The evolution of Americans panic hoarding during the COVID-19 pandemic has ultimately led to the stocking up on guns and ammo.
Gun shop owners report while there are no weapon shortages yet, a run on ammo has undoubtedly been seen across the country.
We first documented the run on guns and ammo in mid-March, identifying shops across many states with long lines of patrons, waiting to get their hands on AR-15s, shotguns, and handguns, along with the ammo for each respective weapon.
Rockland County NY 15 miles north of NYC . Nicknamed “Copland” because 2k NYPD officers reside. Line out the door of the local gun shop today. Hey Rick these are the people you and your colleagues were mocking on @CNN. Big mistake laughing at those u will depend on for safety pic.twitter.com/LsXdJYuNxD
— Pete (@pd21590) March 21, 2020
Huge line outside gun shop.
Oh, everything is FIIIINE.#LALockdown pic.twitter.com/K2jTJA8CUs— Joe Lynch (@TheJoeLynch) March 16, 2020
Then we noted in early April how social unrest was developing in several states, as Americans were panic searching “buy ammo” to a degree never before seen on the internet.
In this piece, we’re going to focus on 9mm ammo specifically, and judging by internet search trends, Americans in every state are panic searching “9mm ammo” because local gun stores have limited supplies. Notice the interest over time, hitting a record high last month.
But why focus on 9mm? Well, because gun experts will say, besides a shotgun, a handgun chambering a 9mm round is an excellent self-defense round to defend your family and or yourself in emergencies.
This leads us to several ammo websites that are showing specific types of 9mm rounds are “sold out” or “on backorder:”
Sportsman’s Guide
Foundry Outdoors
Outdoor Limited
Ammo Board
Target Sport USA
White Birch Armory
Acute Firarms
Freedom Munitions
A crashed economy, tens of millions of Americans out of work, quarantines still in effect, massive food bank lines, health care systems overwhelmed, and social unrest unfolding across the country – many people are loading up on weapons and ammo because the country is descending into chaos.
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10mm shits on 9.
In a true SHTF situation you will have no more 10mm than whatever you have on hand. You won’t be able to scrounge it and probably not a huge number reloading it yet.
Keep thinking that.
As far as reloading you do realize the 10 mm and 40 cal. are the same bullet just different casing and powder load size.
Got Level 4 body armor with plates? Some of us do.
It shits on your 10.
Now STFU or post something more useful.
10mm is for rich snobs who are more concerned with their image than actually hitting anything.
Years ago when 10mm Auto came out I considered getting one. It was a sexy cartridge but only one barely affordable pistol was available, and that was the Colt Delta Elite. The 10mm cartridge had the same specs as the old .41 Magnum and the Colt pistol frame wasn’t stout enough to handle it. I found out the recoil was a real pisser, the frame would suffer cracks, and the spent brass could fly back in your face. Rounds like that are better off in a revolver or carbine.
One of my friends owned a .45 Colt Commander and he was using hot CCI Blazer ammo in it. The action cycled hard and one spent casemouth hit me between the eyebrows with enough force to cut and bleed me.
No one really wants to use guns and mismatched ammo that beats you up like that.
I usually agree with most of your posts, but I don’t agree with you on this, I’ve owned a 10 mm for almost 28 years and it’s the most accurate pistol I’ve ever fired and I’ve never been mistaken for being rich or a snob.
Glad I bought a .45…….
Ironically – I was a man on a mission thinning the herd – sold the last .45 I owned in January. Still had all the factory .45 ammo and reloading components to make more as I had yet to sell them. Couple weeks ago I decided I better leverage my extra .45 ammo and reloading items and bought another .45. Sigh, its all in the timing…
The middle of a pandemic is the wrong time to buy guns and ammo. There were some bang-up (pun intended) deals on black Friday. Many got caught without .22LR after Sandyhoax and it took forever for supplies to catch up with demand.
Ruger Mark IV in .22LR. It’s an outstanding cheap sleeper gun many overlook.
Good accurate short range gun for some apps, even better with threaded barrel and suppressor for animals and sentries.
Good deer pistol too… or so I’ve heard.
Just between you and me, I used to work with a guy who despised beef.
He was notoriously cheap, religiously biased, and had a tendency to poach deer out of season on his rented private property. It CAN be done if you’re patient, familiar with tracking, scent control, and get good shot placement in the heart and lungs.
His trick was a tree stand right over deer trails and runs, shooting downward with a compound bow and razor broadheads.
Or, any Ruger Mark. Mine is from 1974 before they started putting numbers on them. Great gun and super dependable. Pain in the butt to break down and clean but worth the effort.
People need to think about buying a lifetime supply of whatever ammo they prefer as soon as reasonably possible. It will be the main choke point for crushing the 2A. DHS and all kinds of non-direct military organizations like fish and wildlife in the US have stockpiled Billions of rounds. They prefer to purchase hollow point rounds for their handguns, which is startling when you think about it.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamandrzejewski/2017/10/20/why-are-federal-bureaucrats-buying-guns-and-ammo-158-million-spent-by-non-military-agencies/#77f116bf64a1
Or maybe people are beginning to realize that taking care of yourself and loved ones is really up to themselves. Unfortunately, in a lot of places the realization is coming a little late.
The people were told that they are going to need ventilators. So people went out and bought ventilators. The original ventilators.
I would think that anybody worried enough about ammo to freak out like this, should already have a reload kit and all the fixin’s. A self-sufficient garden for the gun, so to speak.
Yep, cranked out 100 .357 125g JHP this weekend. Got components for the rest of my life now with the ranges closed for practice…
Rule Three-Zero-Three.
People laughed at the idea of letting pre-trial and non-violent convicts out in March.
Now they are out murdering and surely most of it is going un-reported;
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/florida-man-commits-murder-after-released-from-jail-due-to-covid-19-concerns-82074693612
The Reds and Dems must love this.
223/5.56 and 7.62×39 look to have increased around $100 per 1,000 from a couple of months ago. Plain Jane 9mm is up a good 25%. This time last year all the dealers were choking on inventory. Best prices in years. Three months ago even .22’s were cheap and plentiful.
I hear you.
I say diversify your ownership of firearm calibers. It’s reasonable insurance, just like backstopping your savings with metals ownership. There are plenty of choices out there with 9mm being one of the most prolific. Any defensive ammo plus hardware is better than nothing at all.
I have a feeling the idiots who were hoarding TP after the fact are the same grasshoppers searching for ammo stocks now SHTF. They should’ve had G&A long before this like many of us have had for YEARS.
Most people will find the best flexibility with handgun, MILSPEC carbine or PCC, and shotgun depending on need.
If you have guns, you need ammo but don’t stop there. If you can hack it, think defensively and get kevlar with plates. With a good MOLLE loadout it can put your survivability ahead of the cops, on par with some grunts, and way ahead of the typical untrained shitbird.
Yea buddy!
I was lifetime back stocked in G & A, gear and mags, brown and green ghillie mid-way through the Petulant One’s second betrayal term.
Had a rule, every time I shot I bought more then I used, kept the ammo supply always expanding.
Finally broke down and bought a two piece Gore-Tex cameo outfit as it looks like sooner rather than later my lurking will take on a whole new meaning.
At 70 when I’m all geared up my 100 yard dash is down to just a shuffle, but it’s a steady shuffle…and I practice it. Plus, I know where the fighting positions are around my place, one sniper nest, the paths in-between them, where the 2X6’s with the nails will be placed, where the tangle foot barbed wire is…and I have 3 night visions, one on an M1A.
I already found out the hard way over 50 years ago that anybody can be ambushed by anyone…anytime, but that’s a two way L.
Off to the Re-OPEN North Carolina protest tomorrow at the Governor’s mansion…should be interesting.
Saw this on a reloading blog last week.
A lot has changed in the ammo business over the past 40 days as the Covid-19 outbreak created the largest rush to purchase ammo in all of history. Supply has been badly diminished, and bottlenecks in manufacturing and distribution will continue cause shortages for months yet to come. From what I am seeing the worst is yet to come on ammunition availability which I believe will reach its worst in the next 30 to 90 days. The buyer’s market conditions which I have talked about in so many prior newsletters that brought ammo prices to 12 year lows in 2018, 2019 and early 2020 have passed. I hope most people followed my advise in the past and stocked up while supply and prices were at their best. At this time supply has for the most part been bought up, most ammo factories and importers have done substantial price increases, and moving forward availability will be limited to what the factories can make and allocate to their distributors. Covid-19 has caused some ammunition factories in Europe and Russia to close and / or reduce production, and most likely that will spill over here to some of the manufacturers in the USA at some point. I’d love to stay positive but realistically there are dark times ahead for the ammunition supply chain. All things considered, I believe we still have some decent deals in stock, admittedly not as good as they were, but not as bad as I expect them to become. If you are sitting on large quantities of ammo it might be wise to sit it out for a while but if you are short in supply it might be a good idea to get a few cases before availability gets worse. We thank you for your support of our family owned and operated business and will do our best to serve our clients well in these strange times, so please stay subscribed for future SGAmmo newsletters.
Not really a G&A fan, but this is apparently what’s happening.
https://www.gunsandammo.com/editorial/economics-ammunition/374730?utm_source=social&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_term=gunsandammo&utm_content=news
off topic but considering what might happen if the economy doesn’t come back,it is relevant– may contracts 4
wti(west texas intermediate) collapsed to (negative)-$37 today–
not good–
edit–i didn’t realize admin had posted a thread about this–
I saw that a few hours ago.
The Democrat Bolshevik Twitter mob has never been so enraged and deranged after this weekends “End the lockdown” events.
China is getting billion Euro bills over the #CCPVirus and even Germany has turned on them.
This is getting interesting.
Russia and Eastern Europe could supply us all we’d ever want, its being blocked.