Ammo still selling out

bearcatter · 09-22-2020, 10:33 AM

Sportsman's Warehouse today, first time in a couple of weeks. Worse than ever. No rimfire at all except two boxes of CCI 22 Short. Handgun ammo basically gone, just three boxes of 50AE and maybe a dozen 44 mag. Long gun ammo was just a few scattered boxes in between very wide gaps. Gun racks are half empty. It seems people are buying anything that shoots. Clerk says even BB guns are selling out.

I figure places that sell steel utility buildings should be busy. People couldn't have any room left in the house or garage......

What puzzles the clerk is that people are buying ammo and guns, but very little cleaning gear ?

overlord · 09-23-2020, 04:06 PM

Cleaning gear...what?? You need to clean these things???? Can I just put 'em in the dishwasher???

Some of the folks I've seen in the gun stores taking home a firearm over the last four months are just plain scary. The only consolation is that this insecurity will die down someday and these folks will put the firearm away and never touch it again.

Terry_P · 09-24-2020, 06:18 AM

The consolation is these people will learn and join the ranks of gun owners thwarting the democrats plans to ban them all.

overlord · 09-24-2020, 08:27 AM

I hope you are correct. That would be an ideal outcome.

Terry_P · 09-26-2020, 06:23 AM

When people see thugs in the streets beating up elderly, harassing people not to mention burning and looting then they realize that self defense is not as the media characterizes it, white supremacist. They then realize what the 2nd Amendment truly means.

RidgeRunner · 09-26-2020, 04:13 PM

Hurry up with the Presidential election.

bearcatter · 09-27-2020, 09:05 AM

Some poll says that most people want the election winner to fill the SCOTUS seat. I think that's what Trump is trying to do !

Terry_P · 09-27-2020, 01:57 PM

There have been 29 vacancies in election years and the president has put forth 29 nominees:

Quote:

I have previously written up the history (mainly here and here) of Supreme Court nominations in presidential election years, or in lame-duck sessions following a presidential election. To summarize: there have been 29 such vacancies, and presidents made nominations for all of them, in most cases promptly:

In 19 cases, the president’s party held the Senate; 17 of the 19 vacancies were filled, the exceptions being the bipartisan filibuster against Lyndon Johnson’s nominees in 1968 and George Washington’s withdrawal and resubmission in the next Congress of a nominee who was ineligible to be confirmed (he’d voted to create the Court, and the Constitution made him wait until there was a new Congress seated). Nine of those 17 were confirmed before the election, and eight after. Three were confirmed in lame duck post-election sessions even though the president had just lost reelection.
In ten cases, the party opposing the president held the Senate; only one of the ten got a nominee confirmed before the election, two were confirmed after the election when the president’s party won the election, and one (Dwight Eisenhower’s nomination of William Brennan) was a pre-election recess appointment that was confirmed by the new Senate in the new year after Eisenhower was reelected.
It is, however, true that none of the nominees confirmed before the election passed the Senate later than mid-July. Why? Mostly because the Senate was out of session. It was once common for the Senate to be out of session for much of the summer and fall. Leaving aside cases where a nomination was already made and rejected before mid-July (by one means or another, including the Republican rejection of the Merrick Garland nomination), there have been six cases where a vacancy opened or was unresolved between mid-July and the election:

https://www.nationalreview.com/corne...election-year/

JamesCC · 09-30-2020, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by RidgeRunner

Hurry up with the Presidential election.

Then we can get back to normal crazy crap the news shares haha

north country gal · 09-30-2020, 06:01 PM

Very true on the BB guns and air guns. People were digging old air guns out of the closet during the early lockdown phase of the pandemic to have something to shoot at home. It's been a record year in the air gun industry. Fortunately, pellets and air guns are still available on line, but availability and selection are limited. Nowhere near as bad as in the regular gun and ammo market though. We've been shooting our air guns all summer, rather than burning up ammo for the powder guns. Still have a good supply of rimfire ammo and some centerfire, but replacing what we shoot is a real problem, right now.

RidgeRunner · 12-29-2020, 11:39 AM

A Message From Federal, CCI, Speer And Remington President Jason Vanderbrink On Ammo Demand
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIgvoJKovIg

RidgeRunner · 01-19-2021, 07:37 AM

Has the world gone crazy. $ 2/round??????
https://www.cheaperthandirt.com/winc...MM-429-50.html

bearcatter · 01-19-2021, 10:30 AM

Most of their 9mm and .380 is $ 2 per round. Some of the off brands are a little less, but not much. They don't show any .22 available at all. I didn't check other calibers.

Cheaper than dirt ? Dirt must be getting really expensive. I know the supposed law of supply and demand, but this is outright gouging. Have the ammo companies raised their wholesale prices 400% ?

RidgeRunner · 01-19-2021, 04:29 PM

I don't buy from CheaperThanDirt, but they sent me this ad thinking I must be crazy.
I reckon the gun ranges aren't very busy right now. I've shot about 10 rounds last week and stopped to think how much money it would cost to replace the ammo.

bearcatter · 01-19-2021, 05:42 PM

I checked some other sites, and their handgun calibers ran around 75-80 cents per round, but most was out of stock and taking back orders.

Last handgun ammo I bought was 44 cent .38, and 36 cent .32.

09-22-2020, 10:33 AM	#1
bearcatter Senior Member Joined: Aug 2015 From: Virginia Posts: 4,015	Ammo still selling out Sportsman's Warehouse today, first time in a couple of weeks. Worse than ever. No rimfire at all except two boxes of CCI 22 Short. Handgun ammo basically gone, just three boxes of 50AE and maybe a dozen 44 mag. Long gun ammo was just a few scattered boxes in between very wide gaps. Gun racks are half empty. It seems people are buying anything that shoots. Clerk says even BB guns are selling out. I figure places that sell steel utility buildings should be busy. People couldn't have any room left in the house or garage...... What puzzles the clerk is that people are buying ammo and guns, but very little cleaning gear ?

09-30-2020, 06:01 PM	#10
north country gal Senior Member Joined: Jan 2013 From: northern wisconsin Posts: 6,001	Very true on the BB guns and air guns. People were digging old air guns out of the closet during the early lockdown phase of the pandemic to have something to shoot at home. It's been a record year in the air gun industry. Fortunately, pellets and air guns are still available on line, but availability and selection are limited. Nowhere near as bad as in the regular gun and ammo market though. We've been shooting our air guns all summer, rather than burning up ammo for the powder guns. Still have a good supply of rimfire ammo and some centerfire, but replacing what we shoot is a real problem, right now. Last edited by north country gal; 09-30-2020 at 06:05 PM.

01-19-2021, 10:30 AM	#13
bearcatter Senior Member Joined: Aug 2015 From: Virginia Posts: 4,015	Most of their 9mm and .380 is $ 2 per round. Some of the off brands are a little less, but not much. They don't show any .22 available at all. I didn't check other calibers. Cheaper than dirt ? Dirt must be getting really expensive. I know the supposed law of supply and demand, but this is outright gouging. Have the ammo companies raised their wholesale prices 400% ? Last edited by bearcatter; 01-19-2021 at 10:34 AM.

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09-23-2020, 04:06 PM	#2
overlord Member Joined: Jan 2016 From: Redford, Michigan Posts: 73	Cleaning gear...what?? You need to clean these things???? Can I just put 'em in the dishwasher??? Some of the folks I've seen in the gun stores taking home a firearm over the last four months are just plain scary. The only consolation is that this insecurity will die down someday and these folks will put the firearm away and never touch it again.

09-24-2020, 06:18 AM	#3
Terry_P Super Moderator Joined: Apr 2008 From: Where it's warm Posts: 10,616	The consolation is these people will learn and join the ranks of gun owners thwarting the democrats plans to ban them all.

09-24-2020, 08:27 AM	#4
overlord Member Joined: Jan 2016 From: Redford, Michigan Posts: 73	I hope you are correct. That would be an ideal outcome.

09-26-2020, 06:23 AM	#5
Terry_P Super Moderator Joined: Apr 2008 From: Where it's warm Posts: 10,616	When people see thugs in the streets beating up elderly, harassing people not to mention burning and looting then they realize that self defense is not as the media characterizes it, white supremacist. They then realize what the 2nd Amendment truly means.

09-26-2020, 04:13 PM	#6
RidgeRunner Senior Member Joined: Nov 2015 From: Buck Ridge, Georgia Posts: 3,475	Hurry up with the Presidential election.

09-27-2020, 09:05 AM	#7
bearcatter Senior Member Joined: Aug 2015 From: Virginia Posts: 4,015	Some poll says that most people want the election winner to fill the SCOTUS seat. I think that's what Trump is trying to do !

12-29-2020, 11:39 AM	#11
RidgeRunner Senior Member Joined: Nov 2015 From: Buck Ridge, Georgia Posts: 3,475	A Message From Federal, CCI, Speer And Remington President Jason Vanderbrink On Ammo Demand https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIgvoJKovIg

01-19-2021, 07:37 AM	#12
RidgeRunner Senior Member Joined: Nov 2015 From: Buck Ridge, Georgia Posts: 3,475	Has the world gone crazy. $ 2/round?????? https://www.cheaperthandirt.com/winc...MM-429-50.html

01-19-2021, 04:29 PM	#14
RidgeRunner Senior Member Joined: Nov 2015 From: Buck Ridge, Georgia Posts: 3,475	I don't buy from CheaperThanDirt, but they sent me this ad thinking I must be crazy. I reckon the gun ranges aren't very busy right now. I've shot about 10 rounds last week and stopped to think how much money it would cost to replace the ammo.

01-19-2021, 05:42 PM	#15
bearcatter Senior Member Joined: Aug 2015 From: Virginia Posts: 4,015	I checked some other sites, and their handgun calibers ran around 75-80 cents per round, but most was out of stock and taking back orders. Last handgun ammo I bought was 44 cent .38, and 36 cent .32.