The Official Ammo Panic Thread

[AmmoManAaron]

LOL, this silliness is always fun to watch, just as it was with .22 LR.

Was? Heck, it's still going on! The panic has just spread again is all (and rightfully so since the gov't actually did something this time). But yes, I certainly get your point.

 

[hornadylnl]

LOL, this silliness is always fun to watch, just as it was with .22 LR.

Oh it's fun watching supposed capitalists lose their ever loving minds.

 

[jcwit]

So when the local hardware store gets low on hammers and his new shipment hasn't arrived yet he should double the price on the last 2 hammers he has in stock!

After all it ALL about SUPPLY and demand.

 

[hornadylnl]

So when the local hardware store gets low on hammers and his new shipment hasn't arrived yet he should double the price on the last 2 hammers he has in stock!

After all it ALL about SUPPLY and demand.

When is the next shipment of M855 coming in?

 

[hornadylnl]

[video=youtube;h9QEkw6_O6w]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9QEkw6_O6w&feature=youtu.be[/video]

 

[blue2golf]

Strolled into Evansville Gander Mountain this afternoon. As reported, plenty of M855 left at the usual Gander Mountain prices. I noticed dents had been made in the various piles, so it was moving.

From there, drove over to Academy Sports. Found some M855 but plenty of Federal 193 and Monarch .223 on the shelf, along with other brands, Winchester, etc....

Checking the ammo sites online showed a premium for M855 but only a slight bump in price for other types of .223/5.56 with plenty in stock, depending on the site. The rock bottom priced stuff seems to be all gone.

So far, the panic isn't all that bad.

 

[chinook]

Gander in Greenfield had 25+ boxes of 150ct Federal M855 yesterday. $79.99.

 

[dsol]

I almost bought an AR about 6 months ago. I don't have a single round of .223 and was dreading stocking up on another round (I have an FAL and pretty good stockpile of .308 for my MBR). I am really glad I didn't go that route now.

 

[BogWalker]

I can understand buying up M855, but I still don't get why people are making a run on m193 and other loadings. It's not going away people. They aren't going to ban it. You don't need to panic buy it. The BATFE aren't even remotely looking at lead core ammo. When they banned steel core 7.62x39, lead core was fine. When they banned steel core 5.45x39, lead core was fine. Quit freaking out over every little thing.

It's amazing how people with so little reasoning ability have so much money to spend.

 

[BigBoxaJunk]

Oh it's fun watching supposed capitalists lose their ever loving minds.

Yeah, it sure makes it easy enough to see whose stocked up and whose not, just by the price-gouging vitriol.

And, the panic buying is pure human nature. The same thing that leads otherwise normal people to rush to the grocery to clear out the shelves and cases at the mere suggestion of a winter storm. Human nature is an unstoppable force.

 

[jcwit]

Yeah, it sure makes it easy enough to see whose stocked up and whose not, just by the price-gouging vitriol.

I am totally against this price-gouging, no matter whether you claim it's just economics or not.

All this as I count up my last inventory of .22 long rifle, somewhere between 30 and 40 thousand rounds.

None of purchased as a panic buying trip. Bought while on sale years ago when the prices were in the 8 dollar a brick range.

Long before we even heard of Zero for our so called leader.

 

[BogWalker]

I don't know. As a consumer I dislike paying more, but it does serve as an upside. Think, if the price stays low, one guy with a good wad of cash is able to buy the whole stock out easily. Higher prices leave more on the shelf. While paying more sucks, it's better than not being able to buy any at all. I'd rather pay more for ammo that's there than sit around wishing the cheap stuff was in stock.

 

[BigBoxaJunk]

I am totally against this price-gouging, no matter whether you claim it's just economics or not.

I'm totally against people who park illegally, do think that together we could come up with a solution to both?

 

[jcwit]

I'm totally against people who park illegally, do think that together we could come up with a solution to both?

Many things are possible if tackled in the correct manner!

 

[Jdubbs]

Ive had the luck of finding 22s lately. Bass pro and gander mountain. Both while going for fishing stuff and not on the search. As far as m855/ss109 its not even banned yet. And neither are the so called solvent catchers. Dont butcher me on this next part. If a short barreled ar is going to be considered a pistol, simply make it illegal to run them in a pistol. Which i believe is already the "law." This allows us to still have our ammo and gives the atf their happiness of not having ap ammo in a handgun. This should also reverse the law for other cals such as 9mm to where we can have 9mm ap ammo but only legal to use in a rifle/carbine. And to throw the solvent catchers in their as well, they are legal to the point to where they are attached to a firearm. The atf is not banning the thread size adapters for them, its just common sense not to make nfa products. If they want to make people happy and make a rule/ban, just make a law that makes the ammo legal and add a description in there that specifically states not to be used in an ar type pistol.

 

[Jdubbs]

And why i talked about 22s in my post is that I believe the m855 crisis has diverted people from buying the 22s in search of m855s. If thats true, its been nice.

 

[AmmoManAaron]

M855 in stock for the moment.

Federal American Eagle 5.56x45mm 62gr FMJ 150rds XM855BK150

 

[scott delaney]

M855 in stock for the moment.

Federal American Eagle 5.56x45mm 62gr FMJ 150rds XM855BK150

that's $10 more then Gander.....and without shipping

 

[AmmoManAaron]

that's $10 more then Gander.....and without shipping

True, but that assumes that you have a Gander nearby AND that they have it in-stock.

 

[dieselrealtor]

Gander has free shipping with orders over $50