"The Ammo Shortage Of 2013"

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Originally Posted by DavidJayUden

Charlie:
I'm about the biggest cheerleader for capitalism around, but when the Boy Scouts can't even shoot .22 because someone buys up every round in sight, I have to feel line some imaginary line has been crossed.
Personally I hope that production increases and overtakes demand, and that these speculative capitalists loose their rear ends on this one. Seeing some of these guys with a room full of .22 that they can't even break even on would bring a smile to this face...
dju

If they were to lose on the ammo purchases, that would be capitalism at work.

Back during the panic during Clinton, I did gun shows. One table holder went thru the show and purchased all of the primers he could find. He purchased mine at $18.00 per box. (Before the panic I was selling them for $8.00 per box, so I was happy to sell all of mine to him.) He paid as high as $22.00 per box from others. So he had all of these primers and a few months later, the panic vanished. And he was selling primers at $8.00 per box. He was realistic about it as he said he took a gamble - and sometimes you win and sometimes you lose. Capitalism at work.

I had stopped doing gun shows in January 2006. But I had a number of primers left on hand (about 75 sleeves) sitting around here and there. Sold them at NGD (3 shows) for $40.00 per box (1000). Capitalism at work.