What ammo has been most available?
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Bkreutz
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At my local LGS the only ammo they never ran out of was .22 birdshot. I don't have any rats in the attic so I never bought any.
chanroc
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Like others, I was able to find .40 S&W, .270 Win and occasionally .30-06. 45 ACP came back pretty quick, and 38 SPL was hit or miss. I'll be darn if I still can't find any .30-30. Still haven't seen 22s in a long time, too.
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I have had no problems finding 16 gauge ammo, whether it was slugs or anything else. Even Walmart has boxes of it although its always going to be #6. For me Deerslayer I have had no issues finding slugs at the moment. As far as .38 and .357 I have not even looked since I handload and cast my own bullets. I wish I could find some 158 grain .357 Gold Dots though.
I second that and would add .38 special here in lower Alabama.
GF
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WalMart has never ran out of shotgun shells. I've been shooting clays with my 12 & 20 ga. and blackbirds with my 410-870.
GF
At recent shows in Vegas (including yesterday's), 12-gauge slugs and buckshot are very available at pre-panic prices (say that 3x quickly!). 5-packs of buck and slugs are running $4.75 to $5.25, mostly W-W and Fed with some Rio and Royal. The small dealers even seem to have volume: they ask how many packs do I want. On these same tables, the popular HG loads and .22RF are still inflated. Odd.
There are some cases of .223/5.56, the best pricing being roughly $700 for 1000 rds.
There are some cases of .223/5.56, the best pricing being roughly $700 for 1000 rds.
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In the Salt Lake City area:
.38 Special, .45 ACP, .380 ACP, .45 Long Colt, .44 Special, .40 S&W and 9mm are nearly impossible to find. Now, delete "nearly."
Nothing but .22 shotshells on the shelves, not even .22 Shorts are seen.
An occasional box of jacketed .44 Magnum shells.
I see .32 ACP, .32-20, .32 S&W Long or Short and .327 Federal Magnum on shelves yet.
Rarely see .25 ACP. I guess the CCW crowd is toting it too.
Yesterday at Wal-Mart they had 2-1/2" .410 shells loaded with 7-1/2 shot, and some 28 gauge shells with 7-1/2 shot. The big sporting goods stores have a good variety of shotgun shells, but some 12 and 20-gauge slug loads are fetching $3 and $4 each, in 5-round boxes!
Last summer, I met a Canadian who lived in Bellevue, Washington -- a ritzy burb near Seattle. He knew some folks who were survivalists, and very wealthy. They built a number of large, metal warehouses for the ammo they stockpiled. He reported they had hundreds of thousands of 5.56, 7.62, 9mm, .45, .22 and other common calibers.
He'd seen it himself, and was flabbergasted at the cases and cases of ammo these folks had stored.
I'll bet they're chuckling now.
And if he knows about it, then you can bet some nefarious types and law enforcement know of it too. Sounds like an open invitation to be forcibly invaded and ripped off.
When something reaches high value, there are always people who will use force to take it.
If I were them, I'd be quite nervous right now.
Myself, I have a small cache of .22 Long Rifle, pistol and rifle ammo. Never enough to draw attention.
It amazes me how I occasionally overhear people in stores bragging how much ammo they have. Might as well declare, "I have three pounds of gold and 1,500 silver dollars under my mattress! I'm set for anything!"
Everything but a pack of druggies with AKs, AR15s and no conscience bursting through your living room door some night!
I don't see much of anything on shelves around Salt Lake City. The most sought-after ammo seems to be .380 ACP and .22 Long Rifle. Those are scarcer than a Job's Daughter in the Playboy Mansion.
.38 Special, .45 ACP, .380 ACP, .45 Long Colt, .44 Special, .40 S&W and 9mm are nearly impossible to find. Now, delete "nearly."
Nothing but .22 shotshells on the shelves, not even .22 Shorts are seen.
An occasional box of jacketed .44 Magnum shells.
I see .32 ACP, .32-20, .32 S&W Long or Short and .327 Federal Magnum on shelves yet.
Rarely see .25 ACP. I guess the CCW crowd is toting it too.
Yesterday at Wal-Mart they had 2-1/2" .410 shells loaded with 7-1/2 shot, and some 28 gauge shells with 7-1/2 shot. The big sporting goods stores have a good variety of shotgun shells, but some 12 and 20-gauge slug loads are fetching $3 and $4 each, in 5-round boxes!
Last summer, I met a Canadian who lived in Bellevue, Washington -- a ritzy burb near Seattle. He knew some folks who were survivalists, and very wealthy. They built a number of large, metal warehouses for the ammo they stockpiled. He reported they had hundreds of thousands of 5.56, 7.62, 9mm, .45, .22 and other common calibers.
He'd seen it himself, and was flabbergasted at the cases and cases of ammo these folks had stored.
I'll bet they're chuckling now.
And if he knows about it, then you can bet some nefarious types and law enforcement know of it too. Sounds like an open invitation to be forcibly invaded and ripped off.
When something reaches high value, there are always people who will use force to take it.
If I were them, I'd be quite nervous right now.
Myself, I have a small cache of .22 Long Rifle, pistol and rifle ammo. Never enough to draw attention.
It amazes me how I occasionally overhear people in stores bragging how much ammo they have. Might as well declare, "I have three pounds of gold and 1,500 silver dollars under my mattress! I'm set for anything!"
Everything but a pack of druggies with AKs, AR15s and no conscience bursting through your living room door some night!
I don't see much of anything on shelves around Salt Lake City. The most sought-after ammo seems to be .380 ACP and .22 Long Rifle. Those are scarcer than a Job's Daughter in the Playboy Mansion.
The one thing that has been laying on the shelves the entire time in my area is 30-06. Must be because its the preferred deer hunting rifle in my area and everyone must be stocked up on it.
For hand gun 40 S&W seems to be the one that has been setting on the shelves at Wally world many times I have checked.
For hand gun 40 S&W seems to be the one that has been setting on the shelves at Wally world many times I have checked.
.40SW and .270 around here. Not much else. I'm not buying and I'm not selling any for a couple more months. Middle of summer should be near normal (as long as some nut doesn't shoot up a pre-school or somesuch). Joe
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Shotgun shells and rifle ammo seem to be less affected by the craziness. All of the normal defense ammo is "hit and miss."
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