Thread: Ammunition shortage

Originally Posted by Delphus

Just curious really.

I’m finding it more and more difficult to find my factory 708 rounds. Is there anyone in the business that can shed a light on if that is going to be an ongoing (years) problem? What would be the recommended other calibers out there? I am considering selling my setup to something I can reliably find ammo for in the years to come.

I’m thinking .243, 6.5cm or good old .308.

There should be plenty of .243 and .308 available, and the yanks are big into the 6.5cm so that should see a decent supply coming in. Appreciate your thoughts.

So back story but i have 3 different retail shops and none of them and hunting or shooting related but i know they are in the same boat.

Basically the covid disruptions are on going and they cant keep up,
Noone can make enough of anything, not enough ships to move it, ports are all clogged up with containers, trucks cant move it fast enough to keep up let alone catch back up.
its getting worse before it gets better.

I have lost 40 odd wholesale suppliers who just can't get enough stock to keep in business and that puts further demands on thos who have stock. Many of my suppliers and wholesalers now dont have warehousing as they cant get enough stock to need a warehouse and are just getting containers dropped off and shipping out the goods as it gets unpacked.

Going to be 3 - 5 years at least, hard to make money when what people want is unavailable more and more businesses will be going under.