people always tell me....

[redturbo0]

be careful how much ammo you buy, you'll be put on a watch list. Any truth to this? Sounds like bullshit to me.

[whoshisface]

be careful how much ammo you buy, you'll be put on a watch list. Any truth to this? Sounds like bullshit to me.

No truth. Pay cash if youre worried

[redturbo0]

No truth. Pay cash if youre worried

I've never been the slightest bit worried, I usually buy 500 to 600 rounds at a time

[knight0334]

Just think about it.... How the hell would anyone of importance know you bought a lot OC ammo? They stopped recording transfers(federal paperwork) of ammo 26 years ago or so.

[whoshisface]

I've never been the slightest bit worried, I usually buy 500 to 600 rounds at a time

I always buy 1000 and for a while there about one case a month

[redturbo0]

true, they know who buys the guns, so who the hell cares about the ammo? Plus a terrorist isn't going to buy ammo in the US, he's going to bring it with him when he comes over here, if he makes it here anyways.

[knight0334]

true, they know who buys the guns, so who the hell cares about the ammo? Plus a terrorist isn't going to buy ammo in the US, he's going to bring it with him when he comes over here, if he makes it here anyways.

They really don't know who buys guns either on the federal level. The 4473 forms stay with the dealer and NICS inquiries are purged after so many hours. The Feds only get the 4473 forms if a dealer goes out of business, and then the dealer only has to keep the last 20 years of forms.

Some states are a different matter. PA keeps track of "firearms", but not long guns.

[Yoder]

If that's true, i'm seriously on the list. I just bought 1700 round of rifle ammo and 7k bullet heads for my pistols.

[Pkspawn]

The Walmart lady was quite concerned when I bought 1200 shotgun shells.

She asked what it was for and I told her Zombies..

[PA Rifleman]

This might be a leftover from the 80s, in the early 80s & back gun shops were required to keep records of ammunition sales similar to firearms. The buyer didn't fill out a 4473, but the seller was required to log ammo type and to whom bought it.

This was dropped around '85 or so.

Also note if there was a "list" for quantity sold, resellers and dealers would routinely trip the alarm. So would police departments, gun clubs, etc.