There's no ammo shortage, this is purely panic buying causing prices to go up and low supply. Im glad finally someone on the inside is talking about this. Thank you sir.

One thing that always bugs me about the firearms world is the panic buying. People goes from "we gotta stick together" to every man for himself overnight as soon as there's a small kink in the supply chain

Good explanation. A while back I worked in manufacturing and you are right, there are a lot of steps between a manufacturer trying to guess future demand (often months in advance), order raw materials and the finished product showing up on the shelves. The distributers and major retailers also play the guessing game. Nobody wants to be sitting on a bunch of inventory that they have paid for but cannot sell, so they tend to be cautious. When demand spikes from a panic, the small buffer capacity disappears, which fuels further panic. Several primary ammo manufactures like Hornady in vested in new manufacturing equipment and the buildings to house it. They lose a lot of money if they let that equipment sit idle, so they want to produce as mush ammo as they can.

I get what you’re saying, but also I just lived through a manufactured pandemic. Where we all witnessed our government collaborating with many companies and organizations to create a manufactured crisis on a global scale. Anything is possible.

I'm glad someone in the industry is explaining plain economics, distribution, and warehousing. General public struggles to understand this

Great analysis of how the entire process of ammunition production operates. I live in NE FL and we’re not seeing any Ammo shortages here. For example I was just in my local Academy Sports and the Ammo Shelves were well stocked with all caliber’s available. Some items were even on sale. 🇺🇸

Nailed it! At least, that's my opinion of your assessment. Thank you for being a calm voice of reason and one that is simply trying to be informative to allow people to form their own opinions to proceed as they see fit. Our current popular culture seems to be built on a need of influencing everyone to fall in step with what they're pushing.. I have been fortunate enough to have been adding onto my inventory for quite a little while now and resisted the instinct to buy at the first whispers of an ammo shortage. I wish you continued success with Firearms Depot, as you seem like an honest, ethical, knowledge and reasonable American business owner in an industry that I hope stays above these current social trends.

Bought my first handgun during the pandemic when 9mm ammo was selling at $1 for reloads and there was literally none in the stores. A gun with no ammo is a paperweight. I also believe ammo will be a currency of the future. The government is crashing the dollar. This makes commodities like ammo a better savings account than US dollars in a bank.

Dude…you are actually making sense compared to the ammo shortage yahoos on some of these channels. It’s actually refreshing. And yes, millions of new gun owners came into the market the past few years. I had one gun for 25 years until the pandemic. In the middle of it and towards the end, I bought 2 more pistols and a AR-15. And yes I bought ammo for them all. I do shoot, but I don’t go crazy at the range using 300-500 or more rounds a visit. Good video!!!

Great, informative video. Too much fear-based videos out there concerning ammunition.

Good explanation; however within a week period we had the hornady fire, Lake City announcement and the announcement of the sale of Vista Outdoors. I don't believe in coincidences so if something smells fishy it is probably fishy...

I HEAR WHAT YOUR SAYING.. BUT PANIC BUYING ISNT JUST GONA STOP BECAUSE OF YOUR STORY.. SO THE SHORTAGE IS GOIN TO CONTINUE.. SO DO AS YOU FEEL NECESSARY…. I AM…… 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

If people wouldn't panic and hoard the availability would be improved and just fine.

I’ve been keeping reloading components numbers flat . Had just started buying Winchester primers @$60 shipped / hazmat. Now it’s $80 plus shipping and hazmat… 3 days later.

Ammo seems to be readily available. The only issue I see is prices are up.

So how much does groups like USPS, Homeland security, FBI, CIA, IRS, Small Business admin, The VA, HHS, EPA and others recently buying record amounts of ammo adversely effect the market?

You bring up excellent points. I’m 60 and there’s always been highs & lows in the ammo market. Most of it comes from who is in the WH and what’s going on on the world stage. New President sometimes means new federal laws, regulations, and executive orders. There’s 6 or 8 states that regulate ammo sales now. I don’t believe it’s manufacturers or distributors, it’s always gov that causes shortages.

Our local academy and gun shops are very low or out of 5.56, 223, 9mm and 300blk. They have plenty of everything else including hunting calibers. This is a self made shortage in my opinion.

Even during the height of covid our stores had ammo on shelves. It was never a case of shortages, it's always panic buying.

A real good video that is actually trying to be informative. So many now are just "click bate", and not even worth the time to watch. From my perspective, I am in the category of being a food prepper. However during this past year, the store shelves have been stocked to the point of I no longer feel so insecure over stocking up on food. So what happened, I traded one insecurity for another when the ammo shortage news started coming out. All this press about a shortage lit a fire under my butt to go out and really stock up. Otherwise I was just content to wait until next year some time to buy and get prepped in the ammo dept. But lets face it, more and more people are prepping for SHTF, and the current shift might be now that other food only preppers and trying to get their ammo stocked. It's a new sales market, and I hope supply does catch up to demand, but honestly, I don't believe that it will.

Good explanation. So why did .223/5.56 price jump so high over the past few weeks vs 9mm? Now I got a steal on 5.56 55 grain Winchester $398. Now it’s $550-600?!

It's good to hear from someone on the inside and not just some guy who knows a, who knows a guy who works on a loading dock somewhere. Thanks for the video and the insight!

I worked in Purchasing for years. Thank you Sir for your common sence explanation. We are definately being handled by many speaking out of fear and confusion.

Thank you John for the clear, logical take on why we are seeing ammo scarcity, especially in the NATO calibers. I am a happy Firearms Depot customer that appreciates your great service!

Why is it to223/556 is 3 times more expensive than 2 months ago?

Great video. Would like to see results instead of excuses for a change. There will always be reasons why it can't be had or can't be done. Leaders within industries find a way to make things happen. Hoping to see more competition coming to the Ammo industry ...the demand is there.

Just saw video. I’m a past and future buyer. Great to hear this angle. Especially great not coming from a gun related format and giving us a different perspective. Keep it up!!

I pay no attention to the rumors. I keep to what I've done for decades. I purchase ammo or extra magazines, or extra parts. Every time I get paid, in no time at all. You are stocked up on everything you need. I'm not playing the games they want to play. It's so surprising to me personally. How some people are so focused on just ammo. They don't think about extra bolt carrier groups, or gas tubes or batteries for optics. It's so much more than just ammo.

PSA makes ammo for pretty good prices now. Almost always better priced and more quantity than anything I can find locally at places like Academy in the last few years.

What I see is this, I go to see my people, my fav shop. I see lots of variety and the prices are double what they were pre scamdemic. I go in and see 15 bxs. of hp 9mm, I take 2. I am buying but leaving some for the next patron. I can do this because I have been buying like this when it was plentiful and cheap. I will do this from now on. So there is something left for next patron.

I live South of Houston & everywhere I go they are packed with Ammo.. No shortages here.. Hell, I just got an email about buy all the 556/223 Lake City ammo.. Luckily I bought the 200 round boxes of 62g 556 when they were $89 a box. I bought 1000 rounds & more in 22's & 9mm. So I'm set for years.

I don't think it's as bad as they say I watch GunBroker auctions all the time, 556 ammo rarely sells about 55 cents around there's a lot of people trying to get way more than that for it and it's not selling they can ask what they want but if people won't pay it, and right now it doesn't seem like people want to pay above 55 per round, if people were desperate they would be paying a lot more

What I am looking for seems no one has it. I need about 2000 rounds of frangible 22lr subsonic ammo. Yes, I know there is segmented and so called "green" ammo but it is not what I am after.

Glad we have experts speaking on this versus bloggers who claim they have sources.

The shales are full here the prices are out of control

I'm still waiting for primer (LRP specifically), to be easily accessed and affordable. I roll my own for most calibers, while I can do that for almost all that I shoot. It's just not viable for everything I shoot, .22LR & 12g being most prominent.

First video i see that there will be an ammo shortage...i get into my panic mode and buy all my ammo!!! Its fun and i stock up!!

Thanks for your input. you seem to be the most honest opinion out there !

I’m not seeing big shortage of ammo in my town, but they are some online retailers that are our stock, but thanks for the information 👍🏽

I keep going to local stores and they all seem to have full shelves of ammo. Not seeing this shortage some people are talking about. I have a boatload of the 5.56 and 9mm from before COVID, but only have a 1,000 rounds of 10mm, .308 and 6.5 Grendel. They all seem to be about the same price so far.

I went to a local sporting goods store where I live in WV to see if there was any truth to this shortage talk. The shelves were fully stocked with every caliber and type you could imagine. It actually looked better than I have seen for quite some time. Not to say that the circumstances wont change soon.

Any 325WSM? I’ve only seen it for $80.00+ a box. It was never cheap but this is unreal.

Is 4k rounds both target and defense enough for 2 ar15s and about 40 mags. What do you all think?

Thank you!

What happened to large rifle primers? Its been 4 years of scarcity and price gouging

Good video, well thought out points.

Buying one or two boxes is what Fudds do; It takes at most 5 rounds for their entire season - 3 rounds to sight in their scope and 2 shots at most to get their deer. But it's far better for gun owners to regularly go to the range and expend many rounds in practice plus whatever they shoot for fun - and, hopefully, they are having lots of fun. With millions of new shooters, and each war or mass shooting brings in many more, perhaps millions, of new shooters, then the demand absolutely should go up and shooters should be buying by the case or more; anyone who isn't buying that many isn't being a responsible gun owner. So, I do appreciate you telling us that you prefer customers who buy a box or two at a time. When I need a box or two (never) I will consider Firearms Depot since you've said that's the space in which you want to work. When I want to buy by the case, I'll deal with those sellers who want to sell by the case or even multiple cases. Thanks for your honesty, though, Elmer.

Also tell me where i can get 7.62 x39 steel cased for only 8 bucks a box still lol

Good explanation! We got some of these other well known streamers putting out video scaring people got folks panic buying ammo for no reason! I seen a couple guys load up on wolf ammo! WOLF AMMO!!?

People panic buy at the drop of a hat. I’m only seeing prices up a bit, not a “shortage”

It seems to be slightly better prices than it was last time I bought ammo a few months ago. All these people saying there is an ammo shortage might cause people to panic buy and actually make an ammo shortage when I need to re up on 9mm.

excellent info from Jon F

What’s the address tactical solution to this problem? I don’t think getting people to stop panic buying is going to happen.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS INFO MAY GOD BLESS AMERICA

Thanks for a rational discussion on the subject.

Finally. A youtuber is not claiming there's an ammo shortage. Every caliber I look up is available.

i never looked at it that way now im more informed about the truth i should have known being a trucker for 30 years ive seen how the industry moves things

Excellent explanation sir, thank you very much. PS glad I just bought a new Ruger PC9 Carbine from Budsgunshop because I have plenty of 9mm ammo and a lot of it is still available at my local Gun shop, of course, my rifle is just for home defense.

My go to place for ammo is stocked well in 5.56 with reasonable prices still. I live in rural Oklahoma so I have no place except internet to buy bulk ammunition. Wal-Mart went woke and quit selling 5.56 ammo to increase their ESG score from the globalists so it leaves rural folks with just a couple of small gun shops and they never carry ammo in bulk serving mainly hunters. I see all these youtube videos of people hitting 5 or 6 major stores in their city and comparing inventory with price. I would have to drive 4 hours round trip to OKC or Tulsa in order to hit some big retailers so it's not worth the gamble and waste of time going there. I don't buy for a minute that war or wars have caused this and I have to agree with you that panic buying and new gun owners are driving the shortage higher. I mean, I went through 2013 when people waited in line to buy 22 shells. Wonder what war caused that?

Thank you for this video

Thanks, Great Perspective.

Imo, this sounds like he is trying to justify a large price increase that is upcoming Also, he says the source that the video doesn’t know anything, but goes on to say he doesn’t know if they are accurate or not. The video in question said that the worker talked to management and that is the person who said the trailers are full of ammo. Why would management tell someone that? He also has no explanation as to why this shortage just came about in the last few weeks

Thanks for the reasonable insight.

It’s not shortage , the price is just going to go up .. You can’t have the whole company to stop other calibers and focus on just one cal, it’s a cycle , they make certain ammo for a bit then change to another cal , and then once the order is complete then they’ll ship them out .

Don’t apologize for buying ammo…”panic” is just the gun world’s guilt trip for the consumer demand.

I was at a gun store a week ago and they had skids of amo on the floor

Blame the panic buying to gun tubers

Thank you for sharing

Stocked up. I don't need any for years.

I don't see an ammo shortage...yet

Was at Bass pro the other day and people were buying ammo like crazy ... I think it's just panic buying causing a artificial shortage

There's no shortage. Panic buying. Every week I walk into my shop there's everything I need

Lol been to Sportmans warehouse shelf’s are stock with all calibers

When does M855 go back to $0.45.cpr?

Very nice presentation. Thank you.

I think ammo prices will continue to rise due to the cost of acquiring all the resources to make ammo is getting more and more costly. Add that to panic buying and we are gonna see record prices for ammo. Its worth buying simply for investment purposes and leverage for goods and services services in the future

The local brick and mortar Stores around here are packed full of ammo. So, I totally do not believe there is a shortage at all. At least not here in Mini California (Illinois)

Thank you

Makes 100% sense.

Never forget this started with people hoarding graphic cards and Playstation 5s done with online purchasing programs. I cant ever blame people for panic buying after that. No one helped the public then, why would the public exspect to be helped later? 🤷🏿‍♂️

Thank you for putting this out from someone who works at the company that was mentioned in " said videos with insiders" its all bullshit and if they actually talked to a employee that employee doesn't know what they are talking about.

Have any promo codes brotha?? Love what yall do keep it up brotha!!!

So, you don’t believe the report of first hand individuals actually working at these ammo factories. That’s your prerogative, but why should we believe you?

One place I go to said isn't a shortage yet but may be a lil wonky in the near future though he diddnt seem to concerned and another that sells ammo Hella pricy told me his distributor is saying there are issues.

So it has nothing to do with a foreigner buying the majority of ammo companies in the U S .

The KZfaqrs get people in a panic

I'm down here in the north of Houston area. There's no ammo shortage whatsoever. There's a local indoor gun range with literally 1000k round cases of 9mm stacked up on the showroom floor. Now, if you live in po-dunk central with one Academy and a Walmart, your choices may be limited. Especially with those local boys (ie buddy fuckers) lined up outside before opening to rush in, buy it up and turn around to sell it for a profit. You know who you are.

I agree 100% with you on this . Although Vista may have sold thier ammo division it doesn't mean it won't make it back to noth America.. I do believe the government is influencing the movement of some of the ammo to benefit thier own needs. People have been buying up ammo like crazy / hoarding since the beginning of the pandemic and prior to since the last elections in both the U.S and Canada due to tje the government trying to remove the right to own firearms. So many factors , so many issues

Well it just makes sense that during wartime there is going to be limited if any ammo for sale to civilians. It’s going to be in short supply and it is going to be going to the military and not civilians

So no 90 day halt, or Foreign Company Purchase? Wait so when I went to a local gun shop The owner. Desperately hunting down 7,000 more Rounds of 556.. With no luck, or showing sold out. That was on Monday

I’ve started buying firearms chambered in calibers that are carried by Walmart.

This is all bull... its called price gouging...

I see so they can instantaneously fulfill an order for an overseas war, but there’s some problem with fulfilling stock for their own populace they seem to be running behind. All I see is infringement

Was waiting for the Black Friday sales to stock up. Guess that plan's kaput.

From my point of view is scalper’s come out of the woodwork looking to resell ammo for profit.

It completely baffles me that so many people in this day and age do not understand manufacturing, distribution and logistics for all products not just ammunition. People are just blind, panicked animals sometimes.

Thanks . My fellow Americans , are you able to afford buying Ammo or other stuff that's not food . I'm a late 60's Gen X'er , and have lived through some really tough times in our country , but I have too say , this time is way different for a lot of reasons. Just curious if you are able to just spend cash on " stuff ". Sorry but a few buttons on this laptop are broken , question mark is one of them .

Well if you think that ammo will be available when you need it then just wait and buy it then. If it works out for you then you are all set

I saw the video you were talking about! Isn’t it convenient how any time somebody wants to scare people into buying things the people they claim have the information are always anonymous? If somebody was brave enough to come forward, prove their credentials and then make a statement I might believe them.

There is an ammo shortage, regardless why and how.