Hoarders

Hakaman · Post by **Hakaman** » Mon May 11, 2009 5:31 pm

I stopped into Bass Pro Shop today to pick up some 243 ammo. They are "definitely" not as busy as the have been in the recent past. I get the feeling that the "ammo hoarders" have done their damage. Why buy a gun if you can't get ammo to shoot it? My question to hoarders: Why buy so much ammo that you will never use? The reason why, "selfishness". But this selfishness comes at a price: Shortage of ammo, and higher prices. I thought shooters existed in a sense of "brotherhood". Well, I'm having a hard time believing that right now. The clerk at BPS told me they got 10 boxes of 9mm in this morning, but it's all gone. He said a guy came in and asked for 2 boxes (that's all the clerk said he needed), but when he found out there was a 5 box limit, he upped his request to 5 boxes (hoarding). Let me ask, "Why not just take the 2 boxes you originally wanted??? Don't you know that other people might want to buy some too?
As I drove out of the mall complex I looked out the window and seen "Old Glory" waving in the breeze. It was a huge flag that stood out like a proud icon that it is. There was a part of me that was disappointed just the same. Disappointed that a sense of brotherhood doesn't exist like it used to. This country is the greatest country in the world, but I wonder what Abe Lincoln would think of the USA right now?
"Thomas Jefferson Haka"

bearandoldman · Post by **bearandoldman** » Mon May 11, 2009 6:23 pm

I did my bit this afternoon and threw a couple hundred rounds of that hoarded .22 ammo into a pile of dirt.

Hakaman · Post by **Hakaman** » Mon May 11, 2009 8:58 pm

Thanks OM, I knew we could count on ya!

smokey · Post by **smokey** » Wed May 13, 2009 8:32 am

bearandoldman wrote:I did my bit this afternoon and threw a couple hundred rounds of that hoarded .22 ammo into a pile of dirt.

I did my part as well and unloaded about 500 rounds yesterday through my Mark lll. I recently installed a VQ extractor and did the mag mod. I'm happy to report not a single FTE. I tryed everything. I don't thing you can make it jam now

Hakaman · Post by **Hakaman** » Wed May 13, 2009 6:05 pm

I did my part as well and unloaded about 500 rounds yesterday through my Mark lll. I recently installed a VQ extractor and did the mag mod. I'm happy to report not a single FTE. I tryed everything. I don't thing you can make it jam now Very Happy

Have you tried different types of ammo. I have yet to make that extractor upgrade, I don't seem to have much of a problem FTE?
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ps.......Now I know where all the ammo is going, to Smokey and OM!

smokey · Post by **smokey** » Wed May 13, 2009 6:19 pm

Hakaman wrote:
I did my part as well and unloaded about 500 rounds yesterday through my Mark lll. I recently installed a VQ extractor and did the mag mod. I'm happy to report not a single FTE. I tryed everything. I don't thing you can make it jam now Very Happy
Have you tried different types of ammo. I have yet to make that extractor upgrade, I don't seem to have much of a problem FTE?
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ps.......Now I know where all the ammo is going, to Smokey and OM!

I finished off my last box of Remington goldens. They also functioned perfectly except for the usual high percent of FTF.

I really don't hoard ammo. I blow it out when I can get it

Hakaman · Post by **Hakaman** » Wed May 13, 2009 6:23 pm

I finished off my last box of Remington goldens. They also functioned perfectly except for the usual high percent of FTF.

I really don't hoard ammo. I blow it out when I can get it Very Happy

Just funning with you smokey. It's funny, everybody says they have problems with remington goldens, but they work great in my Mlll?
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bearandoldman · Post by **bearandoldman** » Wed May 13, 2009 6:26 pm

You should see what some of the .22LR bulk ammo is selling for on Gunbroker, Barnum was wrong, there was more than one sucker born every day,

smokey · Post by **smokey** » Wed May 13, 2009 7:14 pm

No offense taken Hak. Maybe I haven't given the goldens a fair chance but the last ones I bought were really bad.

Oldman, I am pretty sure that people are buying ammo at Wal-Mart and reselling. That is probably why we can't find any except occasionally.

Hakaman · Post by **Hakaman** » Wed May 13, 2009 7:32 pm

Anybody care to say how much they paid for their 22lr ammo? I bought a brick (500) rds winchester super x 40gr for $25 at the club.
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smokey · Post by **smokey** » Wed May 13, 2009 7:35 pm

Hakaman wrote:Anybody care to say how much they paid for their 22lr ammo? I bought a brick (500) rds winchester super x 40gr for $25 at the club.
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The last I bought were almost $15.00 for Federal 550 Bulk.

bearandoldman · Post by **bearandoldman** » Wed May 13, 2009 8:26 pm

smokey wrote:
Hakaman wrote:Anybody care to say how much they paid for their 22lr ammo? I bought a brick (500) rds winchester super x 40gr for $25 at the club.
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The last I bought were almost $15.00 for Federal 550 Bulk.

Fed bulk at WalMart 2 weeks ago $14.28 including MI sales tax. Will try to ge out and throw some more int the dirt pile tomorrow.

Georgezilla · Post by **Georgezilla** » Wed May 13, 2009 8:45 pm

Last thing I got for .22 was Fed bulk at Academy. It was pretty old stock, cost $12.80. The box was hidden behind a lot of CCI shotshells, I was able to see a corner of the box peeking out

Everyone working there was surprised they had one.

I haven't been shooting much .22 lately. Trying to get the crimp on my .45 ammo right. Yesterday I shot 210 rounds of .45. Talk about a DIRTY gun, and dirty shooting hand... Need more crimp...