Hoarding AMMO-here we go again

[steelo32]

After sandyhook I went through the insanity of the ammo shortage for firearms. My shooting once a week became once every three months because you couldn't replace the ammo you shot up and if you could, the prices were 3X what they should have been even at retail sellers like Wal-mart or Cabelas. I can remember standing in line daily before work at walmart hoping they got 22 shells in or 223 rounds in.... it was a joke..... HERE WE GO AGAIN.... it's sandyhook all over again... ammuniton sold out everywhere and people hoarding more rounds they they could ever fire even in a war.....



I'm so thankful I found this hobby and PCP airguns a couple years ago... I'm not worried about folks hoarding pellets or slugs and I can continue to shoot daily.... yet another adavantage of the air gun game!!!

 

[Vetmx]

Oh guys can ruin airguns too. Don’t underestimate human nature and a pocket full of credit cards.

 

[shambozzie]

Are you kidding. Airgunners wrote the book on hoarding ammo. We put pb to shame. Me included.

 

[Sell682]

I noticed as we come close to certain competitions, specific ammo does become harder to find. .22 Redesign, .30 44 grn., .25 33gr. 

 

[guod123]

It's not hoarding if you buy efficiently buying 20 tins at discount, and free shipping. 

 

[sonny]

The reason you get a run on ammo and guns is because certain people and political ideology's in the government use any tragedy to promote and further there agenda to take our 2nd amendment (American keep right to bear arms) rights away. Hell even freedom of speech is infringed upon in this post.

 

[profsrgary]

HUH you were disadvantaged because 26 people were murdered, oh you poor thing and now now the virus is doing the same thing 

but i have pellets so i'm fine 

what the hell is wrong with you 

this is a air gun forum this post is nonsense 





to the mods take this down or throw me off this forum

I don't think the OP is insensitive to the 26 people that were killed or the coronavirus, at least that is not the message I got anyway. I think the thing is he is trying to get across is that fear causes hoarding. The fear of having guns taken to the fear of running out of toilet paper to the hand sanitizer being all bought. The virus caused the fear that caused the hoarding. Honestly I know of many guys that got into air guns during the last ammo shortage and I don't think they were insensitive. I honestly believe that he is just saying he is thankful to have airguns to pass the time. Actually, so am I.

 

[cmatera]

+1 I see nothing wrong with his post and see no reason for the mods to take it down.

 

[TNT19]

I get what he is saying, but it could have been worded a little differently as everyone can see it differently. 

 

[JimNM]

HUH you were disadvantaged because 26 people were murdered, oh you poor thing and now now the virus is doing the same thing 

but i have pellets so i'm fine 

what the hell is wrong with you 

this is a air gun forum this post is nonsense 





to the mods take this down or throw me off this forum

This is a bit harsh.

 

[Rodeo]

 

[Guest]

I have far more pellets than rounds. +1 ag hoarder.

 

[cmatera]

I get what he is saying, but it could have been worded a little differently as everyone can see it differently.

If we have to worry about someone being offended by what we post when there is nothing profane or offensive said, we would never be able to post Some people look for any reason to be offended. Grow up or go away. We finally got rid of the red ball back stabbing hidden behind keyboard girl club, now some of them are using multiple flag posts to lock users out of their accounts. Like the song says “Go away little girl”.

 

[Revoman]

HUH you were disadvantaged because 26 people were murdered, oh you poor thing and now now the virus is doing the same thing 

but i have pellets so i'm fine 

what the hell is wrong with you 

this is a air gun forum this post is nonsense 

to the mods take this down or throw me off this forum 

WHAT???!!!???? How would you ever get that from the OP? Mind boggling.

 

[sonny]

now thats funny

 

[mobilemail]

I hoard when I find a great deal, not when everybody gets panicky. I'm good for a while.

 

[Who_needs_powder]

I really appreciate this thought provoking post. It has caused me to get on Pyramyd Air and order more pellets.... NOT KIDDING! I do still have PLENTY of powder ammo in my stash, but I appreciate your concern!

 

[bandg]

One persons "hoarding" is another persons common sense and preparation.

 

[Wayne52]

I personally don't hoard pellets or slugs because I've been casting my own for quite a while now. I've been using only NOE molds with excellent results on many of their airgun molds. The last thing I stocked back up on were my 19.6 grain meplat Hunter's.

 

[ctshooter]

I'm happy to see some of the posts on the thread got cleaned up, but the initial evidence of someone getting offended is clear in the quotes. I have to agree with the others here - there was no offense taken at all by the OP with regards to what happened in Newtown, CT. And, it is likely I am more likely to get readily more offended by posts reflecting that shooting as I lived 10 minutes away from where it happened at the time. I lived the aftermath, I talked to those who lost children, I wish there was a way I could've helped - but how do you help people and a town heal from somethings like that outside of time. 

As a few mentioned everyone is just looking some reason to get offended. Seriously get a backbone and a set of balls. I'm 45 now and when I was in Little League I got a 'participation trophy'. And you know what I did - I threw it in the garbage as even at the age of 7 or 8 I knew it was complete bs. I wasn't that good and the kids who were got the trophies they earned and deserved.

I'll get off my soapbox now.

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IMO there is an ever so subtle difference between stocking up and hoarding. If you buy a bunch of ammo when there is nothing major going on in the world - it's stocking up. If you impulsively run out and buy everything you can find of an item when a major event is predicted or has just occurred - it's hoarding. 

If you don't agree with the above, then you must watch Jerry Miculek's videos, see all the shelves of ammo he has behind him and think to yourself he is a hoarder.