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B.L.E. · March 18, 2013, 08:55 PM

I think some of the ammo shortage is due to the number of new guns sold, you own a new toy, guess what, you want to play with it. It's not all hoarding, some of it's simply due to a lot of people with new guns shooting them at the gun range.
Once a shortage occurs, then the hoarding starts and the shortage sort of takes on a life of its own, like an old fashioned run on a bank or a stock market selling panic.

I know that at the local indoor range, it's hard to get a parking space and there's usually a wait for an available shooting lane.

March 18, 2013, 08:55 PM	#35
B.L.E. Senior Member Join Date: December 20, 2008 Location: Somewhere on the Southern shore of Lake Travis, TX Posts: 2,603	I think some of the ammo shortage is due to the number of new guns sold, you own a new toy, guess what, you want to play with it. It's not all hoarding, some of it's simply due to a lot of people with new guns shooting them at the gun range. Once a shortage occurs, then the hoarding starts and the shortage sort of takes on a life of its own, like an old fashioned run on a bank or a stock market selling panic. I know that at the local indoor range, it's hard to get a parking space and there's usually a wait for an available shooting lane.