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What I meant is that I'm sure they were at a locked in price.
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You don't stock pile? Does ammunition have a limited shelf life?
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well he has a new gun - but clearly he isnt preparing properly for the zombie invasion
Bryce
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bryce wrote: clearly he isnt preparing properly for the zombie invasion
But it's a zombie apocalypse, one can not prepare for an apocalypse.
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_Josh_ wrote: You don't stock pile?
Stock pile? Most shooters maintain enough ammo for SHTF (I have 14 30-round mags that are full and in bandoliers), and then 4-10x that for practice. When ammo is readily available, I buy 1000 rounds after a day at the range. My days at the range are now comprised of shooting 20-40 rounds instead off the usual 200-300.
_Josh_ wrote: Does ammunition have a limited shelf life?
Not if it's stored properly (cool/dry place). I have some 56-year-old .30-30 ammo that still works just fine.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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There are lots of people now selling off their stockpile from the last Obama election ammo shortage on gunbroker.com. The prices are crazy. Like $450 for a thousand rounds of 762. Sure, that's at least twice the price it should be, you can still get them.
Heck even old rifles are commanding a premium. Few years ago you could get an SKS for just over $100. Now they are going for $500-$600. It's a mad house! 
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All the bullets are needed at the white house to protect someone that is anti-gun.
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Hmmm... sooo... if there's an ammo shortage, prices on guns should decrease?
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people must be stocking up bigtime with Obama's talk on gun control.
crikey
Bryce
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Curiously, what the dealers are telling me is that the components to manufacture ammo are being purchased and hoarded by the US government, particularly powder and primers. Interesting, and difficult to prove...
Will Rogers never met me.
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Curiously, I ran across the same article a couple of hours ago. I have no idea how credible the source might be, though.
Will Rogers never met me.
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i read it on the interweb - it must be true.
correlates with what you're also hearing as well.
Bryce
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"Current trends could find the federal government with a strong ammunition advantage over local police and sheriff departments."
What, so when they shoot it out, the feds will win?
WTF kind of point is that cretin trying to make?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Given the ubiquitous nature of the ammo used by the feds (.40, 9mm, .45acp, 5.56, and .308), and given the nature of the propensity of civilian-owned firearms in those same calibers, I figure there would be a lot of "kill/scarf" going on. The dead guy automatically gives up his weapon(s) and ammo.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: The dead guy automatically gives up his weapon(s) and ammo.
Yeah, and sometimes you get money and a healing herb.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Looks like Chris Rock[^] was right after all!
The constitution says you have the right to bear arms, it says nowt about the right to have bullets! Back to muzzle loaders and rock salt!
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Transvestites - Roberts in Disguise!
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I have 49 rounds of 243 - you can have them (for free) if you want them. Email me if you're interested.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
modified 24-Jan-13 7:46am.
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No, I didn't. Looks like they have some stock, and the price isn't too bad. I did manage to get the last three boxes in town for $22 a box, which wasn't too awful. But nobody knows when to expect more. Oddly enough, I really wasn't a gun nut until this latest round of nonsense. Now I'm in it for life, getting full into reloading, stocking up on weapons and ammo. They done pissed me off...
Will Rogers never met me.
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The place I used to work did guns shows for a couple of large distributors. We thought the numbers (sales) went way up when Obama got elected. This year they have went into the billions, which is just unheard of. A few million was high.
This year people want to stock up for some reason.
If it moves, compile it
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What I've heard from a few sources is that Homeland Security has preordered enough ammo to keep all the factories busy for 5 years, and manufacturers are scrambling for capacity to serve their regular customers. I can't blame them for grabbing the business, but it seems a bit shortsighted...
Will Rogers never met me.
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Roger Wright wrote: This is smelling like a conspiracy
Of course the real reason is capitalism and fear mongering at its best.
One might suppose however that there could be some conspirators working at the fear mongering to make more money.
Although realistically I doubt that they are that smart. Which isn't to say some might be going at it on their own but that isn't a conspiracy.
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