It's funny, as my former employers, both right wingers, one more so than the other, played into this panic in 2008. Since they both have a fair amount of disposable income, they were buying up rounds of every possible type and size that fit their large collection of firearms.
Our postal carrier hated delivering to our business, as many of these ammo manufacturers used USPS Priority Mail to deliver their products. This means a typical day's delivery might consist of 5-6 large 60 pound boxes. These guys seemed to be in a mild panic, calling and emailing suppliers on a daily basis to buy up whatever they could get their hands on. Anything under 1000 rounds was not acceptable. I always chuckled about this, as I figured 10 years from now they'll have this huge pile of ammo they will never use... Dan Sent from my iPad On Jun 9, 2013, at 9:07 AM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Interestingly this is one of the few subjects my super conservative dad and I > agree on. The people buying ammo now are sheep who don't remember 4 years ago > when we had the exact same shortage of the exact same ammo. It lasted about 2 > years after Obama got elected. It all started because some right wing idiots > (not that all right wingers are idiots, I'm trying to weed some out of the > herd) decided "Obama's gonna take our guns" so they better stock up, put guns > in cosmolene and bury 'em with ammo for later. A couple years later Obama has > done no such thing so life gets more or less back to normal. > > Most big box retailers get a truck every single day with some stuff in it but > theres no telling what stuff exactly. Go to any Wal-Mart or Cabellas any > given day and you'll find a couple old duffers convinced that their guns will > soon be taken by "The Government". They can't tell you who or under what law > or anything but they're convinced. They go into the store and buy all the .22 > ammo (mostly the .22 long rifle stuff, the shortage of which gets the other > conspiracy theorists to buy up the stock of .223 and whatnot) that got > delivered that day. If theres a limit they'll buy some and come back tomorrow. > > We've got about 18 more months of this foolishness before things go back to > normal. Whats worse is some places have driven up prices because of it and > some people are paying those prices just to be able to get out and shoot. > > What will be hilarious (in an "I told you so" kind of way) is in about 10 or > 15 years when the duffers start to die off and their families are left with > this huge pile of ammo which will get sold off at bargain basement prices > driving the market into a tailspin. At that point the right will conspiracy > theorists will blame it on government something, again they won't know who or > why but they won't remember whats going on right now. > > Anybody with some money and an entrepreneurial bent out to start an > ammunition factory right now. Plan on running it for 16 months and then sell. > As soon as the fervor burns out you won't be able to make it as a small > manufacturer but for now you could make a little money and then make money on > the sale. I'd do it myself if I had money and knowhow. > > -Curt > > Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2013 21:13:12 -0400 > From: "Scott Ritchey" <ritche...@nc.rr.com> > To: "'Mercedes Discussion List'" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT A Reminder > Message-ID: <E3E52810289D46EFA2EDC6CEC10004EB@ScottHPPC> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > Since December gun and ammo sales have been limited only by availability; > you can't sell what you don't have. A full year's worth of inventory sold > out in weeks. Most manufacturers are now running at full capacity, and have > been for some time. Ammo (when you can find it) now costs 2-3x the price in > Nov 2012, and folks still buy every box they find, at least on common > calibers. What is so amazing is that all this is a response to a vague and > undefined threat of a possible future restriction on 2nd amendment rights. > > Traditional gun people view this situation with mixed feelings. On one > hand, it is gratifying to see that a large segment of the public values > their rights. But on the other hand, there are a large number of people now > who are armed but who may lack basic training on firearm safety and related > law. Plus, it's hard to get ammo for maintaining proficiency. > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > On Saturday, June 08, 2013 5:58 PM, G Mann wrote > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT A Reminder > > If you believe apathy rules... better check your local gun store.. or even > your local Walmart ammunition sales area... 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