How long before the ammo shortage dies down

[Gunner]

What do you all think. I want to be able to run down to wal mart again and know I can at least get .22lr. So when do you all think the crazy will stop

[soldier-of-the-apocalypse]

Looks like never now

[sniper7]

Not happening any time soon. Took 3 years last time for it to get reasonable. Now with that many more new guns sold and new shooters and preppers and hoarders it will be a long long long time.

[gos]

Supply already seems a lot better to me. Bought some .223 at Cabelas last week, and it shipped today, for $0.41/round. Hardly the $0.28 that it was 18 months ago, but still much better pricing than I've seen in a while.

[Chad4000]

Supply already seems a lot better to me. Bought some .223 at Cabelas last week, and it shipped today, for $0.41/round. Hardly the $0.28 that it was 18 months ago, but still much better pricing than I've seen in a while.

going to have to look at that one.... thats not bad... dont suppose you have a link to what you bought? ( I can google it, just hard at work...)

[RCCrawler]

I personally just don't understand it. Ammo companies must be working around the clock pumping out as many rounds as humanly possible, where can it all be going? Are they not producing rounds like they used to? Is there a shortage on raw materials?

[losttrail]

I personally just don't understand it. Ammo companies must be working around the clock pumping out as many rounds as humanly possible, where can it all be going? Are they not producing rounds like they used to? Is there a shortage on raw materials?

Look at the amount of ammo that DHS has on order: 1.6BILLION rounds, and that is just what we know of.

Consider also that DHS is not the only federal agency buying ammo; Social Security, IRS, FEMA, etc. ar also buying large quantities.

There is also the mindset of the liberals that if they can't get the guns banned right now, they can restrict ammo and reloading components. If we don't have ammo, we have expensive oars, sticks, clubs.

Rest assured that the Liberals fully understand what our Founding Fathers and George Mason intended the Second Amendment for. That is why they are so determined to nullify our ability to defend ourselves from their tyranny.

[RCCrawler]

If the mfg cannot obtain the raw materials to mfg components they can't do anything.

That's why I asked earlier if there was a material shortage. So it goes up the line, ramp up the mines, ramp up the foundries, ramp up the entire line of production from raw materials to ammo salesman in the stores. If the demand is there work to fill it.

There just seems to be more to the story to me.

It's not just ammo, guns as well. I don't understand why everyone is out of everything. If you manufacture bolt carrier groups, and you can't keep them on the shelf, bring on a second shift, if you still can't keep up bring on a third shift, if you still can't keep up bring in more equipment and people to run it. You should be trying to sell everything you possibly can while the demand is there for it, because you never know when it will disappear.

[Great-Kazoo]

That's why I asked earlier if there was a material shortage. So it goes up the line, ramp up the mines, ramp up the foundries, ramp up the entire line of production from raw materials to ammo salesman in the stores. If the demand is there work to fill it.

There just seems to be more to the story to me.

It's not just ammo, guns as well. I don't understand why everyone is out of everything. If you manufacture bolt carrier groups, and you can't keep them on the shelf, bring on a second shift, if you still can't keep up bring on a third shift, if you still can't keep up bring in more equipment and people to run it. You should be trying to sell everything you possibly can while the demand is there for it, because you never know when it will disappear.

Not every job position requires someone who can push a broom. A lot require skilled personnel to handle the task assigned. I wouldn't want some FSA or fresh out of college kid with no hands on experience, running a backhoe let alone mills, lathes and foundry equipment.

The hire more people mantra, seems like a simple fix, but it's not. Some of these jobs require BG checks beyond the usual piss test and local LE approval. My last job required Bio-Terrorism security clearance and lots of training. The average turn around time for the sec clearance was 6 weeks. I was fortunate having the necessary training and clearances to work right out of the gate.

[davsel]

That's why I asked earlier if there was a material shortage. So it goes up the line, ramp up the mines, ramp up the foundries, ramp up the entire line of production from raw materials to ammo salesman in the stores. If the demand is there work to fill it.

There just seems to be more to the story to me.

It's not just ammo, guns as well. I don't understand why everyone is out of everything. If you manufacture bolt carrier groups, and you can't keep them on the shelf, bring on a second shift, if you still can't keep up bring on a third shift, if you still can't keep up bring in more equipment and people to run it. You should be trying to sell everything you possibly can while the demand is there for it, because you never know when it will disappear.

“We are not experiencing a gun or ammo shortage. We are experiencing a customer surplus.”

Good Article concerning this topic:
http://www.gunsandammo.com/2013/04/02/ammo-shortage/