Ammo shortage,again?

[brucev]

I'm starting to see an ammo shortage again. Anyone else having trouble finding ammo?

Yes. In my area .22 LR ammunition is completely sold out of all the local gun shops as well as places like Wal-Mart, etc.

Yesterday a church member told me of a gun shop in a town 29 miles away that she thought had ammo. I drove over and found they had plenty of everything including .22 LR ammo. I was able to buy four bricks of American Eagle, which was their limit for a single purchase. They said they were getting fairly low in inventory and wanted to make sure that everyone could shoot their guns. I was told that if I wanted to, I could buy another couple of bricks next week. Cool. They had no limit on the number of 100 rd. boxes of ammo like CCI Mini-Mags, etc. I'll be buying that for use with a Marvel .22 LR Conversion Unit that I recently purchased. I'll use the American Eagle in my 15-22.

 

[Zactical]

cant get 9mm fmj to save your life in so cal. 357 mag fmj brass is non existent. but you can still find 45 without a problem. luckily my 45 is my carry piece.

9mm is non existent in the Tampa Fl area

I've managed to scoop some 40 & 380..

It is really sad because I need the 9 for teaching but i'll be forced to make them shoot the 40



This came at a bad time because my little brother just came home from the marines so we blew through all my range ammo before he left and now i'm wishing i'd gotten more while he was here

 

[Travis15R]

Grabbed this at my local Cabelas today for my AR. Just in time bc I also picked the gun up today . They had a TON of it, probably won't last long

 

[lanxandreads]

I think this whole ammo situation hit me when I saw 500 rds. of 40 cal on sale for 250 bucks on CDNN. It used to be be 159 a few of months earlier. Boo.

 

[rburg]

And here I sit in my poverty. I look over and the fireplace is cold. The cats have found someplace else to nap. None of my grandkids are here. And now I read a thread about the lack of ammo and none being available.

And I think that I don't have a single round of .223. Not even a single round! Oh what has become of me. And then I think back of the weekend. I did manage to buy 150 rounds of .357 but the member here who sold it to me charged me $300 for it! That's $2 a round!

 

[smith17]

Dick:
Warm yourself by going back thru all your old threads and comments about the loads of old ammo you grabbed at shows while others laughed at you. Surely you remember where you put it all!
Ed

 

[rburg]

Dick:
Surely you remember where you put it all!
Ed

Of course, but I still don't own even a single round of AR ammo! Of course I also don't own an AR and there might be a connection. In fact, I'd bet on it.

 

[Smithhound]

Finally it is paying off to be a hoarder/packrat. Years ago I bought a bunch of steel case .223, never intending to shoot it in my AR's as I felt the firearm wasn't designed for steel cases. Don't ask why I bought it, it was dirt cheap and available, that's just the way I am. It's sat under the bench until today. I sold it back to a dealer for 5x what I paid for it.
Boy did that feel good!
Been reloading since 1980 and casting since '90, packrattin' all the while.
I don't feel as optimistic as some of y'all. This isn't 'blowing over'.
Good luck.
RD

 

[sw1834]

RELOAD, DAMN IT!

I shoot what I buy. I also buy powder, primers and bullets with each purchase. When there's no more ammo, I will have plenty of brass and everything i need with it!

 

[ladyT]

That does it. I'm switching to bow and arrow.

Actually you're not alone in that line of thinking. I too have been considering the move. Don't get me wrong as I will continue to shoot but this still gets me out on the range and no ear plugs are needed.

 

[EdNewman]

Nothing left here in NY. I have a bunch on backorder, we will see when and if it shows up. I heard DHS ordered something like 400 million rounds which will not help the availability.

 

[heeter3]

Ammo to go is out of certain rounds and has limited amounts of others they have posted on their site that due to high demand an order is taking 22-24 days to complete.

 

[kaaskop49]

Besides stocking up, we have to contact our legislators on this issue. Email has made it easier. Also helpful to support NRA-ILA and -PVF.

 

[Harrison]

Hi:

Did you really believe that Obama was a one term President ??

My friends and I certainly hoped he would be. I honestly don't know anyone that voted for him, or at least will admit to it.