I keep a good stock of powder, primers, brass, and lead on hand. I have many thousands of lead cast bullets on hand that cost me 2.57 cents a piece (180gr .357 and .40 bullets). None of these market fluctuations have caught me paying out the nose for anything. I just stayed away from it all and laughed at the complaining from those who can't think out past their nose.
I got a shotgun a rifle and a 4 wheel drive.
Anything more than that will get you put on the LIST of potential terrorists.
Inventories were crushed between Black Friday and Christmas. Combine this with the San Bernardino terrorist attack and fear over "Obama's gun control executive orders" and you have a small to moderate panic buying frenzy when sales are already high due to the holidays.
Another month or two and this should pass; it is almost a certainty that manufacturers are increasing orders and inventories going into the 2016 General election - there will be buying leading up to it and arguably, regardless of outcome, buying following it.
To answer the base question...no. After the Great Shortages of 2013 I decided I would never be without a reasonable supply of "stuff" again and have been steadily buying as availability and funds have allowed.
Because if the wrong person/party gets in and bans on sales ensue most if not all laws will "grandfather" in things already in possession. 10 round limit on magazines? If you already own higher capacity you most likely will be able to keep them but not be able to buy more. Bans on "assault" rifles? Same thing. You'll keep yours but not be able to buy another one. Get it?I bought a box of .257 Roberts ammo last week during my panic buying spree. The store still had 5 boxes on the shelf. So I can still get more if I need it.
I'm not really sure why election day has any significance? If this country honestly elects a candidate I don't like, well then, so be it..
That is part of being part of a democratic republic. I don't fret over it..
Because if the wrong person/party gets in and bans on sales ensue most if not all laws will "grandfather" in things already in possession. 10 round limit on magazines? If you already own higher capacity you most likely will be able to keep them but not be able to buy more. Bans on "assault" rifles? Same thing. You'll keep yours but not be able to buy another one. Get it?
Oh yeah, I get it. I just refuse to participate in panic buying as a result of a national election. I lived quite well through the dreaded 1994 to 2004 assault weapon ban and I don't intend for my life to change with any fanciful future bans. I was easily able to obtain anything I wanted during this time. Not on any black market either. There is just too much stuff out there that is totally out of their control. Heck, I could make a reasonable standard capacity magazine in my basement in a week or less.......With a hammer and a file. If I had to. Or just go to a local heating guy that can bend metal.....
If you really believe that any arbitrary ban on things will really effect the millions of households with 10's of millions of guns and 100's of million magazines and billions of rounds of ammunition can be meaningful, well so be it. I just intend to live my life. I pay very little attention to the 560 or so people and their thousands of minions who presume to be in control of my life.
Take a step back and just think about it sir. It is actually a very calming perspective on American life. I think.
I am a heating guy that can bend metal and an accomplished fabricator.
I would like to see what you come up with in a basement with a hammer and a file.
I hope your way of doing things works out for you.
Rome may burn soon enough. Tune up that fiddle OK......
The interesting part is the balancing of stocking up with skill maintenance/development.
I have plenty of stuff set aside sir. Lots of stuff still new in plastic bags. Slowly accumulated over many years. This whole panic buying at some premium price is totally unnecessary. IMO.
But if it gets down to nothing, If they find a way to really take everything out of my home, there is plenty of cottage industries to make stuff. There is no way for them to ban or prohibit anything. If you settle back and think about it, you know I'm right.