tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post4033788573347010217..comments2024-03-29T03:31:54.220-06:00Comments on The Michael Bane Blog: Monday Ammo Commentary...Michael Banehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16630187848984050478noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-6302732958896731442009-04-26T17:20:00.000-06:002009-04-26T17:20:00.000-06:00Yes, the future is in knowing how to make your own...Yes, the future is in knowing how to make your own. However, there are still large online vendors where you can order and get ammo in reasonable time periods.Ammunitionhttp://mooreoutdoors.biznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-26573293517080927052009-04-21T21:33:00.000-06:002009-04-21T21:33:00.000-06:00Thank goodness I reload.
I saw this fiasco coming...Thank goodness I reload.<br /><br />I saw this fiasco coming a year or two back and stocked up on primers, powder, and brass accordingly.<br /><br />I shot only 7,300 rounds last year. That was just in matches too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-89820768160174970702009-04-21T18:34:00.000-06:002009-04-21T18:34:00.000-06:00Here's what I can't figure out, gun shops have no ...Here's what I can't figure out, gun shops have no ammo, websites have no ammo, gun shows have no ammo, big box stores like Wally world have no ammo.<br /><br />So if there's no ammo to buy, WHERE are people panic buying?!?!?<br /><br />Stated another way, if ammo manufacturers are cranking out all this ammo, where are they sending it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-55430840393221732682009-04-21T12:06:00.000-06:002009-04-21T12:06:00.000-06:00Don't know how it is everywhere else but here in N...Don't know how it is everywhere else but here in North Texas while we have no snow we also have very little in the way of ammunition. I just paid $48 for one box of .380 to go with my new (and un-fired) LCP. Worse, I wouldn't have that if I hadn't known a guy who went to school with the owner of a local gun shop. <br /><br />Don't feel comfortable carrying any gun until I've put a couple hundred Fibber Mageenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-80584836304946128492009-04-21T09:54:00.000-06:002009-04-21T09:54:00.000-06:00Tam at view from the porch in an excellent general...Tam at <A HREF="http://booksbikesboomsticks.blogspot.com/2009/04/some-more-ruminations-on-ammo-shortage.html" REL="nofollow">view from the porch</A> in an excellent general essay on the ammo shortage pointed out that companies are going to have trouble getting into trouble with overexpansion:<br /><br /><I>The second reason they won't build more plant is financial. Remember that economy thing? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-43567155856019921342009-04-21T07:26:00.000-06:002009-04-21T07:26:00.000-06:00Anonymous at 1:43pm: I too am one of many who are ...Anonymous at 1:43pm: I too am one of many who are waiting for prices to return to inflation adjusted historical norms before I buy thousands of rounds (e.g. to replace and build up supplies for one caliber I shoot lots of and another that I just got my first gun that shoots it). "Shooters" (non-hunters) are 1/2 or so of the US gun owning population and a lot of us shoot more than 2 boxes a year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-82870486732701762642009-04-21T06:07:00.000-06:002009-04-21T06:07:00.000-06:00When the buying freenzy ends, I will keep buying a...When the buying freenzy ends, I will keep buying as much as I can afford - hopefully I will be able to get a 'lifetime' supply built up for me, my kids & grandkids!!! I am not comfortable with just a few rounds (lets just say a few dozen boxes of each caliber) even if things start to look ok for our rights - that can change overnight & never again will I be less than 100% preparedpops1911https://www.blogger.com/profile/05959314476988716291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-64062490070799511322009-04-20T17:45:00.000-06:002009-04-20T17:45:00.000-06:00As clear and concise a description as I have ever ...As clear and concise a description as I have ever heard of what we are facing, especially with the democrat congress and President.stevie renonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-59905613917214520722009-04-20T15:35:00.000-06:002009-04-20T15:35:00.000-06:00Could this be the sign of a political awakening th...Could this be the sign of a political awakening that will help restore some sanity to Congress next year?Clark Kentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-62554215223680145542009-04-20T14:21:00.000-06:002009-04-20T14:21:00.000-06:00... OR this could be a perfect time for the variou...... OR this could be a perfect time for the various gun game organizations to go into recruiting overdrive to get these new gun owners to use that ammo.<br /><br />After y2k the prices of generators and MREs didn't go through the floor.Overload in Coloradohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11277277751144486368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-22991816854933975482009-04-20T13:43:00.001-06:002009-04-20T13:43:00.001-06:00I am worried about what is going to happen to the ...I am worried about what is going to happen to the industry when the buying frenzy ends....and it will end. <br /><br />When two box a year shooters realize they have a lifetime ammo supply stashed away the industry will see sales fall off drastically. Wholesalers and retailers will be caught with huge inventories that ain't moving. There's a good chance we shooters may end up putting some weak Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-48900447906813752112009-04-20T13:43:00.000-06:002009-04-20T13:43:00.000-06:00Amen brother!. . .now get back to shovelin'Amen brother!. . .now get back to shovelin'Zackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12703728544333524343noreply@blogger.com