When will the ammo shortage end

[Preacher Man]

I went by a small local gun shop a couple weeks ago. Bumped into the owner and asked him when his next shipment of ammo will be. He told me he expected a shipment the next week and that he had placed this order back in July.

yikes....

Any guesses or insight you can share?

[Pineywoods]

I don't see it getting any better this year.

[AntlerCollector]

Next Presidential election.......maybe

[Smithwr]

Not anytime soon. My old neighbor works across the street from Academy in Mansfield and she posted on fb that the line this morning after the inauguration is 3x what it normally is

[PROD49]

I read something that the relief wasn't expected till early 22

[oktx]

If the flippers stop, it will help.

[hybridhunternm]

Originally Posted by oktx

If the flippers stop, it will help.

If people would stop buying from the flippers it would help!!! If they can’t make money they won’t buy

[txpitdog]

Like toilet paper, at some point people will outspend their ability to use it or their paycheck will not be able to sustain the spending rate. That said, 7 million new gun owners, a lot of savvy internet wheeling and dealing, and it’ll be a while before the appetite is satiated.


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[duckmanep]

when the next Republican president gets elected.

[Quackerbox]

Originally Posted by duckmanep

when the next Republican president gets elected.

So, never

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[glen]

When the supply gets flooded to the point retailers cant sell the popular cal. Then they will produce other ammunition until that too is available and on the shelves. It will take a while. It really has nothing to do with the ammunition flippers. Shelves at Academy would still be empty right now. The people buying from the flippers would still be waiting at Academy. If someone wants to get up and stand in line at Academy for 2 hours and buy 3 boxes of ammunition and makes $100 they are not exactly making much money. Figure takes gas, time, effort and 3 plus hours to make $100. Cheaper than getting food delivered from Uber Eats if you do the math

[duckmanep]

just checked.... I have a backorder from April that still has not delivered.

[gingib]

Originally Posted by oktx

If the flippers stop, it will help.

Originally Posted by hybridhunternm

If people would stop buying from the flippers it would help!!! If they can’t make money they won’t buy

[BLee15]

Won’t be anytime this year. Probably 2022 before you can walk into an academy and get ammo like normal

[BrianL]

Originally Posted by glen

When the supply gets flooded to the point retailers cant sell the popular cal. Then they will produce other ammunition until that too is available and on the shelves. It will take a while. It really has nothing to do with the ammunition flippers. Shelves at Academy would still be empty right now. The people buying from the flippers would still be waiting at Academy. If someone wants to get up and stand in line at Academy for 2 hours and buy 3 boxes of ammunition and makes $100 they are not exactly making much money. Figure takes gas, time, effort and 3 plus hours to make $100. Cheaper than getting food delivered from Uber Eats if you do the math

I agree with this, but wish Academy and others would limit to 1 box till this is over. That would cut out a lot of the people going with the sole intent to resale the ammo. If they do it 7 days a week because they live close that is $3k/month flipping ammo

[thegrouse]

Anyone remember how long it lasted in 2013 when we had the same issues? Nothing was on the shelves and you couldn't get PMAGs.

[Preacher Man]

Originally Posted by thegrouse

Anyone remember how long it lasted in 2013 when we had the same issues? Nothing was on the shelves and you couldn't get PMAGs.

I was thinking about that also. But I don't remember that shortage including all calibers like this one does.

[Throwin Darts]

It will end when the new administration puts all kinds of taxes and regulations on it including background checks to purchase. It is coming.

[BrianL]

Originally Posted by Throwin Darts

It will end when the new administration puts all kinds of taxes and regulations on it including background checks to purchase. It is coming.

You may be right, and what may help influence it is people not being able to buy it now thinking...."If that passes then it will be back on shelves and still cheaper than I'm paying now"

[JonBoy]

Originally Posted by thegrouse

Anyone remember how long it lasted in 2013 when we had the same issues? Nothing was on the shelves and you couldn't get PMAGs.

Or 4 years before that when the first major shortage hit in 2009?

It typically takes a year or so to settle out but Covid has been the monkey wrench in all of this. Ammo shortage started long before the election

[Smart]

Originally Posted by JonBoy

It typically takes a year or so to settle out but Covid has been the monkey wrench in all of this. Ammo shortage started long before the election

Was Covid the wrench or the Floyd riots starting? I don't remember a drop-off early in the year until folks started getting scared during the riots.

[TacticalCowboy]

Originally Posted by Smart

Was Covid the wrench or the Floyd riots starting? I don't remember a drop-off early in the year until folks started getting scared during the riots.

I think it was the rona coupled with the riots.

[Smart]

Originally Posted by TacticalCowboy

I think it was the rona coupled with the riots.

Maybe that’s just when I started paying attention myself

[W E H]

Originally Posted by glen View Post
When the supply gets flooded to the point retailers cant sell the popular cal. Then they will produce other ammunition until that too is available and on the shelves. It will take a while. It really has nothing to do with the ammunition flippers. Shelves at Academy would still be empty right now. The people buying from the flippers would still be waiting at Academy. If someone wants to get up and stand in line at Academy for 2 hours and buy 3 boxes of ammunition and makes $100 they are not exactly making much money. Figure takes gas, time, effort and 3 plus hours to make $100. Cheaper than getting food delivered from Uber Eats if you do the math

Originally Posted by BrianL

I agree with this, but wish Academy and others would limit to 1 box till this is over. That would cut out a lot of the people going with the sole intent to resale the ammo. If they do it 7 days a week because they live close that is $3k/month flipping ammo

does academy get a shipment every day? i thought they were only getting maybe two a week.

[Landrover]

Originally Posted by txpitdog

Like toilet paper, at some point people will outspend their ability to use it or their paycheck will not be able to sustain the spending rate. That said, 7 million new gun owners, a lot of savvy internet wheeling and dealing, and it’ll be a while before the appetite is satiated.
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This and a few other numbers have been floated and that does not include gun show sales and person/person sales. This was all over the last 4 years. Broke all the records from the previous administration.

Originally Posted by duckmanep

when the next Republican president gets elected.

The numbers aint working to show that is accurate. It has been hyper gun buying for 12 years with up and down ammo shortages.

Originally Posted by Quackerbox

So, never

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I doubt that will come to pass but understand the thoughts around it. Probably next election it will be someone who is actually a conservative and has a vision that includes all aspects of the economy. Leadership has been out of politics for decades.

[KyleW]

Originally Posted by W E H

does academy get a shipment every day? i thought they were only getting maybe two a week.

The stores here get between 1-3 shipments a week. I doubt any store gets a shipment every single day

[panhandlehunter]

If you take the flippers, hoarders and panickers out of the equation, there’s ammo on the shelf next week.

[BrianL]

Originally Posted by W E H

Originally Posted by glen View Post
When the supply gets flooded to the point retailers cant sell the popular cal. Then they will produce other ammunition until that too is available and on the shelves. It will take a while. It really has nothing to do with the ammunition flippers. Shelves at Academy would still be empty right now. The people buying from the flippers would still be waiting at Academy. If someone wants to get up and stand in line at Academy for 2 hours and buy 3 boxes of ammunition and makes $100 they are not exactly making much money. Figure takes gas, time, effort and 3 plus hours to make $100. Cheaper than getting food delivered from Uber Eats if you do the math




does academy get a shipment every day? i thought they were only getting maybe two a week.

IDK. Closest Academy to me is 70 miles away... I did ask the guy behind the counter and he said they get ammo every day, and it will be gone within an hour. But that was when this all started. But if you can know when to make the rounds and go to Academy, Cabelas, Walmart, Scheels......

[ultrastealth]

If the republicans retake the House in 2022 it will get better, assuming the dems don't succeed in passing any ammo bills. Otherwise, 2025 at the earliest.

[texan4ut]

4 years

[FamousAmos]

Originally Posted by duckmanep

when the next Republican president gets elected.

Didn't the shortage develop under a republican administration?

[DRT]

I think we'll know within the first hundred days.
Already covid is a non issue. Football stadiums full with no social distancing or masks. Financial institutions sending out emails the lobbies have reopened the same day as the inauguration.
We'll see how they test the waters very soon and what kind of fight the whipped party puts up.

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[sierracharlie338]

Two years is what I’m hearing from some of the ammo manufacturers but that’s their guess.


Sierracharlie out....

[mpotts]

Originally Posted by quackerbox

so, never

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this ^^^^^^

[captainsling]

Originally Posted by JonBoy

Or 4 years before that when the first major shortage hit in 2009?

It typically takes a year or so to settle out but Covid has been the monkey wrench in all of this. Ammo shortage started long before the election

I had no problem buying ammo anywhere before Rona hit. The ammo manufacturers have been hit with Rona in the plants as well as raw materials shortages. It doesn't help that there have been 7 million new gun owners estimated this year. If each person bought 100 rounds, that's 700 million rounds of ammo that have to be added to the market in a shortage already.

[Hunting4fun]

Wait until everyone gets that 1400 dollars and buys a new gun or 2 with it. They are going to need ammo.

[JonBoy]

Originally Posted by Smart

Was Covid the wrench or the Floyd riots starting? I don't remember a drop-off early in the year until folks started getting scared during the riots.

Originally Posted by TacticalCowboy

I think it was the rona coupled with the riots.

When the first rounds of panic buying on TP started last March is when I saw folks starting to stock pile ammo

[JonBoy]

Originally Posted by panhandlehunter

If you take the flippers, hoarders and panickers out of the equation, there’s ammo on the shelf next week.

Exactly

[Hills of Texas]

I saw this coming and started casting my own projectiles. It’s not terribly expensive to start and if you reload it’s kinda fun to produce your own rounds. Not precision ammo but with some studying and trial you can get decent results.

[okrattler]

When people realize they're just as dumb for hoarding ammo as they were for buying all the toilet paper up.

[SJP51]

I'm thinking about buying one of those 30 caliber BB guns. Seriously.

[duckmanep]

Originally Posted by okrattler

When people realize they're just as dumb for hoarding ammo as they were for buying all the toilet paper up.

dumb for hoarding ammo? ammo can always be used as a form of currency. would have been pretty smart to hoard about 100k of rounds 2 years ago and sell it now.

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[sotol]

Some things don't add up. They ammo makers say they are producing more than ever; but the usual stores are not getting but a fraction of what they used to get.
I also would like to see the big stores limit it to 1 box per customer.
As a last resort quit making so many different calibers and concentrate on 3.

22lr.
30-30
300 win mag
If they would do this I would stop biatching.

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[Smart]

Originally Posted by sotol

Some things don't add up. They ammo makers say they are producing more than ever; but the usual stores are not getting but a fraction of what they used to get.
I also would like to see the big stores limit it to 1 box per customer.
As a last resort quit making so many different calibers and concentrate on 3.

22lr.
30-30
300 win mag
If they would do this I would stop biatching.

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It adds up perfectly... Big stores are selling out every shipment. Not adding 5 boxes here and 10 boxes there to an existing inventory. They are ordering the max they can and hope some of it is filled. The ammo mfgers are trying to fill max orders every day. Not some small 10-15 piece order from Mom and Pop's gun store or a normal order from the big box store during non-panic days. New shooters seems to be a big culprit....Ive seen quotes of 4-5 million of them...buying ammo...that's a lot of demand. My wife is one of them We have been shooting a lot lately trying to get her ready for her CHL. With that I have been shooting more than normal as well.. So there's two folks affected by one new shooter so you can probably add another 2 million to that 4-5 number for folks affected by new shooters. Throw in the scalpers and panic folks and its a recipe for what you see production and inventory wise.... Hopefully it tapers off soon like TP..

[AntlerCollector]

Originally Posted by panhandlehunter

if you take all the tbh’ers out of the equation, there’s ammo on the shelf next week.

fify.

[TwoHighways]

It’ll stop when people realize no major gun control legislation will actually get passed. We needed a ****storm to erupt on Inauguration Day for any chance of gun/ammo restrictions to get through Congress. People behaved themselves. If nothing occurred under Obama, I have no reason to believe anything will happen over Biden. The Democrats are just playing to their base and it’s mostly right wing paranoia/flippers/hoarders fueling the buying at this point. What cracks me up is the types that think thousands of rounds will keep them alive if SHTF, but couldn’t run a mile under 12 minutes if their life depended on it.

[okrattler]

Originally Posted by duckmanep

dumb for hoarding ammo? ammo can always be used as a form of currency. would have been pretty smart to hoard about 100k of rounds 2 years ago and sell it now.

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Dumb in the sense that people are scared. Overreacting big time. People that are buying it for the prices that some people are throwing out there are dumb. Can't really blame the people benefiting from it.

[RR 314]

Originally Posted by TwoHighways

It’ll stop when people realize no major gun control legislation will actually get passed. We needed a ****storm to erupt on Inauguration Day for any chance of gun/ammo restrictions to get through Congress. People behaved themselves. If nothing occurred under Obama, I have no reason to believe anything will happen over Biden. The Democrats are just playing to their base and it’s mostly right wing paranoia/flippers/hoarders fueling the buying at this point. What cracks me up is the types that think thousands of rounds will keep them alive if SHTF, but couldn’t run a mile under 12 minutes if their life depended on it.

I would rather have thousands of rounds of ammo over a pair of Nike's.

[Mission408]

Just ran a 9:35 mile lol hope to be sub 7 by april

[DRT]

Originally Posted by Mission408

Just ran a 9:35 mile lol hope to be sub 7 by april

Keep up the good work!

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