I sold ammo to the gun store empoyee's.

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Elvishead

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About a year ago I bought three cases of GDHPs .38 +P 135g at $15 a box/50.

I offered to sell him a box back then, just to do him a favor. He said he was not interested. I thought back then he had to be crazy to turn down such a good deal.

Just yesterday, at the Gunshop/Range, he asked if I still had some GDHP's left. I wanted to lie and say no, but I had a box and a half in my bag, so I told him I'd sell him a half box with 24 rounds in it, and I sold it to him for $8 at a profit of $1. Then another employee asks if I had any other type of defense round. I had about 12 GDHP 9mm 124g +Ps left in a box/50. He said "Well, that's about what I need" I got those last years for $12.50 a box/50 x 20 in a case.

So I sold those to him 12 rounds for $3.00.

What does that tell you?

I don't know if it was because of the good deal, or because SD ammo is that scarce. At the time, I didn't even think about it until today.
 
Working in a gun shop doesn't get you any ammo when the shelves are bare, and the discount helps very little when the few boxes of ammo you find are now twice the price they were less than a year ago.
 
I am curious how a gun shop could sell a 1/2 a box of ammo? If I go into a gun store and there is 1/2 a box for sale a little red flag would likely go up. Maybe I don't understand the circumstances...
 
Finding defensive ammo around here isn't too hard, it's just hard to cough up the prices they're asking.:barf:

I'm glad I'm not searching for .380 though, as you'd probably find Hoffa first.
 
I wondered about this also. About a year ago when I bought a Browning .380 I offered the dealer to trade him three new boxes of Remington 115 gr 9mmP, which I had after getting rid of a KelTec P11, for one box of .380's. He demurred saying his insurance wouldn't let him do this. I can understand that, there could be a round of overloaded handloads in the box. But at this point in time I wonder if he wouldn't be receptive to the offer, or of buying them.
 
I wouldn't have sold them anything, and I wouldn't sell it at such a small profit. Right now, ammo is worth more than money. I wouldn't have lied to them. I would have reminded them of the previous offer, packed my stuff, and brought my extra ammo home.
 
According to the FFL that gun stores are issued they cannot buy ammo from an individual and resell it. They can't even buy it in the store from an individual for their own use. It's just the law. Ammo was sold to a gun store from an individual and resold, it had been tapered with and it killed someone. That’s why.

Later when you saw them at the range it was alright for them to buy.
 
MEATSAW:

I am curious how a gun shop could sell a 1/2 a box of ammo? If I go into a gun store and there is 1/2 a box for sale a little red flag would likely go up. Maybe I don't understand the circumstances...
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:rolleyes: Maybe they have A.D.D.:D By the way.......read my post again, and again, and again.

jondar:

I wondered about this also. About a year ago when I bought a Browning .380 I offered the dealer to trade him three new boxes of Remington 115 gr 9mmP, which I had after getting rid of a KelTec P11, for one box of .380's. He demurred saying his insurance wouldn't let him do this. I can understand that, there could be a round of overloaded handloads in the box. But at this point in time I wonder if he wouldn't be receptive to the offer, or of buying them.
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I have ammo I bought/ordered for people for cheaper than anywhere else in the past, and turns out they had no interest in it because they are cheap. And now they want to buy it, including .380s. I'd just assume throw it away than sell it to them.:mad: I was just trying to do them a favor.

support_six:

I wouldn't have sold them anything, and I wouldn't sell it at such a small profit. Right now, ammo is worth more than money. I wouldn't have lied to them. I would have reminded them of the previous offer, packed my stuff, and brought my extra ammo home.
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This guy is pretty cool and we are (persay) friends, and he comes out and shoots with me from time to time while he's at work as many of the staff does, and I was the one that convinced him the get a J-frame (637), so I wanted to set him up. And trust me, I will remind him for the rest of our lives.


comn-cents:

According to the FFL that gun stores are issued they cannot buy ammo from an individual and resell it.

They can't even buy it in the store from an individual for their own use. It's just the law.

Ammo was sold to a gun store from an individual and resold, it had been tapered with and it killed someone. That’s why.

Later when you saw them at the range it was alright for them to buy.
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I, did not know that (Johnny Carson). We know each other pretty well, so it's more of a friend thing than a business transaction, but thanks for informing me on legalities.
 
According to the FFL that gun stores are issued they cannot buy ammo from an individual and resell it.

They can't even buy it in the store from an individual for their own use. It's just the law.

Ammo was sold to a gun store from an individual and resold, it had been tapered with and it killed someone. That’s why.
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I don't quite buy that. I know of several gun shops in my area that routinely buy ammo from individuals, estate sales, and auctions. So long as the ammo is in full boxes and known to be factory ammo (they won't mess with other people's reloads) they'll re-sell it.
 
Take it to a gun show and see if it sells. I took a bunch of boxes of useless to me .380 to the last gun show, and had no problems finding a table that would buy it from me, like the first one I came to. Looking at the price tags on the boxes made me laugh. I did not remove them. Heck, last fall I GAVE a guy I know a box of hydra shock 380's that I did not want anymore.
 
Elvishead, you did the right thing in selling a few rounds. You've earned some goodwill with some people who will be in a position to help you from time to time. Always a good thing. :)
 
I have switched to Buffalo Bore 45acp +P 230g FMJ Flat nose for SD ammo its more plentiful and cheaper than the Hydrshocks I have been using for so long. It shoots better and I like it.
 
Went into Walmart tonight to by a dog collar. Moseyed on over to the hunting dept., just to see what was what. Saw the ammunition case looking like a starving, well starving. There was a man there talking to a female employee and saying "It is clear you do not have what I need." After he left I noticed that the ONLY thing they had in the case were some misc. rifle rounds and shotgun ammo.
I asked her what was going on (I knew), she said the manufacturers are working 24/7 to meet demand. I asked why (I knew but wanted to see what Walmart would say) she said that Obama wants to heavily tax firearms and ammunition, but that it will be two years before it goes into affect. So everyone is buying up ammo faster than the manufacturers can make it.

First I never heard Obama had publicly said anything about heavily taxing ammo.
Second I am just repeating what I heard in a mosy.
 
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Went into Walmart tonight to by a dog collar. Moseyed on over to the hunting dept., just to see what was what. Saw the ammunition case looking like a starving, well starving. There was a man there talking to a female employee and saying "It is clear you do not have what I need." After he left I noticed that the ONLY thing they had in the case were some misc. rifle rounds and shotgun ammo.
I asked her what was going on (I knew), she said the manufacturers are working 24/7 to meet demand. I asked why (I knew but wanted to see what Walmart would say) she said that Obama wants to heavily tax firearms and ammunition, but that it will be two years before it goes into affect. So everyone is buying up ammo faster than the manufacturers can make it.

First I never heard Obama had publicly said anything about heavily taxing ammo.
Second I am just repeating what I heard in a mosy.
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Hmmmm. Have to reread that tomorrow.
 
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First I never heard Obama had publicly said anything about heavily taxing ammo.
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I'm sure we would be hearing this from other sources if he had publicly said this. Also, I think he's to politically savvy to say this right now. He'll wait a while.
 
First I never heard Obama had publicly said anything about heavily taxing ammo.
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I haven't either, but I have seen the similarity between the "Pres" and the neighbor's birddog that keeps wandering by my chicken coops. They both have that look that says, "one day, when you aren't watching.............

"You knew I was a snake when you picked me up."
 
At Cabelas they have a written policy not to accept any ammo in returns. I have no idea if it is due to some law or just general policy, but they will accept returns on anything else.

While the story is nice and all, just think of the tens of thousands who have walked away from buying ammo at gun stores over the last few years, and wish they would have bought it at it's previous lower price instead of buying now at a higher price or not getting it at all.

All this story proves is that no one predicted ammo would be so scarce now, not the consumer and not the gun store employee. It certainly works both ways.
 
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