Think of all the recent times in the last 10-15 years where the sky was falling and people surged to buy firearms or ammunition, or even worse snatched up all sorts of reloading supplies with the intent to “figure it out” if T-SHTF. Two thoughts about that:
1- Most people never train with their firearm(s), sadly most who carry a firearm to protect themselves also rarely train and have a non-existent level of proficiency. A couple hundred rounds at the indoor range once every few months at a bullseye target 10 yards away is not training, by the way. “I used to serve” in the military is also no guarantee of success. I state all that because people are buying all this ammo and crazy prices to do exactly what with it? It surely doesn’t involve proficiency / training so wait…it will be currency when T-SHTF right? Sure.
2- The last batch of 10,000 9mm I bought was around 15 cents a round and several other ammunition or firearm purchases mirror that lower price point. When times are good and supply is readily available people have other things to buy like gigantic SUVs or that 70 inch HDTV. Yet the panic hits and the greatest line of all “have to get these before they are banned!” Morons. So they whip out their credit cards and drive supply down and prices up by financing guns they won’t fire and ammo that will never be sent downrange. Glorious.
In any event I’ve been training on a regular basis which as we know is no guarantee of success out there in the real world because the bad guy has a say, too. Yet it surely doesn’t hurt to continue to work the fundamentals through several courses of fire / outdoors / paper and steel and all that stuff. I train all the time and still have no idea if something were to go down if I’d come out on top, life is funny like that. All we can do is keep the sword sharp and do our best.
Final comments, 1000 rounds of 115 grain brass cased 9mm are coming in around 33 cents a round these days. Give it another 6 months or even a year of stability and I suspect we’ll be right back to 15 cents a round (cartridge for all you reloading enthusiasts), or maybe it won’t in which case I’ll still have plenty.
Get out there and train. Many are equipped…few are capable.
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Good, thoughtful post. Thanks.
Preach!
I don’t know what it is in the human mind that makes something a NEED because it is in short supply. Lack of common sense, I guess.
Great post, keep up the good work, PJ!
Noticed a price drop locally (coastal Virginia) last month (a sale?), hubby was able to replenish what we’ve used up practicing.
Merry Christmas PJ!
Todays prices on ammo is crazy!
Its to the point of either buy food or ammo.
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It is indeed not what it once was.