Ammo contracts are public record
Until someone can show me an actual contract as published in the Federal Register, I am going to continue chalking those stories as fanciful BS.
The DOD buys a paltry amount of the stuff for rifle teams, ROTC training, and the like. But that is a tiny drop in the bucket compared to the civilian market. Billions of rounds sitting in a warehouse in the same fashion that the government stockpiles canned chicken? There would be a public paper trail on that.
Another data point: back during the worst of the ammo shortage, the pistol round that Fed agencies buy the most of, 40 Smith, was also the easiest to find in my area. Believe what you want.
Complete thread:
- Speaking of high ammo volumes... -
Hoot,
2016-11-14, 13:49
- Interesting...can you share which company? NT -
Bryan,
2016-11-14, 14:19
- I'd rather not say so publically Bryan. - Hoot, 2016-11-15, 06:30
- So the question is -
BC,
2016-11-14, 14:28
- Well, there's a difference between buying and shooting. NT -
Bryan,
2016-11-14, 14:52
- That's the long and the short of it right there..... - Otony, 2016-11-14, 18:56
- I'm guessing all of the above, plus -
bj,
2016-11-14, 19:44
- playing with numbers -
bj,
2016-11-14, 20:11
- Supply/demand - Hoot, 2016-11-15, 07:01
- playing with numbers -
Jared,
2016-11-15, 14:25
- Yep. - Hobie, 2016-11-15, 17:47
- playing with numbers -
bj,
2016-11-14, 20:11
- Hoarders and Scalpers... -
Sarge,
2016-11-14, 20:44
- Hoarders and Scalpers... -
Slow Hand,
2016-11-15, 04:33
- I agree on Gsnder gun prices -
stonewalrus,
2016-11-15, 05:33
- I agree on Gsnder gun prices - Slow Hand, 2016-11-15, 11:16
- I agree on Gsnder gun prices -
stonewalrus,
2016-11-15, 05:33
- A clarification.... - Sarge, 2016-11-15, 18:53
- Hoarders and Scalpers... -
Slow Hand,
2016-11-15, 04:33
- The agency hoarding piece doesn't make sense to me... - Bryan, 2016-11-14, 21:09
- Well, there's a difference between buying and shooting. NT -
Bryan,
2016-11-14, 14:52
- Speaking of high ammo volumes... - Cherokee, 2016-11-14, 16:14
- Speaking of high ammo volumes... -
bmize,
2016-11-15, 17:05
- I'm honestly curious about the govt subject... -
Bryan,
2016-11-16, 08:23
- Ammo contracts are public record -
mcassill,
2016-11-16, 10:21
- That's how I feel about it. NT - Bryan, 2016-11-16, 10:45
- Target ammo? -
Hobie,
2016-11-16, 21:49
- Thanks. NT - Bryan, 2016-11-16, 21:57
- Ammo contracts are public record -
mcassill,
2016-11-16, 10:21
- I'm honestly curious about the govt subject... -
Bryan,
2016-11-16, 08:23
- So thats 18 tons of lead a day swaged into .22 bullets. nm -
ERSisk,
2016-11-15, 19:59
- I think there's a Tennessee Ernie Ford song in there... - Sarge, 2016-11-15, 21:37
- Interesting...can you share which company? NT -
Bryan,
2016-11-14, 14:19