Hornady chimes in re ammo

[Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 971]

No conspiracy...

 

[Dubious Don #56333 205]

LOL, he's only copying Jason Vanderbrink over at Federal.

[Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 971]

They are probably all hearing from the same crowd....

[Pat Riot, SASS #13748 25,825]

I am glad they are making these videos. So sick and tired  of the conspiracy theories, rumors and gossip.

[irish ike, SASS #43615 1,255]

conspiracy theories, rumors and gossip = "I didn't learn from the last shortage and didn't stockpile at least a years worth of supplies".

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[bgavin 1,611]

There is an endless supply of tin foil in Aisle #4.. so I doubt the conspiracy theories will go away any time soon.

Those ammo factory employees who are all butt hurt over this, need an attitude adjustment.
They most certainly are not working at the risk and stress level of COVID nurses.

Ammo employees are most likely working at overtime rates, and putting in some serious hours.
This means they have solid earnings, their truck has not be repossessed nor their house lost to a short sale.
Their bills are getting paid, their families have food on the table and the utilities are working in their homes.

The ammo companies are not running at a loss, either.
Overtime labor rates are added to the prices they charge for their products.
They sell everything they can manufacture.
The retail prices we see today area a combination of Market Economics 101, and Price Gouging Supply and Demand.

[Chili Ron 996]

Howdy,

I should be buying stock in ammo companies.

Not ammo.

Best

CR

 

[Utah Bob #35998 16,317]

The blame lies solely on the fools who have been gobbling up ammo in  preparation for the covidzombie apocalypse or their desired New Civil War.

Morons.

[Sixgun Sheridan 4,441]

17 minutes ago, bgavin said:

There is an endless supply of tin foil in Aisle #4.. so I doubt the conspiracy theories will go away any time soon.

Those ammo factory employees who are all butt hurt over this, need an attitude adjustment.
They most certainly are not working at the risk and stress level of COVID nurses.

Ammo employees are most likely working at overtime rates, and putting in some serious hours.
This means they have solid earnings, their truck has not be repossessed nor their house lost to a short sale.
Their bills are getting paid, their families have food on the table and the utilities are working in their homes.

The ammo companies are not running at a loss, either.
Overtime labor rates are added to the prices they charge for their products.
They sell everything they can manufacture.
The retail prices we see today area a combination of Market Economics 101, and Price Gouging Supply and Demand.

 

That is true, but according to the CEO of Federal they've actually been getting threats which definitely is not cool.

[Chantry 1,351]

 It's not very complicated and there is no need for conspiracy theories:
1. Covid came along and disrupted production of ammo and the related raw materials both domestically and overseas.
2. A significant number of new shooters buying guns and ammo.
3. Rioting and violence in a number of major U.S. cities with the local government placing restrictions on how the police were allowed to respond.
4. A presidential election year with the Democratic candidate being historically anti-gun and the Republican candidate being nominally pro-gun, which always drives gun & ammo sales up.
5. Contractual agreements with the military and law enforcement to produce enough ammo to meet their needs.
6. The lack of foreign made ammo and other components to make up for domestic shortfalls in ammo and component production.

Edited December 22, 2020 by Chantry

[Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 971]

1 hour ago, bgavin said:

Ammo employees are most likely working at overtime rates, and putting in some serious hours.
This means they have solid earnings, their truck has not be repossessed nor their house lost to a short sale.
Their bills are getting paid, their families have food on the table and the utilities are working in their homes.

 

But none of this has anything to do with the reasons why there is a 'shortage'. Indeed, it just reinforces the fact that the manufacturers are going full blast, which is the point.

[Sixgun Sheridan 4,441]

They've been going full blast since at least the summer, and yet they STILL can't keep up. That tells you how much we're all buying up... even at crazy prices.

[Rye Miles #13621 6,846]

Thanks for putting that up! Makes me feel a little better. Of course I really only buy Hornandy ammo for self defense, I have a box of 20 in 9mm, plus two magazines full of Critical Defense and one box of .45 acp Critical defense plus two magazines full also.

[Sixgun Sheridan 4,441]

1 hour ago, Rye Miles #13621 said:

Thanks for putting that up! Makes me feel a little better. Of course I really only buy Hornandy ammo for self defense, I have a box of 20 in 9mm, plus two magazines full of Critical Defense and one box of .45 acp Critical defense plus two magazines full also.

 

Same here. I like their defense ammo but they have nothing in the way of cheap range ammo.

[sassnetguy50 355]

1 hour ago, Rye Miles #13621 said:

Thanks for putting that up! Makes me feel a little better. Of course I really only buy Hornandy ammo for self defense, I have a box of 20 in 9mm, plus two magazines full of Critical Defense and one box of .45 acp Critical defense plus two magazines full also.

They have some good varmint rounds too.

[StirrupTrouble 573]

I have friends that work there, and I can tell you that the stories about the ammo companies getting threats is most certainly true. PD goes there at shift change just to ward off any numbskulls who want to try something. My friends inside Hornady have told me that despite running 24x7, if they stopped taking orders today, they could run like this for two years before they caught up

 

Another thing to bear in mind is the extra demand from adding 7 Million+ gun owners in the last 9 months. If each of them only bought 4 boxes of ammo in the last 9 months, that is an increase in demand of 1.4 Billion rounds of ammo without throwing in an election, a pandemic, and social unrest/riots.

[Still hand Bill 117]

I assume it is much like the ar shortage in 2012.  Dealers can’t get any so they order more and there are huge numbers of orders on the books.  They said years worth.  Wasn’t true.  Once demand slacked a little they were plentiful again.  Didn’t take years.   Provided politics doesn’t continue to drive the demand, it will recover quickly.  If politics keeps demand high it could be years. 

[Michigan Slim 7,995]

4 hours ago, Rye Miles #13621 said:

Thanks for putting that up! Makes me feel a little better. Of course I really only buy Hornandy ammo for self defense, I have a box of 20 in 9mm, plus two magazines full of Critical Defense and one box of .45 acp Critical defense plus two magazines full also.

Kaya and I use their XTP bullets in .44 mag for hunting the interlocks in her .243. Very impressed with both. She also carries the XTP in her 1911. Feeds very well.

[Joke 'um 1,106]

7 hours ago, bgavin said:

There is an endless supply of tin foil in Aisle #4.. so I doubt the conspiracy theories will go away any time soon.

Mmmmm..  Maybe its time to start a little aluminum foil hording.  Sounds like nobody's thought of that yet.  After inauguration day the price will go through the roof!

[Utah Bob #35998 16,317]

6 hours ago, Sixgun Sheridan said:

They've been going full blast since at least the summer, and yet they STILL can't keep up. That tells you how much we're all buying up... even at crazy prices.

Whatcha mean we?

[Utah Bob #35998 16,317]

I ordered 500 125gr .38 RNL from Penn Bullets in August. They came in last week.  August!

[Still hand Bill 117]

7 minutes ago, Utah Bob #35998 said:

I ordered 500 125gr .38 RNL from Penn Bullets in August. They came in last week.  August!

they must have just run .38’s.  I got 70 lbs last week and ordered in November.  

[bgavin 1,611]

3 hours ago, Michigan Slim said:

Kaya and I use their XTP bullets in .44 mag for hunting the interlocks in her .243. Very impressed with both. She also carries the XTP in her 1911. Feeds very well.

Those XTP are scarce.. as in "nowhere" right now... same as Starline brass and H4895 powder.
I have 'em all on my Midway wish-list, that I check 2x daily.

[Ozark Huckleberry 997]

"The stuff that goes out today was literally put in a box yesterday." 

 

-- You mean, you let it sit ALL NIGHT LONG? Get that stuff on a truck, buddy!

 

"I can promise you, there is no government conspiracy. . . . "

 

-- That makes me feel better, because I know that if there was a government conspiracy, you'd say so.

 

 

 

I'M JOKING, PEOPLE!

[Dantankerous 4,460]

No government conspiracy yet...

 

I heard a guy say on the internet, a guy who knows, that after January 20 any ammo in your possession not microstamped will be a fine and prison time. Per round! Oh, and THEY will know where all this contraband  is 'cause for years every round has been chipped with a micro GPS device.

 

So there. 

Edited December 23, 2020 by Dantankerous

[Rye Miles #13621 6,846]

1 hour ago, Dantankerous said:

No government conspiracy yet...

 

I heard a guy say on the internet, a guy who knows, that after January 20 any ammo in your possession not microstamped will be a fine and prison time. Per round! Oh, and THEY will know where all this contraband  is 'cause for years every round has been chipped with a micro GPS device.

 

So there. 

Well if it was on the internet it MUST BE TRUE!! Okay now I'm worried!

NOT!

[Michigan Slim 7,995]

10 hours ago, bgavin said:

Those XTP are scarce.. as in "nowhere" right now... same as Starline brass and H4895 powder.
I have 'em all on my Midway wish-list, that I check 2x daily.

When I find what I like I stock high and deep. Kaya's children will have those bullets.

[bgavin 1,611]

Yep. 
I'm well stocked in 243, 38SP, 357, 12-ga ammo.
 .358 and .430 lead bullets, #7.5 shot, wads, brass, powder and primers for same.
Minimal stock in 44SP, 30-06 ammo, .308 bullets
No 44 mag ammo at all.
 

[Utah Bob #35998 16,317]

3 hours ago, Dantankerous said:

No government conspiracy yet...

 

I heard a guy say on the internet, a guy who knows, that after January 20 any ammo in your possession not microstamped will be a fine and prison time. Per round! Oh, and THEY will know where all this contraband  is 'cause for years every round has been chipped with a micro GPS device.

 

So there. 

Must be the husband of the lady who told me that they'll inject a tracking device in you along with the Covid vaccine. Like they do in dogs, ya know?

Edited December 23, 2020 by Utah Bob #35998

[irish ike, SASS #43615 1,255]

My years worth of ammo, primers are in the living room!