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[Mortblanc]

Back in 2008, before Barack Obama engineered the first of our "ammo shortages" by using taxpayer money to buy up huge blocks of production (would you believe our National Weather Service purchased more than 5 million rounds of 9mm), I prepared for the inevitable.

Since I shoot so many different calibers I opted to stockpile mostly reloading components that were the most versatile. Powders useful over several calibers, bullets usable in many cartridge cases, and plenty of primers. I also filled in any gaps in the bullets casting gear and bought some reloading dies that work over several caliber choices. Did you realize that you can reload .303 British and 7.62 Russian using the same dies....many other crossovers too.

Yea, I'm good for a while.

Over here we call it "buying cheap and stacking deep", which some consider silly, but it changes our perspective seriously.

While you folks do not consider an event SHTF until you see the Golden Horde coming down your lane as an overwhelming force, here we consider that a "target rich environment".

That is why we fight gun control so fervently over here, and why the liberals want is so badly. They control the "mob", but controlling the "mob" is no real advantage as long as the average person considers them simply targets to engage.

Something that has concerned me about the present shortage is that in the past it has been first all .22 ammo, then pistol calibers that disappeared, then rifle calibers, during the present "shortage" it has affected all types of ammo, including shotgun shells.

I am talking about shelves as bare as the petrol tanks of London last month, and they have remained bare ever since Biden was elected.

The 2 year buy up of ammo occurred after he took office. There was no constant shortage while the previous admin was in office. Periodic buy ups after serious rioting in the urban areas, but restocking after a week or so.

Production is going at full throttle according to the manufacturers, but as soon as they leave the assembly line they disappear, never to be seen by the consumer.

When you consider the fact that the US can produce 2.5 BILLION rounds of .22 rimfire ammo annually, and produce enough 5.56 and 7.62 NATO to fight a 20 year war and have consumer needs met at the same time a sudden shortage is nonsensical, even with a single large producer out of the count.