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Why is there a 22LR ammo shortage?
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<blockquote data-quote="Lizard" data-source="post: 2400241" data-attributes="member: 19361"><p>From my conversations with salespeople at Wally's, the problem seems to be people that buy the maximum amount as soon as it comes in. The same people wait in line with family and friends so that they can buy everything that comes in, every time it comes in. Stockpiling ammo that's in short supply.</p><p></p><p>Now, I have to admit that I have stockpiled ammo also. I bought Federal Valu-Paks before they were in short supply. I believed that the price was going up, so I started buying them when they were $8.50 a box and pretty much quit when they reached $10. I have 5 to 7 .30 cal cans, each with 4,000 rounds of .22lr that I bought cheap when there was no shortage. I did the same with Aguila 9mm, Federal 5.56 and 7.62 NATO as well as .45ACP value packs (couldn't pass it up, they were within 1 cent of the cost of reloading) and some .308 Rem in a soft point.</p><p></p><p>But, I don't buy quantities of ammo that's in short supply. And now I have enough ammo to keep me through retirement (except for .17 HM2). I've sold some of my ammo to friends for a little less than what it would cost me to replace it, but am not looking to sell and make a profit. All of which is sort of off topic, but I just want people to know that I didn't buy ammo that was in short supply, and it's my opinion that the shortage is caused by people that purchase the short ammo and hoard it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lizard, post: 2400241, member: 19361"] From my conversations with salespeople at Wally's, the problem seems to be people that buy the maximum amount as soon as it comes in. The same people wait in line with family and friends so that they can buy everything that comes in, every time it comes in. Stockpiling ammo that's in short supply. Now, I have to admit that I have stockpiled ammo also. I bought Federal Valu-Paks before they were in short supply. I believed that the price was going up, so I started buying them when they were $8.50 a box and pretty much quit when they reached $10. I have 5 to 7 .30 cal cans, each with 4,000 rounds of .22lr that I bought cheap when there was no shortage. I did the same with Aguila 9mm, Federal 5.56 and 7.62 NATO as well as .45ACP value packs (couldn't pass it up, they were within 1 cent of the cost of reloading) and some .308 Rem in a soft point. But, I don't buy quantities of ammo that's in short supply. And now I have enough ammo to keep me through retirement (except for .17 HM2). I've sold some of my ammo to friends for a little less than what it would cost me to replace it, but am not looking to sell and make a profit. All of which is sort of off topic, but I just want people to know that I didn't buy ammo that was in short supply, and it's my opinion that the shortage is caused by people that purchase the short ammo and hoard it. [/QUOTE]
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