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<blockquote data-quote="USAF Marksman" data-source="post: 2097605" data-attributes="member: 69087"><p>I could see smaller gunshops doing that, but certainly none of the big-name ones. I would still have to believe that small shops are not receiving any more ammunition from the manufacturers than they would under normal conditions. So, while they are capitalizing on the surge in demand right now, I don't think that the majority of retailers are doing this. </p><p></p><p>I was at Sportsmans Warehouse yesterday in Riverdale, UT to pick up a rifle that I purchased from them online. When I got to the gun department there were about 25 people standing in what I thought was a line for the gun counter. So, I got in line. About 30 minutes later an employee walks out from the back room with a shopping cart about half full with ammunition and reloading items. No powder, no primers. All of a sudden there was no line at the gun counter! Every single one of those people went straight to that cart and nearly picked it clean. I walked to the gun counter like there was no one in the store feeling like a fool. Then, after everyone had picked up what they wanted, nearly all of them proceeded back to the gun counter where I was getting checked out and asked the employee if there was any more in the back, when the next shipment was coming in, what time would they bring it out, etc. The guy must have answered the same **** questions 1000 times that day. </p><p></p><p>Anyways, it's all just getting picked clean as soon as it hits the floor at stores that are still doing business as usual. But I wouldn't be surprised if, as you said, some of the retailers are selling on GB and local classifieds to raise their profit margins. Can you blame them? Supply and demand drive prices. Perhaps people should not have started panic buying, and things would be normal. I know that I can only AFFORD to buy reasonable amounts of ammunition and components at once, but I know people who have purchased pallets of ammunition at one time in the past because they can afford it. </p><p></p><p>Either way, I'm not looking forward to the next few years...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="USAF Marksman, post: 2097605, member: 69087"] I could see smaller gunshops doing that, but certainly none of the big-name ones. I would still have to believe that small shops are not receiving any more ammunition from the manufacturers than they would under normal conditions. So, while they are capitalizing on the surge in demand right now, I don't think that the majority of retailers are doing this. I was at Sportsmans Warehouse yesterday in Riverdale, UT to pick up a rifle that I purchased from them online. When I got to the gun department there were about 25 people standing in what I thought was a line for the gun counter. So, I got in line. About 30 minutes later an employee walks out from the back room with a shopping cart about half full with ammunition and reloading items. No powder, no primers. All of a sudden there was no line at the gun counter! Every single one of those people went straight to that cart and nearly picked it clean. I walked to the gun counter like there was no one in the store feeling like a fool. Then, after everyone had picked up what they wanted, nearly all of them proceeded back to the gun counter where I was getting checked out and asked the employee if there was any more in the back, when the next shipment was coming in, what time would they bring it out, etc. The guy must have answered the same **** questions 1000 times that day. Anyways, it's all just getting picked clean as soon as it hits the floor at stores that are still doing business as usual. But I wouldn't be surprised if, as you said, some of the retailers are selling on GB and local classifieds to raise their profit margins. Can you blame them? Supply and demand drive prices. Perhaps people should not have started panic buying, and things would be normal. I know that I can only AFFORD to buy reasonable amounts of ammunition and components at once, but I know people who have purchased pallets of ammunition at one time in the past because they can afford it. Either way, I'm not looking forward to the next few years... [/QUOTE]
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