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Ammunition Manufacturers Producing '24 Hours a Day' to Match Demand
breitbart.com/Big-Government ^ | 4-8-2013 | AWR Hawkins

Posted on 04/08/2013 8:39:36 AM PDT by servo1969

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1 posted on 04/08/2013 8:39:36 AM PDT by servo1969
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To: servo1969

Now all Obama’s EPA has to do is limit and restriction the raw materials needed for ammo production.


2 posted on 04/08/2013 8:42:07 AM PDT by George from New England (escaped CT in 2006, now living north of Tampa)
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To: servo1969
Ammo producers like Hornady say the cause isn't government orders but a "politically-induced buying panic."

This has been pretty obvious for a while, not certain why people have such trouble accepting this simple explanation. It's self-stustaining with a positive feedback loop - panic buying causes shortages, the reports of which cause more panic buying.

3 posted on 04/08/2013 8:42:53 AM PDT by Strategerist
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To: Strategerist

Wait till there is a dollar melt down and the food disappears from the supermarket shelves in a buying panic. The ammo shortfall will look like child’s play when they get that one going.


4 posted on 04/08/2013 8:44:24 AM PDT by Mouton (108th MI Group.....68-71)
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To: Strategerist

Look, the shelves are empty.

I better buy all they have when they restock.

.... :)


5 posted on 04/08/2013 8:46:20 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: Mouton

Yeah, what if this wasn’t ammo, but food... or gasoline...


6 posted on 04/08/2013 8:46:51 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: servo1969

Went into Academy last night looking for .22LR shells. Guy who worked there said the shelves were cleaned out that morning. They had just restocked.


7 posted on 04/08/2013 8:48:26 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Great vid by ShorelineMike! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOZjJk6nbD4&feature=plcp)
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To: MrB

“Yeah, what if this wasn’t ammo, but food... or gasoline”

if it goes to food or gas thats when you’ll need your ammo


8 posted on 04/08/2013 8:49:05 AM PDT by V_TWIN (obama=where there's smoke, there's mirrors)
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To: servo1969
Next year about this time there will be lots of cheap ammo.
9 posted on 04/08/2013 8:49:24 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("Somebody has to be courageous enough to stand up to the bullies." --Dr. Ben Carson)
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To: WLR

Ping to Ammonews


10 posted on 04/08/2013 8:49:34 AM PDT by Candor7 (Obama fascism article:(http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html))
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To: servo1969

The reason for the ammo shortage is the average US citizen is terrified of the United States feral government because the United States feral government has jettisoned the rule-of-law.


11 posted on 04/08/2013 8:52:05 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("Somebody has to be courageous enough to stand up to the bullies." --Dr. Ben Carson)
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12 posted on 04/08/2013 8:53:46 AM PDT by onyx
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To: George from New England
Now all Obama’s EPA has to do is limit and restriction the raw materials needed for ammo production.

You've got that right, George from New England, and I believe it's only reasonable to expect the so-called "consumer protection" bureaucrats to launch new assaults against lead bullets.

13 posted on 04/08/2013 8:54:39 AM PDT by Standing Wolf
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

You definition of ‘cheap’ may not be mine. (Just saying...)


14 posted on 04/08/2013 8:55:28 AM PDT by Sir Napsalot (Pravda + Useful Idiots = CCCP; JournOList + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey!)
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To: Sir Napsalot

Back to the prices of a year or two ago.


15 posted on 04/08/2013 8:56:22 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("Somebody has to be courageous enough to stand up to the bullies." --Dr. Ben Carson)
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To: servo1969
It's easing up a little but prices aren't going to go down anytime soon. I used to complain that shooting a .45 was like throwing a quarter downrange every time I pulled the trigger. I used to complain about buck-a-gallon gasoline, too.

What I can't figure out is the panic on .22 LR ammo. It isn't as if anyone is threatening to make that stuff harder to get (yet). It's almost as if...naw, couldn't be...it's almost as if people are making a political statement by purchasing it...

16 posted on 04/08/2013 8:56:26 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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The .22 rifle is the most “utility” of firearms.

I think it’s the “preppers” that are lining their basement walls with .22lr bricks in anticipation of the imminent crash.


17 posted on 04/08/2013 8:59:01 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: servo1969
At some point the law of supply and demand will kick in. The question is when do we get to that equilibrium?

Right now .308 is available, but I'll be darned if I'm going to pay $2+ per round. At that price they can keep it. I have enough of a stash to hold me until this craziness winds down.

My guess is that this starts to get straightened out in 2014 if Republicans advance on the House and maybe pick up the Senate. Then Obama is a total lame duck. (But truth be told, I don't trust Republicans either.)

18 posted on 04/08/2013 8:59:42 AM PDT by Obadiah (High speed, low drag.)
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To: Billthedrill
What I can't figure out is the panic on .22 LR ammo.

Most affordable ammo is the most likely to be bought up on a scare that ammo may be difficult or more expensive to get in the future.

I'll buy thousands of rounds of 22 while only buying hundreds of some of the others I use.

19 posted on 04/08/2013 9:00:24 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: servo1969
The demand for Hornady's ammo is so great that they've "added presses, lathes, CNC equipment, [and] people and space." They are producing many popular items "24 hours a day" and "several hundred employees work overtime every week" to make as much ammo as possible.

I hope the manufacturers are hedging their bets. This is a buying bubble. If the manufacturers go out on a limb and get loans to purchase additional equipment and materials, they are going to be in trouble once the excess demand craters.

I recall reading a case in school where Sears Roebuck ordered large quantities of tools from Craftsman and Craftsman went out and made commitments for space, equipment and personnel to fill the orders.
The following year Sears didn't buy any products, Craftsman went bankrupt, and Sears bought the company and the patents at a bargain price.

20 posted on 04/08/2013 9:03:51 AM PDT by oldbrowser (They are marxists, don't call them democrats)
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