I’m trying to be optimistic. I’ve seen the power of the industrial machine. There is money to be made!! It feels like companies are figuring how to protect their employees from COVID. They are certainly going to add shifts and expand. Employees seem hard to find, at least around where I live. This, however, is driving wages up (don‘t need no stinkin’ gov mandate....just make good jobs plentiful). Companies will look for efficiencies and make capital improvements. They’d be foolish not to try and capture as much of this money as quick as they can. A bird in the hand.......
The store or just dicks in general?
Both
I went to the lgs that I use alot and have bought several tools and safe but I can get just one box, so I bought one and a Springfield magazine for my M1A at 20.00 less then if I bought it from Springfield. May go back and get another one
I’m trying to be optimistic. I’ve seen the power of the industrial machine. There is money to be made!! It feels like companies are figuring how to protect their employees from COVID. They are certainly going to add shifts and expand. Employees seem hard to find, at least around where I live. This, however, is driving wages up (don‘t need no stinkin’ gov mandate....just make good jobs plentiful). Companies will look for efficiencies and make capital improvements. They’d be foolish not to try and capture as much of this money as quick as they can. A bird in the hand.......
Look how quick industry got ventilators and vaccines produced. History did not provide confidence that what was done, could actually have been done. We will be pleasantly surprised......eventually.
Anecdotally, it does feel like I’m seeing more ammo available more often than just a few months ago.
I check Bulk Ammo almost daily as my litmus test to the industry (might be a flawed metric). They went from no 9mm items available to steel case to 1 steel and 1 brass to several brass to about 8 or 9 items consistently in for a few weeks. Was able to buy several hundred 223 rds at $.90/rd....ouch.....but better then OOS several weeks prior....actually had a few places to feel that pain from. IMO the situation will improve exponentially.
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Say it often enough to enough people and you’ll believe it and be able to sleep.
Do we have lead smelters in the U.S. anymore? I thought that all went overseas. From my conversations with some ammo manufacturers it's the primers that are holding everything up.
I hear ya. I agree. Many product streams have limitations. I'm just being optimistic that everyone in this unique supply chain is in it, mostly, for the money. I have to believe they are going to move heaven and earth to make more money, faster. I doubt they used to run full 24/7 operations. That's the first step. With that comes efficiencies to increase throughput, that might not have been needed as badly before. Each step of the process will have to improve and they will. Improvements will add sales and dollars to the coffers, allowing capital investments. That's why I think recovery will appear exponential. To continue with cliches, money talks and bull$h!t walks. THEN, we'll have a ton of capacity chasing a dwindling demand (eventually) and prices will be better than before.
