What's it like getting ammo where you live?
Here, IF you can find it, you have to be there when the doors open and have a 1 or 2 box limit.
Here, IF you can find it, you have to be there when the doors open and have a 1 or 2 box limit.
Ammo Near You?
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Commander Quan
Commander Yellow Pantyhose
I have a really good gun/outdoor shop near me and only once have I seen them out of stock of most of their handgun ball ammo. I picked up 2 boxes of Blazer 9mm yesterday, and they probably had 75 boxes in stock, there is no .22 however. Walmart only had 30.06 and 12 gauge shells
Very slim, like it was about 4 years ago. No .22, hit-and-miss-and-high-prices on centerfire handgun. Reloading supplies, small pistol primers are very scarce.
Tom
Tom
9mm, .45 and .380 are scarce; 5.56 (.223) is non-existant
.38 is around but ofter in skimpy supply
.40 S&W is almost plentiful and is reasonably priced
.44 Magnum is difficult to locate but I know it's somewhere
.300 Win Mag is easily available (but is as expensive as always); .30-06 is pretty commonplace and selling at before-scare prices
So all considered it could be worse I guess
.38 is around but ofter in skimpy supply
.40 S&W is almost plentiful and is reasonably priced
.44 Magnum is difficult to locate but I know it's somewhere
.300 Win Mag is easily available (but is as expensive as always); .30-06 is pretty commonplace and selling at before-scare prices
So all considered it could be worse I guess
Rifle ammo, other than .223, seems to be pretty widely available. Same deal with shotgun ammo (though buckshot is a bit scarcer than normal). But handgun ammo is very, very scarce. 9mm has been out of stock everywhere I've looked for months and .45s are quite few and far between. I haven't specifically shopped for other calibers but all the common ones (.40, .380, .38, .357, etc.) are scarce too. Even the gun store/range I went to a couple weeks ago was limiting customers who rented their range guns to shoot on their range to 2 boxes of any single caliber. They wouldn't sell to non-shooters at all.
Obviously I don't want to get into a political discussion but I sure hope the firearms market returns to pre-panic levels soon. We may even see a drop in prices after the hysteria passes as folks start to burn through the large stockpiles they've built up and demand drops. Scaling down of our military engagements oversees should hopefully also allow some makers to switch some production back to civilian products.
Obviously I don't want to get into a political discussion but I sure hope the firearms market returns to pre-panic levels soon. We may even see a drop in prices after the hysteria passes as folks start to burn through the large stockpiles they've built up and demand drops. Scaling down of our military engagements oversees should hopefully also allow some makers to switch some production back to civilian products.
.223 and .45 is slim to none. Online is pretty much the same.
It makes me sad. I bought 1k rounds of .45 last year and it ran me close to $500. Right now that same amount is going for almost $900. Its ridiculous. If they dont ban guns, they are going to make the ammo so expensive that we will be forced to use bow and arrows.
It makes me sad. I bought 1k rounds of .45 last year and it ran me close to $500. Right now that same amount is going for almost $900. Its ridiculous. If they dont ban guns, they are going to make the ammo so expensive that we will be forced to use bow and arrows.
None around here either. Even .22 is non-existant
Just had a tweet from the local gunships for 1000 223 for 599/699 depending on bullet grain.
Myself, and others, have seen plenty of .40 around and at a reasonable price. $19-$32 for 50 depending on brand/bullet type. Anyone theorize why that is?
Hey post 2000, BOOYAH!
Hey post 2000, BOOYAH!
Gun stores generally have what I need, but are charging more based on demand. I love seeing multiple price stickers on top of each other, lol. The value options like Walmart have had empty shelves for a while. When they get a shipment, there is a 3 box max and it sells out within a few hours. Thankfully, I lucked out last Saturday and made it twice for 6 boxes of .45 (3, 50 packs and 3, 100 packs).
It's not that way in suburban Pittsburgh. No shortages, as far as I can tell. I generally go to a sporting goods shop near my range. Have yet to leave empty-handed.
got some .556 at bulkammo.com
it's nuts. I don't know what is going on. went to a gun show looking for a new upper -- crazy sauce. ammo was priced 3x normal amounts.
Commander Quan
Commander Yellow Pantyhose
Just picked up 2 more boxes of 9mm for $14.99 at Gander Mountain of all places. GM regularly charges the highest price for ammo in the area, this was $3 less per box than what I paid last week at an independent shop.
Supplies are pretty thin here in Southeast Wisconsin. 40S&W seems to be somewhat available in stores, but everything else is gone.
My on-line resources (SG Ammo, Aim Surplus, Georgia Arms, Ammo Man, Ammo to go) are also very low on everything.
My on-line resources (SG Ammo, Aim Surplus, Georgia Arms, Ammo Man, Ammo to go) are also very low on everything.
If you get to the local Academy when the doors open -- and the store got an overnight shipment -- you can find almost anything you need. Trouble is you're limited to one box per caliber, so if you only shoot 9mm, well, you get one box. Seems to be no problem with .40 caliber -- that's on the regular shelves, with the hunting rounds, also widely available. Same with shotgun shells. Seems to me I've seen some .380 on the regular shelves, too, and .45 cal.
But the other stuff -- .223, 9mm, some others -- are stacked in the customer service area with the one box limit per caliber.
Funny, you see the same customers every day there's a shipment. It's like a little club ...
But the other stuff -- .223, 9mm, some others -- are stacked in the customer service area with the one box limit per caliber.
Funny, you see the same customers every day there's a shipment. It's like a little club ...
I'm having better luck finding chicken lips than I am finding 7.62NATO ball ammo.
I refuse to pay a buck a pop for it.
Interesting that .40 S&W is somewhat available what with the gov't buying well over a billion rounds of it in the last year or so.
I refuse to pay a buck a pop for it.
Interesting that .40 S&W is somewhat available what with the gov't buying well over a billion rounds of it in the last year or so.
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[STUPID GUESS]I know a thing or two about manufacturing but not the specifics of ammunition manufacturing. I would venture to guess manufacturers are primarily concentrating on the lucrative orders from government agencies, then sales of that same ammunition to other customers, and their last priority is any other caliber. Prioritizing like that avoids any unnecessary down time on the assembly line.
If my manufacturing capacity is mostly consumed making up to a billion of something and I know that my overruns from that order are going to be easily sold to other customers I am going to keep making that same product until the secondary market is also satisfied. The last thing I am going to want to do is stop production, change over to another configuration, do a relatively short run of that product, and then switch back again.[/STUPID GUESS]
EDIT: I have confirmed that my guess ventured above is completely wrong.
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My range is selling 22lr for $10/ 100
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