Montana business navigating national ammo shortage
MTN
and last updated 2021-01-27 14:04:00-05
HELENA â We all remember when the pandemic started, a lot of things left store shelves fast. Basic cooking items, hand sanitizer. Andâ¦yes, toilet paper.
âRight after people figured out they couldnât get enough toilet paper they started thinking about ammunition,â said Ed Beall, owner of
Capital Sports in Helena. But unlike TP, ammo shelves are still emptier than normal.
Gun and ammunition sales often surge based on hunting season and national events, so a run on ammo in the past chaotic year was expected.
But for Beall, this time around is different than anything heâs seen. âIâve been here 36 years, our companyâs been here 50 years, weâve seen all these cycles, this is definitely the biggest one of those cycles in terms of the impact and will have the biggest impact on supply,â said Beall.