30 Round Mags in stock here & there...

From Scott, if you insist on MagPul 30 round mags.  I'll reserve my commentary about CheaperThanDirt and their post-Sandy Hook behavior and their current pricing, and simply breathe in the Free Enterprise.  ;) 

Thought you'd like to share with your readers.  Little pricey for my blood:

http://www.surplusammo.com/magpul-gen-2-pmag-30-round-5-56x45-ar15-m16-magazine-black-includes-dust-cover-mag211-blk/

http://www.luckygunner.com/30-round-pmag-223-black-ar-magazine

http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/product/MAG-074

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K writing again: Folks, I am not telling you to go and pay $100 for a magazine - but I am telling you that if there is anything in your preps that is weak, buy it now.  You may never get another chance to buy it - it's like investing in gold.  Maybe the price drops the day after you buy.  That sucks - but at least you have gold.  But if the price doubles and you needed gold - you're f'd.

I have heard this (paraphrased) from 3 different people who I consider to be "in-the-know" regarding prep assets such as mags and ammo in the last 3 days: "If NOTHING stupid happens, we can PROBABLY begin to get some product back to the shelves across the nation in 3-9 months.  But just ONE screw-up, just one wrong word from Washington, just one wrong word from NRA, just one more idiot in a school with a gun, and manufacturers will not begin to get product back in the general public for years."

Right this minute Miller has scored a shipment of 500 Thermold 30 rounders (USA made, not the Canadian crap) with help from an ally in our community.  The guys at NC Renegade (CADD Graphics) also have some they have for sale here.  You'll notice that various vendors are clearing their backorders enough to, once in a while, on a few products, offer small lots to the general public.

That is good.  Some things like mags are easy to produce and get out the door relatively quickly.  Ammo is also one of those commodities, but ammo is under more pressure than mags, it is also a consumable - meaning that guys shoot ammo every week and need to not only replace what they just shot, but also need to add to overall prep numbers.  That all equals more market pressure on ammo.

As for ARs and other fighting arms: These are the hardest to get to market in terms of timeline for manufacturers.  Look at the shelves in your AO.  A few brand new rifles, from various manufacturers, with fat prices hanging on the tags.  The smaller the manufacturer, the longer it will take you to see one of his firearms just sitting on a shelf, because most smaller manufacturers already have a list of named buyers out the door and around the block.  Companies like Ruger, Bushmaster, et cetera with "real" manufacturing capability still haven't been able to get product out the door fast enough to fill anyone's shelves.

I saw an ad online the other day for a Mosin for $800 - and it was bought within 4 hours.

You need to look at this market with a Militiaman's savvy:  If you truly think the Enemies of Liberty are moving toward contact, right now, then you'd better do what you need to do to fill those holes in your preps locker, right now.  The days of $600 ARs are over.  If they ever return, it won't be for a LONG time.  The days of .556 NATO at twenty cents a round are over.

Then again - we could wake up tomorrow and find a President in the White House who has been possessed by the spirit of Thomas Jefferson, and we won't need any of our preps.

Bet accordingly...

Kerodin
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