Wednesday, May 8, 2013

And the beat of William Diamond's drum goes on . . . Foreign ammo imports doubled in early 2013 to meet exploding U.S. demand.

"For the first two months of 2013, about 457 million cartridges were imported into the U.S. — more than double the amount of cartridges that were imported during the first two months of 2012. Shotgun shell imports have more than doubled as well, from 10 million during the first two months of 2012 to 24 million during the same period in 2013."
“We absolutely are in uncharted territory,” said Larry Hyatt, whose family owns Hyatt Gun Shop in Charlotte, N.C.. “Our store is 53 years old, and we have never seen anything like this. We have had some spot shortages and busy gun times in the past. This is a level (of demand) never before seen.”

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Went to a local Gander Mountain on May 4. They had a table with roughly FOUR-HUNDRED 25-round boxes of Rio 00 Buck for $19.97/ box.

Went to the same Gander Mountain today to snag a couple of said boxes - less than 100 boxes remained.

They also had something on May 4I've never seen before - a yellow metal drum with 7500 rounds of Federal .308 for $6999 (gulp).

Today it was gone.

Anonymous said...

There's a reason for this.

Edwin III

Anonymous said...

Not since about 1860 anyways ...

III

1911A1 said...

Really?? So why, may I ask, can't I find any Russian .308 ANYWHERE???

Please, enlighten me: Where is this mythical imported ammo glut of which you speak?