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I was in Academy last night picking up some stuff for my grandsons Karate classes and the store manager and I were talking ammo prices. He said to expect some price increases around September. Something about the annual shutdown to do maintenance and other projects. What do you folks think? ****************************************************W5SCM "We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution" - Abraham Lincoln "I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go" - Abraham Lincoln | ||
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Drill Here, Drill Now |
If it's an annual shutdown, why would pricing be any different in Fall 2023 than it was in Fall 2022? Remington Ammo was purchased by Vista Outdoor which owns Federal, CCI, and Speer. I'd imagine Vista would stagger planned maintenance between the plants: Ego is the anesthesia that deadens the pain of stupidity DISCLAIMER: These are the author's own personal views and do not represent the views of the author's employer. | |||
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Guy has absolutely no clue what he is talking about. | |||
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For real? |
Yeah, no clue. I have 30k rounds of mostly various 9mm on order with Winchester from October. I got nothing yet. Last month, I ordered 25k rounds of 9mm from Federal/Speer and they told me 12+ month wait because they are so back logged. Not minority enough! | |||
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| Back, and to the left  |
He's a salesman trying to create an urgency to 'buy now'. Seems pretty cut and dried. | |||
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Frangas non Flectes |
Yup. Typical gun store counter jockey making shit up. I had a manager at Surplus Arms & Ammo tell me he hated Trump because they made more money under Obama than any time in the history of the business and it all came to screeching halt in November of 2016, and it shocked me, but it shouldn't have. The panic buying and pricing is terrible for the rest of us, but fantastic for people in retail. ______________________________________________ “There are plenty of good reasons for fighting, but no good reason ever to hate without reservation, to imagine that God Almighty Himself hates with you, too.” | |||
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Fighting the good fight |
Wait, so you're telling me you heard an employee at a gun counter making bullshit baseless statements?  | |||
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semi-reformed sailor |
They make ammo by the warehouse. For example, when making 9mm they will fill, say, three warehouses, then re-tool for say, 38, and based on prior use, they may only make one warehouse full of it. Then they change calibers again. The ammo in the warehouse is sold throughout the year until it is time for them to make a run of 9mm again. During the Covid stupidity, manufacturers focused on most popular calibers and let others run dry not making obscure calibers. And they still couldn’t keep up with demand. Your guy has no idea of what he is taking about. "Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor.” Robert A. Heinlein “You may beat me, but you will never win.” sigmonkey-2020 “A single round of buckshot to the torso almost always results in an immediate change of behavior.” Chris Baker | |||
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| Little ray of sunshine  |
Wait - is Remington the only maker of ammo in the world? The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. | |||
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Hell, they're not even the only maker of ammo in Arkansas.  Remington ammo is made in Lonoke, AR. Sig ammo is made in Jacksonville, AR. Fiocchi ammo is made in Little Rock, AR. | |||
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