AMMO, Buy as much as you can and stack it high

[nemisis1400]

I kinda wanna make cinder block and wood shelf now. The inner cheapass in me calls for it. Though this makes me wonder how much ammo you guys already have in your cars. I still have a couple bricks of .22 in the back because thats what i can afford to shoot. That and those small boxes of loose ammo has a tendency to spill all over the damn place.

[high_revs]

Those new shooters will quickly get frustrated if they never find ammo and will drop out of the sport. We need new people in this hobby or it will die.

i point my new shooters to websites. tell them be patient, or have patience to keep going to wally world or gun shows. so no, they don't get frustrated because i give them alternatives.

[Arteel]

Where is this wally world that I keep hearing everyone speak of?

[8-Ball]

Your reading comprehension is somewhat lacking perhaps? You might benefit from reading my post again.

I whore. I admit it. But guess what- I did this over a year ago, at a point in time when ammo was plentiful and restocked the next day or week. I AM NOT the guy buying all of it now on a weekly basis. Sorry, but you'll have to point your displeasure at someone else. As I originally stated that while I'm a 'hoarder", I have yet to buy commercial (blazer, wwb, remington..etc etc) ammo in over 12 months.

Also don't mistake my attitude for elitism. Hard work doesnt entitle one to more freedom, it simply allows you to enjoy more of the freedoms society has to offer. If someone works harder/smarter/more than the next guy, then why shouldn't they be able to enjoy the benefits that come from a direct result of making more money? I'll give you an example as to avoid confusion.

[ex. 1] I want a BMW 5 series. They're about 80,000 US dollars. I work at McDonalds. For whatever reason, that's where I ended up. Nothing wrong with it, as it's an honest living, but the pay is minimum wage for California. I went to the BMW dealership and the nice salesman said he would sell me one. We did the math, and I would have to save for 3 months to meet the first month of payment. Minimum wage really needs to go up for me to be able to afford to buy one.

[ex. 2] I want a BMW 5 series. They're about 80,000 US dollars. At a younger age, I saw the value of a higher education. So, I busted my butt, attended university and finished med school. I am now a cardiac surgeon. The dealership said they would sell me one. I say, "no" and write them a check for 2- one black one white.

The only difference between the two is that one has a job that earns more income. They can both buy the BMW, but only one can really afford it. It's your responsibilty to be able to afford it- there's no entitlement or unfairness. No one's stopping you from buying it. If you want something, then by all means go and find a job that pays you well enough to afford it. Until then, you (like anyone else) should be free to buy whatever you want. We're not discussing things like 'gasoline, water, milk, bread". Remember, it's only ammo.

My main issue was with the OP's poorly veiled excuse for buying up ammo. I simply wanted to point out how 'refreshing' it was to see people use the guise of philanthropy to hide their selfishness.

Liberty... it means having and making the choice without the need to explain yourself... period...

[MontClaire]

It's a little thing called capitalism. If you don't like it, move to Cuba.

Cuba is actually booming in business, too bad for us american folks....it's been snatched by europeans, chinese and russians. Because we didn't want to business with cubans, oh well, someone else does and we're left out.

[mif_slim]

[ex. 2] I want a BMW 5 series. They're about 80,000 US dollars. At a younger age, I saw the value of a higher education. So, I busted my butt, attended university and finished med school. I am now a cardiac surgeon. The dealership said they would sell me one. I say, "no" and write them a check for 2- one black one white.

I like reading Voo's replies, their very educational. seriously.

anyways, to the quoted part. But wouldnt the price of the same 5 series BMW be lower in price by the time the kid finishes the 5 year college?

[Seed]

Cuba is actually booming in business, too bad for us american folks....it's been snatched by europeans, chinese and russians. Because we didn't want to business with cubans, oh well, someone else does and we're left out.

This won't last long. Obama is bringing down the walls. The infrastructure there is so bad that there's plenty of room for Americans to get involved with modernizing Cuba should they allow it.

[high_revs]

Where is this wally world that I keep hearing everyone speak of?

LOL.. you're not serious, are you?

[Born2Lose]

Where is this wally world that I keep hearing everyone speak of?

Its next to that French store Target i think its pronounced "Tar-jey"

[Parabellus]

Where is this wally world that I keep hearing everyone speak of?

LOL.. you're not serious, are you?

It is hard to imagin that someone with nearly 500 posts on a gun forum would not have figured out that Wally World is WalMart but if you only signed on this past February it could be understandable.
BTW Alameda County WW stopped selling ammo some time ago.

[Arteel]

I'm still fairly new to this forum and I always thought "wally world" was an actual store. It was an honest questions so phuck off, thanks for the help anyways.

[high_revs]

i'm with you arteel... i kinda knew what wally world was (or thought that's what people meant), but never really saw it was actually walmart. so i 'googled' it. says walmart. and i only found this out technically this year. LOL

but yeah, i've been here a couple of years and never really paid attention to "wally world" term as i didn't really buy ammo there myself before this year.

[planensimple]

Interesting topic you have here. Buy all the ammo you want - too bad it will only cost you more next time because everybody knows you will always pay more. Unfortunately, you will price yourselves right out of the market. Was at a gun show last month and one of the ammo guys told me he sold $10,000 of ammo in the first 45 minutes of the show. He said he is thinking of raising the prices 20%. Guess what, he did raise prices, and sold the same amount in April as he did in March. Can't want to see what happens at the next show.

[Faust]

Don't bother, stay home and make a slingshot, you oviously have the market dinamics figured out.

[barrym66]

Interesting topic you have here. Buy all the ammo you want - too bad it will only cost you more next time because everybody knows you will always pay more. Unfortunately, you will price yourselves right out of the market. Was at a gun show last month and one of the ammo guys told me he sold $10,000 of ammo in the first 45 minutes of the show. He said he is thinking of raising the prices 20%. Guess what, he did raise prices, and sold the same amount in April as he did in March. Can't want to see what happens at the next show.

Don't buy if you don't want more - we are still in a free market economy (at least for now!). Prices might drop a little if the market slows (economy worsens, market saturation, etc)...all of which is unlikely at the moment.

But I'll bet you a 500 rd. brick of WW special that ammo prices will continue to go up over time - metal supply costs are going up, taxes are going up, future potential regulation on the horizon, etc... Ammo is an expendable commodity, it's not an investment to hang on to.

Me, I'm now using up at least 500 .22LR rounds a month in range practice (to reduce expenses over my usual 40S&W and 30-06), so I'm happy to keep a few months stock on hand. 2K rounds in hand and 5K inbound now (found a killer deal on case of Wolf Match Target ).

Barry