The 2013 Ammo Forecast

If you live in an urban area, you probably experienced a scene much like this photo the last time you went to purchase ammo. No, your eyes aren’t deceiving you… those ammo shelves really have been picked clean. Beginning in late 2012, consumer demand for ammunition hit historic levels in the US. Retailers and manufacturers simply weren’t prepared for the spike and the result has been a rash of nationwide shortages and panic-buying. Or, as Hornady Manufacturing puts it: “The current political climate has caused extremely high demand on all shooting industry products, including ours. Empty retail shelves, long backorders, […]