Ammo shortage

[Xringshooter]

I thought folks might like the below article on the ammunition shortage. Supply issue or Demand issue?

https://www.gunsandammo.com/editoria...hortage/387068

[P89]

Some people finally woke up to the arms race against them.

[ShadeRabbit]

I noticed that a couple places had plenty of 7.62x39 in stock yesterday morning, and today it's all gone or almost all gone. Dark days ahead.

[CallinSIC]

I never even considered this, but it seems reasonable

There are other factors, also. What many ammunition consumers don*t realize is that each firearm manufactured must be function fired and proof tested. That requires ammunition, too. Much of Black Hills* product is dedicated to feeding the firearms industry, we*re told.

*If a gun company can*t test their guns,* Hoffman said, *they can*t ship them. We have an obligation to them and when, all of the sudden, they need two to three times as much ammo as what was planned for, it*s a challenge.*

[Sblzrd65]

This quote was telling for me "One of our cartridge-case suppliers pumps out 800,000 loaded rounds of 5.56 a day, and they are backordered until June 2022.* So realistically, even if no new laws and things calm down a bit, it'll likely be sparse for the next 2 years.

[Knightshift]

So you think there is a shortage now? After yesterdays festivities even liberals who would never think of buying a gun will be looking for anything to fend off the hordes of deplorables that the media say are coming.

[wanneroo]

This quote was telling for me "One of our cartridge-case suppliers pumps out 800,000 loaded rounds of 5.56 a day, and they are backordered until June 2022.* So realistically, even if no new laws and things calm down a bit, it'll likely be sparse for the next 2 years.

I'd say absolutely no doubt about that. I'd expect for it to be years to see any sort of normal pricing or supplies on shelves.

I should have gone in the gun business a few years ago. A friend of mine opened a gun store in Virginia and he's definitely set for retirement.

[wanneroo]

So you think there is a shortage now? After yesterdays festivities even liberals who would never think of buying a gun will be looking for anything to fend off the hordes of deplorables that the media say are coming.

When I visited a gun store right before Christmas, the funny thing was there was plenty of guns but no ammo, so for libtards rushing to buy their first gun, likely they will have a paperweight on their hands.

[Bang]

Short sighted. It was Trump's fault. He "egged them on" (Nora O'Donnell, talking head, unquote). When he is gone everything will be Biden-Fixed. These people are good at fixing things. The election was fixed. Court non-reviews were fixed. It'll all get fixed.

[Guacamole]

Another round of the morons that think Biden is gonna take their guns to they go buy all the ammo & ruin shit for people with half a brain. Same bs happened when Obama was elected. Again, morons.