New ammo warehouse promises 1 million .22 rounds on opening day - The Missoulian
FAIRBANKS - Drawn by Interior Alaska’s insatiable demand for ammunition, a new warehouse-style ammunition store will open in Fairbanks next month. Anchorage-based ammunition business Alaska Ammo started just more than a year ago as a truck-based store that made occasional trips to Fairbanks and outlying towns. The Fairbanks store is bigger by design, according to owner Cody Brons. “Fairbanks has always been our busiest area, including Anchorage, even though Anchorage has a bigger population. Upon opening, Brons claims the new store will either be the largest ammunitions distributor in the Interior or the second largest, behind national chain Sportsman’s Warehouse. Brons got into the ammunition business amid a nearly decade-long surge in demand that’s made it difficult for customers to find popular calibers in stock in Alaska and much of the U. S. Fairbanks retailers blame the shortage on too much demand for... Retailers also blame shortages on scalpers who buy out ammunition to re-sell at inflated prices. Supply and demand remain out of whack in Fairbanks, but the new store opens at a time when it has been easier to find popular ammunition types, according to both Brons and gun counter managers at Frontier Outfitters and the Fairbanks Sportsman’s... Source: missoulian.com
