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My comment was to show there is plenty of ammo at my local Bimart (to address the original point of this post). I am really NOT worried about running out of ammo and components (or candy bars for that matter). I find it interesting the assumptions you make from my post, to the point of calling me out for buying ammo at the prices Bimart charges, and for only buying ammo as I use it. Not everyone's situation or choices are the same.If you are burning it as you use it I would suggest you lay some in when you can. There will be something set off another panic. They come over and over. The difference is the store always has candy bars. When yet another ammo panic does hit there will be none in the stores again and of course a LOT of people will be angry.
Are you sure it wasn't Biden? Didn't Biden star in multiple kung fu films, invent Jeet Kune Do, win the Kumite, while also working in the Pennsylvania coal mines, between curing cancer and piloting the first space shuttle mission, but after his first gold record as a blues singer from Harlem, and completing his work with Steven Seagal in the CIA?I remember a bunch of movies after Bruce Lee died, "starring Bruce Li" and different made up names that sound like Bruce Lee. Classics!
Yep sadly every time we "come back" from one of these panics it takes a LONG damn time for everything to come back. The factories are of course cranking out the top sellers first. Again sadly so few shooters ever learn. You see it in this thread with shooters saying "nothing wrong, the store has plenty, so I buy it when I need some".Back on topic. 5.56 and 9mm has been available locally, though a bit overpriced. 300blk forget about it... On line only.
Other alternative black rifle calibers? If you can find them, you better be prepared for a second mortgage on the house and sell some plasma.
Yes that stuff does suck but again, who is the "victim" here? The guy who has lived through multiple panics and refuses to do anything about it? The guy who can still order the ammo but just does not want to bother? The only ones I ever feel bad for when this happens is people who just got started. Most or the screaming and crying is done by people who should have known better and just refused to do anything to help themselves. This is a lot like the people who refuse to stay informed or bother with voting who then blame the stores when the state they live in passes yet another stupid law.Price gouging. The same 20 round box of ammo that was $20 yesterday is $40 today (or worse yet,the same day) because a governor in a neighboring state is about to sign a bill.
Price gouging. Raising prices 100% then offering a 25% off sale because of same excuses above, then trying to make it sound like they are "helping customers"...
No need to defend unnamed stores' questionable business practices by proxy. They can justify it as a "market adjustment" all they want, it's still stinks of profiteering. But you are right, it is a free market. So, don't worry, I voted with my dollars and purchased elsewhere.
I have done my best to support local businesses, but not if they are comfortable with shady practices right in front of their customers.