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My buddy and I experienced the same thing at Cabela's just after the election, there was a line up of people by the shelves of ammo. We asked a clerk what was going on and he replied: they are club members waiting to get ammo-but there probably won't be any available"Consider this. That last hoard/shortage came about due to the "Sandy Hook" massacre. The one before that (which I wasn't in on), was Obama's gun control threats. Manufacturers were being blasted for not stepping up production, new, mo' betta' machinery and manufacturing capabilities. As I remember, manufacturers weren't going to put a bunch of money into upgrading/expanding because when things settled down, demand would subside. They would be left with a bunch of unneeded/unused , equipment.
All the new gun owners and reloaders. Are manufacturers expanding capabilities this time? If not, the pipe-line ain't going to fill for a long long time.
On a separate note. We had been in Tigard for a dental appointment yesterday. We thought we'd head to Cabela's and see about some deals, and let wifey get me a shirt I wanted for Christmas. We were there about 15 m before opening and there were six guys standing waiting. We walked up 2 m before open, there ended up being about 15 people by the time the doors opened. Pretty funny watching every person go in, and beeline (I mean quick-walking, moving in and out through the aisles) straight for the gun stuff. Once we got back there everyone was just standing. Because there was nothing! Like opening the barn and all the dumbass cows rush to the troughs, and just stand there. Surreal.