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I think everyone needs to relax a bit.
QuoteI think everyone needs to relax a bit. if they would, ammo would be a lot easier to come by. maybe i should get my poll up and rolling again. it's interesting to see the results of that. not as many people shooting as much as i thought, given the ammo paranoia.
First of all, I believe that the current spike in ammo cost/demand is purely speculative. People believe that ammo will be hard to get and voila, now it is. To people who are buying every bullet they can get their hands on: How much is enough? Why are you doing it? What is the worst case scenario that you are preparing for?My thoughts: 1) Securing priceIn my mind, this would be the worst reason to buy. I believe that as the panic dies down, the prices will go back down and you'll be sitting on X value of stock that you paid 3X for. I read somewhere that in Montana, demand is outpacing production by about 100,000 rounds a day. Eventually production will catch up and unless people over there are shooting 500 rounds every weekend, the public will have a glut of surplus ammo. Not a bad thing of course, except from the viewpoint of someone planning to resell it for a profit.2) LegislationI know I'm opening a can of worms here, but I haven't seen anything to suggest the new administration is serious about imposing new restrictions. The Attorney General said in the beginning that he wanted to reinstate the AWB, but he has since backed down after other Democratic Party leaders publicly said that they wouldn't support it. Obama is getting ready to sign into law an amendment allowing concealed carry in National Parks. A smallQuote from: magnanimous_j on May 21, 2009, 12:59:10 AMFirst of all, I believe that the current spike in ammo cost/demand is purely speculative. People believe that ammo will be hard to get and voila, now it is. To people who are buying every bullet they can get their hands on: How much is enough? Why are you doing it? What is the worst case scenario that you are preparing for?My thoughts: 1) Securing priceIn my mind, this would be the worst reason to buy. I believe that as the panic dies down, the prices will go back down and you'll be sitting on X value of stock that you paid 3X for. I read somewhere that in Montana, demand is outpacing production by about 100,000 rounds a day. Eventually production will catch up and unless people over there are shooting 500 rounds every weekend, the public will have a glut of surplus ammo. Not a bad thing of course, except from the viewpoint of someone planning to resell it for a profit.2) LegislationI know I'm opening a can of worms here, but I haven't seen anything to suggest the new administration is serious about imposing new restrictions. The Attorney General said in the beginning that he wanted to reinstate the AWB, but he has since backed down after other Democratic Party leaders publicly said that they wouldn't support it. Obama is getting ready to sign into law an amendment allowing concealed carry in National Parks. A small victory, but its the best indicator so far as to how Obama will treat 2nd Amendment issues. I think that there are a lot of swing voters currently in Obama's camp who are strongly pro-gun (myself included) and I think that at this point, he doesn't want to alienate them. Besides, the assault weapons ban never REALLY dealt with ammo anyway. 3) End of the World as we Know itI fully admit to having a survivalist streak in me. I bought my AK for this very reason (and allowed myself to get scalped on 2000 rounds for it this year). They say that the only 2 times you can have too much ammo is if you are swimming, or on fire. That's probably true, but I think realistically, the violent, road warrior part of any major catastrophe would be short lived. Like Hurricane Katrina. And also realistically, any fire fight that you would be in where you are spending thousands of rounds of ammo: You're probably not going to survive it. Better to choose your battles.I've got a few thousand rounds in various calibers at my place now, but I just wanted to hear thoughts from people who are advocating stockpiling hundreds of thousands of rounds. victory, but its the best indicator so far as to how Obama will treat 2nd Amendment issues. I think that there are a lot of swing voters currently in Obama's camp who are strongly pro-gun (myself included) and I think that at this point, he doesn't want to alienate them. I've got a few thousand rounds in various calibers at my place now, but I just wanted to hear thoughts from people who are advocating stockpiling hundreds of thousands of rounds.
First of all, I believe that the current spike in ammo cost/demand is purely speculative. People believe that ammo will be hard to get and voila, now it is. To people who are buying every bullet they can get their hands on: How much is enough? Why are you doing it? What is the worst case scenario that you are preparing for?My thoughts: 1) Securing priceIn my mind, this would be the worst reason to buy. I believe that as the panic dies down, the prices will go back down and you'll be sitting on X value of stock that you paid 3X for. I read somewhere that in Montana, demand is outpacing production by about 100,000 rounds a day. Eventually production will catch up and unless people over there are shooting 500 rounds every weekend, the public will have a glut of surplus ammo. Not a bad thing of course, except from the viewpoint of someone planning to resell it for a profit.2) LegislationI know I'm opening a can of worms here, but I haven't seen anything to suggest the new administration is serious about imposing new restrictions. The Attorney General said in the beginning that he wanted to reinstate the AWB, but he has since backed down after other Democratic Party leaders publicly said that they wouldn't support it. Obama is getting ready to sign into law an amendment allowing concealed carry in National Parks. A small victory, but its the best indicator so far as to how Obama will treat 2nd Amendment issues. I think that there are a lot of swing voters currently in Obama's camp who are strongly pro-gun (myself included) and I think that at this point, he doesn't want to alienate them. Besides, the assault weapons ban never REALLY dealt with ammo anyway. 3) End of the World as we Know itI fully admit to having a survivalist streak in me. I bought my AK for this very reason (and allowed myself to get scalped on 2000 rounds for it this year). They say that the only 2 times you can have too much ammo is if you are swimming, or on fire. That's probably true, but I think realistically, the violent, road warrior part of any major catastrophe would be short lived. Like Hurricane Katrina. And also realistically, any fire fight that you would be in where you are spending thousands of rounds of ammo: You're probably not going to survive it. Better to choose your battles.I've got a few thousand rounds in various calibers at my place now, but I just wanted to hear thoughts from people who are advocating stockpiling hundreds of thousands of rounds.
1) Its way too late to buy on price speculation. If your buying bulk right now, your going to take it in the shorts. Buy what you need, the price will go down.