Wanting into your buddy's ammo stash...

[ratski]

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Not for sure what my pal's veiwpoint is....as soon as I said I didn't want to sell a 200 round battle-pack..or any ammo..he got a bit miffed and I have not talked to him since...

So really?...Short of some short of real emergency...why should I share my ammo stash??

I had a friend that sort of the same thing almost happened.
I was telling him about a deal I had made about 8 years ago on some .223. Managed to score about 3K when it was 99/K and I still had some of it squirreled away.

After a weekend of shooting, he asked me if I could sell him some of my .223.
I said sure and gave him a price that was below market.
But, but, but, you only paid 99 bucks for it.
Yeah, but it will cost 269 to replace it.
He understood.

Of course, we share ammo when shooting, and I don't count how many rounds friends shoot.

Are you sure your friend isn't a closet liberal and Obama supporter? I mean, you know, the ammo rich should give their fair share to the ammo unprepared.

Dave

 

[Fyrtwuck]

Better get an ammo locker and lock it up.

 

[BadgeBunny]

I've had "friends" like that. Key word-had.

This ...

 

[Z71]

That's what I was thinking...if you can buy a $1000 plus rifle...you can buy some ammo too..whatever the price...

Personally..If I would've bought a new rifle I got no ammo for...I would set-up for reloading the caliber or just buy some over-priced ammo and get on with life(or both).

I think part of the issue is the 'panic-buy' lately...He bought the rifle just before the election in November...the panic-buy sort of got started then. However after the Connecticut tradgedy..and the panic-buy hit full throttle..my pal's 'panic' seems to have peaked!...I mean I went to Wal Mart..and they had .308 ammo..it just wasn't cheap.

I'm not just swimming in all the calibers ammo I need either...however I can afford to wait until things calm down to get what I do need. I cannot do much about everybody elses lack of preparation. Also...despite the current regime's favorite ditty "You didn't build that"...I did build my ammo stash by myself. Ammo was much cheaper in the 1990's and it wasn't all that hard to do...just buy and stash..if I used some I replaced it as soon as I could. My dollars...my foresight...not the community's ammo-pile.

 

[EFsDad]

That's what I was thinking...if you can buy a $1000 plus rifle...you can buy some ammo too..whatever the price...

I mean I went to Wal Mart..and they had .308 ammo..it just wasn't cheap.

Take him to Wal-Mart. Fixed.

 

[dcmtex]

Had friends like this before. Downgraded to aquaintenance status. Users always show their true colors and it boils down to how many times you allow it. We all have the gene though and sometimes its tough to keep in check

 

[Johnny]

He will come around or he won't. If he wants to plink and not pay a dollar a round he should have bought an M&P-22. Not your fault.
You gotta pay to play.
If you can't afford to feed it don't buy it.
There are tons of them, but you get the picture.

Like everyone else has said. Friends should be friends not moochers. That is what family is for.

 

[Old Fart]

To be honest I have a couple buddies I'd share "Some" with.
But by and large mine is mine.

 

[Cinaet]

Not much of a friend if he thinks he has a right to your stash.

 

[caojyn]

None on my friends own firearms, yet they always ask me if i want to go to the range