Email I got from Midway for backordered 22 LR I ordered 12/26/2013

[Kingpin]

Thank you for your recent email about your backorder for the 22 long rifle ammunition. I can understand your frustration with this order being canceled. Unfortunately, it is our policy that any backorder over 365 days will be canceled. We did suspend this policy for our Customers with backorders on the 22 long rifle ammunition. However, after further communication with our vendors, we have realized that the backorders will not be filled for at least another year. Due to this, we have decided that it would be best to reinstate the policy. I am very sorry for the inconvenience that this may cause you.

If you have any additional questions or comments, please feel free to contact us at 1-800-243-3220. Our hours of operation are Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. CT. You may also email us at customerservice@midwayusa.com.

Thanks for Your Business!

Vicki
MidwayUSA Customer Service

I think they have a price increase coming and that's the real reason they cancelled...

 

[PistolBob]

BUMMER DUDE!!!

Wow...that's a major drag for sure.

 

[rosejm]

Sounds like an excuse to not fill orders at a lower price point.

But, I'm sure you can place a NEW order (for backorder fulfillment) at the much higher price.

 

[87iroc]

Midway needs to invest in a new Crystal Ball so they can predict a run on .22 ammo so they can keep their customers happy.

 

[ryknoll3]

I got the same email. They DO have a stated policy not to hold back orders over a year. I ordered, knew it might happen and it did.

 

[cook4army]

Yeah, I got the same emails from them for the two backorders of .22LR that I had had from December of 2013 as well.

 

[hornadylnl]

Midway needs to invest in a new Crystal Ball so they can predict a run on .22 ammo so they can keep their customers happy.

Some customers will never be happy.

 

[wsenefeld]

I was getting close to that 365 day mark myself. Ordered a Syrac adjustable gas block that was on sale and it's been back ordered nearly 11 months but finally shipped yesterday.

 

[hornadylnl]

I heard big oil bought big ammo and it's all being driven by the speculators.

 

[straight-shooter]

I heard big oil bought big ammo and it's all being driven by the speculators.

21,345 posts that pertain to stirring the pot! LOL, J/k

 

[wsenefeld]

21,345 posts that pertain to stirring the pot! LOL, J/k

QFT

 

[Longhair]

QFT

Is this where he posts the picture of a bucket of beat up bulk .22 for our enjoyment?

 

[wsenefeld]

Is this where he posts the picture of a bucket of beat up bulk .22 for our enjoyment?

Or his sweatshop .22 factory and then he tells us all that if we were real men we would have been prepared, blah blah.

 

[hornadylnl]

Or just maybe Midway isn't really out to rip you off.

Victims everywhere.

 

[Indy-Mike]

Guess I got lucky, ordered 5,000 from Midway on 11/13/13, it shipped on 11/06/14. One whole week to spare.

 

[j706]

I never reliezed so many people shot so much .22 rim fire ammo. I have probaly not fired 100 .22 cartridges in the past 10 years. People have got to be buying it up and sitting on it.

 

[jcwit]

Midway needs to invest in a new Crystal Ball so they can predict a run on .22 ammo so they can keep their customers happy.

Ever work in procurement?

 

[jcwit]

I never reliezed so many people shot so much .22 rim fire ammo. I have probaly not fired 100 .22 cartridges in the past 10 years. People have got to be buying it up and sitting on it.

Frankly I think the problem is much deeper than that.

They have been pretty much able to keep up with demand for decades, way back to the 40's that I'm know of. Now in the recent past its all gone. Don't tell me it all because of new shooters, they sure aren't showing up at the ranges.

 

[bigbaloo95]

My buddy has made all his cases of .22 into a lovely throne and side table arrangement. I like to leave them loose and dive in them like scrooge mcduck from time to time.

 

[Beowulf]

Frankly I think the problem is much deeper than that.

They have been pretty much able to keep up with demand for decades, way back to the 40's that I'm know of. Now in the recent past its all gone. Don't tell me it all because of new shooters, they sure aren't showing up at the ranges.

The supply was never that huge to begin with. Their capability was only to produce 4.2 billion rounds a year and no real way to spin up more (requiring new facilities, not simply retool centerfire production).

According to this old Ammoland article:

“Take for example .22LR ammunition. The industry as a whole (all manufacturers combined) is setup to produce 4,200,000,000 (4.2 Billions) .22 LR annually. That is running all the machines, full capacity all the time, all manufacturers together.
There is NOTHING they can do to produce more.
That corresponds to 230,137 cartridge per State per day, which is 460 bricks of 500 .22lr per day per State. That means that if less than 50 people per day in each State are buying 10 bricks of .22, it is enough to dry up the entire supply as it is being manufactured.”

Not really that much. The panic has created a huge pent up demand, so with no real additional capacity hitting the market, it's taking a ridiculously long time to serve the pent up demand and normalize the market.

That being said, I was fortunate enough to actually receive my backordered case of CCI Mini-mags from Midway, but I put that order in early 2013 and I just got the shipment a few months ago.