Ammo Shortage

[ccw9mm]

Just purchased a couple thousand rounds of primary, from Cheaper Than Dirt (9mm +P MagTech and Federal HydraShok, plus a bit of .380ACP CorBon). $700 with shipping. A couple thousand practice rounds from Able Ammo several months back was well under half that.

[DefensiveCarry.com]

[p8riot]

This just in from the Associated Press....


"We have identified the reason for the recent ammo shortage. It turns out a Virginia resident who we will identify as 'p8riot' has purchased 42% of the 7.62mm ammunition in the continental United States. No reason to worry. He has a CCW. I'll take any questions."
-National Security Advisor Condeleza Rice
20 AUG 2006

LOL! If it's any consolation, not all of it is 7.62x39

I've got a couple hundred thousand rounds stocked up.
Anyone here having problems getting ammo?


Just out of curiosity, how large an army are you building??

Well there's me, my wife, and my 4 yr old son.

p8riot:

Ya'll come on down to Texas, and bring your toys! 200,000 should last awhile!

Nothin doin. A Texas "while" equals about 15 minutes. It the only other thing in Texas that's not bigger.

Several questions come to mind :::> How sweet of a wife do you gotta have to allow you to "invest" in 200K of ammo ??

My wife helped me shoot the first 10,000 rounds of 7.62.

Where do you store 200K of 7.62 X 39 ammo ??

I have a 12x12 room in my basement converted to a vault, but I am looking for some off-site storage. Again it's not all 7.62.

Given a persons age,when will you finally be finished shooting 200K of ammo ??

Well it depends I go through about 10 - 15K rounds a year all by myself. I do have some full auto weapons.

Who ya gonna hire to load the mags that your gonna shoot 200K rds. thru ??

Looking for a job, are ya?

Given the price increase,200K of 7.62 x 39 is worth the same as 10K shares of AT&T. Sell it,buy a home on Marco Island Florida,a couple of Glocks, a Moss500, a flats boat,and fish your A$$ off every day of the week for the rest of your life. -------

If you've got a house on Marco Island I'll trade you some of it for it. I didn't pay nearly that much. I picked most of the 7.62 up a few years back for a little over $60/1000.

[p8riot]

I've got a couple hundred thousand rounds stocked up.

Oops! not all of it is 7.62x39

[Sonic Misfit]

I don't know how valid the information is, but here is someone who has it all figured out!

http://blog.joehuffman.org/2006/06/0...rys+Fault.aspx

Go figure??

[Squawker]

When I bought my AR last month, the gun shop had run out of 223 and 7.39 ammo, at leaast in the bulk military grade. The expensive stuff was still on the shelf, though. He attributed the current run to the increase in mideast tensions, along with the war. I've still been able to buy a couple thousand rounds though, but the prices are high.

[bones]

200K rounds? No problem, stores nicely, lasts a long time.
A good friend, Marine Infantry, Bronze Star with V Device, told me, "There is no such thing as too much ammo. Unless you're swimming!"

[SammyIamToday]

200K rounds? No problem, stores nicely, lasts a long time.
A good friend, Marine Infantry, Bronze Star with V Device, told me, "There is no such thing as too much ammo. Unless you're swimming!"

That's a really good quote!

[p8riot]

200K rounds? No problem, stores nicely, lasts a long time.
A good friend, Marine Infantry, Bronze Star with V Device, told me, "There is no such thing as too much ammo. Unless you're swimming!"

I like that quote too.

[David III]

Materials costs (and some shortages) are driving ammo prices according to some of the manufacturers.
For example - ATK (Speer, CCI) is raising ammo prices 7% on October 1 and another 10% on January 1 -- this is at the distributor level, so by the time it gets to retail, it will be more.
Availability may fluctuate, but when we actually see ammo, it is always more expensive.....

[Rock and Glock]

Used this thread as an "excuse" to pick up two cases of 9mm this AM at Academy in Plano, Texas (yea yea.....I don't really need an "excuse".....), BUT.......they only had 10 boxes of American Eagle 7.62 X 39. That was IT. No more. The ammo guy said it was getting hard to find. FWIW.