To Hoard or Not to Hoard-That is the QUESTION???

Coyote Shadow Tracker

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I have been reloading for about 55 years now. I turn 68 years young today!

To Hoard or Not to Hoard-That is the QUESTION???

This has been a big topic for the past YEARS since the 1990s when Progressive Liberals were elected to power. Ever since Clinton and other Liberal Anti Gun politicians got elected, we (Hunters/Shooters) have been on a Yo Yo trying to get reloading components. It effects the public's perception on "Gun Control" and whether to "PURCHASE FIREARMS", "HIDE HOARD" ammo, reloading components, and firearms.

Another consideration is that when there is a Military Conflict in the world the USA gets involved along with Gobal supplies of Lead/Brass/Chemicals to manufacture Powders along with metals and electronic become in short supply. Then prices $$$ go up for reloading components and Ammo along with the supply going down.
There have been more CONS about people "HOARDING AMMO RELOADING COMPONENTS" than the PRO side.

If you have been hunting/shooting/reloading since the 90s you know what has been going on. I do not fault anyone for HOARDING because you don't know when something you need to shoot/hunt/target - your favorite hobby may not be available.

We have collected enough reloading components so that we can comfortably shoot for many years and also help out other shooters.
This time that we live in has to be the most troubling. World Events-Wars, Political Parties - Anti Firearm Laws and trying and succeeding to even take away shipping firearms within this past year?
There are "32" WAR Conflicts going on our world today. That means a lot of bullet components - Lead, Brass, Primers, Powder, Metals. These are all in finite supply.
So as the supply gets less the price goes up. Just think about where you reloading components and Ammo is being made or controlled these days. A lot is made in other Countries. Now USA Firearm Manufactures making (Firearms, Reloading Components) are being bought and controlled by Overseas Countries.

We were recently going to start selling some of our Bullet & Brass inventory off. Now we are probably going to purchase any deals we come across.
So you might start thinking about stocking up on the reloading components or ammo that you use.
No more called a "HOARDER" now called a SMART HUNTER/RELOADER/SHOOTER.
 


Maybe not as we thought???

This guy?????????????
Ammo company making a 100,000 sqft warehouse. to squirrel away ammo to raise prices??? You know how small a 100k sqft building is

We are going to start buying GOLD $ SILVER to start making our bullets.
What a joke to what is really going on. 🫣
 
I have been reloading for about 55 years now. I turn 68 years young today!

To Hoard or Not to Hoard-That is the QUESTION???

This has been a big topic for the past YEARS since the 1990s when Progressive Liberals were elected to power. Ever since Clinton and other Liberal Anti Gun politicians got elected, we (Hunters/Shooters) have been on a Yo Yo trying to get reloading components. It effects the public's perception on "Gun Control" and whether to "PURCHASE FIREARMS", "HIDE HOARD" ammo, reloading components, and firearms.

Another consideration is that when there is a Military Conflict in the world the USA gets involved along with Gobal supplies of Lead/Brass/Chemicals to manufacture Powders along with metals and electronic become in short supply. Then prices $$$ go up for reloading components and Ammo along with the supply going down.
There have been more CONS about people "HOARDING AMMO RELOADING COMPONENTS" than the PRO side.

If you have been hunting/shooting/reloading since the 90s you know what has been going on. I do not fault anyone for HOARDING because you don't know when something you need to shoot/hunt/target - your favorite hobby may not be available.

We have collected enough reloading components so that we can comfortably shoot for many years and also help out other shooters.
This time that we live in has to be the most troubling. World Events-Wars, Political Parties - Anti Firearm Laws and trying and succeeding to even take away shipping firearms within this past year?
There are "32" WAR Conflicts going on our world today. That means a lot of bullet components - Lead, Brass, Primers, Powder, Metals. These are all in finite supply.
So as the supply gets less the price goes up. Just think about where you reloading components and Ammo is being made or controlled these days. A lot is made in other Countries. Now USA Firearm Manufactures making (Firearms, Reloading Components) are being bought and controlled by Overseas Countries.

We were recently going to start selling some of our Bullet & Brass inventory off. Now we are probably going to purchase any deals we come across.
So you might start thinking about stocking up on the reloading components or ammo that you use.
No more called a "HOARDER" now called a SMART HUNTER/RELOADER/SHOOTER.

I guess we started doing this in the 80's and every decade since. The 90's and early 2000's saw a fair uptick for our purchasing sales, surplus, estates, etc, etc, so now we are really benefiting from those purchases.

I never considered it "hoarding", but simply investing for the long term and knowing things would get much more pricey and scarce.
 
Happy Birthday.

Never hurts to have one or 10 more of any item.

As for the video, where to start? That guy is an idiot. A manufacturer does not make a product, paying for supplies and labor, to store it. A manufacturing plant operates on efficiencies and volume, nothing else. Sure they may increase the price some, but they never horde finished goods to "increase their profit".
 
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I've said it here before, but to me hoarding is when something becomes detrimental to a person. You can hoard anything - guns, ammo, food, trash, old magazines, even money. If you're spending all your time, energy, and resources on buying more and more rounds of 5.56 to the point you miss a mortgage payment, you might need to ask yourself if you have a problem.

But even that might not be hoarding. If the bank is closed and bread costs $15,000 a loaf, maybe that mortgage payment isn't so important right now 🤣
 
Coyote Shadow Tracker, I've never viewed stocking-up on components, or anything thing else that may be needed for hard times, as hoarding!

But then, I've always had a different thought process than most! My wife still has difficulty believing that retirement was on my mind when I graduated high school! 😉 memtb
 
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