The gun and ammo market has gone insane
Anybody else noticing this?
Here in Utah, ammunition is scarce. Folks are waiting for the delivery truck to arrive at my local Sportsmans Warehouse to buy up the ammo. They have no 12 guage or .45acp in the store right now. Instead of their usual 200 guns, they have 10.
The local walmart can't keep .22lr on the shelf, or 9mm, .45acp, and .40s&w.
Midway, Cheaper than Dirt, Ammoman, Sportsman Guide, and J&Gsales are mostly out of bulk ammo in all the popular calibers.
Cabelas has some bulk, prices are way up.
Some prices have tripled in the past year, or worse.
There is some bulk 7.62X39 out there, it's up 400%.
No one is accepting backorders on ammo.
These United States are out of .308 brass.
On to guns:
The shelves are empty around here. Private sales are plentiful, lot's of people hurting for cash are selling guns, but the shops can't get any for stock, what they do get goes right back out.
Even Glocks are getting harder to find.
Bushmaster has a 12-16 week at least waiting list, they're up to $1200.
Used values are going up: Norinco AK47s are going for around $600, more for Saiga shotguns and CETMEs. H&K 91s are approaching a value of 4K, early Colt ARs aren't too far behind that. Chinese SKS are going for around $400, Yugos $250.
Those have all at least doubled in the past year or two.
It's insane out there.
Me? I'm worried. I'm worried that things in general are far worse than they appear, which in itself ain't good. The gun/ammo thing isn't the disease, just a symptom.
I'm spending 6K this month on preparedness, I sincerely hope I'm overreacting
and in a few years I'll look back at this and laugh, that all my preps weren't needed and everything is just fine.
I really really do hope so, but do I think so?
Well...
I bought a one-year food supply today for $700:
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