All the ammo in Wal Mart, Academy, etc. is gone.

mine has such limited ammo, too bad cabelas is so expensive. there was a ton of cheap 12ga sluggers. Weird thing, no buckshot. just some 3.5 in stuff, nothing i can use.
 
All three Walmarts in my area has been out of everything even slugs and buckshot for the last two months. But I went into the Tampa store this morning for some of those small propane cylinders and walked by the ammo counter, there was a lady there stocking a whole cart of ammo onto the shelves. She said she just got a truck in and only one cart of ammo which amounted to about 15 cases. So I stood there picking what I needed as she opened the boxes. She said it will all be gone by 6pm. I got a few boxes each of .40 S&W, .357Mag, .223, and they had no buckshot.
 
only cabelas has buck, at 6 bucks a box of 5 for cheapo remington, fed powershock, 7 bucks, winchester supreme, like 9 seriously they are the only store with buck that will fit in non-uber magnum chambers whats with buckshot shortsages, youd expect sluggs to be harder to find, obama wanting to ban them and all
 
Greg, sorry you didn't get it. Wasabe and Terry got it.
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You're right I didnt. That's what emoticons are for, to help ensure the correct message is relayed. Apologizes to Jekyll if I took his post differently than he intended.
 
It appears that there is a nation-wide shortage of .380 ammo right now. I work p/t at a fairly large gunshop and we ran out this past Sat. No distributors have any.
As for cause, I do know that there has been a huge surge in interest in small, concealable handguns in this caliber. That, combined with the nationwide surge in panic-buying and hoarding have hit this ammo's availability hard. We're also seeing the same thing in .38 spl. A caliber that is as common as rocks on the ground.
 
It must be because, as we all know, it is a weak, under powered, futile useless round, that nobody uses or carries in this modern day of mega +P+++ double death, exploding forty caliber ammo.


Or do we???;)



I do.
 
Shortages are weird and regional...

F'rinstance, a few weeks ago everybody in Lafayette, Indiana apparently decided to go run out and buy 12ga 00 Buck. All of it. At every store.

Slugs there were a'plenty, and enough birdshot to slaughter everything that's ever flown, but not a bit of buckshot to be had.
 
.25 Auto, .32 Auto, and .380 Auto ammunition isn't produced in quantities as large as most larger, popular calibers. This makes it more expensive (considering the components involved), and has a negative effect on panic buying.

When people run out and start hoarding ammo; the supply of .380 dries up very fast, without the large production numbers backing it up.



As for the off-topic, side-topic.... I agree, the .380 is a worthless defensive round. That's why I own one now, and have Colt Pocket Lite on a family lay-away plan. It's so worthless, I even reload for it. :)
 
F'rinstance, a few weeks ago everybody in Lafayette, Indiana apparently decided to go run out and buy 12ga 00 Buck.
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Ah! Now I know who to blame :p

This week, it appears to be 12ga slugs. Two weeks ago, it was .308.

Up until a few weeks ago, there was a fixed and predictable demand for .380. That changed, of course. People who'd bought cute little guns and left them in the sock drawer years ago are the folks who are now digging them out and realizing they forgot to get ammo.

(Picture panicked guy in a $40,000 car, wearing an $800 suit, with a $75 Jennings, yelling, "but I need .380 shells to fill my clip! I gotta stand up to the fascists/communists/zombies when they come!" Welcome to my world.:rolleyes:)

Thing is, not many folks reload .380 and most folks who shoot it don't save their brass. Couple this with a low demand, and most commercial reloaders were just melting it down. Unlike other calibers, there just isn't a reservoir of spare .380 brass laying around, and the ammo companies are having to scramble to produce it.

My understanding is that the commercial companies are ramping up slowly, because they expect demand to plummet at any point now. Nobody wants to be sitting on 30,000 rounds of .380 in the stock room come April.

The good news is, this will pass. Most folks just want enough ammo to fill the gun they've got at home, and when that demand is satisfied, I forsee .380 being readily available.

...then there'll be a run on something else we don't expect. Like .475 Linebaugh.
 
Yeah, I was kinda caught flatfooted on the .380 thing. Shot up most of my .380 stash (which is usually small) at the range and didn't replenish right away. Then there was none to be found. I had 2 6 round magazines full and that was it.

A few weeks back I finally found 100 round boxes of WWB at wally world. I bought 2. Then bought 2 boxes of Hornady Critical Defense and traded for 2 boxes of federal hydrashoks. I'm good on .380 ammo for awhile now since I don't shoot as much of it as I do other calibers.
 
Is the ammo/firearms shortage over..or just beginning?

Only shopping at my nearby Academy Sporting Goods store, I haven't a clue as of March 2009...what's going on out there? Is the Obama driven frenzy over? calming down?...only really beginning to heat up?
Your thoughts from around the country.
 
Not sure... I think the fear that Obama would crack down on firearms ownership immediately upon entering the White House has past. For now, folks are really stressed over the economy, and times of stress foster arms and ammo sales.

North San Diego County, SoCal: Shopping for ammo last week, the local Big-5 was out of what we wanted; but, they admitted that they'd just forgot to re-order -- across town,Turners had what we wanted.
 
:barf:Don't think that the Obamaban won't happen.:barf:

Holden has already said they are just waiting for issues wiht the economy and budget to gell a bit and then they will trun to the firearms issue.
 
ehemm... either way im not happy bout it. i started reloading for everything i have just so i dont have to worry bout buying ammo anymore. and thats all i have to say bout that.
 
Obamanation

Give em some time boys and girls. Right now he has his hands full with the economy. I would expect that he does have someone working on the so called gun show loop holes, the linking up of the national data base with manditory registration of all firearms, and the assault weapons ban. It's coming folks you can bet your boots on that just when is a mater of conjecture.:mad:
 
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