Gun powder and more

**Scrappah** · 09-03-2014, 07:22 AM

Originally Posted by DakotaRog

The thought to turn in dumpster diving found ammo to the cops never would have crossed my mind...

What's causing the run on .22 ammo?? Lots of theories and probably pieces and parts of them all. What I say here is all hearsay so take it with some salt but here we go 1) lead is tough to get a hold of nowadays as the EPA has closed down the last American lead smelter until they refit to new emissions and handling standards (this is what I've heard). 2) The current administration has made importing either raw foreign made lead and/or foreign manufactured ammo tougher to do--I've heard stuff sitting in containers at ports for months on end, 3) people are just plain hording the stuff either for SHTF type of situation or to sell it high than retail at some point. Probably others things involved as well. I've heard CCI is running 24/7 making .22 ammo

But all I know is when I stop every few weeks at the nearest Wally World there's no .22 LR on the shelves...

I hope it doesn't turn out to be a case of frog soup;

If you toss a frog into a pot of boiling water he will hop right out. It you put him in a pot of cool water and slowly turn up the heat he will happily swim about until the slow buildup of heat takes him out.

Same/same with gun control. They could pass a law telling people that they had to turn in their guns but it would never play. On the other hand you could chip away at gun ownership by gradually diminishing the supply of fresh ammo.

The end result would be the same.

**NHscrapman** · 09-03-2014, 12:19 PM

Originally Posted by Scrappah

I hope it doesn't turn out to be a case of frog soup;

If you toss a frog into a pot of boiling water he will hop right out. It you put him in a pot of cool water and slowly turn up the heat he will happily swim about until the slow buildup of heat takes him out.

Same/same with gun control. They could pass a law telling people that they had to turn in their guns but it would never play. On the other hand you could chip away at gun ownership by gradually diminishing the supply of fresh ammo.

The end result would be the same.

Haha
yup or do like everyone else and get it from over seas... yeah it's junk.. hot rounds, duds, and loose seating of bullet... but available at a click of a button.
supply and demand.. If we won't make it and stock it, someone else will.