Status of gun industry...from Valley Guns in WV

[whitbaby]

Date: Thursday, January 31, 2013, 7:25 PM

Interesting status report from Valley Guns in West Virginia:



Status of gun industry

Attention F.B. fans: to follow will be several IMPORTANT Info updates about the status

of the gun industry currently, followed by an INVENTORY UPDATE: We traveled to

Texas for Industry meetings concerning the shortages, here's what we were told.

Smith & Wesson-is running at Full capacity making 300+ guns/day-mainly M&P pistols.

They are unable to produce any more guns to help with the shortages.

RUGER: Plans to increase from 75% to 100% in the next 90 days.

FNH: Moving from 50% production to 75% by Feb 1st and 100% by March 1.
Remington-Maxed out!
Armalite: Maxed out.
DPMS: Can't get enough parts to produce any more product.
COLT: Production runs increasing weekly...bottle necked by Bolt carrier's.
LWRC:Making only black guns, running at full capacity...can't get enough gun quality steel
to make barrels.
Springfield Armory: Only company who can meet demand but are running 30-45 days behind.
AMMO: Every caliber is now Allocated! We are looking at a nation wide shortage of all
calibers over the next 9 months. All plants are producing as much ammo as possible w/ of
1 BILLION rounds produced weekly. Most is military followed by L.E. and civilians are
third in line.
MAGPUL is behind 1 MILLION mags, do not expect any large quantities of magpul anytime soon.
RELOADERS... ALL Remington, Winchester, CCI & Federal primers are going to ammo
FIRST. There are no extra's for reloading purposes... it could be 6-9 months before things
get caught up.
Sorry for the bleak news, but now we know what to expect in the coming months. Stay tuned,
we'll keep you posted...
Related commentary from Bob Owens:
They didn’t know when they’d be getting anything back in stock, from magazines to rifles to
pistols. Manufacturers were running full-bore, but couldn’t come close to keeping up with
market demand. It wasn’t just the AR-15s, the AK-pattern rifles, the M1As, and the FALs
that were sold out. It really hit me when I realized that the World War-era M1 Garands,
M1 carbines, and Enfield .303s were gone, along with every last shell. Ubiquitous Mosin-
Nagants—of which every gun store always seems to have 10-220—were gone.
So was their ammo. Only a dust free space marked their passing. I’ve never seen anything like it.
Every weapon of military utility designed within the past 100+ years was gone.
This isn’t a society stocking up on certain guns because they fear they may be banned.
This is a society preparing for war.
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Barack Obama, Dianne Feinstein and the rest of the Statists have done more to promote gun
ownership than the NRA

[bnred9]

Thank you for the update, 6-9 months before things get caught up rather sucks BGDD.

[robertcolorado2009]

Just sent this to all of our reps in Denver and DC

[hurley842002]

Status of ammo industry.....



Sportsmans as of 10:30 this morning

[wreave]

Status of ammo industry.....



Sportsmans as of 10:30 this morning

I did the Sportsman's Friday morning run once.

ONCE.

[USAFGopherMike]

Jesus.. I need a shopping list. Just wrote to my Rep in Florida also.

[sellersm]

In those immortal words, "it's deja vu all over again!".

[lowbeyond]

[KestrelBike]

I just can't believe that there's no .22lr to be found.

[hatidua]

I just can't believe that there's no .22lr to be found.

.22 completely disappeared post'08 election as it has done this time, and as it will do after the next election.