More on the Ammo Shortage

[eddiememphis]

https://www.americanrifleman.org/art...en-will-it-end

Highlights-
Jason Hornady- "Ammunition is the new toilet paper."

"In March, we were up 86 percent and that did it?the inventory was gone. We literally emptied our building. Since then, the sales increase is back to 15 percent a month because that?s all we can manage. Literally, we make it one day and ship it the next."

"...but the difference this time is the string of events?Walmart, Virginia [anti-gun legislature], coronavirus, riots, an influx of [6-7 million] new gun owners, a bad election. It all adds up."

"And not just copper and lead, it?s also packaging, staples and other supplies. Did you know there?s a shortage on the DOT-approved cardboard required for shipping our loaded ammunition? "

[eddiememphis]

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

More of the same with different quotes.

Highlights-
"What many ammunition consumers don’t realize is that each firearm manufactured must be function fired and proof tested."
“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.”

I hadn't thought of that.

[VolksDragon]

The scale of this current shortage is like a terrible math problem, with 6-7 million new gun owners just within a few months, and ALL OF THEM scrambling for ammo. If they all want 1000 rounds, that's 7 BILLION rounds of ammo.

Kind of makes me feel bad for stacking it so deep while ammo was plenty and affordable. *not at all

[Irving]

If everyone in China and India produced just 10 rounds of ammo each, the problem would be easily solved!

[VolksDragon]

If everyone in China and India produced just 10 rounds of ammo each, the problem would be easily solved!

No more Jordans and iPhones, we need M855!

[Great-Kazoo]

No more Jordans and iPhones, we need M855!

ATTICA! ATTICA!

[ben4372]

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

More of the same with different quotes.

Highlights-
[FONT="]"What many ammunition consumers don’t realize is that each firearm manufactured must be function fired and proof tested."
[/FONT]“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.”

I hadn't thought of that.

They either wrote that quick, had my 12 year old write it, or that's the rough draft. Journalism.

[DenverGP]

Got an interesting email from the RMR Bullets today detailing their current production and shipping delays, and discussing an upcoming price increase:

Since April the cost of copper has steadily risen almost every day. We are now paying about a $1.50 more per lb of copper than we were in April. Since we started manufacturing four years ago we have never seen copper get this high. Lead has recently taken a small spike as well but I don't see it going as high as copper.

In the end, it amounts to between $6-$8 more for us to produce 1,000 bullets.

[FoxtArt]

Lets start a group to not buy ammo on Tuesday. Then production will catch up and we can all rush the stores to buy ammo on Wednesday.

Serious side note: Stimulus checks coming, which means even heavier burden on supply chains. If you need something that's in stock that other people would buy if they had free cash, order it today before those checks hit. Lol.

[eddiememphis]

Got an interesting email from the RMR Bullets today detailing their current production and shipping delays, and discussing an upcoming price increase:

Austin Weiss, owner of Grind Hard Ammo..."We went from paying around $16 for 1,000 primers to paying over $100.?

I don't see prices dropping soon, if ever.