Are you still seeing ammo shortages in your neck of the US?

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It's now 8 July and the rumors (or posts, if you will) that the ammo shortage is coming to an end are apparently false, at least in my neck of the US here in KY. It seems anything that can be fired from a handgun and .223 are still like birds that have grown wings and flown off the store shelves. I really thought demand would have waned by now, but I don't think thats the case. .357 Magnum, .38 Special, 9mm, 45 ACP, and virtually all handgun ammo is non-existent here. Geez - even .22 LR is not available at the local Wallyworld.

What have you folks seeing for handgun ammo availability in your area?

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I stopped at WM yesterday and found nothing (no 38spl, no 40S&W, no 357mag, no 22LR). Dept mgr was working the sporting goods counter. He says he gets shipments sporadically and they are gone within a day. He claims he heard things should be changing around the end of July. We'll see.
 
Its tough to find any kind of pistol ammo around here and 22 you can find it here and there but you pay thru the nose for it.
 
I was at my local Pro Bass/Outdoor World earlier today looking at the empty ammo shelves. The department manager commented that he only has ammo about 3 hours a week and he never knows when those three hours will be. Said you have to be there when they open on the day ammo arrives or you are out of luck.

Yes, we still have an ammo shortage here in Michigan.
 
My local shop has been getting some stuff in. Lots of Wolfe 223 and 7.62X39. Also CCI and WW 9mm, but it is $14 per box. He has some, but not a lot of 22lr and 357 but no 38 special. The local WM has no 9mm or 22lr. I did stop at another WM last week and they had just got some WW 9mm in. Not much else though.
 
Ammo here is coming back, so far the only thing that I still don't see is .223, last time I was at the local shop he had shelves full of everything and the only thing that had any limits on it was .380, he had it limited to 1 box per person but there was alot of it there.

Now if only he will start to get some primers in:(
 
I have a hard time finding .380, 9mm and .45s.

.357 is tough but not as bad as the aforementioned three calibers.
 
My gunstore/range has lots of .40 S&W by various manufacturers, ditto .45. It has .38 special fmj by various mfgs. But no 9x19 mm yet. Until recently, they didn't have anything.

Cordially, Jack
 
The only pistol caliber that I can find with a certain regularity is .357 Sig. Online, I can find .32 ACP more often than many other chamberings (thanks to the good folks at Prvi).

Non defensive shotgun shells remain available as before.
 
Here in North Carolina--still big shortages. Went to shoot today and they had no 357 on the shelf at all, and in the other calibers, mostly expensive self-defense stuff.

Thank goodness I stocked up years ago in preparation for the zombie apocalypse/WWIII.
 
Handgun ammo is beginning to make a come back; I've seen 9mm 100 round packs at Wal-Mart, as well as 50 round boxes of .40 S&W and .45 ACP. Occassionally there are boxes of .38/.357, but they are rare. .223/5.56 ammo is nowhere to be found.
 
can get pretty much what I want up here(if you know where)......but still got a ton of ammo so aint bought any for a few years

but take PMC 223, few weeks ago $450, now $350
 
Wallyworld up here has .40 all the time, 9mm seems like every other week, went in yesterday and they had some .357. No .22lr, .223 value packs. We have a discount sporting goods store (two stores total) that had at least 10 cases of various calibers. I was in awe. They actually have been in stock, at reasonable prices, with most calibers. They had .45, .357, .9mm, .38, .357, .44, a couple cases of .380, .223 Wolf, .223 Rem, 7.62 Rem and Wolf, Fed .22lr, my head was spinning too much to remember all of it.

So it seems to be getting better around here. Hopefully.
 
Generally speaking, I can find something in just about any caliber, however there is very little choice between manufacturers and different loads. What is absolutely not available is cheap ammunition! The days of cheap surplus ammo seem to over, and I do not expect them to return.
 
At Cabela's KC Friday and Monday. Much better selection than they had a month ago. Lots of .380. Plenty of most others and various makers. I picked up some .38 SPL and .32 H&R there.

Two gun shops in NW Missouri had more than last visit also. Picked up some Federal .32 H&R at one.

Usual SW MO walmart had .40 S&W in Blazer Brass, WW, and Federal target loads, but not much else.
 
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