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American manufacturers race to relieve a pandemic-triggered ammo shortage
The Economist ^ | Nov 27 2021 Edition

Posted on 11/25/2021 9:11:42 AM PST by Right Wing Vegan

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1 posted on 11/25/2021 9:11:42 AM PST by Right Wing Vegan
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To: Right Wing Vegan

Old news. Supply is getting better.


2 posted on 11/25/2021 9:13:02 AM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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To: Right Wing Vegan

Cerberus Capital...same company that owned Dominion voting systems...


3 posted on 11/25/2021 9:17:38 AM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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...and the military contractor DynCorp...


4 posted on 11/25/2021 9:18:54 AM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: Right Wing Vegan

Our club ordered several pallets of ammunition from the Winchester factory in January. It was finally delivered in August and September.

L


5 posted on 11/25/2021 9:19:02 AM PST by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: Right Wing Vegan
Many faulty assumptions in this article.

Some useful information as well.

6 posted on 11/25/2021 9:19:40 AM PST by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries. )
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To: Right Wing Vegan

Some calibers are still not available.
Our shop has no .38 special, .44 magnum or .30-30.


7 posted on 11/25/2021 9:21:02 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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“Cerberus Capital...same company that owned Dominion voting systems...”

But they got only $81M for Remington in selling it to Vista...and Vista earned that $81M back in ONE YEAR, serves Cerberus Capital right!


8 posted on 11/25/2021 9:21:15 AM PST by BobL (I shop at Walmart and eat at McDonald's, I just don't tell anyone, like most here.)
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To: Right Wing Vegan

As a handloader, I don’t understand why the manufacturers can’t meet the demand for bullets (projectiles), especially lead bullets. It’s the simplest component to make, isn’t it?


9 posted on 11/25/2021 9:22:16 AM PST by Spok
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45 Long Colt,,,
Forget about it.
Prices are still nutz
For .22.


10 posted on 11/25/2021 9:27:02 AM PST by Big Red Badger (Make His Paths Straight!)
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Surprisingly we did get some .45 Colt in, quite expensive as you point out.
22LR is back at double the price it was.
I am staying out of the market until prices drop, if they ever do.


11 posted on 11/25/2021 9:29:59 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Spok

The only lead smelter in the US was shut down.


12 posted on 11/25/2021 9:30:46 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Vaquero

Yea? Try finding ANY hunting rifle caliber. From 22LR on up it is unavailable except at a hugely inflated price. Even black powder components are hard to get.


13 posted on 11/25/2021 9:33:50 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (When elections fail, we will either live under tyranny or rebel and throw it off.)
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I don’t know if it’s a factor here, but the United States no longer has working lead mines.
Thanks to the EnviroTards all our lead is either recycled or purchased from foreign suppliers.


14 posted on 11/25/2021 9:37:07 AM PST by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there..)
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I just did a search, and it looks like the last lead smelter shut down in 2013. But there’s still demand in the U.S. for products other than bullets, so we must be getting it from somewhere.


15 posted on 11/25/2021 9:42:57 AM PST by Spok
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To: Blood of Tyrants

I loaded up on 22 long rifle during the last dip between Democrat caused crisises. Outside of an occasional trip to the range with the 9 mm handgun to stay fresh with it, I’m doing my rifle target practice with the 22. I’d like to shoot the bigger guns, but I just can’t bear cost of the ammo I have to buy to replace what I have. Realistically, as they teach us in the Appleseed Project, you can do a lot of useful practice for any caliber rifle using a 22. The same fundamentals apply.

Since I had plenty of 22 ammo I thought I would pick up a 22 handgun and do some of my practice with that. Well, when I looked at the prices I said nevermind.


16 posted on 11/25/2021 9:43:13 AM PST by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there..)
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To: Right Wing Vegan

In Kentucky it’s not a huge problem. I can get plenty of Magtech 9mm — at $24/50. I get 22lr at around 11 cents/round. I see hunting calibers, but since I don’t buy them, I don’t know how reasonable they are. But they’re available.


17 posted on 11/25/2021 9:45:29 AM PST by JusPasenThru (Let’s go Brandon!)
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I have come to believe that the Democrats’ goal is to move production of anything we have to have to foreign suppliers. This is because they want to destroy America’s independence and what used to be our superiority.

I honestly think they truly want us to be held hostage by foreign suppliers.


18 posted on 11/25/2021 9:46:41 AM PST by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there..)
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Browning Buckmark, well worth the money.


19 posted on 11/25/2021 9:47:16 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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Not much better.

I did find and buy a single box of 30-30 ammo this week (it was 150gr, which I did not have). Hunting season started November 1.

All I really need? Some more primers. Have the rest under control.


20 posted on 11/25/2021 9:48:49 AM PST by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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