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  • Ammunition Report, Yuma, AZ WalMart, April 20, 2013

    04/20/2013 2:50:47 PM PDT · by marktwain · 50 replies
    Gun Watch ^ | 20 April, 2013 | Dean Weingarten
    Walmart ammunition shelves - left side Walmart ammunition shelves - right side I stopped in a the Foothills WalMart in Yuma today, to see what was happening with their ammuniton supply. As you can see, there wasn't much. some 20,16, and 12 guage bird shot, mostly 7 1/2. I was surprised to see that they had a few boxes of 12 gauge 00 buckshot, at $4.67 for five cartridges. They also had a couple of boxes each of 7mm Remington Magnum, Winchester 270, and 300 Winchester Magnum. The only rimfire that I saw was some .17 magnum. Raymundo, at...
  • The Bullet Bubble: Is Ammo The Next Bitcoin, Or Gold In The 1970s?

    04/11/2013 1:10:34 AM PDT · by 2ndDivisionVet · 48 replies
    Forbes ^ | April 9, 2013 | Daniel Fisher,
    Try going to your neighborhood Wal-Mart to buy some .22 bullets for target shooting, or a couple of boxes of shotgun shells, and you’ll discover what hunters and gun enthusiasts have been muttering about for months now: The shelves are bare. Manufacturers are operating flat-out but can’t keep up with demand, as consumers snap up every box of ammo as soon as it comes on the market. Wal-Mart limits buyers to three boxes when they’re available, and Cabela‘s is limiting online orders to one box per day of the popular .22 long shells increasingly used as cheap ammo for target...
  • Ammunition Manufacturers Producing '24 Hours a Day' to Match Demand

    04/08/2013 8:39:36 AM PDT · by servo1969 · 79 replies
    breitbart.com/Big-Government ^ | 4-8-2013 | AWR Hawkins
    Amid the myriad questions and theories behind the ammunition shortage currently being experienced across the country, manufacturers have gone on the record to say they are producing as much as they can and are working to produce even more. Hornady ammunition, makers of some of the most popular self-defense ammo for concealed carry applications, explained it this way: "We are producing as much as we can, much more than last year, which was a lot more than the year before, etc. No one wants to ship more during this time than we do." The demand for Hornady's ammo is so...
  • Ammunition Shortage Very Confusing (Vanity)

    04/06/2013 6:38:47 AM PDT · by benasawin · 63 replies
    Vanity | 4/6/2013 | benasawin
    The sudden shortage of ammo available just isn’t making sense. Yes, DHS has made substantial purchases (~1.6b rounds) but when one looks at the numbers, this alone cannot account for such dramatic shortages of supply. Just estimating, for purpose of an example, 1.6b rounds is a huge purchase but how does this break out? 1.6b divided by 50 rounds/box equals 32m boxes. There are 50 states and for purposes of simplifying this example, say there are 50 cities in each state and 5 stores (outlets) per city. This computes to 125,000 total outlets in the US. If one divides 32m...
  • The Great DHS Ammunition Stockpile Myth

    04/05/2013 11:45:36 AM PDT · by Lucky9teen · 50 replies
    http://www.breitbart.com ^ | 4/4/13 | Tom Stilson
    There are dozens of articles hyping government purchases of ammunition over the last nine months. After spending weeks researching this topic, this is a collection of commonly held myths that are based more on panic than fact.  With the recent release of a letter from the Department of Homeland Security to Senator Coburn, the numbers we calculated independently seem to corroborate the narrative coming from DHS. The concerns surrounding DHS stockpiling ammunition are nothing but more fear-mongering and largely unwarranted. For once, here are the facts to set the record straight:MYTH: DHS purchased 750 million rounds of several different types of...
  • DHS Explains Plans To Buy 1.6B Rounds Of Ammo: We're Buying in Bulk to 'Significantly Lower Costs'

    04/02/2013 4:03:00 PM PDT · by plain talk · 182 replies
    cnsnews.com ^ | 4-2-2013 | Gregory Gwyn-Williams
    The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has responded to a letter dated November 13, 2012 from Senator Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) regarding the agency's ammunition purchases. Sen. Coburn published the response on the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs website yesterday, April 1, 2013. The response, dated February 4, 2013, says that DHS buys ammunition in bulk to "significantly lower costs."
  • FBI plans to spend $100 million on ammo

    03/29/2013 8:48:15 AM PDT · by Mozilla · 36 replies
    World Net Daily ^ | 3/27/13 | Steve Peacock
    <p>WND recently reported that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has purchased well over a billion rounds of ammunition over the past year.</p> <p>The magnitude of the federal government’s ammunition buildup has made headlines as members of the military, police departments and consumers find shelves bare.</p>
  • Bullets fly off the shelves over purchase limit fears

    03/28/2013 4:39:52 AM PDT · by Tailgunner Joe · 27 replies
    star-telegram.com ^ | March 28, 2013 | Mara Rose Williams
    The caller wanted to know whether Lloyd Cook had any 9 mm ammunition in stock. “I asked him how much did he want,” said Cook, owner of an Independence gun range, “and he said, ‘All of it.’” Across the country, bullets are flying off store shelves as people stockpile ammunition. The big question: Why? “There is no good answer for this,” said Kevin Jamison, a Gladstone lawyer and spokesman for the Western Missouri Shooters Alliance. “Panic buying seems to account for some of the shortage, but I don’t believe it can be all of it.” Some point to concerns that...
  • FBI plans to spend $100 million on ammo

    03/27/2013 4:22:52 PM PDT · by Steve Peacock · 84 replies
    WND ^ | March 27, 2013 | Steve Peacock
    Quarter-billion new rounds also slated for DHSWND recently reported that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has purchased well over a billion rounds of ammunition over the past year. The magnitude of the federal government’s ammunition buildup has been making headlines over the last few weeks, as members of the military, police departments and consumers are finding shelves bare when they want to buy ammunition. Alarms over the situation have developed just as the Obama administration is pushing hard on its agenda of gun control. But the full impact may not yet have developed, as WND has uncovered plans by...
  • The Obama Regime Paramilitary

    03/26/2013 7:40:02 PM PDT · by 2ndDivisionVet · 16 replies
    The Daily Rant ^ | March 25, 2013 | Dan Bubalo
    Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes had a hit song still often heard on the radio called, “If You Don’t Know Me Now.” Instead of playing Hail to the Chief, I think from now on that song should be played immediately before Obama comes to the podium with his odium. Opportunities dwindle daily with respect to reversing his assault on our laws and nobody seeks Constitutional remedies, especially with Congress nearly evenly divided between compliant Democrats and amby-pamby Republicans. Why? Under Obama there is now a similar paramilitary force in possession of MORE ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION THAN THE US MILITARY,...
  • 1000 Rounds Of 5.56 Just Jumped to $1,495.59

    03/26/2013 3:47:15 PM PDT · by Sawdring · 88 replies
    I was browsing for ammunition and found that 1000 rounds of 5.56 NATO Lake City XM855 FMJ 62 Grain Steel Penetrator ammunition just jumped from $999.95 to $1,495.59. If I remember correctly this same ammunition last summer was selling for around $350.00 for a thousand rounds. Remember, Limbaugh always says the cure for high prices are high prices and they are certainly going up. I also was at Walmart and they had none of the common calibers. No .45, .40, .22LR, 5.56, or .223. Cabela's had plenty of .45 and .40 but no .22LR, 5.56 or .223.
  • Kansas to allow crossbows and more ammunition choices for deer and turkey hunters

    03/26/2013 7:22:10 AM PDT · by JoeProBono · 5 replies
    kansascity ^ | March 25
    TOPEKA — Deer and turkey hunters in Kansas will be able to use more legal equipment during upcoming hunting seasons. The Kansas Department of Wildlife Parks and Tourism says deer hunters will be allowed to use any center fire rifle or handgun cartridge when deer season starts in September. Previously, hunters had to use ammunition with at least a .23 caliber bullet. Also, any gauge slugs will be allowed starting in the fall. KFDI reports that the state also will allow anyone to use crossbows during archery season, and radio transmitters in arrows will be legal. Previously, only people under...
  • Are All Those Guns and Ammunition for Obama’s Civilian National Security Force?

    03/26/2013 12:16:13 AM PDT · by 2ndDivisionVet · 26 replies
    SHTFplan.com ^ | February 4, 2013 | Mac Slavo
    Speculation abounds surrounding the 2 billion rounds of ammunition purchased by the Department of Homeland Security and other national alphabet agencies in recent years. Moreover, as the White House and their cohorts in Congress contemplate the disarming of American citizens, the very assault weapons purported to be so dangerous in the hands of law abiding gun owners are being purchased in mass quantities by local and federal law enforcement agencies. So what is the purpose and motivation behind the government’s continued efforts to stockpile so much firepower? One frightening theory could explain what the President and his national security apparatus...
  • U.S. Marines rattled by bullet shortage

    03/25/2013 10:33:42 PM PDT · by Perseverando · 48 replies
    WND ^ | March 25, 2013 | Garth Kant
    Rank and file told to conserve as Big Sis buys by the billion At least one branch of the U.S. military is scrimping and saving every bullet it can while the Department of Homeland Security is on a bullet-buying spree. Marine Corps Commandant James F. Amos blames sequester budget cuts for causing the Corps to have to scrimp and save every bullet. In a video to Marines, he says, “I ask you to save every round, every gallon of gas, that you take every single aspect, or opportunity, in training to get the most bang for the buck.” “This is...
  • Julie Golob: 5 Ways to cope with the ammo crisis

    03/24/2013 8:26:43 PM PDT · by 2ndDivisionVet · 28 replies
    The Daily Caller ^ | March 22, 2013 | Julie Golob
    Got Ammo? Looking for a couple hundred rounds to go with that new handgun, shotgun or modern sporting rifle you just bought? Not only is ammo hard to find, it’s getting pricey. You might be hard pressed to find any at all. If you’re a competition shooter, you might be downright worried. Those who compete in the action shooting sports are known to put quite a few rounds down range and these shortages are making for some real challenges for those who enjoy the shooting sports. People are definitely talking about the ammo crisis. The Shooting Wire feature “Shortages Aren’t...
  • Picture of 'martial law' alarms forensic profiler

    03/23/2013 5:26:03 PM PDT · by Perseverando · 40 replies
    WND ^ | March 23, 2013 | Bob Unruh
    Comments described as 'potential major warning' of Obama's intent A forensic profiler who worked on the disappearance of Natalie Holloway and the double-murder case against O.J. Simpson says he is becoming alarmed by some of the references President Obama is using. Andrew G. Hodges, M.D., who wrote “The Obama Confession: Secret Fear, Secret Fury,” previously said Obama’s statement “I am not a dictator” actually meant, “I am the dictator president.” Hodges also concluded Obama unconsciously confessed to stealing the 2012 election. On Hodges’ website, Steven A. Egger, associate professor of criminology at the University of Houston, Clear Lake, has written...
  • DHS Denies Massive Ammunition Purchase

    03/22/2013 6:11:56 PM PDT · by Nachum · 77 replies
    US News.com ^ | 3/22/13 | Elizabeth Flock
    The Department of Homeland Security responded Friday to questions from Rep. Tim Huelskamp, R-Kan., about why the agency was allegedly planning to buy some 1.6 billion rounds of ammunition over the next five years. DHS told Whispers it regularly fills all of its goods and services requirements at one time because it's cheaper for the agency, and that the 1.6 billion number was misleading because the language of DHS's purchase said it would need "up to" a certain amount. One solicitation by the agency—for training centers and law enforcement personnel—was for "up to" 750 million rounds of training ammunition over...
  • DHS Won't Answer Congress On Billion Bullet Purchase

    03/22/2013 5:40:49 PM PDT · by raptor22 · 31 replies
    Investor's Business Daily ^ | March 22, 2013 | IBD EDITORIALS
    Bullet Buys: Fifteen members of Congress have written a letter to the Department of Homeland Security demanding to know why the federal agency is buying so many rounds of ammunition. We'd like to know too. Fifteen members of Congress have sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security demanding to know why the federal agency is buying so many rounds of ammunition. We'd like to know too. Freshman California Republican Doug LaMalfa and 14 of his House colleagues, who signed on to his March 5 letter, are asking the Department of Homeland Security to explain why it is buying...
  • Obama admin stonewalling on big ammo buildup

    03/21/2013 10:15:52 PM PDT · by Perseverando · 66 replies
    WND ^ | March 21, 2013 | Garth Kant
    <p>Lawmaker: 'They refuse to let us know what is going on'</p> <p>Members of Congress are demanding the Obama administration explain why it is stockpiling a huge arsenal of ammunition and weapons.</p> <p>The Department of Homeland Security bought more than 1.6 billion rounds of ammunition over the last year, as well as thousands of armored vehicles.</p>
  • Thousands Line Up Outside Cal Expo Gun Show To Buy Ammunition

    03/18/2013 2:05:08 PM PDT · by 2ndDivisionVet · 61 replies
    KOVR-TV ^ | March 16, 2013
    SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Thousands of people lined up for hours outside Cal Expo to buy ammunition. The line wrapped around the building for the first day of the two-day gun show. You’ve heard the early bird gets the worm. At the Crossroads of the West gun show it couldn’t be truer. “We got here at 5:45 a.m.,” said one person. “We were 64th and it took us 3.5 hours. “”This is for my rifle,” said an attendee. Ammunition is a hot commodity at Cal Expo. “I was planning on buying some ammunition around here but the line actually wrapped around...