Originally Posted by
Grand58742
Nah, they don't really give a damn. IF this calms down at all after the election, they'll sell it at a loss because they "don't need it anymore, eww, icky" and they'll be right back to protesting for gun control and arguing with other gun owners about "reasonable restrictions." F*** em. It's just temporary fear motivation.
Remember, it's highly likely that ALL these types of people have known at least one "crazy" friend or relative who's a "gun nut" for well over the last 5+ years...
Originally Posted by
signal4l
Cheaper Than Dirt just sent out an email indicating they've got ammo, mags in stock
Tula 223 20 rounds $11.79
S&B 5.56 20 rounds $24.89
I'm a fan of capitalism but this is ridiculous.
I can't wait till they bless us with $99 Pmags.
I haven't bought anything from them since their 2013 shenanigans and never will, unless they actually ever had pricing that lived up to their name.
Originally Posted by
Pappabear
Bottom line, rarely do we feel we have enough. But if you have a few thousand of your known calibers your GTG IMHO. If your in a firefight that last 500 rounds your proably fcked anyway. Probably less. But we all hord like crazy, its just part of the game I guesss. I have way more than I need and I'm buying bullets and powder like there aint no manana.
PB
Depends on what sort of fight it is...
You gotta remember, as the number of guns you can bring to bear goes down, and the number of opponents goes up, the rate of fire must rise to compensate, therefore ammo expenditure per person rises accordingly...
Of course, sure, your survival percentage also drops accordingly, but regardless, you could burn through your first few mags real quick just 'getting off the X' in the right (and IMHO, increasingly not that unlikely) situation.
That being said, I also read somewhere a few years back that the average expenditure of ammunition for your average GWOT soldier in a low-intensity-conflict area was about 2k rounds per year. So... take that with the grain of sand implied, and scale accordingly.
Originally Posted by
Nightvisionary
Which begs the question. Why become a collector now?
Sounds like a question for the 2.5 mil newbies who just rushed out to buy guns in the last few months, not the forumites here...
"Once we get some iron in our souls, we'll get some iron in our hands..."
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