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Still short supplies here.
Are you still seeing ammo shortages in your neck of the US?
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ChinaSeaSailor
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Houston has really eased uo - 45acp $19 range 9I do not shoot 45 but buy for my son) - 9mm $12 - 38 $16 range - higher than before but can live with that - I do not need anymore but what the heck I buy anyway so I have enough to last what little time I have left
Chuck Jones
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My local shop now rations ammo for the first time in 57 years of business. When available the limit is 2 boxes per day.
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stoneman
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I can find almost anything I want here now! Saw the most ammo on the shelf in a long time at my local Sportsman & Ski Haus this weekend.
MR. IHC
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the local stores seem to be well stocked in the last two weeks, but they sure aren,t selling anything cheap! i heard rumors that the gov't was restocking their arsenal, then i heard the gov't was controlling the components to make primers as a type of gun control? all i know is after 10 years of saying i was gonna get my pistol permit, now that i finally got one its pi**ing me off at the price of ammo!
BigRich315
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Did another check, Wally World has plenty of 45 Colt, 2 boxes of .25 (that have been there all through the shortage, wonder why 
), and... here's the kicker... 3 boxes of Federal Hi-Shock in .40!!!
I left those for someone else, I have all of the HP's I need for now, and I can get better for about the same price.
), and... here's the kicker... 3 boxes of Federal Hi-Shock in .40!!!I left those for someone else, I have all of the HP's I need for now, and I can get better for about the same price.
Sargeyork
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Available but pricy
Ammo is available at most stores and most calibers if you ignore the ridiculous prices like $15 for 9mm FMJ and $49 dollars for a 50 round box of .357 Magnum plane jane JHP. I used to go to gun shows here because I knew some dealers, liked the social environment, and even worked part time for one and as a bonus you always saved a few dollars or more on ammo but now these guys have ammo that is MORE EXPENSIVE than going to a retail store, up until now this has never been the case in my whole life. Plus there are these guys with ammo where you can see the Wal mart stickers under their price stickers with a 50-100 percent mark up. The only place ammo is spotty is Wal Mart because they are beating all the other stores prices by quite a bit so it is hit and miss getting ammo there even with the 6 box restriction.
Ammo is available at most stores and most calibers if you ignore the ridiculous prices like $15 for 9mm FMJ and $49 dollars for a 50 round box of .357 Magnum plane jane JHP. I used to go to gun shows here because I knew some dealers, liked the social environment, and even worked part time for one and as a bonus you always saved a few dollars or more on ammo but now these guys have ammo that is MORE EXPENSIVE than going to a retail store, up until now this has never been the case in my whole life. Plus there are these guys with ammo where you can see the Wal mart stickers under their price stickers with a 50-100 percent mark up. The only place ammo is spotty is Wal Mart because they are beating all the other stores prices by quite a bit so it is hit and miss getting ammo there even with the 6 box restriction.
thedogfather
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It still seems spotty in my neck of the woods here in Western Washington. Any hollowpoint ammo is pretty scarce but I can usually find a 20 round box of top shelf PD hollowpoint ammo in .357 or .38 special but not much for general range shooting. A couple of the sites I haunt on the web seem to have a little more but still not an overabundance.
617fan
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Stopped by Wally World this morning. They had 1 box each of .45acp & .44Mag, a couple of cases of 9mm target and not much else on the pistol shelf. A little bit of the name brand rimfire in 100 packs, but none of the bulk-pack Federals I like to plink with. I picked up 3 boxes of Federal 40grn target ammo in the 325 pack @15.47. Slim pickings; but its the first .22 or centerfire pistol ammo I have seen at Walmart since March. The check-out clerk was quite snippy when asking "rifle or pistol" for each of the identical boxes.
I noticed yesterday that one small shop in my town has PMC 1000 round cases of 223 for $385, which seems pretty reasonable. There are also boxes of most common handgun calibers available, 9mm, 38 Spec., 357, 40, 45, etc., but it's a good 50% more expensive than it was a year ago. Primers remain scarce although one shop has large pistol magnums, and another has large rifle bench-rest primers. Bricks of .22 are scarce still, and have almost doubled in price when you do see them.
84CJ
US Veteran
Picked up 900 rounds this morning and 300 rounds last weekend of 45 acp at Wally World. Passed on 40 's and 9 mm's. Not all that hard to find around here. The 45 acp has been tough for me but things apear to be getting a little better. Now I can plan a day at the range
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.Stopped by Miejers last night and much to my surprise they had WWB in 25 ACP, 9x19, 38 Special, 40S&W 44 Mag and 45 ACP. Happened to stop by tonight and was even more surprised to find most of it still there. On the way home I stopped by a local gun shop and they had everything except what I was looking for, but it's not unusual not t be able to find 38 S&W in stock. Around here the panic seems to be over. Heck, I even listed 100 rds of WWB 380 for $45 on a local trading board and have had zero response. Earlier this year people were paying $40 a box at the shows.
I was able to get one box of .38 special today;Have not seen it for an entire year at WallyWorld.I have been able to get 9mm and.40 on a fairly regular basis now.It appears to be in the higher priced stores but most people I know have been waiting for a better value to come around.I'd say it is slowly making a turn back to availabilty but we are not there yet.
Here in the Detroit area Wally World stores the 9mm and 40SW seems pretty easy to find. Haven't seem any .38 in ages, once in a while they get some UMC .357 hollowpoints and if you get silly enough to ask for .44 Magnum, they'll ask you what planet you're from.
Still no 380 to be had anywhere around here, I've not seen any in months. I don't own nor shoot 380, never had any use for the round, but it has become more popular with the intro of small plastic pistols chambered for it.
I have had an order with Sportsman's Guide since April. It has .38's, .357, .45, .380, and others. My backorders just keep getting extended. My local gun shops have gotten in ammo, why not Sportsman's Guide?
Spotteddog
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This weeks Wallyworld report. (30 miles north of occupied Seattle)
ZERO .45ACP, .38 Special, 9X19, of any flavor.
Limited hunting centerfire rifle .308 Win., 7MM Rem Mag.
ZERO .22 rimfire.
LOTS of Federal field loads in 12 gauge.
ZERO .45ACP, .38 Special, 9X19, of any flavor.
Limited hunting centerfire rifle .308 Win., 7MM Rem Mag.
ZERO .22 rimfire.
LOTS of Federal field loads in 12 gauge.
