I waited too late!!

ceb · Post by **ceb** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 10:56 am

I've spent the last couple of hours on the net trying to buy ammo and components for reloading. Can't ever remember seeing so many out of stock notices. And some are not even taking backorders. Oboma mania for sure.

Idiot · Post by **Idiot** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 11:06 am

ceb wrote:Oboma mania for sure.

Nope, some are simply seeing him for what he is - no mania, just clear vision. As far as ammo goes, at least popular self-defence ammo, if you don't have it by now, you either ain't gonna get it or you're going to pay an awful lot for it. "I waited too late!!" is a quote being echoed throughout the country. Heck, in my neck of the chollas, even the Wal-Mart shelves are bare or nearly so. Have fun.

kimwcook · Post by **kimwcook** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 11:18 am

IMHO, I think things will settle down before any legislative action. I could be wrong and it could actually get worse. But most people will buy their one EBR, or whatever, and one or two boxes of ammo and stash it away. I guarantee the ammo manufacturers are working overtime to fill the orders. They don't get a boon like this very often and they're going to take advantage of it. Plus, the added fear that ammo isn't available or going to be available drives the market nuts far and beyond what it normally would be.

By the way, I need to get some more ammo too.

2row · Post by **2row** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 11:28 am

I sure feel for you who waited I for one didn't I have all I'll need for many years.

71fan · Post by **71fan** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 11:35 am

2row wrote:I sure feel for you who waited I for one didn't I have all I'll need for many years.

How do you know?

I've been trying to figure out how much is enough for a long time. When in doubt, buy more...

kimwcook · Post by **kimwcook** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 12:16 pm

Even if you had to much to shot in your lifetime, you could always barter.

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 1:07 pm

You would have thought the manufacturers would have seen this coming and put extra people on long before.

kimwcook · Post by **kimwcook** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 1:10 pm

Rusty wrote:You would have thought the manufacturers would have seen this coming and put extra people on long before.

You'd think so wouldn't you? I know if that was my business we'd be running 24/7.

Modoc ED · Post by **Modoc ED** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 1:14 pm

kimwcook wrote:
Rusty wrote:You would have thought the manufacturers would have seen this coming and put extra people on long before.
You'd think so wouldn't you? I know if that was my business we'd be running 24/7.

Have you considered that the ammo/componet manufactures may be having trouble getting raw materials?

Ben_Rumson · Post by **Ben_Rumson** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 3:43 pm

Maybe it's the credit crunch, plummeting marketplace and uncertainty...Hard to get a handle on the marketplace.. How much money should we borrow to stock ammo/components for this uncertain marketplace.. Maybe if we wait we can buy ammo & components from the manufacturers at lower prices.. Or, How much ammo & components should we make for this market...

Post by **Hobie** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 4:00 pm

We suggested this a year ago. I've been putting back for at least two years knowing a Dem would replace Bush. Still, each has his/her own financials dictating priorities. That's just how it is. Get what you can while you can.

Sixgun · Post by **Sixgun** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 4:12 pm

I've got 50K of assorted loaded ammo, 50K of assorted primers, and enough powder to match the primers. Should keep me in business for at least 6 months----------------Sixgun

mescalero1 · Post by **mescalero1** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 7:48 pm

Managers at the ammo companies are afraid to add head count, fear of angering their Wall Street Overlords, the Overlords demand they fill orders with existing head count, even when it can not be physiclly done.

brucew44guns · Post by **brucew44guns** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 8:25 pm

I started running around with Bill Wilsons crowd of winners 16 years ago. All that booze and beer money went in to ammo. Boy, let me tell you---ammo pile looks more impressive than a liquor store right now.

mescalero1 · Post by **mescalero1** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 8:47 pm

Even my girlfriend ( who was sure I was crazy ) commends me on my insight these days.

airedaleman · Post by **airedaleman** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 9:23 pm

brucew44guns wrote:I started running around with Bill Wilsons crowd of winners 16 years ago. All that booze and beer money went in to ammo. Boy, let me tell you---ammo pile looks more impressive than a liquor store right now.

I'm a friend of Bill's, too. 29 years next week, God willing. Formerly wasted money went into a lot of things, including our retirement home here. Priorities over the past few years soaked up almost all my firearms, and precluded stockpiling much of anything except rimfire ammunition. We are reasonably happy though, and I think the political situation may not be quite as black as it appears right now. But then I may be whistling past the graveyard. Time will tell...

ceb · Post by **ceb** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 8:43 am

I actually do have quite a bit put back, but I traded into a M1 carbine a couple of months back and was looking for supplies for it. Besides a guy can't have too much.

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