ammo scare

Zapzoo · #1 06-16-2009, 06:39 PM

(this is not ment to be a political post please do not interpret it as such)

Is this obama ammo scare ever going to end!! I have a small stock pile of reloading components and ammo, I went to the store today to see if they got anything in. All they have left is a few powders I dont use and only a few boxes of shotgun primers. The ammo shelves are pretty much empty but they have a bunch of guns. Its just realy annoying. I want to go shooting but I don't want to shoot what I have. I like to keep a little stocked up. I have not done any serious shooting in months. Im jonesing like crazy to go shooting. I work in law enforcement. My agency use to provide bunches of ammo to shoot with now we get like 100 rounds every 3 or 4 months if we are luckey. I cant seem to find any 40 cal around here and If I can its like realy expensive. Any way is their going to be a happy ending to all this?

jmortimer · #2 06-16-2009, 06:48 PM

Short answer - No. Gun owners will continue to be concerned (scared) of this administration until it is ended. Will supplies of ammunition, powder, and primers become widely available (assuming no significant changes in "gun laws") the answer is probably. But we may be months or a year or more from that point. "Supply and demand" (Capitalism 101) will solve the problem at some point.

oloutlaw · #3 06-16-2009, 08:04 PM

go get a .22 , and some shells (LOTS) and go blast the tar outta everything....it helps a lot ....

pfoxy · #4 06-17-2009, 01:13 AM

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Originally Posted by oloutlaw

go get a .22 , and some shells (LOTS) and go blast the tar outta everything....it helps a lot ....

Well, okay, if you insist.

We have a pair of foxes raiding our chicken flock. Lost 14 just over the weekend. SWMBO is now standing guard with my Henry .22 Mag, but says she needs "more practice" after 3 missed shots.

Rather than point out that it was a small target on a dead run 25 yards away, I just agreed. Of course, .22 Mag ammo is FAR too expensive, so I'll need to get another Henry lever in .22LR.

She fell for it, gun's on the way...

unclenick · #5 06-17-2009, 05:12 AM

Pfoxy,

Congratulations!

Zapzoo,

It may be starting to ease. Several recent reports from other parts of the country indicate there are spots where the shelves are no longer going instantly bare upon arrival of new shipments. Somebody on another board timed the primer sellout at one of the vendors last week. Can't recall which one? Maybe Graf & Sons? Anyway, it took several times longer than the last sellout there, meaning several hours rather than half an hour, he said. Also had a report of backorders for primers that were received by a couple of folks.

It could just be a temporary lull, but I am hoping it is the leading edge of the end of the problem.

Davers · #6 06-17-2009, 05:14 AM

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Originally Posted by oloutlaw

go get a .22 , and some shells (LOTS) and go blast the tar outta everything....it helps a lot ....

I understand that .22 LR ammo is hard to find, in a lot of areas.

oloutlaw · #7 06-17-2009, 05:29 AM

hey whatever works Zap !! she'll have fun with that new rifle ...

Gyroboy01 · #8 06-17-2009, 07:16 AM

Is it possible that many of the folks who are trying to rathole all this stuff are finally running out of money? OR the gray market for overpriced components is finally easing up?

I sure hope so.

UnCruel · #9 06-17-2009, 07:37 AM

I thought it was getting better, but it seems to be getting worse again. The local store around here that was doing so well keeping up supplies, which was rationing 380 and primers, is now rationing 9mm and 45. The gun show this weekend was out of 9mm by noon on Saturday.

I think the supply will eventually catch up. The people stockpiling will eventually be satisfied with their cache. I don't think it will last through the entire Obama administration. It wasn't like this during the Clinton era, though I have heard people say there was initial panic buying when he was first elected.

slim 60 · #10 06-17-2009, 09:38 AM

i kind heard rumblings of this before it happened..i gambled an bought up a supply slowly..this time the gamble paid off in spades..... i had plenty before the shoirtage happened....i can pay an xstra 10 over last year an still buy my rifle ammo..
i retired the .380 ,,it sets uin a dwawer where it can do no harm.....i found fioochi 38 sp 158grn,lrn for 22 dollars for 50 an bought a supply..
if i was young id learn how to make powder ,bullet an everything i need..
good luck slim

gringo_loco · #11 06-17-2009, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by oloutlaw

go get a .22 , and some shells (LOTS) and go blast the tar outta everything....it helps a lot ....

oloutlaw,

that sounds like pretty good advice. I've noticed that the local walmart is able to keep some .22 in stock. Of course, the economics of shooting the .22 is a no-brainer and always fun too.

I just recently bought some .308 brass since Midway finally got some back in stock. I'd been looking for some for six months. I'm still deficient on .45 colt, .45 acp, .35 Rem and .348 win brass. But no big deal as I have plenty of other cals to use instead. My local primer and powder supplier is periodically getting primers and is rationing at a single box of 1K, and I am glad of that.

It'll all work itself out in time.

Wrench Man · #12 06-17-2009, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Davers

I understand that .22 LR ammo is hard to find, in a lot of areas.

That would be around here! there is a LIMITED!!!! supply of 22Mag but 22LR is still no where to be seen!

Kragman71 · #13 06-17-2009, 05:38 PM

The latest Rifleman magazine arrived today.
There was a clarification of the ammunition/componant shortage.All manufacturing facilities are working at full speed.Production is at an all time high.They are reluctant to invest in more machinery and more employes,because of mistrust in the Administration;just like everyone else.
The problem,as mentioned in the magazine,is easing a little,except for the 380ACP.
Keep the Faith
Frank

Zapzoo · #14 06-17-2009, 05:54 PM

There is three main things I do for fun. I drive my motorcycle and shoot guns and reload ammo. Gass is jumping back up again its just under 3 bucks a gallon here and as I have already said ammo is well cant hardly find it. I just hope it ends soon.

On a happy note my neighbor just sold his .40cal and bought something else he wanted more. He had about a bunch of ammo. Now its under my bed!!!! I came home and they where on my porch with a note that said hurd you needed ammo. So I brought him a case of beer left it on the porch with a note that said hurd you needed beer. Figgured it was a fair trade.

Thing is wel probably shoot a bunch of it together this weekend.

Ole1830 · #15 06-17-2009, 06:55 PM

Air rifles are still plentiful and cheap to feed.

unclenick · #16 06-18-2009, 03:56 AM

Yes. People forget you can get match-accurate airguns, like the Daisey 717, for reasonable prices and keep your hold and trigger finger in shape at home in the basement. No noise or smoke. The semi-auto types are, well, generally not match accurate, but will still let you practice controlling an imperfect trigger. No pretending they'll stop an elephant, either. But cheap to use. Less than a penny a shot for inexpensive pellets and about two and a half cents for match pellets. And the high end ones are one-holers at 10 yards or else you can get something with higher pressure and a scope to keep the squirrels under control.

Almost no excuse not to have one. Or several.

oloutlaw · #17 06-18-2009, 08:15 AM

Personally, I don't seem to have much fun unless whatever I'm shooting makes a loud noise, and blows stuff up..... I think it's some kind of psychotic-illogical deficiency .....

M1894 · #18 06-18-2009, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by unclenick

Yes. People forget you can get match-accurate airguns, like the Daisey 717, for reasonable prices and keep your hold and trigger finger in shape at home in the basement. No noise or smoke. The semi-auto types are, well, generally not match accurate, but will still let you practice controlling an imperfect trigger. No pretending they'll stop an elephant, either. But cheap to use. Less than a penny a shot for inexpensive pellets and about two and a half cents for match pellets. And the high end ones are one-holers at 10 yards or else you can get something with higher pressure and a scope to keep the squirrels under control.

Almost no excuse not to have one. Or several.

I couldn't agree more on the Air Guns, I currently use my Benjamin pump air rifle that I got when I was a kid, and a Crosman pump air pistol around the place, and cost is minimal. Both will take tree rats at reasonable distances. Right now I am waiting on my new Benjamin Pre Charged Pneumatic to come in, should be able to take tree rats from 50 yards with it. One plus with it is the adjustable match trigger. It also comes with a ten round rotary magazine, will probably order several from the factory to have pre loaded ones on hand.

oloutlaw: Air rifles are not completely silent, even the pump up ones sound like a .22 short.

oloutlaw · #19 06-18-2009, 03:13 PM

I know, had one when I was a kid .... just have no use for em'...... I use a .22 LR for everything up to bobcatz inside of 50 yds, beyond that I get out the Hornet..... they both make enuff noise to keep my Soul happy

jb12string · #20 06-18-2009, 08:47 PM

I'd shoot some more 22 if the green mountain barrel I ordered a month ago for the 10/22 would ever show up