Ammo Shortage Coming - Letter From Brownell's

[Mark W.]

WOW BI MART must be expecting Armageddon. The Lancaster store in Salem Had so much reloading powder and Bullets that they had it stacked up on the counter trying to find room for it. One of the clerks was busting boxes as he put cases of .22 shells on the shelves to replace the stuff recently sold.

The ONLY thing I could find they were out of was small pistol primers and the guy said over the weekend they had a mini run on them that burned through their inventory. And he expects more in the next delivery from their warehouse.

Went to Wholesale Sports in Salem and they had Ammo stacked up everywhere. And the Bullet and primer shelves were packed with inventory.

 

[WoodyK]

Randomly found this thread, from early last year, while doing a search today. Brownells sure hit the nail on the head & warned their customers 9+ months in advance!! Looks like we were all warned, it was just a matter of believing them or not.

I find it interesting the debate, between forum members at the time, as to the truth of the letter from brownells... Those bashing brownells sure are eating crow now!

 

[nwbobber]

Still, there may be something to the industry themselves encouraging the fear that causes inventory to fly off their shelves faster than they can replace it. Every business mans dream, no matter what they say to the contrary. To sell without having to sell