AMMO shortage still plaguing industry, law enforcement, hunters, shooters, new

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Ammunition shortage continues to plague industry, impacting law enforcement, new gun owners
Around 8.4 million new gun owners registered firearms in 2020

By Peter Aitken FOXBusiness
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Firearms sales climbed during the COVID-19 pandemic, creating an ammunition shortage in the United States as manufacturers still struggle to keep up with demand.

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The ammunition shortage has impacted law enforcement agencies as well, and the lack of ammunition could also prevent new gun owners from properly learning how to handle their weapons.

"We have had a number of firearms instructors cancel their registration to our courses because their agency was short on ammo or they were unable to find ammo to purchase," said Jason Wuestenberg, executive director of the National Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors Association.

WHAT CAUSED THE GLOBAL SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP SHORTAGE?
Officer Larry Hadfield, a spokesman for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, told ABC News that his department needs to "conserve ammunition when possible."

The shortage isn’t just a recent phenomenon: Gun owners were noticing a shortage as early as March of this year. Firearms sales jumped in 2020 by over 21 million – 8.4 million of which were first time gun buyers, according to the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF).

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FILE - In this July 16, 2019, file photo, Doug Tangen, a firearms instructor at the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission, poses for a photo near a sign outside a firing range used in the state's Basic Law Enforcement Academy in Burien, Wash. Tangen says the facility has had trouble getting the supply of ammunition that they need for firearms training due to shortages blamed on the COVID-19 pandemic and record sales of firearms. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File) | AP Newsroom

Experts believe that early panic from the COVID-19 pandemic mixed with anxieties during both the riots and unrest after the murder of George Floyd and the 2020 presidential election result fueled the surge in gun sales, according to The Spokesman-Review.

FURNITURE MANUFACTURERES ARE REPORTING MAJOR SHIPPING DELAYS NATIONWIDE
That surge also meant a surge in ammunition sales, which manufacturers were not able to meet due to reduced production and import of raw materials due to lockdowns over 2020. The Remington Arms Company filed for bankruptcy in July 2020 due to years of lawsuits and loss of investors, which has further strained the manufacturing capabilities of the industry.

"When you talk about all these people buying guns, it really has an impact on people buying ammunition," NSSF spokesman Mark Oliva said. "If you look at 8.4 million gun buyers and they all want to buy one box with 50 rounds, that’s going to be 420 million rounds."


Hunting participation in 2021 climbed again despite the lack of ammunition, using up available supplies for sport, Outdoor Life reported on July 12 of this year.

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"Shooting ranges are busier than they’ve ever been," Chris Dolnack, senior vice president and chief customer officer of the NSSF, told Outdoor Life. "I think that goes to some extent to the eight to nine million new gun owners that we have, and that they’re familiarizing themselves with their firearms and seeking training."

However, Jeremy Ball, co-owner of Sharp Shooting Indoor Range & Gun Shop in Spokane, said in June that his range was still closed 21 hours a week, for which he blamed the shortage of ammunition.

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The shortage pushed manufacturers to import from overseas, with imports up 225% as the U.S. brought in supplies from Russia, South Korea, the European Union and others over the past two years.

[Dee]

With hoarding running full throttle and the country falling apart, the ammo shortage will likely get worse.

[DDZ]

I don't think we will ever see much ammo on the shelves again, unless its carrying an outrageous price tag.  Its the same with primers. the four primer companies that make primers, are fueling the ammo companies. That leaves the reloader not able to find primers.

[Graybeard]

Now that the Remington plant is back to full production the ammo shortage is mostly over. Prices however are still around double what the were prior to the plandemic.

I got an e-mail from some ammo retailer I had never even heard of until recent who had a photo of a shipment they had just gotten in from CCI. It had 1.15 million rounds of 9mm FMJ ammo in it. Just one shipment and only of 9mm FMJ ammo.

Target Sports is again sending me weekly e-mails offering case lot quantities of ammo, but again at double what they were before. It's been over a year since they had enough ammo to send out weekly e-mails offering ammo by the case lot.

Average price these days on 9mm FMJ is $24.99 per 50. Prior to the plandemic it was going for $12.99-$14.99 depending on brand and who was selling it.

I've been seeing ads and e-mails offering case lots of both .223 and .308 for a couple months or longer and I get more and more of them daily.

It's out there from normal retail outlets, not just on Gun Broker, but at double pre plandemic prices.

[ironglows]

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  Looks like the shortage may be easing...but the gouging continues..  Likely, the increasing supply, may take care of the gouging problem.

[Mule 11]

Now that the Remington plant is back to full production the ammo shortage is mostly over. Prices however are still around double what the were prior to the plandemic.

I got an e-mail from some ammo retailer I had never even heard of until recent who had a photo of a shipment they had just gotten in from CCI. It had 1.15 million rounds of 9mm FMJ ammo in it. Just one shipment and only of 9mm FMJ ammo.

Target Sports is again sending me weekly e-mails offering case lot quantities of ammo, but again at double what they were before. It's been over a year since they had enough ammo to send out weekly e-mails offering ammo by the case lot.
If folks would take a deep breath and quit buying at these prices they would drop. If folks would ignore mask mandates and lockdowns. They would go away... If folks would not tolerate any infringement upon there rights. Well. You know...

Average price these days on 9mm FMJ is $24.99 per 50. Prior to the plandemic it was going for $12.99-$14.99 depending on brand and who was selling it.

I've been seeing ads and e-mails offering case lots of both .223 and .308 for a couple months or longer and I get more and more of them daily.

It's out there from normal retail outlets, not just on Gun Broker, but at double pre plandemic prices.

[Ranger99]

With hoarding running full throttle and the country falling apart, the ammo shortage will likely get worse.

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I had a discussion about loading components,
and I made a few people mad about paying
grossly inflated prices for supplies,  then
they top it off with stating how many rounds
they shoot and now they're out of ammo and
supplies to load any more, and will pay
whatever they have to pay to get more
supplies, and intend on shooting until all
that is exhausted, and repeating the process.

Well ok. . .
It's a free country ( for the time being)



I've been running into a similar situation
the last few years of people I know
that exhaust their supply of hunting ammo
and will have to scramble to find a few
suitable rounds to use come hunting season

[Lloyd Smale]

rocky mountain bullets has sent me emails about daily about back in stock bullets. Im pretty much flush on ammo. I dont know if youd call it hording because 95 percent of it is handloaded stuff that ive been adding to for the last 10 years. I wont get caught short again. In my opinion after all the shortages in the last 10 years you should have known better if you did. I can see being caught without a good supply of blasting ammo but most of us are gun guys and if you have a gun and no ammo for it your priority's were off. Im effected too. I use to go out 2 or 3 times a week in the summer and shoot up  a couple hundred rounds. Now its more like once a week or even every other week. I figured what I have in ammo and components even if i can never buy anything to replace it and id can do this till im dead. Hunting ammo? I could kill a hundred deer a year for 20 years and even then i have components to probably do twice that. If your really hurting send me a pm and i can probably help you with something to protect your family or to get through this deer season but i chuckle at local guys that hit me up for blasting ammo. Only ones ill do that for are the local sheriffs dept.