ammunition sales???

It's not just ammunition. I reload both shotgun and rifle. Components for both are hard to find,in particular,
lead shot and the most popular rifle powders. I've shot in a summer trap league for years,but given the price
of components when you can find them, I might skip it this year.
 
Thinking about the economics of the situation.....I can only imagine this will be good for the entire sporting community, IN THE LONG TERM.
People will undoubtedly own/possess more ammo, factories, suppliers, etc. will ramp-up production to meet demand. Stores, factories, etc. will also change their business plan to handle future surges.
When demand slips as citizens cease to build-up their stock, prices will tumble, and the entire industry will have the "experience" of going through all this, and likely make changes to increase efficiency and lower costs/prices.
These are just my theories, though.....
 
Brent,

I would like to see your theories come true and I would love to see prices go back to what they were. But I just don't see that happening. I was talking with a LGS owner and he was telling me his distributor just sent him this years new ammo rates. From what he tells me there will be a 15% increase in wholesale cost next month. Then there was also some talk about a 50% tax rate on ammo sales to fund Obamas mental health care program. I guess time will tell. In the mean time the hoarding will continue untill people either have no money left for ammo or just reach a point where they say enough is enough and refuse to pay the higher prices if they are well stocked.
Unless the current political climate settles down I don't see people slowing down on gun and ammo purchases.

I would love to wait for prices to come down but I honestly don't see prices coming down that much if they do at all.
Given the current climate, I am going to continue to be conservative with my shooting and squirrel away some ammo for the leaner times to come.
 
Yeah, my theories were schemed up assuming NO new taxes and NO major increases in material costs.
If that happens, then yes.....we're in trouble.
I was just thinking of the typical supply/demand economic factors. I imagine many changes will happen with the mfrs and distributors, too, to help them cope with future surges like this. That should (in my opinion) help to alleviate furture price spikes.
I just wonder how long it'll take to get 22LR back on the shelves at a reasonable price..........this is crazy.
 
Some dealers are raising prices, remember who they were when you buy something large.
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I wish all the manufacturers would raise their prices to meet demand. Right now, everything on the shelf sells out in minutes to guys that are either hoarding it or re-selling it on Craigslist. Walmart is selling 100 round boxes of .223 for $35 bucks and then the same box goes either into a guys closet or onto Craigslist for $80. If the manufactures would raise the price to $50-60, the hoarders would back off and the Craigslist guys would lose their margins and things would return to normal. Then, as things calm down, supply and prices would slowly return to normal.
 
Brent,

Well said. I would add that those of us that remember Pres. Clinton's "Assault Weapon" follies have been through this before. Mad rush to the stores, prices going to outrageous levels by less than honest dealers (many of which went out of buisness later when people wised up), ammo shortages etc....
A few years later, when cooler heads prevailed, liberals forgot about knee jerking the "hot issue" and moved on to the next "hot issue", guns re-appeared in the stores, prices went way down and ammo was once again available in quanity. Stay the course folks, it will calm down and things will get back to normal. Seen it before, dealing with it now and hope I never see this happen again.
One more thing and I promise I'll stop....THINK POSITIVE, THEY JUST ADDED MILLIONS OF NEW PRO GUN VOTERS TO OUR RANKS!

Dave
 
Remember, a year or so ago.......you could buy a "stripped" AR-15 lower for around $65.00!
The best thing (and almost always is the case) is to allow for the free-market to run its course.
There is NO doubt in my mind, that one of the primary reasons for the success of this nation, has been a FREE economic framework.
Long-live capitalism.

Just my 2 cents...
 
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