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"Friends" wanting to buy ammo
- Thread starter Foul Mike
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Sad isn't it. I remember when "debating" paying for Lake City 308 at the "insane" price of $1.30 TWO months ago. Now, FGMM is 700 bucks for 200 rounds. Now, I'm not complaining about capitalism or whatever this is (a run on the bank is what it has become), but I guess I feel like kicking myself for not looking at this as an investment opportunity 
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I cannot believe people are paying $4.00 for 6.5CM, Same for 30-06, $4.50 for 270 win; yet, they must be, they stop showing on ammo seek. It's quite fascinating. The only other thing I'm pissed about is that I didn't build a daily tracker spreadsheet. Truly this could become somebody's Master's or Ph.D. dissertation.
. I cannot believe people are paying $4.00 for 6.5CM, Same for 30-06, $4.50 for 270 win; yet, they must be, they stop showing on ammo seek. It's quite fascinating. The only other thing I'm pissed about is that I didn't build a daily tracker spreadsheet. Truly this could become somebody's Master's or Ph.D. dissertation.
My friend/roommate gave 200 rounds of 556 and 200 of 9mm to some guy from his AA group. That happened earlier last year and he was supposed to give him replacement ammo or return it once he got some. It's been months and now the dude wont return his calls. I warned him not to do it, but because he was a fellow AA program person he thought he wouldn't get burned.
My list of true friends that I would give ammo to already have enough of their own and would never ask me anyways.
My list of true friends that I would give ammo to already have enough of their own and would never ask me anyways.
I have 3 true friends from High School, 1972-1974 T C Williams, "Remember the Titans" that we've been through this before, They have really helped me through some seriously rough times in my life, that I have helped, no question when they asked for just what they needed, they've paid it forward many times in the past. The faux friends I've known? Tried to tell them in '94 and 2008, too damn bad now, don't call me and I wont call you.
P.S., the movie was half bullshit, I was there.
P.S., the movie was half bullshit, I was there.
I have a buddy (he is on the Hide but somehow I don't know his username) he just got into reloading and has everything he needs minus the primers. I am going to sell him 1k at pre-panic prices. What a terrible time to start reloading. I'm more than willing to help out the friends that would WITHOUT A DOUBT help me out.
A few weeks ago I got drunk and ordered a PSA kit to build a rifle for my brother in law. I'm still embarrassed about it. How can he not own a fighting rifle especially after what we all saw in 2020???? He will be getting a fully built rifle, FMJ ammo to practice, handloaded HPs, mags, Sig Romeo red dot and some 12ga buckshot. I consider this an investment into my sisters protection, that's assuming a PSA kit rifle will actually function
A few weeks ago I got drunk and ordered a PSA kit to build a rifle for my brother in law. I'm still embarrassed about it. How can he not own a fighting rifle especially after what we all saw in 2020???? He will be getting a fully built rifle, FMJ ammo to practice, handloaded HPs, mags, Sig Romeo red dot and some 12ga buckshot. I consider this an investment into my sisters protection, that's assuming a PSA kit rifle will actually function
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im thinking of selling some Remington 7.5 primers... I have like 25k... 500 per thousand seems to be the going rate on Gunbroker... might go buy me a new motorcycle LOL...
I did give my wife a box of .22 lr hollow points to give to one of her waitresses since she's a single parent and only has a .22 pistol. So, I do have a heart but that was the exception and not the rule.
i’m of the mind that if you are without a weapon and ammo after 2020, giving him one now aint going to change anything. if he didnt care enough to get one himself, he isnt going to care enough to fight to keep it. it’ll be like a french military rifle.....never fired, and only dropped once.
maybe you best gift him a white flag to go with all that other stuff.
Back when it was a red state I grew up in SoCal. There was this house in Downey that had a bowling alley in it and everyone knew about the bowling alley yet no one we knew personally knew the owners or anyone that had been inside. The reason everyone knew about it was from word of mouth because people talk. As a kid I can remember driving with a friend and his parents and as we go by the house the father pointed and said "hey did you guys know that house has a bowling alley?" I also remember my mother pointing the house out to her friends while driving by as small talk.
Point being people talk and if you become small talk for them they'll talk about things that pose security and safety issues to you and your family just to feel like they have something interesting to say. Loose lips sink ships and you could wind up with people you don't even know who know what you have just from word of mouth.
If you guys are having people say things like "I'm coming to your house", or give you a hard time that you won't charity them some cheap ammo then that would rase a huge red flag for me as what you have is probably small talk to those people and they likely tell others. We see the attitudes of some of the unprepared here in ammo shortage threads many of them in envy pick arguements with those who prepared, they feel entitled to below market value prices from vendors, and occasionally threaten to come to someones house. If this were a food shortage and not just an ammo shortage or if it were any life/death situation I can only imagine what these people would do and how far they would go to take from others the things they thought they needed. That's why the only time I talk about what I have it's online.
Be careful security and safety are #1.
Point being people talk and if you become small talk for them they'll talk about things that pose security and safety issues to you and your family just to feel like they have something interesting to say. Loose lips sink ships and you could wind up with people you don't even know who know what you have just from word of mouth.
If you guys are having people say things like "I'm coming to your house", or give you a hard time that you won't charity them some cheap ammo then that would rase a huge red flag for me as what you have is probably small talk to those people and they likely tell others. We see the attitudes of some of the unprepared here in ammo shortage threads many of them in envy pick arguements with those who prepared, they feel entitled to below market value prices from vendors, and occasionally threaten to come to someones house. If this were a food shortage and not just an ammo shortage or if it were any life/death situation I can only imagine what these people would do and how far they would go to take from others the things they thought they needed. That's why the only time I talk about what I have it's online.
Be careful security and safety are #1.
Not the case here. It's a money thing for them, not everyone can afford to own one of everything. They both carry a pistol on them and he has a little stockpile for every caliber he does own, just not an AR style rifle. The white flag wouldn't get any use. He would burn down an entire city with everyone in it to protect my sister, no on in my family has any doubt about that.
I’m a fairly generous person I like to think. I’m not out to gouge people on components. But I’m also not particularly willing to sell them either unless they have a really good reason on needing them. I prefer trading much more.
i aint got shit for ammo, primers, or powder. but IF i did...i wouldnt sell any of it. i might gift some to those who gifted me a blowjob. that’ll cut down on the bullshit.
There is only one friend that I would give ammo to if he asked, but he wouldn't because he sees the world like I do, and stacked deep while it was cheap. But if he did, I'd give it to him and ask how he let that happen, lol. He is the one that I have made plans to watch each others backs (immediate family included) if it was ever needed.
I did give away a 525 box of .22LR for free to a guy who is part of my local 2a group over the weekend. His Niece got a rifle for a present for getting good grades. She was not given ammo with it, and couldn't find any on the shelves. He simply wanted to help her learn to shoot and wasn't able to due to current times. I do like to help when it comes to young people learning to shoot. He is also at every meeting we have for our 2a group (its surprising how many people are gung-ho online, but will never come to anything in person). He takes the time to help and volunteer with our group.
My coworker recently decided to buy a pistol. I have told him to do it for the last 4 years, he waited until the worst time to do it. He asked me if he could buy some ammo 3 weeks ago from me, no dice. Go make a bid on the web is what I told him, lol.
I did give away a 525 box of .22LR for free to a guy who is part of my local 2a group over the weekend. His Niece got a rifle for a present for getting good grades. She was not given ammo with it, and couldn't find any on the shelves. He simply wanted to help her learn to shoot and wasn't able to due to current times. I do like to help when it comes to young people learning to shoot. He is also at every meeting we have for our 2a group (its surprising how many people are gung-ho online, but will never come to anything in person). He takes the time to help and volunteer with our group.
My coworker recently decided to buy a pistol. I have told him to do it for the last 4 years, he waited until the worst time to do it. He asked me if he could buy some ammo 3 weeks ago from me, no dice. Go make a bid on the web is what I told him, lol.
One of my crazy partners would get asked on the street.I had a buddy ask if I had any Extra ammo.
"Ya got an extra cigarette?"
His reply
"Yea when they come 21 to a pack."
A friend of mine mentioned he would like to find some .22.
A few days later I walked into his office and asked him for $20 bucks.
He handed me a $20, I handed him a box of federal bulk pack. He was happy!
A few days later I walked into his office and asked him for $20 bucks.
He handed me a $20, I handed him a box of federal bulk pack. He was happy!
Me: “Who’d you vote for?”
Them: “Why?”
Me: “I ain’t got no ammo...”
Them: “Why?”
Me: “I ain’t got no ammo...”
I guess no one teaches the fable of the ant and the grasshopper anymore.
Goddamnit, didn't Foul Mike kick off a fucking square football? A football bat golf stick, whatever the fuck ever?
3 pages, Fuckin A, that is a record for me.!!!
So many of us that think alike? but not quite together, but oh so close.
Please carry on so the Grasshoppers learn from the ants how this works, or, doesn't. AJ
3 pages, Fuckin A, that is a record for me.!!!
So many of us that think alike? but not quite together, but oh so close.
Please carry on so the Grasshoppers learn from the ants how this works, or, doesn't. AJ
I have 3-4 bpxes of PD ammo and that is reserved for my carry guns with hopes that I never have to shoot any of it. I also have a few thousand rounds loaded and boxed for my frequently shot handgun calibers, and enough 5,56 to get through a SHTF scenario.
I can sit down on any given evening and crank out a thousand rounds of just about anything I needed and I could do it for many evenings. I can do that because I saw the handwriting on the wall. I was here in '94 and I was here in '08, and I learned from it. While everyone else was supporting the corner bar, pounding beers, and stuffing dollars in g-strings, I was buying reloading components. Would I sell any ammo or components? Hell no. One exception... I recently sold a couple bricks of SP Mag primers to a guy for $60 a brick, which I thought was reasonable. I had three bricks and even though I currently don't have anything that uses them, you just don't know, so I kept a brick.
Ants 1, grasshoppers 0.
I can sit down on any given evening and crank out a thousand rounds of just about anything I needed and I could do it for many evenings. I can do that because I saw the handwriting on the wall. I was here in '94 and I was here in '08, and I learned from it. While everyone else was supporting the corner bar, pounding beers, and stuffing dollars in g-strings, I was buying reloading components. Would I sell any ammo or components? Hell no. One exception... I recently sold a couple bricks of SP Mag primers to a guy for $60 a brick, which I thought was reasonable. I had three bricks and even though I currently don't have anything that uses them, you just don't know, so I kept a brick.
Ants 1, grasshoppers 0.
I gave 50 slugs and 100rds of 9mm +p+ to a buddy when the lockdowns started. I didn’t mind I thought it might come in handy. With that being said I typically don’t give gifts ever.
At current prices I'd be tempted to collect transplantable body parts in lieu of cash.
At last year's prices that is a damn cheap way to flush a loser and user out of your life permanently. If he thinks about it just a little bit, he got a bargain.
Friends are separate from acquaintance. I would never charge a friend for ammo. I probably wouldn't sell any to an acquaintance either, right now. I had a friend who picked up a new 380 for his wife and mentioned he couldn't find ammo. He didn't ask for any but left with 500rds.
I was always told if you think you have more friends then fingers on a hand you still need to learn life.
I was always told if you think you have more friends then fingers on a hand you still need to learn life.
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I have a lot of buddies... But I don't have much in the way of real friends... And I really can't say I actually dislike a lot of people... It just seems that dealing with other people turns into more BS than it's worth. I'll find myself more willing to help a complete stranger broke down on the side of the road than a buddy... I guess because the stranger can't call me the next time he screws himself over.
Guess it's just a fact of life as you get older.
Mike
I don't have as much as I should but thinking about it there's 3 people I would give ammo to. My dad (who has some), my second oldest sister, or my favorite mission companion. Dad sister and I took our Chl together in 08 and I lent a spare gun to her a few years later til she got her own. Dad and sister are in Houston and the friend is in eastern Iowa. He is a parole officer now.
Only other family I would consider is my father in law in eastern Washington or my nephew who is on his mission for at least another year.
Only other family I would consider is my father in law in eastern Washington or my nephew who is on his mission for at least another year.
My sister who is a retired cop was jut up from Florida. She asked if I had any .223 for her AR. Sorry only 5.56 here. Should have stocked up. I dont want to be responsible for her screwing up her rifle. I have no idea what she has, she doesnt either
Need another brother? I'm rifle poor!I have a buddy (he is on the Hide but somehow I don't know his username) he just got into reloading and has everything he needs minus the primers. I am going to sell him 1k at pre-panic prices. What a terrible time to start reloading. I'm more than willing to help out the friends that would WITHOUT A DOUBT help me out.
A few weeks ago I got drunk and ordered a PSA kit to build a rifle for my brother in law. I'm still embarrassed about it. How can he not own a fighting rifle especially after what we all saw in 2020???? He will be getting a fully built rifle, FMJ ammo to practice, handloaded HPs, mags, Sig Romeo red dot and some 12ga buckshot. I consider this an investment into my sisters protection, that's assuming a PSA kit rifle will actually function
The only person I would sell or give ammo to is my brother.. The friends I do have don't own firearms, problem solved.
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Are Harris bipods any good? I’ve searched on here for at least 3 seconds, and found NOTHING to help me decide on what to get.I mean, if you wanna go double in a week, post up about good CS from Harris......
I have a friend that I’ve shot with off and on for a decade, been telling him the whole time to invest in reloading equipment. Calls me in January asking where to get a press and dies. 
Same here. Lol. Said he wants to start shooting 22lr rifles with me but that I’ll need to sell him my rimfire ammo because he can’t find any of the good stuff. I been begging him for years. 
Harris bipods are perfect for wolf hunting, getting blood blisters and punching trees. Anything else you are going to need to get something else.
I will never give or sell guns and ammo to anybody, except for a few friends I know for a very long time.
The thing is that friends of mine already have guns and ammo.
We can share a box or two of ammo between us if we somehow manage to run out of needed caliber to quickly reload in a very special situation.
The thing is that friends of mine already have guns and ammo.
We can share a box or two of ammo between us if we somehow manage to run out of needed caliber to quickly reload in a very special situation.
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A lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on mine...
We give ammo and gear away all the time between a select few of us. 20rd box of tracers here, a magazine of subsonics there, box of buckshot. We also do furniture for an ARs and other random cheaper items. It's always a surprise and never planned. Sometimes we ask to borrow bullets or other things but never have I been asked by close friends to just give or sell something. What they take they always pay back plus extra. It's like being swingers, but with firearms instead of your wife.
As to "friends" and others, the answer is always no.
I've been doing some trading of reloading components for several months, but as far as giving shit away, no way.
Actually, I can't say that. I did load up some 38 special for my mom, but she gave birth to me, so there is that
Actually, I can't say that. I did load up some 38 special for my mom, but she gave birth to me, so there is that
Yeah/ the only ones I’ve given any to have been parents and my brother. Usually I just tell them I have what I need (or ‘not in that caliber’).
I do, however, offer to keep an eye out for ammo that pops up at inflated current prices in their caliber, and email or text them the link when I find it (since I’m on gun and ammo sites quite a bit anyway). Usually shuts them up kindly.
I do, however, offer to keep an eye out for ammo that pops up at inflated current prices in their caliber, and email or text them the link when I find it (since I’m on gun and ammo sites quite a bit anyway). Usually shuts them up kindly.
OMG this. Insane. I had a friend just yesterday ask for...
**2000 rounds of 223 or 556**
My response? "I'm in Iraq, man" and . Sent him a link to ammoseek where Tula steel cased is going for 0.65 a round with "it's all yours man, have at it."
He wasn't happy that I wasn't giving him a "friends deal". I should've said "buy the components and I'll make it when I get back"
Buuuuut am I “sheepdog” or a “greyman” lol
If it’s something I can replace or do without, sure
I have a box of steel case 45 FMJ, I have no clue where it came from, I’m sure as heck not going to use it, if someone wanted to buy it, sure.
Got a few thousand rounds of JHP 22, I’d happily trade for some SK or Eley RWS etc.
If it’s something I can replace or do without, sure
I have a box of steel case 45 FMJ, I have no clue where it came from, I’m sure as heck not going to use it, if someone wanted to buy it, sure.
Got a few thousand rounds of JHP 22, I’d happily trade for some SK or Eley RWS etc.
