Has 45ACP dried up?

[sabashimon]

Not at my house!

Rob

Nor mine

 

[GypsmJim]

Not everybody gets cruise refunds. Unfortunately, because of the pandemic not everybody even has a job or insurance.

Even when working, not everybody can to afford to lay in a 10-year supply of anything when 56% of Americans have less than $5K in savings and a third have $1K or less. It's hard to justify a range day when you're paying down medical bills, utility bills, grocery bills and/or don't get a paycheck.

That's the problem.

I sympathize with everyone that was affected by the pandemic, or just life in general. As a matter of fact, we are fully supporting a family member with severe health problems, plus he lost his job. If I personally had lost my job or had health concerns and couldn't pay my normal bills I would not have spent a dime for ammo. Our cruise was a well earned vacation (a retirement gift to ourselves) after having worked 50 years, on call 24/7/365 for the last 5 years, and saving all the time.

However, the theme of this thread is not who can afford it, its who can find it. The truth of the matter is that the availability is among the worst ever. But it WAS foreseeable, and that was my conclusion. Nevertheless, if you can't afford it availability is a moot point.

 

[wetdog1911]

The cheapest I could find .45ACP recently was $0.74/round ($370 for a case of 500) of Winchester White Box ball ammo.

While expensive, it sure beats the .380 I could find, which ranged from $1/round for steel cased Russian to $2/round for domestic JHP.

Makes me feel not too bad about the MIA Walther PPK/S that I bought in 1972. I have ~3/4 of a box of FMJ, but other carry options in both .45acp and .22lr along with several K of ammo for each.

The Walther will turn up ... eventually.

Rob

 

[PatriotX]

The best auto pistol cartridge ever made! LARRY

And third best revolver cartridge.




Now...........Fight !

 

[Chief Wiggums]

This am I made a trip to my buddy who does my reloading.
Gave him approx 3k , once fired brass shells (9MM) , and more empty boxes / trays that I cared to count.
The once fired brass was mine , the spare boxes and trays I "garbage picked" , from my range.

Cost to me will be .13 per round.
yipee!

 

[beaverislander]

What is this .45 acp you speak of?

Sort of like a dinosauer nowdays..extinct

Randy

I am not in law enforcement but it seems to me in the old days, when more police departments were free to use the .45 ACP, a mag dump was generally not needed......... Change my mind.

 

[banger]

What is this .45 acp you speak of?

Randy

It's sort of like 9mm.... Only for men.... lol

 

[Harrison]

45 acp

SGA Ammo is currently out of 45acp; however, they do have 9mm, boxes of 50 or one brand case of 1000. Several different brands of 9mm,

 

[Truckman]

It's sort of like 9mm.... Only for men.... lol

Jeff Cooper said, "One hit with a .45 is worth 1,000 misses with a nine"......Ben

 

[banger]

Jeff Cooper said, "One hit with a .45 is worth 1,000 misses with a nine"......Ben

Like I used to teach my band of unruly children, when they exceeded their personal "speed limits".

"You can't miss fast enough to win a gun fight".

 

[ContinentalOp]

Jeff Cooper said, "One hit with a .45 is worth 1,000 misses with a nine"......Ben

One could also say one hit with a .22 is better than a 1,000 misses with a .45.

 

[Truckman]

One could also say one hit with a .22 is better than a 1,000 misses with a .45.

Take it up with Jeff Cooper...And don't think it's too late, he's waiting to discuss it with you......Ben

 

[otis24]

Makes me wonder why .38 Special drying up so much faster than 9mm(???). Perhaps smaller supply or perhaps the wheel gun just ain't as dead as some folks thought! Would really like to know the answer to that question

 

[ContinentalOp]

Take it up with Jeff Cooper...And don't think it's too late, he's waiting to discuss it with you......Ben

 

[triaxle]

I was still finding 45 acp for like 22to 23 a box of 50 and 9mm 115 stuff for 14.99 which I buy when I find it .

 

[Toddlars1]

Been buying WWB, 200 rounds daily for 4 days at a local farm supply store...35 beans per 100 round box. Will go again tomorrow

 

[tops]

Jeff Cooper said, "One hit with a .45 is worth 1,000 misses with a nine"......Ben

In the 60s the only hicap pistol I knew of was a Browning High Power. One of my mentors was a trader that carried a big wad of money in one pocket and a Colt .45ACP in another pocket. He said if you had a 9 m/m you needed a bunch of bullets but if you had a Colt .45 seven bullets was enough. Larry

 

[beaverislander]

A picture is worth a thousand words.

 

[bushmaster1313]

Jeff Cooper said, "One hit with a .45 is worth 1,000 misses with a nine"......Ben

Only have one .45, an Ithaca M1911A1 from 1943. Don't shoot it hardly ever as it is a collectable from WW2 in very nice condition. But a year or so ago I made sure I had 4 boxes of ammo and I determined that it would work well in a pinch:

6 O'clock hold at 7 yards:


As long as the above is my only .45 ACP it is unlikely I will need to buy more .45 ACP ammo in the near future. However, if I had sturdy non-collectable gun in this caliber I would want to give it a lot of range time and I would be looking forward to the current high prices for .45 ACP ammo to come back to ground level.

 

[banger]

Been buying WWB, 200 rounds daily for 4 days at a local farm supply store...35 beans per 100 round box. Will go again tomorrow

Which one... I am "Rim Country".