 You guys are the problem. You're creating panic. You're telling everybody to freak out and now there's not enough for me Hey there friends. Thanks for checking in in December of 2023 everybody was caught by surprise a bit because the CEO of this two outdoors the world's largest ammunition manufacturer said that Price increases should be expected in 2024 they said one of the primary reasons was a lack of Gunpowder as well as other components that make ammunition you could expect to pay more for ammo Than you did in previous years now. We've been through several ammo shortages It's been horrible and we finally reached a point Where most types of ammo was available at our local gun store as well as online outlets And they weren't so much of a gouging price like we saw Couple years ago during the ammo shortage. There was major price increases and very slowly It dropped and now what do I see? I see ammo all over a place. I see gunpowder all over a place Why is that and is there going to be a major price shift for the worse in? ammunition Well, there are a couple reasons the first one I want to bring you back to September of 2019 when Walmart said we are going to be done selling Center fire handgun ammo as well as rifle ammo that is meant for 30 round magazines. Okay, the the modern sporting rifle ammo the 556 the 223 They said we're done with that. We're done with handgun ammo. Yes, they will sell 22 and rimfire and shotgun and hunting rounds, but everything else is done and initially you saw just boxes and boxes and cases of handguns set to fire ammo and 223 556 you name it 308 and People said what what are they talking about? It's all over the place. Well, the issue there was that They had contracts that needed to be fulfilled Therefore, they were still getting truckloads of ammo in but once they sold all that off They did they stopped selling set to fire handgun ammo and modern sporting rifle ammo. And so That is a bit of the example that I want to talk about now because when I go to my favorite online spots Or my local gun store, it seems that just about everything is available This is a point that we really wanted to see Back a couple years ago when you could hardly find Anything and I think that the contracts are still being fulfilled at the current prices that they were negotiated Months ago. And so we're not seeing an increase Will there be an increase? Well, I am always not increased at the rate of food or the products that you use 7 to 10 percent is well below what Inflation has been the past couple years and so I think we dodged a bullet if you will with with inflation and the cost of ammo also I Think that the season that we are now entering the warmer months in the US It's been a fact and all you have to do is go to any shooting range And you will see there are fewer people shooting when the weather is warm There's more to do and so people just they they they put their guns away for a little bit They do other things they don't purchase as much Ammo so as it sits now. I have not seen hoarders and resellers Buy up everything for the mere purpose of selling and making a profit I have not seen major shifts in ammo costs It is possible that we still could see that but I do believe that the contracts are still being fulfilled at the rate that was negotiated so yet couple that with the Change of season the warmer months fewer shooters out there that are practicing and training We have not seen a price shift in ammo that still could happen Anything could happen. I remember they were saying well It's gunpowder or it's primers or in at one point or another it was all of that now I'm seeing stock shelves everywhere. I go and that is certainly a good thing I want to take a minute and talk about hoarders people really beat up on the hoarders when They would buy up all this ammo and just save it away for a rainy day Shouldn't we all be doing that to a degree? Shouldn't we all have an adequate supply? You know, I like to keep my gas tank over half full and if my gas tank is over half full I know that if something happens, I will be able to get from point A to point B It's just a little prepper mindset that I have. You know, it's it's just a way that I live I like to keep the the food cupboards half full because when they're half empty and then something happens You could find yourself in trouble. I think we should treat ammo the exact same way But in terms of the price it will never be back where it once was 10 years ago when there was a box of $7 9 millimeter 50 round target loads full metal jacket or 16 17 bucks for a box of 50 45s or very very low expensive Rifle ammo the rifle ammo is still extremely costly The handgun ammo has dropped a bit But we have not seen that price increase that so many people were freaking out and so many YouTubers were blamed. I had a lot of people say you guys are the problem You're creating panic. You're telling everybody to freak out and now there's not enough for me. Well, I never did that I said this is not a panic situation I don't think it will be a crisis if it raises in cost a little bit then so it does it will Probably not reach the point where we were paying a dollar a round for handgun ammo and that was a disaster Yes, it's sporadic 22 Magnum was impossible to find some rifle rounds were impossible to find now. It seems available I think there are many factors that are playing into that But I don't think it's panic time actually I think it's time for you to stop watching this video and go out and buy yourself a case of ammo because right now It's available. Keep that gas tank half full and you will be in a better shooting situation and not caught Caught by surprise. If in fact we do have another ammo shortage If you like videos like this, please subscribe and share I always appreciate thumbs up button Thanks for watching and you guys be safe