PLEASE NOTE: So the Ammo manufacturers are saying a 12-15% increase in ammo prices. But we as consumers are seeing a 300% to 600% price increases at retailers. WTH. Someone is ripping us off. I, myself will not pay those prices rip-off prices.
More about politicians now: do you know that brass, lead, copper and pretty much everything associated with the production of ammunition has NOT gone up in price. One of the largest changes in the ammo market is the retailers: as an example; Walmart no longer sells (a relative low margin item) ammo. They seem to have a concern about being held liable (sued or so they claim?) for a "nut" buying ammo and killing another human, thus creating culpability? Hmm, maybe the left is putting big pressure on retailers selling ammo (easy to do for Google by threatening to eliminate clientele through their marketing machine and media clout)? We do know the Biden clan will do anything along those lines eliminate our 2nd Amendment rights. Did you ever think that this was part of a long term plan by the left to eliminate shooters? Raise the price so high to feed your weapons; will immediately eliminate millions of weekend/new shooters! Simple pricing gun owners out of the ammo market. Hmmm, we know these left douchebags will do anything to inflict their agenda on us and with this insidious move, they're doing it right in front of our faces! Tell your ammo retailers they are contributing the the Hypocrisy of the left by doubling ammo prices and when (or if?) things get back to normal, you will never buy from them again. We must work as a TEAM during these bad times and make sure they know: "what comes around goes around."
@@SW-dg9usSW Thank you for your reply. I have said a million times that the minute Walmart quit selling popular calibers of Ammo that the prices of ammo would go way up and that ammo availability would go down. For several reasons. One is supply and demand and another is that Walmart was committed to low prices. I felt like I was the only one talking about what the impact of Walmart not selling certain calibers of ammo would be. I feel like sometimes I am the only one speaking the truth so it is good to hear your input.
@@thelastjohnwayne Friend, you are correct and yes, Walmart is a reputation based retailer (hence their return policy) and they will not gouge the public. Yes, they are certainly reading the tea leaves about the future of ammo sales and probably were being proactive to a point, but with all of Silicon Valley behind the left's radical agenda, there will be fewer retailers selling ammo going forward and that is very bad. You have seen what Google thru Facebook did to the election, I never thought that could happen. Times are bad my friend, but Like the Japanese Commander of the Imperial Fleet after they bombed Pearl Harbor (before declaring War on the USA), he said to his generals he would not send his aircraft fleet back to Pearl as advised, to finish the American Navel fleet because: "I fear we have woken a sleeping giant."
Regarding the mad rush: We hosted fewer days of auction in 2020, but shattered our annual sales record. Are there other factors besides demand? Absolutely, but the demand was unquestionably there. It's interesting to think that the rush might not be reserved to just modern arms, but collectible arms too.
Thankyou for releasing this video so I can cook breakfast and listen to y’all 🤘🏼got my first firearm S&W M&P shield 2.0 9mm last year in December! Broke the family rules even though I do live on my own! I even changed my mom into understanding how guns are actually safe and they do not “just go off randomly”. Don’t worry I took a intro to handguns at my local gun range! Keep them videos coming! Shoutout from Texas!
Been on a budget and could only purchase so much ammo over the few years I been shooting. Now I really can't practice much. I am very grateful for what I have. You guy's are speaking truths. I hope ppl relax so the shelves can stock up. Thank you guys for the great videos.
Good for you. I have been telling everyone I know to do that for years. And sadly a lot of them thought I was paranoid. But now they are rethinking and regretting their evaluation.
@@eddiemuldoon7240 That's because a lot of people got complacent while Trump was in the White House. You can never let your guard down when dealing with the US government oligarchy.
@@thehumblepundit9790, there comes a certain point to where routine shooting is just that and you are doing it for fun. Knowing that you won't be able to replace what you shoot takes the fun out of it. It's not dumb, just the sad truth.
We all know to buy low etc. The fear is that the “crazy expensive” ammo right now may seem “cheap” in a year and we may all wish we had bought more. Most of us have bought ammo cheap but we also like to shoot and it does not take long to burn up 1000 rounds of 5.56 for example. Practice is important too. There is no easy answer but since we freaked by the crazy bills being proposed, it is hard to tell people to “just calm down and don’t buy right now.”
I don’t think this “lower demand” idea is going to work for all those people who wait for prices to go down. Enough people are still going to be buying a ton
@@spoton5981 that's what they said, if you need ammo then buy what you need but don't bulk buy the ammo at extremely high prices. The ammo prices will still be high for quite some time because they are preying on the newbies. Once the newbies have a few hundred rounds they will most likely stop panic buying crap ammo in ziplocs like crackheads for 3 times the normal price. Then prices will level out.
Stock up when you can. Food, OTC's & medical supplies, keep cash on hand, in the house not in the bank (also au & ag if you can), ammo & guns, tools, and communications.
I stopped buying firearms and made sure I was stocked up on reloading supplies a few years ago I bought a case of primers a month when they were $180 a case I still have over 1,000 lbs of lead and enough powder for 200,000 rounds. I still shoot 800 rounds a week and I'm thinking of just going once a week to the gun club and cut my shooting to 500 rounds a week. I have helped 5 of my neighbors buy thier first firearm and I am teaching 3 of them how to reload. Since I'm doing well on ammunition I will let them load 400 or so rounds for thier firearm. I have done it with the 3 that I am teaching. They can't buy supplies so they will have to wait. I'm trying to help without hurting my stock.
My dad always had emergency supplies. He was a very quite Vietnam vet. Never discussed the war. I think he saw this kind of situation coming a long, long time ago. I used to think he was crazy. When he passed away, I built on what he left me. I'm very thankful for what he gave me but especially the lesson to prepare when times are good. I look forward to buying some barley used, 2nd hand firearms in the near future.
It's also the fact that the Remington ammo factory was shuttered due to the bankruptcy. I think it was like the 3rd largest ammo plant in the country. Vista owns it now but im sure it will be a while before they get that plant up and running again
I'm just hoping to find a complete aero m4e1 upper before things get crazier. I'm so tired of seeing "notify me when this item is available/back in stock." I had no idea we had it so good before 2020.
If you get desperate, PSA has stuff coming back into stock. Didn't need another lower but I found a complete m4e1 aero lower with sba3 brace for $280 at a local gun show, and yeah it came home with me.
There were many excellent points that a lot of “newbies” and newly concerned people probably haven’t thought of which is very helpful. Very well rounded suggestions on basic preparedness that many wouldn’t think of. Good stuff y’all
It's funny when you think about it, because I know there has got to be plenty of surplus ammo from ww1 to the cold war sitting in some somebody's warehouse...
Rock on man, I been jamming out on the drums for 15 years and been playing guitar and piano for the past five.... Nothing like the feeling of creating music with a few other guys and seeing people digging you tune's.
As of today Bass Pro in my TX store still had ammo at a reasonable price. Picked up Federal American Eagle 9mm 100box for $26.99, Winchester 9mm 200 range pack for $64.99, and some Hornady Critical Duty 9mm 25box for $25.99. So reasonably priced ammo is still out there but you have to get in a line for it. The 9mm was out by the 15th person in line though. FYI for guys hitting them up early in the morning.
Explain how Cheaper Than Dirt sells a box of 50, fmj 9mm for $120.00? Why do the largest retail store distributors say “we can’t get it in”. If they can’t get it, WHERE in the sales chain , is this ammo that’s being produced, at an “increased level”, being purchased? Is the ammo being distributed at an increased level? This is the modern version of the California gold rush, the miners got ripped off by the equipment supply companies and producers of the mining tools. If you had to buy your own ammo, this video would be titled “ Something Smells”.
Times like this make me thankful that my parents took Y2K seriously. I learned a lot about self reliance and preparedness. Living through a half dozen regimes... I mean, presidents, has taught me to not stress.
Hope supply and prices go back to normal. I understand the manufacturers can't open new factories because they now the market will stabilize but I'm not sure it will. I hope PSA starts large ammo productions too, I think there's more and more gun owners and shooters so we need more supply.
Thanks guys for the pep talk, much needed as I've contemplated purchasing some high dollar ammo because I don't want to use up my stash. I just can't bring myself to do it knowing that I have thousands of rounds stored up that I bought for a fraction of what it is going for today. For instance I looked at two 50 round boxes of 115 grain 9mm ball that I bought for my stash at $8.50 per box. Today, 100 rounds of the same stuff at the local shop is $75 and I just can't bring myself to purchase something for $60 more than what I had just got it for about a year ago. Lastly, we noticed that bicycle parts were hard to come by. I was riding my bike for exercise and as I needed to replace tires and such we found that just getting a bicycle was next to impossible. There seems to have been a rush on them during lockdowns. I haven't looked lately so it may have already leveled out, but I guess a lot of people were looking to do the same as me.
You guys should have been keeping your pickle jars and salsa jars and speggitti sauce jars--- they are all reusable. They're made just like mason jars-- they have the same sealing lids. They are not quite as durable, so maybe you only get 4 or 5 reuses-- but they are so very useful.. Save ALL of your store jars and lids. They are totally reusable, I've done it.
This is one of the best videos you guys have ever made, best pandemic advice I have heard yet, it illustrates keeping a positive and intelligent mindset during the most challenging circumstances and thinking outside the box. I can't believe I am about to say this but *_thanks_* to the ammo background check fiasco here in _california_ I have not purchased a single round during the pandemic I stocked up on thousands of rounds in 2019 which put a huge financial strain on me. At that time my girlfriend who is not into guns or the politics surrounding thought I was crazy. The other day she says to me: It's a good thing *we* bought all that ammo when we did Me: Sure baby, you're a genius
Good thing about books is, if the power goes out you can still read them. Also, get candles, hurricane oil lamp or such, so you can read the book or see where you're going. As for map reading and navigating, used to plan then stick basic info on steering wheel, such as road numbers exit number etc. If on foot a good compass with a scale ruler on it to help judge distance to travel, with waterproof pencil and something to put notes on when wet.
@@2wheeleddemon999 really? Damn I remember them still being about 20 bucks prior to that. Maybe 15 but not below that lol. That shortage was around 2016 right? A little before that?
@@2wheeleddemon999 2012. It really kicked off after Sandy Hook. It seemed so stupid that benign .22 LR was less available than 5.56, 7.62, and .308 at that time.
The main cause for the increase in the cost of ammo is the increase in the price of raw materials. Lead, copper and brass are at all time highs right now. We no longer refine lead on our own soil. It's only recycled in the USA the rest has to be imported now. I always buy a few boxes of ammo every payday when times are good. When times are bad like now. I either don't buy or buy one box instead.
I love watching your old videos and slobber over all the ammo in the back ground. .223, .556, 762’s 9mm ah the good old days lol. I’m just kidding because I loaded up a long time ago and me and my buddy reloaded so many .223’s and .556’s that I’m almost ashamed. Almost I said. I miss Berry so much. I can’t imagine Eric how much you miss him. The gun slang and kitchen gunsmiths are some of my favorites. Also when you Eric meltdown those AR’s and AK’s. You are the bravest guy I have ever watched. It makes my balls draw up just watching you do that. Especially the AR that the barrel blew. God I knew you were gonna be fine because I watched all those after I had watched the newer ones and I was still shivering to watch you do it. Keep it up though. Not now the ammo would be thousands of dollars.
They have pictures of ammo. Some of them are literal scammers. Or they want to do a face to face meet, and it is a mugging- they know you can't outdraw an already drawn gun.
Yup I bought a meat slicer vs ammo, been wanting one for a few years to help with game processing. I was buying ammo like you said a little at a time in 2017 and 2018. That was also the time to buy a few lowers and let them sit around and wait for sales on parts ect.
@@MrRPM110 Texas, good place to be (minus Austin and Houston) we just pretend like they are the crazy side of the family, we don't like em, but we'll keep em around for now.
@@429supercj absolutely, y'all have a great governor. Ours seems to have lost his backbone but that's ok, we will replace him here soon. Although most everything around here has stayed opened with minor changes in hours but it's slowly going back to regular hours. With the exception of Austin, Houston and parts of Dallas, they went shutdown crazy for a while.
You're absolutely right, but begging people not to buy something in a panic has never stopped panicking people from buying stuff. It probably just exacerbates the perception of scarcity. It's like trying to explain to people running out of a burning building all the reasons they should evacuate in a calm and orderly manner. Once they start panicking and trampling each other, you can't reason with them anymore. At this point, we just have to wait for the market fundamentals to normalize. I heard someone say that the stock market is a graph of rich peoples' feelings. Well, the gun/ammo market is a graph of working peoples' feelings. And folks of all political stripes are terrified of each other right now - it's one of the few things we agree on.
Hopefully the gun and ammunition manufacturers are using some of their profits to support pro 2A groups. Come to think about it, that would be a great marketing tool. For every box of ammunition we sell we donate $1 to 2A organization or $20 for every firearm.
In many parts of the country, canning jars are out of stock. It depends where you are and what stores are near you. We have no canning jars or lids in our stores. The shelves are empty.
Luckily Magazines aren't in mega high demand. That being said, GET YOURS NOW. If shit keeps going the way it is, those 30+ round mags will become a pariah.
I’m so glad I was ahead of the curve on all this and began prepping almost a year before everything started to get bad. I even got into ham radio before it started to explode. I don’t have as much ammo as I’d like, but I have enough that I’m not crapping my pants to buy some more.
I dont buy new gun ownership for ammo shortages,how much ammo did everyone buy with your first gun? A box or two max.i find it hard to believe new gun owners are buying their first firearm and stocking up for d day at the same time? Anyone else find it odd??
If available I doubt most of them bought more than 3 boxes including self defense ammo if they were that educated on the subject. The one box was probably for the CCW test to start with that is if they were able to go for one because of C-19.
I have not purchased more than maybe five boxes of ammo since April 2020, but I do have a very ample supply of every caliber I shoot. I have practiced buying things on sale for years so, I am thankful and content to wait out the peak of the "pandemic madness." I also play my guitars now more than I shoot so I am investing in my other skills too.
Thanks for reassurance guys! I was about to make some stupid purchases, and after watching I decided to hold off. I did not need the items, just really wanted them. Big difference so will hold off and wait until things come back to normal. Boys do what they want, men do what they have to do!
Great video guys, I particularly like the focus on old School stuff like books and maps. A thought from the UK and our strict gun control, if you are granted a firearms certificate you are restricted to the rifle calibres on your certificate and restricted in the quantity of ammo you can buy for said calibre. This currently hasn’t really meant an ammo shortage as such over here, you can still find ammo (mostly euro brands like Sako, RWS, PPU etc. (US brands are obvs less available) as folks can’t legally stockpile it. Toilet rolls however are unrestricted and during our first lock down we’re as rare as rocking horse shit! Keep doing your thing guys. 👊🏻
Craigslist is great for finding jars for canning, lots of people just want to get rid of them. You have to check them over, but even throwing a few out of the pile to use in the canning pot, it can be well worth a look.
Good stuff, I do think you're a bit off target on the supply vs demand aspect. Not buying for 30 to 60 days will cause a false equilibrium in the supply chain. Retailer's have already purchased the goods at the higher prices and they won't sell them at a loss. Manufactures will slow production thinking they've caught up with demand. I would suggest not buy ammo or guns from the flippers out there.
@@joshuagibson2520 He's spot on in his assessment as it pertains to a closed market. The only way to drive down prices is through competition in the market place. That holds true for commodities as well services.
I've been working as an electrician assistant & we've been building houses left & right! Alot of up state people retired coming down south & buying land & homes, crazy times.
Been saying this for months now. Real men, talking real talk, about solving real problems. I'm tired of seeing all these guys put out RU-vid videos for their latest "ammo haul", and trying to convince folks that it's alright to buy ammo now. Keep fighting the good fight guys.
I know about supply/demand, but my local shop says no matter what is being said about ammo manufacturers ramping up production, they simply are NOT seeing any of it. The claimed massive ramp-up in production should be seen, but not here in Alabama. They are going to 3rd and 4th party vendors to get anything at all - which is still virtually nil. NOBODY can explain the 4-10 times pricing on the ammo. There's still a lot about this that I'm not understanding or believing. Added : ..and if anyone can say that the "demand" component is raising the prices, then that is simply price gouging at some point in the supply chain.
Why will no domestic ammo manufacturers start producing steel case ammo? All these AKs out there are going to be really stupid if cheap .30 cal ammo is not available. Bans on ammo imports are coming, believe it.
people in cities. my girl is from NYC and she had to adjust to living in a house with a stocked pantry and doing 2-3 weeks of shopping at once. When you can walk downstairs to the grocer it builds a habit.
Magazines are also cheap and plentiful right now. So It's a good time to buy them. I have been doing extra canning as well, because I have well over 15,000 flats, so I figure it's a good time to keep those jars filled up with stuff.
In 1975 I was 18 years old and my brother 14 . We went on a road trip to Kokomo ,Indiana , then across Wisconsin , Illinois to Minneapolis . No cell phones or GPS back then , used state road & city maps to get there . When I travelled to Atlanta , Mobile , Detroit , Port Huron , Huston , New Orleans , Milwaukee , Chicago , that was all we had back then
I got my mags... I want more guns... I need pistol got bunches of shotguns and a shit tier ar. I just wanna insure I got stuff to pass on to my son. This H.r 127 is making me very scared for our 2a future and future in general... Write your congress people or CALL THEM
Not that we don't need to make our voices heard but I don't see 127 having a chance. That being said those rats will probably try to stage some mass shooting to push it.
Also, my canning issues aren’t too bad - I’ve had issues with finding rings - and my grandmother has given me a lot of jars that she can no longer use (yes I’m dropping off some of my canned veggies to her) but she also gives me ideas from what they did in the depression - like recycle jelly jars.
Thank God I opened a recording studio two years ago. My band hasn't had a gig in ages and neither has my sound & light business. We used the time to put out a new album and I've been flooded with clients who also don't have gigs and want to get their music out. So I've been busy and doing good at the bank. But I can't find ammo anywhere.
i have 2 small tractors and i'm buying a small pto tiller attachment. lol i will be lending out or tilling for friends and family...in turn i get veggies that i don't grow, wife will can them, i also get free eggs for doing this(i dislike raising chickens)and a big discount...or even trade tractor use for beef/pork/deer.
I’m all for new gun owners, I think it’s great getting anyone into firearms and self defense. But I’ve seen some of these people buying guns today, and they are clearly anti 2a. Some of them literally have said I’ve never liked guns and still don’t but I wanna make sure I can have this if stuff gets worse. So as soon as shit gets better, they’ll be the ones cutting the barrel of their AR
No need to ban anything. Just create a false panic in which demand exceeds supply... and cause prices to soar inhibiting potential new gun purchases, akin to full-auto. Win-win for them.
I didn't buy any ammo in 2020.. probably wont buy any in 2021.. I still have an ok amount. When times are good you should buy, when times are bad you should not buy.. In 2012 this happened, in 2016 this happened, in 2020 this happened. If you wanna flipout go take a look at the bids on gunbroker lol it will leave you in Awww lol
Brick and mortar prices are rough too. Dropped by bass pro the other day and 12 gauge turkey loads were $10 per shell. Ouch! They can keep them for that.
@@ragnarragnarsson3128 the covid scare plus BLM and Antifa plus Biden..it's like lions tigers and bears oh my lol the famous quote from Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz
I love that y’all are talking about books I decided in the middle of last year i was gonna bulk up/build my library a lot of knowledge and history is getting cancelled that stuff will be worth its weight in gold soon I think
They'll find a way, believe me. They will wait until you are away from home at work or another place, and then ransack your house looking for weapons. Don't think they haven't thought of all the angles...
I would suggest to add the following to your library: EMT/Paramedic textbooks, Nursing textbooks, Merck Medical Manual, Veterinarian books, drug books, and home improvement books. 👍👍🇺🇸
Books are definitely great but you can do a lot with a tough tablet and the right stuff downloaded to it and some accessories. You can download maps, encyclopedias, guides like food, navigating, medical stuff, and so much more in a tablet. I would want a waterproof one in a real strong case. You should have have a portable solar bank too. I would keep those things in your get home bag, as well as a physical map. All resources are great.
After the ammo shortage many years ago I figured out about how much I shoot each year in every caliber. When ammo and reloading supplies came back I followed a shoot one buy two policy. I continued this until I had a four year supply of ammo and reloading components. Now when I go shooting I simply put enough cash in an envelope in the safe to cover what I shot that day. This gives me the available money to start restocking when supplies are affordable again.
Three ranges I went to yesterday: NO ammunition at the first. $40/box 9mm, .40, no .45 at the second. And $35/box 9mm limit 2 per person per day at last. No reloading components at any & 1/3 the firearms.