Comments on: What Caused the Ammo Shortage? When Will Things Get Better?

By: TRAVIS COTTRELL

TRAVIS COTTRELL — Tue, 18 May 2021 02:15:41 +0000

I call hogwash the stores have been empty of ammo for nearly a year where is all the ammo they are making going?

Editor: Estimated 8 MILLION new, first-time gun owners in last year (acc. to NSSF). If they each buy just two (2) boxes of ammo — that is 800,000,000 rounds.

By: KatrinaAnon

KatrinaAnon — Mon, 12 Apr 2021 18:39:34 +0000

I know people are saying that not that much ammo comes in…bet there at a Cabela’s, Academy, or Sportsman’s. They will get a shipment capable of more than half their shelves in that one shipment. In about a day that will be all gone.

They are still selling ammo at reasonable prices. All the places that are selling at non hoarding prices are bare. The places selling at hoarding prices have ammo. Don’t forget your friends who might pay $20 for a box 9mm then selling it for $60 at a gun show.

By: nun

nun — Mon, 05 Apr 2021 14:16:11 +0000

As a Local dealer, they can say they are at full capacity, what we are seeing as smaller dealers is the the wholesalers are telling us that they are not getting much quantity at all. Now that could be a lie and they are only selling to the online(discounters)?!? and Box stores. But the reality is that most local shops are paying low retail if they have stock at all …maybe, a fe boxes(not cases) from the wholesalers ever now and then when you buy enough accessories. But even that is drying up.

By: Bill

Bill — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 21:18:58 +0000

Ammo (and component) is flying off the shelves the same reason toilet paper did last year — panic buying. Once people take a deep breath and stop paying outrageous prices, stockage levels will go up and prices will come down. I stocked up on ammo three years ago when it was cheap — I went through this back in 2012 and 13. Once the panic buying stopped the manufacturers ended up with a glut of production that no one was buying, so they had to lay people off and start shutting down plants in 2017. The cycle continues…..

By: Paul West

Paul West — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 16:06:09 +0000

Need a database of reseller on such forums as GunBroker to identify the price gougers. Many are employees of gun stores and purchase company stock that should be posted for sale – then putting in on internet sites at insane prices.

By: Dennis

Dennis — Mon, 01 Mar 2021 21:27:12 +0000

Don’t think it’s the ammo MAKERS – I think it’s the resellers and the people on various trader sites causing the uptick in pricing.

By: Ricky Kise

Ricky Kise — Mon, 01 Mar 2021 19:23:28 +0000

Its not the Feds buying ammo. This is a situation of people for yielding to temptation, especially when the opportunity to make a gigantic amount of money. This is the Mt Everest of opportunity to keep prices high and guarantee sales at any price. People are going to buy ammo at any price especially given this white house we have. The temptation to capitalize on that fear is enormous. I don’t blame ammo makers for being human. I cant say Id be able to pass up all that money. Hopefully, they will soon decide to return to sanity and resume normal production and distribution. May take a year; we will just have to be patient.

By: Sabre22

Sabre22 — Mon, 01 Mar 2021 19:08:02 +0000

How can they be running at full capacity and maintain Social Distancing????