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Contrived US
Ammunition Shortage
From Charleston Voice
3-8-9

From an undisclosed, but reliable source. I'd like to know who told Remington to cut back on production....
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Less than 10 days ago I went to buy my wife a handgun from a large national sporting goods retail outlet near Boise. They have 3 very large sets of shelves that are normally stacked high with every imaginable type of ammo, but on this day they had maybe 2% of their normal stock and 0, yes ZERO .38 cal. When I asked the salesman about it he said that they have not been able to get much and when they do it sells within a few days.

Because I am so concerned about what is unfolding in our country I decided to check around. Out of 5 major outlets I was able to obtain 2 boxes of .40 cal. and 1 box of .38, 250 rounds total. The story from each salesman was the same, there is none available and they don't know when they will receive more.

At one location I got talking with the clerk and he told me that his brother works for Remington and has run their ammo making machines for over 10 years, in the past few years they have run 12 hours a day 7 days a week. TWO WEEKS after our last elections their management informed them that they were to cut back to 2 1/2 days a week and only run 8 hour a day. He said they had 50 semi-truck trailers waiting to be loaded but that they could not fill them.

A small family owned gun store I have dealt with for the last several years had quite a bit available but I was told again that they have scoured the entire area and bought everything they could find to resell, and they thought what they had would be gone by this Monday, tomorrow. After talking more with the owner he told me that last Wednesday and Thursday his staff had spent the entire time calling every gun store in Oregon, Idaho, and Washington and could not locate anything more than a few boxes here and there. While I was in the store he took off to drive all the way to Montana to get what was available there in a few small towns, that is at least a 16 hour round trip drive.

Apparently over thirty people were waiting for an ammo shipment in Mt. Home, Id. and when the Semi finally arrived it had only 12 boxes of pistol ammo aboard and they were told not to expect anymore in the near future.

I haven't heard this situation mentioned anywhere, and I would never have discovered it if I hadn't gone to purchase a gun.

Something very strange is happening out here. I can only hope that it is a local phenomenon, but I fear that is much larger. Please inform your readers so that they can find out for themselves.

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Let's see, it's been 4 months since the election and he has just now figured out that something is going on? :confused_ma: Wake up and smell the roses before it's too late!

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I did my part on Sat. Picked up some .308 Win at a pawn shop for 30c each.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

:565::getdown:bancha:10_1_20::36_1_34::5_1_120::co oler:

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I have been talking to gun dealers and have heard several reason...

1st and most obvious, people are stocking up for fear of Obamma and Gang, taking away the right to bear, or the stupid tax increases...

2nd. I heard that several of the larger mines (one specifically in southern MO, can't recall the name) has sold/promised the better majority of their future product to several overseas companies who been buying it up like crazy...

Then, when we are short over here, they sell some of it back to us at a pretty good premium...

Which if true, could help explain raising prices and shortages..

I went to several local shops and did not find any .223/5.56 so I fought a few boxes of 12 Ga and a few boxes of .22 with what cash I had on hand...

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I went to a gun show yesterday, and was able to pick up a couple hundred rounds of ammo, about 400 once-fired brass, some pistol primers and a few boxes of buckshot.

All in all the ammo supply looked pretty good there, but the prices were definitely UP.

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It is UTTER CRAP to assert that the ammunition manufacturers are in a conspiracy to drive up the price by denying access to cartridges and shells.

The profit motive rules, and they don't need to shut down production to jack up the price.

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We need to find someone who actually works in the factories for a good inside story.

I was at Dick's two days ago and they had plenty of rifle ammunition but only .45 ACP and .40 SW for pistol rounds.

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if it go's haywire you'll only need one round sad but....:s10: thats were bite the bullit came from.

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If it were conspiracy, I'd say ammunition would be out of stock across the board, and that hasn't been the case. (no pun intended - lots of cases :biggrin:)

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I too would like to hear from an industry insider.

I went to Sportsmans Wearhouse yesterday and there was a minimal stock of handguns and no 9mm and only a couple 40's and 1 .45.

They only had 2 boxes of 9mm hydrashocks left out of those three calibers and barely any handgun ammo otherwise. 223 and 7.62x39 was gone and only a few boxes of high end 308.

shotguns and shells were in decent supply but far from what they used to stock and special hunting calibers were fairly plentiful.

No more special orders on weapons and 3 month wait on orders from manufacturer.

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From what I've heard from a couple of local gun retailers in my area, handguns and ammunition (all types) are being bought up like there's no tomorrow.

Most online ammunition retailers are backordered until further notice.

My guess is that there is simply an unprecedented amount of stockpiling and speculation in the market place right now.

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tptb just want to know what we think and how.... throwing the psyop game at ya. banchayea lots of cases.:sarc:

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I believe the shortage will cease when people are done spending their stimulus checks on preps :biggrin:

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If so, I'll be glad when it takes a dip and you can easliy find ammo for decent prices....

I'll keep more in storage...

Its really been a bummer and drasticly cut into my frequent trips to the range...

Mush as I liuke the range, I hate driving all the way there to shoot a mag and come home...

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Went to Sportsman's Warehouse last week, a couple of hours from Boise, and other than some 9mm Markarov, some high-end hunting rounds, and shotgun shells, they were out of everything. Not one .22lr in the store, none of the common calibers, nothing. Same story, salesman said to stop by right after the truck showed up on Thursday and maybe I'd get something. First time I've ever seen that store out, and I go every few weeks.

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I have been following prices and quantities available of quite a few products lately, and here is what I can tell you. (I have been buying and reselling AR15 parts for profit, and I have been following things EXTREMELY closely. Also I have actually sold this stuff on gunbroker and I can tell you what the actual market prices are, this isnt just some random crap from reading on the internet or heard from a friend or something.)

Basically, its practically impossible to find bolt carrier groups or barrels. Complete uppers are selling for a pretty good premium over pre-election retail prices. Maybe 30-40% over. Shortages are only going to get worse, as many of the manufacturers are having problems finding the raw materials needed to make their BCGs. (What I mean by this, is that generally, a company that makes BCGs buys certain parts from another company, then machines those parts and assembles them into BCGs. This is a bigtime bottleneck, and was before the election even.)

As for reloading components, primers are practically impossible to find. Any primers that you do find, especially small rifle (.223) primers, buy up immediately at any price that is near the pre-election price. They are selling on gunbroker for INSANE prices.

Here is an auction that sold for $320 for 5k of small rifle primers just this weekend. This isnt just one cherry picked auction, this is the standard. These would have been under $150 shipped 5 months ago.

http://v4.beta.gunbroker.com/Auction...Item=124001275

Generally when the reloading companies get any kind of primers in stock, they are gone almost instantly, especially the small rifles. (shotgun stuff doesnt count, there is tons of shotgun ammo and components available still)


Some other things, 5.56 and/or .223 is getting harder and harder to find, and prices are constantly rising. If you want some anytime soon, but it ASAP. Right now, bulk prices are about $425-$450 shipped for 1000 rounds of brass cased. Most places are sold out at these prices. In the next month, I expect most cases of match ammo to be sold out as well, as generally the regular stuff is unavailable, and the prices of match havent really risen as much, since people have been buying the cheapest they could find to get large quantities.

Here are some links to some ammo dealers to see their .223 page and you will see exactly what I am talking about. Actually the match stuff is probably going to be out of stock totally by the end of the week.

http://palmettostatearmory.com/223-556-ammo.php
http://www.wideners.com/itemview.cfm...dir=18|830|845

As you can see, all they have left is the match stuff and tracers.

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Lots of online dealers are out of most ammo. Classic arms is completely out of 7.62X39, and 7.62X54R, not to mention most of their rifles as well. I wish I had a shitbox of available cash to buy more lead. Alot of people don't realize yet what's going on with firearms, and ammo. Much like what happened with gold and silver, J6P won't figure it out til everything is gone!

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THIS is extremely good information and I appreciate you taking the time to share and educate. I am going to take your advice and buy up a shitload of primers a friend wants to get rid of since he retired and isnt reloading anymore, they are in EXCELLENT condition and he has TENS OF THOUSaNDS of them in all calibers.

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If the laws of supply and demand hold true, we should be seeing ammo production getting ramped up very soon. It's not like ammo companies don't wanna cash in on this sellers market...

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Alot of ammo is going to the US military war effort also, that has to be factored in.

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The problem with that is that manufacturers have to wonder if this is strictly a short-term buying spree. They do not want to make the capital investments needed (extra machines, operating space, long-term materials contracts, etc.) to expand production, only to see sales return to pre-Hope&Change levels.

In the short term, they can just work overtime, and perhaps add more work shifts. That way if this increased demand tapers back off, they can then cut the overtime and fire the additional shift workers. Better, from their point of view, than buying machines that might soon be sitting idle.

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Exactly. It costs a lot of money to buy the equipment needed to produce more primers, barrels, guns, etc. If they think this demand is temporary (a year or two or less), there is no way they are going to expand their production capabilities only to have to idle them a year or two down the road.

I can tell you that everything I have heard from people in the business is that manufacturers expect this to be short term and are just increasing shifts, but not purchasing more equipment.

Also, many manufacturers are backordered for a year or even two years right now.

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I spend 10 min. every monday online buying ammo

thats all the time it takes me to find what I need

every week I order 1000 rds 556
1000 rds 762
then every other week 500 rds 9mm

I have about 10 different online retailers I buy from.
this week I had to get my 556 from Wideners
and my 762 from Graf & Sons

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I like Privi for reloading. They have Anieled Cases and they have been through the press full sizeing 3xs so far with no problems. I do not push hard with powder so it may last a little better for me.

I buy 150gr--which is just for noise and fun , then, reload for accuracy.

E-A

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I dont buy into Remington being told to cut back on production. There is MONEY to be made, so business wise that would be a very bad choice. I just think people know micro stamping may be coming or high taxes on ammo and are just getting as much as they can now and the suppliers just cant keep up with this demand.

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Remington is owned by Cerberus Capital Management who is ran by Steve Feinberg. ANYTHING is possible when it comes to Cerberus. They also own Chrysler.

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I just bought (15) 50 cal ammmo cans.

I got to fill them ASAP.

T

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I thought I would update some of my previous statements. If you look at my earlier post, I showed a gunbroker auction for 5000 small rifle primers for $320.

http://v4.beta.gunbroker.com/Auction...Item=124001275

Here is an auction today for small rifle primers for $425.

http://v4.beta.gunbroker.com/Auction...Item=124828476

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OUCH! Sounds a wee bit greedy, but if the buyer "needs" them, they may pay the price.