remington, Federal, winchester, and cci. It's just that simple. The election process itself increases demands and panic buying, but you also have covid and the Communist Monkey coilition rioting for the past several months non stop. Cops are proving to be ineffective at defending law abiding citizens and in many cases outright treacherous in their policing.

Things will not level out for a while.
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Originally Posted By Hutrapper⏩
that certainly doesn't help.

i noticed fishing lure selection is way down in a lot of places too, so rona might be a bigger cause.

it will get worse before it gets better if biden wins.
meh - it will likely just be like after Sandy Hook. Panic buying -> short supply -> increased production -> over stock -> cheap a$$ guns & ammo. Give it a year and I bet there will be plenty of deals to be had.
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We added 5 million first-time gun owners across the first seven months of 2020.
I'm to old for this chit.
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Originally Posted By mTm⏩
We added 5 million first-time gun owners across the first seven months of 2020.
mind blowing if true
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lmao that's funny because Trump said on his recent rally he spoke to some general in US army and he said "we have so much ammunition we don't know what the hell to do with it" XD
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Originally Posted By StoneColdMarko7⏩
lmao that's funny because Trump said on his recent rally he spoke to some general in US army and he said "we have so much ammunition we don't know what the hell to do with it" XD
You do realize the military has contracts to buy ammo that comes before civilian production? It's not like they are sending some private down to the local Guns 'n Beer to get a few belts of .50.
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Originally Posted By HYDRAE⏩
meh - it will likely just be like after Sandy Hook. Panic buying -> short supply -> increased production -> over stock -> cheap a$$ guns & ammo. Give it a year and I bet there will be plenty of deals to be had.
Hopefully this holds true
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Originally Posted By Hutrapper⏩
Threat of a democratic president causes mass buying of firearms related things.

It will get worse if Biden wins.
Hunting for my 12g shells this year was more challenging than going hunting this year. Brutal
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Originally Posted By Jordanski⏩
Hunting for my 12g shells this year was more challenging than going hunting this year. Brutal
I buy a year in advance, so I buy this year for next, and we still had some steel waterfowl shells on the shelf.

Lots of stuff non existent tho.
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Once Mark and Patricia McCloskey (St Louis couple) guns were seized and they got charged, the 2nd amendment is practically finished for homeowners. No one seems to have made it a major issue.
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Originally Posted By StoneColdMarko7⏩
lmao that's funny because Trump said on his recent rally he spoke to some general in US army and he said "we have so much ammunition we don't know what the hell to do with it" XD
The US army doesn't sell ammunition to civilians and they have exclusive contracts from manufacturers.


You have to realize retail stores get ammunition last. If you contact an ammunition manufacturer directly and order 100,000 rounds of ammunition you'd likely get that shipped to your home before you find 1,000 rounds of that same ammunition in a store.



I know guys that order/buy ammunition for police departments and they aren't having any issues buying 5.56, 9mm and .40 S&W. You call a company with a $20,000 order and you get better service then a guy trying to spend $200 for a smaller quantity of the same product.
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Originally Posted By Hutrapper⏩
I buy a year in advance, so I buy this year for next, and we still had some steel waterfowl shells on the shelf.

Lots of stuff non existent tho.
Even better kick in the arse is I found out my Mossberg is on the banned list due to muzzle restrictions. Nice Eh!! A bird gun Banned. Unreal!
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Artificial scarcity to take advantage of paranoia that the next president may take away 2a rights.

Bullets are cheap and easy to mass produce, you can even make your own ammunition at home with relatively little equipment.
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Originally Posted By Jordanski⏩
Even better kick in the arse is I found out my Mossberg is on the banned list due to muzzle restrictions. Nice Eh!! A bird gun Banned. Unreal!
geezus.

Sudbury eh. Just a jaunt up 69 from me.
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Because Democrats are buying up guns and ammo to protect themselves from.....


























































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Big round of first time gun buyers with corona

Big round of first time gun buyers with riots

Hoarding due to election year

Hoarding due to anticipated shortages and political fears

New gun buyers don’t know prices and buy at outrageous price anyway


Basically corona + riots caused mass influx of new gun owners

Prices always go up on election year anyways and Biden is particularly hard on guns.
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Originally Posted By Hutrapper⏩
geezus.

Sudbury eh. Just a jaunt up 69 from me.
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Originally Posted By Jordanski⏩
Gods Country! :-)
Gods country up there. Two colleges, and a university, and I went to two of them.

Sloots galore.
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Originally Posted By Hutrapper⏩
Gods country up there. Two colleges, and a university, and I went to two of them.

Sloots galore.
Exactly. It's nothing to get your bag limit while hunting sloots here!
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Exactly. It's nothing to get your bag limit while hunting sloots here!
Limited out many times! lol
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