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Forte S+W · August 4, 2021, 05:29 PM

A lot of folks seem to share an irrational preconception that if a firearm chambered in a certain cartridge which is no longer popular, then demand for ammunition for it will diminish as well and therefore production of the cartridge will slow to a stop, as if everyone who already owns firearms chambered in said cartridge has lost all interest in shooting it or has somehow amassed a practically inexhaustible supply of ammunition with which to feed it.

Meanwhile, ammo manufacturers continue to produce cartridges which have long since fall out of use such as .44-40, 7.62 Mauser, 9x18 Makarov, and more. Why? Because regardless of their current status, they were once extremely popular, and therefore a large amount of firearms were made chambered in them, firearms which have current owners who at least like to shoot them occasionally, and don't possess an inexhaustible supply of ammunition.

August 4, 2021, 05:29 PM	#50
Forte S+W Senior Member Join Date: October 12, 2019 Posts: 819	A lot of folks seem to share an irrational preconception that if a firearm chambered in a certain cartridge which is no longer popular, then demand for ammunition for it will diminish as well and therefore production of the cartridge will slow to a stop, as if everyone who already owns firearms chambered in said cartridge has lost all interest in shooting it or has somehow amassed a practically inexhaustible supply of ammunition with which to feed it. Meanwhile, ammo manufacturers continue to produce cartridges which have long since fall out of use such as .44-40, 7.62 Mauser, 9x18 Makarov, and more. Why? Because regardless of their current status, they were once extremely popular, and therefore a large amount of firearms were made chambered in them, firearms which have current owners who at least like to shoot them occasionally, and don't possess an inexhaustible supply of ammunition. __________________ Conspiracy theorists are the greatest political spin-doctors of all time. Only they can make the absolute worst political blunders sound like spectacular feats of ingenuity. Last edited by Forte S+W; August 4, 2021 at 11:21 PM.