Iran war effects on ammo..

[fnq22]

Should we be stocking up on reloading and ammo supplies while we can...?...

Up where I am powder and some ammo is often already a "put your name down and wait until the next shipment" kind of deal.......If this war goes on and on will it start to dry up ammo supplies..?

[bigrich]

Should we be stocking up on reloading and ammo supplies while we can...?...

Up where I am powder and some ammo is often already a "put your name down and wait until the next shipment" kind of deal.......If this war goes on and on will it start to dry up ammo supplies..?

Quite possibly things will get harder to get. I stocked up on imported items when albo-sleazy’s new laws affected imports. I’ve been told that there was plenty of stock in the country, but the workload for customs could backlog things quite a bit. So yes, I would stock up , some might call it panic buying, but I’ve got enough gear to last me 2 years. It’s not like I won’t use it ….

[mickb]

Fellas, I have no doubt a range of shortages are going to be blamed on any war and also a range of prices of living are going to shoot up as well. Previously, we could have wars raging 20 years, trade sanctions, even complete GFC's and stockmarket crashes and the supply of items and price of items was often stable.

Since Covid, any international event seems to flog our standard of living to death and double the net worth of billionaires( I mean literally they doubled and tripled their money during and after Covid)

The rules of economics are basically that there are no rulestany more. Any opportuntiy to create price hikes and scarcity is taken by big businesses and the lower you are in the food chain the harder you get hit.

Covid, Ukraine war, trade sanctions with china, now this war, I bet its the same thing.

I have no doubt, any day now a bunch of price increases are going to be 'hinted at' by the media. And the average bloke, not being over burdended by economic intelligence will run about believing it.

I remember in the Ukraine war, everything was being blamed on it, even QLD home insurance price hikes were being blamed on it. I kid you not, it was on the news one night. And people at work telling me it all made sense,.

Strap in.

[Makerboi]

For some reason or another if there is a war on in the world it's the Australian government's responsibility to blame it for the cost of everything. Wars can affect powders and other energetics but last time I checked it shouldn't effect insurance

[deye243]

I honestly cannot believe that there are people who still don't have enough supplies to shoot out the barrels that they're using they deserve everything they get even way back in 2008 we learnt the hard way

[fnq22]

I honestly cannot believe that there are people who still don't have enough supplies to shoot out the barrels that they're using they deserve everything they get even way back in 2008 we learnt the hard way

You sure told me didnt ya...
but thanks to the other fellas for their answers .this is my first year reloading and shooting much centrefire so appreciate the advice..living in a remote rural area of FNQ where the closet handgun and reloading suppliers are 2-3 hours away is challenging....I have waited up to 6 months for some supplies only to find some orders could only be partially filled..I guess I'll have to start "panic buying" and really stocking up when its available then shall I...

[Wapiti]

I honestly cannot believe that there are people who still don't have enough supplies to shoot out the barrels that they're using they deserve everything they get even way back in 2008 we learnt the hard way

Yes we might do that, but there are plenty of people who have to live week by week who save up and pay as they can afford to.
If we go for a walk at night in one country town we have a business, there are plenty of homes that are dark. But retired folk live there. Guess why that is.