right after i posted about no ammo i went to walmart and picked up 300 rounds of federal .40 and will probably go get more tomorrow if they have any more left. they will only let me pick up 6 boxes at a time so 300 rounds is all i can get in one day.
Are you still seeing ammo shortages in your neck of the US?
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i picked up another 300 rounds and they still have about 20 or more box's left. so i have like 1500 rounds altogether right now. i think that is enough until i start loading my own at the end of the week. 
the fontana walmart has more if anybody wants some .40cal or 357 or 223 no 9mm that i could find though
the fontana walmart has more if anybody wants some .40cal or 357 or 223 no 9mm that i could find though
BigRich315
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I missed .380's at Wally World by mere minutes tonight. I just had to talk to my gun shop guy for a while... They are almost non-existant around here, and are gone fast when they do come in.
I did find a great deal on .40's online at AmmunitionToGo. They beat my shop on Remington GS by $12! That covered shipping and then some! Gouging is so bad right now I'll gladly wait a week to get my order.
I did find a great deal on .40's online at AmmunitionToGo. They beat my shop on Remington GS by $12! That covered shipping and then some! Gouging is so bad right now I'll gladly wait a week to get my order.
No 357, 9 mm, 45 ACP, 380 ACP, 38 Spcl, 44 Mag and VERY little 40 S&W (1 box with MY name on it) at 4 WM this past weekend. GF called me Sunday from WM #5 and said that the clerk told her he had one box of 22 LR for $2.97 (Win Silver Box HP) and did I want her to pick it up for me? H*LL YEAH, I told her. When she got back there was not 50 rounds in the box...It was a 500 round brick that the DA sold her for the price of a single box of 50 rounds. Hey, with the prices I have been paying at WM and other places (including online) isn't it about time I caught a break?
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It's slowly getting better here , hopefully it will continue to improve !
Peter J.
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At a walmart about 20 miles west of chicago they had about 20 boxes of Federal 9mm on Thursday. They always seem to have a couple of .40 cal. Never see any .45 acp and very rarely .38 spl.
Jack Flash
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Here in SW Michigan the gun shops all seem to be pretty well stocked with ammunition. It's just that prices have gone up about $10 or $15 per box across the board. WM has kept their prices at pre-panic levels so as soon as it comes in it's sold out.
Primers are still scarce. One shop has Magtech Small Rifle primers for $40/1000. That's the first sm rifle I've seen in a long time.
Primers are still scarce. One shop has Magtech Small Rifle primers for $40/1000. That's the first sm rifle I've seen in a long time.
Gutpile Charlie
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I'm in northeast Oklahoma, north of Tulsa.
My two little "mom and pop" gun shops have a small selection of ammo, but it is way overpriced.
I go to Wally World every day and check on the "staples", 9, 38, 45, 40, 223 and 22.
Occasionally I'll score something like a fifty round box of 223 or some Federal 20 round boxes of .30-30.
Day in and day out, the answer is either no or you should have been here earlier.
It appears a little more 9 is showing up than in the past few months, but 38 is impossible.
I always ask for bulk 22 and can usually pick up a couple of boxes each month.
That's it! Yes, more is appearing now than a few months ago, but it is still terrible.
If you happen to want 12 or 20 gauge, there is all you could want in "game and target" loads.
There has always been a few boxes of 270 or 30-06 on the shelves, but it is about twice what I would consider paying for it, about a dollar a round!.
For the past two years I've been shooting military rifle bench rest with a group of guys once a month. I've since discontinued that because under the current political climate, I just don't want to use up my stocks of military rifle calibers.
I hope things break soon, and I've got to get back into reloading. I've got all the stuff, lots of cases, but primers have been in short supply. No use stocking up on the other stuff without primers!
My two little "mom and pop" gun shops have a small selection of ammo, but it is way overpriced.
I go to Wally World every day and check on the "staples", 9, 38, 45, 40, 223 and 22.
Occasionally I'll score something like a fifty round box of 223 or some Federal 20 round boxes of .30-30.
Day in and day out, the answer is either no or you should have been here earlier.
It appears a little more 9 is showing up than in the past few months, but 38 is impossible.
I always ask for bulk 22 and can usually pick up a couple of boxes each month.
That's it! Yes, more is appearing now than a few months ago, but it is still terrible.
If you happen to want 12 or 20 gauge, there is all you could want in "game and target" loads.
There has always been a few boxes of 270 or 30-06 on the shelves, but it is about twice what I would consider paying for it, about a dollar a round!.
For the past two years I've been shooting military rifle bench rest with a group of guys once a month. I've since discontinued that because under the current political climate, I just don't want to use up my stocks of military rifle calibers.
I hope things break soon, and I've got to get back into reloading. I've got all the stuff, lots of cases, but primers have been in short supply. No use stocking up on the other stuff without primers!
reerc
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Yes.......
Spotteddog
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FWIW:
.223/5.56 stuff in. This place charges NO shipping. Click on your caliber of interest at the top.
If you become a member (free) they send updates to your computer.
The W/M out here have nothing but shotgun field loads.
AMMOMAN.COM
.223/5.56 stuff in. This place charges NO shipping. Click on your caliber of interest at the top.
If you become a member (free) they send updates to your computer.
The W/M out here have nothing but shotgun field loads.
AMMOMAN.COM
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vic3620
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Here in central indiana I don't see things getting better. But I was in northernern part of state in Merriville. Dick's had several calibers available, and Gander Mnt. had about anything you needed including
cans of powder. But the salesman did snicker when I ask for some sm.pistol primers.
cans of powder. But the salesman did snicker when I ask for some sm.pistol primers.
Spike12
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Things are better here, NH. Both LGS have a fair selection. One even had some 380 yesterday (Saturday). Not in the quantity they're used to, but a few boxes of just about everything. Plenty of poodle popping 223 in bulk surplus.
Still no primers but if the ammo is starting again, having enough primers to sell separately can't be too far behind.
Still no primers but if the ammo is starting again, having enough primers to sell separately can't be too far behind.
dave-arlington-va
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Checked out the WalMart in Springfield, Virginia (northern Virginia) and all they had was .40 so I bought 6 boxes but nothing else available. I asked about .38 and the clerk said they had seen none in two months.
Four months ago I placed a order with Cabelas for bulk .38 and it was listed to ship in 0-1 week. Got the same story 4 months runniing that its going to be 0-1 week and last week received an email saying its now 2 months wait. I canceled the order. I realize the problem but Cabelas was listing the bulk ammo as being available "0-1 week" numerous times only to change. When someone like them repeatedly informs me my order is 0-1 week away from shipping only to continually change the ship time at the last minute tells me they are not communicating properly with their suppliers and leaves me feeling jerked around.
Four months ago I placed a order with Cabelas for bulk .38 and it was listed to ship in 0-1 week. Got the same story 4 months runniing that its going to be 0-1 week and last week received an email saying its now 2 months wait. I canceled the order. I realize the problem but Cabelas was listing the bulk ammo as being available "0-1 week" numerous times only to change. When someone like them repeatedly informs me my order is 0-1 week away from shipping only to continually change the ship time at the last minute tells me they are not communicating properly with their suppliers and leaves me feeling jerked around.
reerc
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Fear and uncertainty of what the DEMONcrats will do.
I'm seeing more ammo available now than there has been since the election, but prices are up a good 25% - 40% across the board. Somebody is making big $ on this so-called "shortage" because commodity prices and shipping costs have dropped and remained moderate compared to what they were in, say, the summer of '08. By all rights prices should be lower than they were at that time, but they are not.
joseph whitney
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Here in Utah, I have seen the ammo shortage coming to a halt. Last I checked (two weeks ago) my sporting goods store had everything but .45 long colt. 9mm ammo was going for $9.00 a box. I don't know how long this will last but I bought up all that I will need this year.
