Why there’s no surge in ammo sales this election year

guns.com ^ | Aug. 17, 2016 | Daniel Terrill

[PROCON]

Ammunition sales down but gun sales up.

[Tenacious 1]

He thinks consumers built up a vast inventory at home and are still feeding off of it, so the demand isn’t as high. “I personally believe that a lot of consumers over-stocked … pulled that ammo as quick as they could off those retail shelves and took it home and put it in their own basement,” he said.

(A wink and a smile here) ;o)

[Tenacious 1]

Oh yea! Nobody go boating with your entire ammunition supply!

[antidisestablishment]

Except for this quote that destroys the entire ptemisr:

“However, production of ammo for those types of firearms — 9mm and .223 — is at capacity. “If I had more 9mm, I could sell it. If I had more 5.56 and .223, I could sell it,” he said.”

[HarleyLady27]

It’s not because there is a shortage, it’s because the gun dealers and suppliers are not selling it...

I have a connection and is very difficult to buy ammo...

[FatherofFive]

He thinks consumers built up a vast inventory at home and are still feeding off of it, so the demand isn’t as high.

Methinks he is right.

[PROCON]

Nobody go boating with your entire ammunition supply!

Now you tell me.

[Puppage]

I personally believe that a lot of consumers over-stocked

I didn't think that was even possible.

[PROCON]

The premise remains: ammo sales are down this election year.

[dhs12345]

Makes you wonder how many of them are Liberals. Maybe after the recent riots and Baltimore and Milwaukee in flames, some Liberals are turning. Of course, they still have to pretend that they hate guns so that they continue to be invited to their cocktail parties.

[PROCON]

I have a connection and is very difficult to buy ammo...

Not in my neck of the woods, there's plenty available of the highest demand calibers.

[DJ Taylor]

"I personally believe that a lot of consumers over-stocked."

One can

NEVER

have too much ammo.

[DJ Taylor]

"I personally believe that a lot of consumers over-stocked."

One can

NEVER

have too much ammo.

[OldSmaj]

Well, I for one am tired of buying it, just to have it sink to the bottom of the river before I get it into my super-secret hoarding warehouse.

Which is empty, by the way...all my ammo and guns and food cache having sunk to the bottom of the river in a terrible boating accident.

FU Feds.

[Ancient Man]

I only reordered range ammo. But, that was before I lost everything in a earthquake.

[Puppage]

EXACTLY!

[Ancient Man]

You haven’t been to LuckyGunner.com.

[PROCON]

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[umgud]

I have a sense that gun prices aren’t in the minds of buyers, unreasonable, but ammo costs skyrocketed and never came back to reasonable levels.

[mountainlion]

It looks like Killery is winning the whole ammo and gun supply will disappear out of stores. Was in minnisota or wisconsin that passed an anti gun law and sold like 2000 guns in one day with lines waiting to get into stores.