when will the ammo shortage end??

[dswanso1]

I am new to shooting and have been looking for .22lr and 9mm ammo for the last few months. I have been able to get a few boxes here and there, but was just wondering if anybody has heard any rumors about when this shortage may get better?

 

[Bennettjh]

Very good question. I personally have no idea when it'll end. Both calibers you mentioned are arguably the most popular (maybe .380 too). Every time the .gov or civilians do something bone-headed related to guns (sometimes not) it makes the shortage even longer.

 

[Kirkd]

Whenever people stop payimg inflated prices, people stop hoarding, resellers stop buying it all up, the assault of our 2nd ammendment rights ends, or we get a Republican back in office.

 

[No2rdame]

I think most estimates are that at current pace we're looking at late summer/early fall but you just never know.

 

[DSmith78]

wouldnt suprise me to see the shortage go well into next year or longer and when and if it does come back around i dont think you will ever see prices as it was before the craziness. its kinda like gas, they see people will pay the higher prices, why would it come back down. this is just my opinions

 

[38special]

Tomorrow, or maybe the next day.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Seems like in 2008, it was well up into the summer...maybe to the fall before "normalcy" returned. Of course, it is worse this time so I expect it may well last a little longer.

 

[gunman41mag]

As long as obama is president, there will be an ammo shortage

 

[hornadylnl]

Whenever people stop payimg inflated prices, people stop hoarding, resellers stop buying it all up, the assault of our 2nd ammendment rights ends, or we get a Republican back in office.

 

[mdm2272]

It will last as long as people are afraid something is going to happen to guns and ammo. I also think that the vultures(gougers) know that there are a lot of new first time gun owners that have very little ammo and don't know what pre-obama, pre-Newtown prices were.

 

[HenryWallace]

wouldnt suprise me to see the shortage go well into next year or longer and when and if it does come back around i dont think you will ever see prices as it was before the craziness. its kinda like gas, they see people will pay the higher prices, why would it come back down. this is just my opinions

Great point #1

POint #2...."Follow the value of the dollar."

 

[goldtrigger]

I was at the Stout Field show last week. Mid day, Saturday.
I only saw one brick of .22. It was off brand and $65!
I passed.

 

[2 151 INF]

I hope soon. Its making me want to smoke cigs very badly! Plus summers coming, nothing better than a summer shoot in the woods.

 

[patricktjms]

How about this....lets start the rumor that the toilet paper industry is being hit with shortages of supplies due to federal constraints and maybe people will start buying it and hoarding it and leaving some ammo on the shelf for INGO. Yes? Who's with me?!

 

[Bigtanker]

How about this....lets start the rumor that the toilet paper industry is being hit with shortages of supplies due to federal constraints and maybe people will start buying it and hoarding it and leaving some ammo on the shelf for INGO. Yes? Who's with me?!

Again? Didn't that happen a few years ago? There was the rumor of a tp shortage and just because of the rumor, hoarding began and there was a shortage.

 

[ViperJock]

I heard it could be as early as tomorrow. I got an extra $20 cash back from Meier just in case

 

[dswanso1]

well, I was able to score quite a bit of ammo at gander mountain over the last couple of days! So I won't need any for at least a year or two, hopefully the drought will be over by then!

 

[frziz]

Homeland Security has purchased most of the 9mm ammo. I have heard up to 1.6 billion rounds of 9mm alone. So it will be a while.........

 

[mdm2272]

Homeland Security has purchased most of the 9mm ammo. I have heard up to 1.6 billion rounds of 9mm alone. So it will be a while.........

I'd say that the gun owners across the US probably buy way more than the gov does.

 

[LANShark42]

OP has less than a month as a member. Only 15 posts and 4 gold badges in rep. You must make some REALLY good posts....