.38SuperMan
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While not necessarily representative of the rest of the country, I visited two gun stores and one indoor range while visiting my wife’s family in Omaha. I saw more ammo and reloading supplies than Iv’e seen in a couple of years.
I’ll state upfront I have no connection to any of the shops. First I went to Scheels to look around. Scheels had a full inventory of guns, matter of fact more than I’ve seen in a couple of years. They had a respectable supply of Hodgdon & AA powders, bullets including bulk but had no primers. Prices were pretty much retail across the board like powder ranging from $24-32 per pound. Ammo was plentiful for most common calibers and the shelves were full of shot shells.
Next I went to Guns unlimited and found plenty of Hodgdon IMR, Alliant and Shooters Choice powders for shot shells, pistol and Rifle. Sorry no Bullseye or Unique but some popular powders were available in large jugs. Prices were the same that you’d pay from Hodgdon. Shot shell primers were in stock as well as large rifle primers (#34?). I asked the clerk about SPP and was told they sporadically get them in limited quantities like 10,000 at a time.
Ammo was plentiful including 6.5, 30-06, 300 Win Mag and most popular calibers. The same was true for pistol calibers and shot shells. The only caliber I didn’t see was 357 but there was plenty of 38 Special at reasonable prices. There was a good supply of defensive ammo and range ammo. I purchased a brick of Federal 22LR (800 rounds in the blue box) for less than what Federal sells it direct for. I think unpaid $67 plus tax.
I spoke with the clerk about primers. He agreed prices are crazy but the dealers are paying elevated prices to get them. He also said there’s a new factory coming on line in Texas dedicated to making primers and believes availability will get back to pre pandemic levels and prices will come down some. They may not return to $35/1000 but prices will be much better. He said GU was still putting the same markup on items that they did pre pandemic.
I went to Inner 10 indoor range to pass some time. I carried my 3” King Cobra during my travels and took 200 rounds. Got to get away from the in-laws after a while. ;~}. Even the range had ammo for their rental guns but at a bit of a premium.
It was encouraging to see guns, ammo and reloading supplies returning and at much more reasonable prices.
How are supplies in your area?
I’ll state upfront I have no connection to any of the shops. First I went to Scheels to look around. Scheels had a full inventory of guns, matter of fact more than I’ve seen in a couple of years. They had a respectable supply of Hodgdon & AA powders, bullets including bulk but had no primers. Prices were pretty much retail across the board like powder ranging from $24-32 per pound. Ammo was plentiful for most common calibers and the shelves were full of shot shells.
Next I went to Guns unlimited and found plenty of Hodgdon IMR, Alliant and Shooters Choice powders for shot shells, pistol and Rifle. Sorry no Bullseye or Unique but some popular powders were available in large jugs. Prices were the same that you’d pay from Hodgdon. Shot shell primers were in stock as well as large rifle primers (#34?). I asked the clerk about SPP and was told they sporadically get them in limited quantities like 10,000 at a time.
Ammo was plentiful including 6.5, 30-06, 300 Win Mag and most popular calibers. The same was true for pistol calibers and shot shells. The only caliber I didn’t see was 357 but there was plenty of 38 Special at reasonable prices. There was a good supply of defensive ammo and range ammo. I purchased a brick of Federal 22LR (800 rounds in the blue box) for less than what Federal sells it direct for. I think unpaid $67 plus tax.
I spoke with the clerk about primers. He agreed prices are crazy but the dealers are paying elevated prices to get them. He also said there’s a new factory coming on line in Texas dedicated to making primers and believes availability will get back to pre pandemic levels and prices will come down some. They may not return to $35/1000 but prices will be much better. He said GU was still putting the same markup on items that they did pre pandemic.
I went to Inner 10 indoor range to pass some time. I carried my 3” King Cobra during my travels and took 200 rounds. Got to get away from the in-laws after a while. ;~}. Even the range had ammo for their rental guns but at a bit of a premium.
It was encouraging to see guns, ammo and reloading supplies returning and at much more reasonable prices.
How are supplies in your area?
