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    Empty Shelves: Ammunition Sales Surge 139%


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    AWR Hawkins21 Sep 20200
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    National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) indicates that ammunition sales were up 139 percent in the first six months 2020 as compared to sales during the first six months of 2019.

    NSSF president and CEO Joe Bartozzi spoke at the 2020 Gun Rights Policy Conference over the weekend where he delivered the news on the surge in ammunition sales. He also noted that gun sales were 95 percent higher in the first six months of 2020 than they were during the same time period in 2019.
    Ammo Sales SURGE 139%
    That's a lot of freedom seeds.����
    — NRA (@NRA) September 21, 2020

    Bartozzi noted there were nearly five million first-time gun buyers in the first part of the year. He explained that “of all firearms sold to first-time gun buyers, 40 percent were sold to women and personal protection was by far the main purchase driver.”

    He suggested there are a few driving factors behind the current surge in gun and ammo sales — one of the key ones being the anti-gun rhetoric of Joe Biden. He suggested Biden looks at gun makers as “the enemy” and recounted Biden’s vow “to bring them down.” He observed that the talk of “mandatory buybacks” of certain firearms is a driving force as well.

    Bartozzi also listed the fear arising from a “scarcity of goods and services” caused by the pandemic and the fear “concerning a lack of police involvement and protection” as driving forces behind the surge in gun and ammo sales.

    On February 24, 2020, Breitbart News reported that Biden referenced gun manufacturers during a speech in South Carolina, and he said, “I’m going to take you down.”

    When Biden announced Kamala Harris as his running mate, Breitbart News reported that Biden and Harris both support extreme gun controls, among which is an “assault weapon” ban and government-mandated buybacks of certain firearms.

    https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2...e-139-percent/
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    I don't have sympathy for anyone who is crying about the unavailability of ammo. Everyone should have seen this coming.

    Two side notes:

    Ammo seek.com is a search engine that searches and finds all the ammo that is for sale on the internet by retailers. This morning, 50 rounds of .380 was priced from $42.99 to $139.99.

    The only 30-30 ammo to be found on the entire internet was at one retailer who had a few boxes of subsonic left.

    BTW- The next shortage will be a lot worse than no toilet paper or ammo. The next shortage will be a shortage of food.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pastor Guest View Post
    I don't have sympathy for anyone who is crying about the unavailability of ammo. Everyone should have seen this coming.

    Two side notes:

    Ammo seek.com is a search engine that searches and finds all the ammo that is for sale on the internet by retailers. This morning, 50 rounds of .380 was priced from $42.99 to $139.99.

    The only 30-30 ammo to be found on the entire internet was at one retailer who had a few boxes of subsonic left.

    BTW- The next shortage will be a lot worse than no toilet paper or ammo. The next shortage will be a shortage of food.
    Agreed...most with even a modicum of understanding of events unfolding would have stocked upon ammo and reloading supplies 10 + years ago.

    Food is indeed a concern, as even the makers of freeze dried food are struggling to keep up with demand if at all.

    Seeds are also in a somewhat short supply for heirloom varieties , although this may be just part of the cycle, not sure.

    Gunpowder is still in good supply but Primers are scarce .

    This is the end run, November brings the poop storm...be ready.
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    I started getting ready for this in 2009, the Obama years were like a slap in the face, a real eye opener. That's when propaganda (Fake News) became 'legal'; when 'punishing the journalists and other citizens' became acceptable, when Obama's Army was born.

    Food, then money and water. Like Soros said America must be destroyed so that 'democracy' can thrive.
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    ...chuckles to himself and leans his chair back on the ammo fort...
    Careful...the older I get, the less "life sentence" is a deterrent.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Powder View Post
    ...chuckles to himself and leans his chair back on the ammo fort...
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    This is why I picked up a crossbow last week. Archery stuff still readily available, though scopes are getting scarce.

    Also going to look at a high powered air rifle, plus pick up some trapping supplies. Also good to have options.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pastor Guest View Post
    I don't have sympathy for anyone who is crying about the unavailability of ammo. Everyone should have seen this coming.

    Two side notes:

    Ammo seek.com is a search engine that searches and finds all the ammo that is for sale on the internet by retailers. This morning, 50 rounds of .380 was priced from $42.99 to $139.99.

    The only 30-30 ammo to be found on the entire internet was at one retailer who had a few boxes of subsonic left.

    BTW- The next shortage will be a lot worse than no toilet paper or ammo. The next shortage will be a shortage of food.
    You can find some good deals on ammoseek.com if you are quick on the draw.

    If I could find an inexpensive 7.62x39 rifle, theirs plenty of that for a good price still.
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    Just checked on 30-30 Winchester per PG's recommendation.

    Wow, guess I better go hit my local shops for it while I can.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jmthomas View Post
    Just checked on 30-30 Winchester per PG's recommendation.

    Wow, guess I better go hit my local shops for it while I can.
    I just checked ammoseek again and there is 30-30 available right now at SG Ammo for about $20.00 per box of 20.
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