I am not a fan of this channel, but I find his math-based answer to the shortages to be the most plausible. 

To the shortages, keep in mind that for three years we were experiencing a flooded market, with prices kept unnaturally low.  That $.19/rnd 9mm that we all liked?  That is not a normal or reasonably expectable price going forward.  With the last year's inflation, $.30 a round is probably a good price going forward.  That is the price we all pay for printing several extra trillion dollars of 'free' money.

Thank you for the contribution. I'll have to watch this later.

Yup.  I remember those days also.  I suppose by today's standards ( or lack thereof .  .  . ) we would have been considered ignorant and barbaric but my recollection of that time is that we were generally healthier and happier than we seem to be today. 

Anyway, this is a newbie intro thread so I should knock it off and start posting somewhere else lest I be charged with felony thread drift . . . 

Perfect symmetry would have had the car describing such a spiral to be called Nautilus, no?   

Coelacanth,
I guess I have been on the "dark side" for many decades.

Funny thing about snubbies is at my department,guys would do the qualifcations with their duty pieces and then pack the snubby and go on their way.

Virtually all back up guns were snubbies.

I have an Air Force Condor for ten years now as well as a Benjamin Discovery (both 22s) top it off with three Sheridans from three different decades pretty well round it off.

About 7 years ago I had a couple of articles published in Airgun Hobbist magazine. One about the advantages of airguns and the other about the Sheridan air rifles.

As an LEO for forty years,I do have tales to tell like;

How would you go about investigating a motor vehicle accident where a car was driven into a kitchen?

Did I mention that the kitchen was on the 2nd floor?

Yup,she did it....and in reverse too!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You gotta love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                                             Top Dog

See?  I knew it!  Great stories already delivered.   

I'll have to tell you about the time two unoccupied vehicles were involved in an accident where the actual collision occurred on private property and the police had no clue how to report it and the insurance claims adjusters were equally perplexed except for knowing that their respective companies were not responsible for a claim.   

Condors are nice guns and the old Sheridans just seem to soldier on for decades with minimal maintenance.  I live a short drive from Airguns of Arizona and drop by there from time to time to drool on the glass and wonder how on earth I might be able to afford a nice pcp rifle with all the accoutrement.  In the meantime I pick up a few pellets for the Dianawerk 34 and the old Crosman side lever springer pistol.  Good fun - and more relevant in times when other ammunition is scarce and/or prohibitively expensive. 

Coelacanth,
I guess I have been on the "dark side" for many decades.

Funny thing about snubbies is at my department,guys would do the qualifcations with their duty pieces and then pack the snubby and go on their way.

Virtually all back up guns were snubbies.

I have an Air Force Condor for ten years now as well as a Benjamin Discovery (both 22s) top it off with three Sheridans from three different decades pretty well round it off.

About 7 years ago I had a couple of articles published in Airgun Hobbist magazine. One about the advantages of airguns and the other about the Sheridan air rifles.

As an LEO for forty years,I do have tales to tell like;

How would you go about investigating a motor vehicle accident where a car was driven into a kitchen?

Did I mention that the kitchen was on the 2nd floor?

Yup,she did it....and in reverse too!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You gotta love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                                             Top Dog

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