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

Zip on any handgun other than occasional .40 S&W north of Seattle @ WW.
Exceptions, the local range/gun-shop seems to have a stash of 9X19, .38, some .357 mag. Lowest price at the gun shop was $15 for 50 FMJ 9X19.
 
In Northern Nevada (Reno/Sparks).
Rifle ammo is beginning to appear fairly consistently but pistol is still hit and miss.
Wally World gets it sporadically.
Some gun shops and Cabela's will have pistol ammo but pricey.

Regards,
Arkdweller
 
you are lucky to find .22 at walmart around here, but I did see some .25! I saw a 100rd box of .40 S&W about a month back from winchester but left it for the next guy because i have a little under 100 rds now, but I really wish I had bought it
 
In my area of PA you can go into any gun/outdoors store (large or small, big chain or mom 'n' pop) and get anything you want. Handgun and rifle centerfire, rimfire, etc. there is no shortage here. Prices are of course higher than we would like but I don't think you will ever see them come down anywhere ever again.
 
Ammo

I was in WM yesturday in a Nebraska town near the river where theres a big bridge for UP trains to cross over the big river between NE and IA. LOTS of ammo. This WM even had guns, never seen a WM with guns in Iowa. Anyway I brough a bunch of 22 LR home with me. I could not believe the selection they had.
 
I'm not seeing any evidence of the ammo situation ending. Prices are still insane and ammo shelves are still mostly bare.
 
Animal, (I always think of a Sesame Street character ;))

We've got a pretty good stash of ammo at the stores up here in the north part of the state and across the border in No' Ca'lina.

I think it's letting up because it is summertime. However, I see the prices are still much higher than I'm used to...
 
Local walMart had a case of winchester 333 bulk .22 this morning for $10.47 per box.

Makes it just a little higher per shot than the last federal 550 bulk that I bought. I got a box just to have something different.

All other handgun type ammo spots were empty.
 
7-11-09'
Independent sporting goods store (Big 5) 30 miles N/Seattle.
W WB 230 grain FMJ .45ACP 100 round val-paks. $ 53.00 per (!!!!!!!)-2 boxes on shelf.
Zero 9X19, .38 or .45ACP @ Wally World.

(EDIT) This just in...

http://www.ammoman.com/index.htm
 
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Two veries; very little and very expensive. Same goes for primers. I was looking in my basement for an aerosol can of brake cleaner, and I found some boxes of .380 cartridges that I put away years ago and had forgotten.
 
Talked to my local gun dealer last week, he said things are pretty much back to normal and he can get any ammo he wants now. Walmart has more than they did. I saw about 4 boxes of 38Spl there yesterday, they couldn't keep any on the shelf for longer than 10 min for months! I'm in N/E Indiana.
 
That must be peculiar to east of the Mississippi? Or being closer to distributors?
Out west, it's dryer than grasshoppers on a griddle, to quote Jimmy Stewart. Rarely 9X19, .38, or .45ACP
 
Shortage still goes on with higher prices. I finally secured my new M&P15 (VTAC version) after a 10 month wait. I purchased Hornady & Federal Premium 223's from Midway.com...Hornady was $0.62/round and Federal Vital Shok's were...hold on...$1.51/round.

It's not a question of cost...it's a question of availabilty!

Olin (Winchester ammo) has 1.100 employees working 24/7 in Illinois.
 
The Gander Mountain store in Marquette, MI had a lot of Black Hills .223 ammo Saturday. Both red box and blue box Black Hills.
There was some .22 LR but not the CCI Standard Velocity I was looking for.
Lots of shotgun shells at high prices.
 
Local Bass Pro had tons of .223 a week ago when I went in, almost nothing else.

When I say tons, I mean the bottom row of an entire aisle. Probably 30 feet long, nothing but green-box Remington .223. Didn't note the price as I don't shoot .223.

Wonder if it's still there a week later...
 
i got lucky and picked up two 100 round .40 cal boxs from walmart two days ago but i went back today and they said there was no more that it was all sold when they opened. oh well i have 300 rounds i got over the last few days so its enough for target shooting in a few days
 
I wouldn't say the ammo crunch is over by any means.
I was at Wallace World a couple of nights ago, and I did a
quick check of the ammo dept..
Now, I'll admit things looked better than the last time I was
there.
They had blazer brass in .40 S&W and 9mm.
I don't recall seeing any .45 ACP..
No .22 LR of any flavor.
So, things looked better as far as my .40 pistol, but
still pretty grim as far as the .22's. I want to see some
bricks of .22 LR..
The last time I was there, there was no pistol ammo
of any type, cept for maybe 22 magnum..
There was no win white box at all. No hollow points.
But if I want FMJ 180 grain .40 S&W I was in luck. Had a
few boxes. I didn't buy any cuz it was after 10 PM, and they
won't sell ammo at night.

BTW... The blazer brass was still at the "pre-shortage" price.
The BB 180 grain FMJ was $12.47? or thereabouts..
Same as last year. So at least they aren't gouging on the price.
 
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Still short supply here in SW Florida, but getting better. At least local gun shops have some to sell now, where a few months ago they would sell you 2 boxes max and ONLY if you bought a firearm. The prices are double at the gun shops for what they do have vs Walmart or Bass Pro Shop. I have found that both these stores are hit or miss. I have gotten lucky and scored a few boxes of my .40 S&W a couple of times at Walmart by going in every day on my lunch hour and checking. Yesterday I actually hit the jackpot at Wally World as on my daily lunch trip to the ammo counter I noticed an unopened case (5 - 100 round boxes) of .40 on the floor that hadn't been put on the shelf yet, all of which I immediately purchased! Range time this weekend, YEAH! As for Bass Pro Shop (I shouldn't give away my secrets, but I know how hard it can be to score ammo) call them (ask for the hunting dept) every morning and ask if they got your ammo in (call when they first open, because the ammo only stays on the shelf minutes after they put it out) and if they have what you are looking for they will let you purchase and pay for it by credit card over the phone. Since it's now paid for they will put behind the counter until you can go pick it up. Hope this helps...
 
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