OT: Gunowners vrs doctors

[Webstral]

Originally Posted by waiting4something

People try to say there is a ammo shortage in the world and that is why the prices are so high.

There has been a major run on guns and ammo in the US since the current President was elected. The increase in sales is easily verified. I can't speak to a world-wide shortage, although the United States is by far the largest market for non-military firearms and ammunition.

Webstral

[pmulcahy11b]

Originally Posted by Webstral

There has been a major run on guns and ammo in the US since the current President was elected. The increase in sales is easily verified. I can't speak to a world-wide shortage, although the United States is by far the largest market for non-military firearms and ammunition.

Webstral

Ammo manufacturers in the states are now also geared more towards 5.56mm NATO and 7.62mm NATO instead of .223 and .308 -- making those calibers even more expensive. .223 is moving towards a $1 US a round pretty quickly. They want those military contracts!

[waiting4something]

Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b

Ammo manufacturers in the states are now also geared more towards 5.56mm NATO and 7.62mm NATO instead of .223 and .308 -- making those calibers even more expensive. .223 is moving towards a $1 US a round pretty quickly. They want those military contracts!

Yet, I find it hard to believe that we shoot more ammo in Iraq and Afganistan then we did in Vietnam. The 5.56mm 62 grain with the steel core penetrators are the dollar a shot ones. The 55 grain bullets can be had for around 50 cents a shot, which is still criminal. I was thinking about doing a AR in 6.8 SPC, but then I saw how much the ammo cost and said I stick with .223/5.556mm. The prices went up on ammo around 2006, they almost doubled from what they used to be. I remember when you could get some crappy Wolf ammo for under 100 bucks, now they want money for it.