Guns and Ammo Thread

[almostgone]

Wonder how much the Sig Fury cartridge is affecting large rifle primer availability? I think it has a large rifle primer pocket.

[Honkey_Kong]

The way they flew out the door, I figured that was happening. With supplies being this unpredictable, I wish they would limit people to a 1000 or so.

I was in Sportsman's Warehouse recently and one of the idiots that works in the firearms area saw me with 3 boxes in my hands....2 boxes of ammo and 1 box of bullets. He tried to flout his authority/ lack of knowledge by telling me I could only purchase 2 boxes of ammo.

I pointed out that 2 boxes were ammo and 1 was bullets but he was "Nope, 2 box limit". I handed all of it to him and he asked me what he was supposed to do with them. I told him to put it back on the shelf so he could learn the difference. I'm usually pretty laid back but he's a "gun counter" cowboy with a shitty attitude so I had to return the favor.

Came home and ordered what I wanted and then some from SG as far as ammo. Sportsman's Warehouse was overpriced on their HSM .270 Win; I was just going to drop a little biz with a local brick and mortar store while I was there.

Shit I would've walked out too. The amount of money we give these fucking stores and they have the nerve to play "ammo monitor" over 1 box of projectiles (not even ammo). It's not that I even like cutting out the brick and mortar stores. They just piss us off and leave no alternative. There should be some limits though with primers. I'd limit it to 1000 per type of primer. Like if you wanted a box of 1000 small pistols and box of larger rifles, that shouldn't be a problem.

Wonder how much the Sig Fury cartridge is affecting large rifle primer availability? I think it has a large rifle primer pocket.

That's a good question. I'm sure it'll take a few years before the military is equipped with them. But the MCX-Spear is the civilian version of it. I wonder how many people are buying them?

The bigger question is will that mean that small rifle primers will be in surplus? Or will manufacturers just cut production of the small rifle to fill the order of the large rifle?

Over all, I think the conflicts in Ukraine and Palestine are probably doing more to cause shortages of ammo and supplies. The manufacturers are going to prioritize military contracts over civilian markets. Happens every single time.