Posted: 6/14/2016 6:07:18 PM EDT
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Was surprised to see most of my favorite ammo's already out of stock. Did a quick check of stripped lowers, not that it matters much to us, but going fast. Looks like we are heading into atleast another mini (if not full blown) panic. Has CTD come out with used GI 30's for $100 yet?
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I can't imagine why anyone, esp in CT, hasn't stacked everything deep over the past 12 months.... It's a much better investment than anything I can think of. Lower than desired free cash flow and shooting too often. Bad combination. I agree, ammo is a great investment. |
| I've done OK stashing ammo, but my disposable income doesn't allow as much as I would like. I have started to acquire the last of the reloading setup I've been slowly acquiring. I just remember how every reloader couldn't get the components they wanted last time. So maybe a good time to find some powder or primers. |
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I've done OK stashing ammo, but my disposable income doesn't allow as much as I would like. I have started to acquire the last of the reloading setup I've been slowly acquiring. I just remember how every reloader couldn't get the components they wanted last time. So maybe a good time to find some powder or primers. last panic, primers were very very hard to find , brass as well. . even dies. powder got tough to find towards the end. |
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The only problem with this is; shooting a lot and stacking don't really work well together. Quoted:
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I can't imagine why anyone, esp in CT, hasn't stacked everything deep over the past 12 months.... It's a much better investment than anything I can think of. The only problem with this is; shooting a lot and stacking don't really work well together. yup. every time i fill up, i shoot it all away . i like to use my guns whenever i get the chance ( which isnt much ) last time i had some dumb malfunctions so i didnt end up blowing everything off that i had |
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yup. every time i fill up, i shoot it all away . i like to use my guns whenever i get the chance ( which isnt much ) last time i had some dumb malfunctions so i didnt end up blowing everything off that i had Quoted:
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I can't imagine why anyone, esp in CT, hasn't stacked everything deep over the past 12 months.... It's a much better investment than anything I can think of. The only problem with this is; shooting a lot and stacking don't really work well together. yup. every time i fill up, i shoot it all away . i like to use my guns whenever i get the chance ( which isnt much ) last time i had some dumb malfunctions so i didnt end up blowing everything off that i had Same here. This is my one hobby. I shoot. A lot. A real lot. I run out. I buy more. If something is hard to get, I get something else. I do keep a minimum floor that I don't go below but it's not a ton of rounds. I buy other things for investments. Ammo is not an investment unless you want to and can flip it for profit down the road. Sounds like most here just want to stack it due to current prices and availability. That's cool. But it's not an investment. Just shoot. It's much more fun than staring at ammo cans. |
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Same here. This is my one hobby. I shoot. A lot. A real lot. I run out. I buy more. If something is hard to get, I get something else. I do keep a minimum floor that I don't go below but it's not a ton of rounds. I buy other things for investments. Ammo is not an investment unless you want to and can flip it for profit down the road. Sounds like most here just want to stack it due to current prices and availability. That's cool. But it's not an investment. Just shoot. It's much more fun than staring at ammo cans. Quoted:
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I can't imagine why anyone, esp in CT, hasn't stacked everything deep over the past 12 months.... It's a much better investment than anything I can think of. The only problem with this is; shooting a lot and stacking don't really work well together. yup. every time i fill up, i shoot it all away . i like to use my guns whenever i get the chance ( which isnt much ) last time i had some dumb malfunctions so i didnt end up blowing everything off that i had Same here. This is my one hobby. I shoot. A lot. A real lot. I run out. I buy more. If something is hard to get, I get something else. I do keep a minimum floor that I don't go below but it's not a ton of rounds. I buy other things for investments. Ammo is not an investment unless you want to and can flip it for profit down the road. Sounds like most here just want to stack it due to current prices and availability. That's cool. But it's not an investment. Just shoot. It's much more fun than staring at ammo cans. i shoot very far and few between. just most of the stuff i shoot now requires reloading . i usually end up blasting everything off i have with me. |
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Same here. This is my one hobby. I shoot. A lot. A real lot. I run out. I buy more. If something is hard to get, I get something else. I do keep a minimum floor that I don't go below but it's not a ton of rounds. I buy other things for investments. Ammo is not an investment unless you want to and can flip it for profit down the road. Sounds like most here just want to stack it due to current prices and availability. That's cool. But it's not an investment. Just shoot. It's much more fun than staring at ammo cans. Quoted:
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I can't imagine why anyone, esp in CT, hasn't stacked everything deep over the past 12 months.... It's a much better investment than anything I can think of. The only problem with this is; shooting a lot and stacking don't really work well together. yup. every time i fill up, i shoot it all away . i like to use my guns whenever i get the chance ( which isnt much ) last time i had some dumb malfunctions so i didnt end up blowing everything off that i had Same here. This is my one hobby. I shoot. A lot. A real lot. I run out. I buy more. If something is hard to get, I get something else. I do keep a minimum floor that I don't go below but it's not a ton of rounds. I buy other things for investments. Ammo is not an investment unless you want to and can flip it for profit down the road. Sounds like most here just want to stack it due to current prices and availability. That's cool. But it's not an investment. Just shoot. It's much more fun than staring at ammo cans. Not true. I remember back when I think Obama first became potus when ammo went thru the roof. I read an article in the wsj about how ammo was actually the single highest roi of any investment strategy. You just can't get high on your own supply, if you will. |
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A Not true. I remember back when I think Obama first became potus when ammo went thru the roof. I read an article in the wsj about how ammo was actually the single highest roi of any investment strategy. You just can't get high on your own supply, if you will. Quoted:
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I can't imagine why anyone, esp in CT, hasn't stacked everything deep over the past 12 months.... It's a much better investment than anything I can think of. The only problem with this is; shooting a lot and stacking don't really work well together. yup. every time i fill up, i shoot it all away . i like to use my guns whenever i get the chance ( which isnt much ) last time i had some dumb malfunctions so i didnt end up blowing everything off that i had Same here. This is my one hobby. I shoot. A lot. A real lot. I run out. I buy more. If something is hard to get, I get something else. I do keep a minimum floor that I don't go below but it's not a ton of rounds. I buy other things for investments. Ammo is not an investment unless you want to and can flip it for profit down the road. Sounds like most here just want to stack it due to current prices and availability. That's cool. But it's not an investment. Just shoot. It's much more fun than staring at ammo cans. Not true. I remember back when I think Obama first became potus when ammo went thru the roof. I read an article in the wsj about how ammo was actually the single highest roi of any investment strategy. You just can't get high on your own supply, if you will. Again, it's not a rate of return of any kind unless you sell it which if I understand correctly is not what virtually anyone on this board does. Just like stocks, the prices might go up or down but you do not gain or lose money until you cash out. If you buy 1000rds for $400 and after a "panic" that case is now fetching $800, do you cash out? Well if you are a shooter, you don't because it will cost you $800 to replace it, if you even can at that point. It is only becoming expensive because of supply and demand. My bet is people here want the ammo way before the money. Therefore, to me, unless you are in it to flip, it is not an investment in the traditional sense. If you are, then yeah, up to 100% profit maybe overnight is a damn good deal. Even then it might be short sighted. If something incredibly bad does happen, you're going to wish you had ammo rather than a bag full of paper. As always, YMMV. |
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Again, it's not a rate of return of any kind unless you sell it which if I understand correctly is not what virtually anyone on this board does. Just like stocks, the prices might go up or down but you do not gain or lose money until you cash out. If you buy 1000rds for $400 and after a "panic" that case is now fetching $800, do you cash out? Well if you are a shooter, you don't because it will cost you $800 to replace it, if you even can at that point. It is only becoming expensive because of supply and demand. My bet is people here want the ammo way before the money. Therefore, to me, unless you are in it to flip, it is not an investment in the traditional sense. If you are, then yeah, up to 100% profit maybe overnight is a damn good deal. Even then it might be short sighted. If something incredibly bad does happen, you're going to wish you had ammo rather than a bag full of paper. As always, YMMV. Investments are only good if you sell. I probably wouldn't sell any of my ammo fort. Maybe I would trade calibers with someone. I don't buy ammo as an investment. I buy it to eventually shoot. I want to have enough on hand to survive another drought so that I can still go shooting. I am not panic buying. I just keep adding to my ammo and reloading supplies each month. |
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Investments are only good if you sell. I probably wouldn't sell any of my ammo fort. Maybe I would trade calibers with someone. I don't buy ammo as an investment. I buy it to eventually shoot. I want to have enough on hand to survive another drought so that I can still go shooting. I am not panic buying. I just keep adding to my ammo and reloading supplies each month. Quoted:
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Again, it's not a rate of return of any kind unless you sell it which if I understand correctly is not what virtually anyone on this board does. Just like stocks, the prices might go up or down but you do not gain or lose money until you cash out. If you buy 1000rds for $400 and after a "panic" that case is now fetching $800, do you cash out? Well if you are a shooter, you don't because it will cost you $800 to replace it, if you even can at that point. It is only becoming expensive because of supply and demand. My bet is people here want the ammo way before the money. Therefore, to me, unless you are in it to flip, it is not an investment in the traditional sense. If you are, then yeah, up to 100% profit maybe overnight is a damn good deal. Even then it might be short sighted. If something incredibly bad does happen, you're going to wish you had ammo rather than a bag full of paper. As always, YMMV. Investments are only good if you sell. I probably wouldn't sell any of my ammo fort. Maybe I would trade calibers with someone. I don't buy ammo as an investment. I buy it to eventually shoot. I want to have enough on hand to survive another drought so that I can still go shooting. I am not panic buying. I just keep adding to my ammo and reloading supplies each month. Oh I completely agree with your thoughts on us using it as an investment. I would absolutely not sell my ammo. I was just saying it could be a great investment, but yea not for me. I will stick to my stocks and shoot up all my ammo  . We are on the same page.
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| Personally the "investment" potential of stockpiling is in the remote event of a true SHTF scenario, where ammo becomes more valuable than cash and would be used as trade/barter currency. In the meantime I'll keep shooting frequently because I really enjoy it and want to stay sharp skill wise, and continue to gradually replace more than I shoot for shortages. |
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Just as a FYI, I'm somewhat in the ammo industry. I have seen things starting to tighten up behind the scenes. Manufacturers are not selling as many components, they are using them to load their own ammo. You just single handedly started the panic. Let's all buy as much as we can and then get this news to GD and get rich. |
| No panic here but what do you all use for 9mm 115gr pistol reloading and where do you get it? I have been slowly cleaning brass, depriming, and resizing 9mm for a little while now. I have a bunch of brass, some primers, and bullets. I just never moved on any powder since there is so many options. |
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If you waited till the next "mass shooting" to do your shopping, you clearly have not learned anything from the past 4 years.
I'm in a good place, while I could always have more.... I'm in no rush to run out and buy anything, plus I've got a fair stash of stuff that I could use to barter if needed. iraq_vet, just got an order of X-treme bullets, find some TiteGroup if you can (although I use it for 124/147's), it offers great bang for the buck. Primers, grab whatever you can... when you can. When it comes to brass.... I processed just about 50K (sized/deprimed/wet tumbled) this winter, and already had another 50K from the previous winter. All handgun of course, working on rifles brass now.... but the two 1050's will make sure work of that, including converting 223/300AAC. ~g |
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If you waited till the next "mass shooting" to do your shopping, you clearly have not learned anything from the past 4 years. I'm in a good place, while I could always have more.... I'm in no rush to run out and buy anything, plus I've got a fair stash of stuff that I could use to barter if needed. iraq_vet, just got an order of X-treme bullets, find some TiteGroup if you can (although I use it for 124/147's), it offers great bang for the buck. Primers, grab whatever you can... when you can. When it comes to brass.... I processed just about 50K (sized/deprimed/wet tumbled) this winter, and already had another 50K from the previous winter. All handgun of course, working on rifles brass now.... but the two 1050's will make sure work of that, including converting 223/300AAC. ~g I will go quietly and sit in the corner, I have a little over 3k in brass (about half ready to load) and 2k small primers and bullets. I will look for tite group powder, thanks for the tip. |
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I will go quietly and sit in the corner, I have a little over 3k in brass (about half ready to load) and 2k small primers and bullets. I will look for tite group powder, thanks for the tip. Quoted:
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If you waited till the next "mass shooting" to do your shopping, you clearly have not learned anything from the past 4 years. I'm in a good place, while I could always have more.... I'm in no rush to run out and buy anything, plus I've got a fair stash of stuff that I could use to barter if needed. iraq_vet, just got an order of X-treme bullets, find some TiteGroup if you can (although I use it for 124/147's), it offers great bang for the buck. Primers, grab whatever you can... when you can. When it comes to brass.... I processed just about 50K (sized/deprimed/wet tumbled) this winter, and already had another 50K from the previous winter. All handgun of course, working on rifles brass now.... but the two 1050's will make sure work of that, including converting 223/300AAC. ~g I will go quietly and sit in the corner, I have a little over 3k in brass (about half ready to load) and 2k small primers and bullets. I will look for tite group powder, thanks for the tip. +1 for xtreme bullets, that is the only place I get my projectiles from. As for powder I have always used power pistol, its good for 9mm,.40 and .45, I'm sure its good for others but I have personally used it for these applications. |
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I'm looking for Accurate 5744 and deals on 208-225gr 30 cal bullets for 300 blackout. Otherwise I'm set. I did buy a bit recently but that was because I was adding a caliber. Unfortunately, the reason I'm still decently stocked is because I haven't been able to do much shooting lately.
Should clarify. Looking locally, and only need a pound or two at most. I'm aware that it's easily available online still, I just don't need enough powder or primers at this point to justify the shipping/hazmat fees. |
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I got a decent deal on 200gr for blackout a while back. They are a bit cheaper than the 220gr and easier to find, so I went this route.
These are 500 ct SMK's http:////www.wideners.com/reloading-supplies/bullets/rifle-bullets/300-blackout-bullets?bullet_type=40&manufacturer=1860 |
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I got a decent deal on 200gr for blackout a while back. They are a bit cheaper than the 220gr and easier to find, so I went this route. These are 500 ct SMK's http:////www.wideners.com/reloading-supplies/bullets/rifle-bullets/300-blackout-bullets?bullet_type=40&manufacturer=1860 Very tempting. Thanks. I haven't been on Widener's in a while. |