The "Where is everything?" thread -- guns, ammo, primers, powder, etc.

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New gun / no ammo

I recently (2 months ago) got a Beretta Minx in 22 short. Had two boxes of ammo and shot them up shortly after. Man have I tried to find 22 short everywhere but haven't. Today the sporting goods in town, small town population 2000. Finally got in a couple boxes. I got 4 boxes of CCI HP for $5.00 a box. He told me he may have more boxes in tomorrow. I hot 3-4 magazines with the CCIs with no problem and hopefully soon I can find some more.
 
Varget!

Recob's Target Shop has Varget in stock, both 1 lb and 8 lb jugs, at reasonable prices too (8 lb jug is $168).

They also have Winchester primers (LRP, LPP, SPP and SRP).

As if that was not enough they also have a lot of other popular powders in stock, such as IMR 4064 and Hodgdon H335.

Have to love Recob's :D
 
Stopped by Bass Pro outside of Knoxville while on a road trip. They had a good amount of primers, I picked up two bricks of CCI #500. They also had about a dozen boxes of WWB 100rd 9mm 115gr FMJ. They were priced pretty well, $29 for the box so I picked up one of those as well. Powders were very slim pickings, few 1lb jugs of powders I don't use.

Back home in FL I haven't seen a box of 9mm for sale in almost a year, especially not WWB.
 
Local WalMart here had loads of 40 S&W and 22 Low Noise. Rifle calibers in droves. Shotgun shell were a little picked over with dove season. Tula 7.62 in abundance. I almost missed the 9mm Brassmax that was stacked in the side of the cabinet, probably 20 boxes. I did some research and found out it is sold by Tula but made by Fiocchi. Box says boxer primed. No 22lr or .380 in stock.
 
Not bragging but I haven't looked because I'm stocked on everything for quite a few years. Just got a beretta minx about a month ago and needed some more 22 short ammo. My local sporting goods finally got some in and I plenished well.
 
Stopped by 2 Cabelas and they looked like they were hit pretty hard. Not much on ammo or firearms. However, they had plenty of Ruger BX-25 mags for $21.99 and 10% off any 40 s&w firearm, which coincidently, was the only pistol caliber they had in large supply.
 
Local sporting goods store west of Portland has a few cans of Alliant powders for the first time in a long while, a couple more boxes of primers, and a few more boxes of Sierra and Nosler bullets. Slightly improving.
 
Stopped at Cabelas in passing on a trip. By sheer luck they were putting out ammo. No 22LR. There was a herd of giant fat men waiting till they opened the aisle. I could fit in un-noticed (:D). Bought some Herter 9mm.

Funny thing - some guys were buying stuff and asked me what was good for?

:confused:
 
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an observation on ammo shortage

I have been trying to buy .22lr and .380 ammo at the local gun shops and recently at a gun show. It is clearly evident that these two calibers are the ones in shortest supply available for sale. Other calibers such as 9mm, .45acp, etc. and shotgun are available.
I understand .22lr is used for many things such as target, hunting, self defense, etc. But .380 is almost exclusively used for self defense.
Does that mean .380 is the most popular round for self defense? .22lr might be but that would be a hard statistic to determine.
 
Same thing here. I shoot 22lr, 380 auto, and 9mm. The 9mm is mostly available and I've been able to get all the 380 I want to shoot.

I've given up on trying to find 22lr at a reasonable price. Occasionally I'll take a look if I'm in Walmart and look on the shelve at the gun shop but haven't seen any in a long time. I've got about 1200 rounds and shoot in sparingly.

Been shooting mostly 9mm at the range. My carry my 9mm most of the time. I carry my 380 when concealment is an issue. I guess I average 30 rounds or so every other week with my 380. My S&W Bodyguard 380 isn't a very good range gun for me.
 
an observation on ammo shortage

I think you are barking up the wrong tree.

.22LR is in short supply because everybody and their brother has one. Sister probably does too. It's probably the least used round for self defense, for people who say "I carry XYZ123 for SD purposes." Grandpa Jim who has one revolver and its in .22LR then his is for SD as well as hunting as well as plinking as well as competition as well as...you see where I am going. On any given week I'd bet lots of money that (excluding military) .22LR was most shot caliber that week. Counting military given that wars are always going on in a given week 5.56 or 7.62 leaving an AK barrel might be the most shot caliber that week.

.380 is hard to find for completely opposite reasons. There is low demand (relatively) for this round so not a lot of it is made. Is it a popular round for SD? Yes it is, but most popular? I don't know about that. Thing about a round that is great for a single purpose, like SD, not a lot of it gets shot very often. The guns chambered in this round tend to be geared towards SD and CCW as well and because of this aren't very range (high round count) friendly. So they get shot just enough to stay familiar which doesn't lend itself to high ammo manufacture by the suppliers.

So to me to say that one or the other is influenced strictly by SD use is closed minded and incorrect. .22LR is hard to find because it is used for so many other things. .380 is hard to find because it is pretty much only used for SD. That still doesn't make it he most popular for SD. Simply that I'd bet a lions share of .380 sold is expended through the barrel of an SD conscious designed weapon.
 
no, no & no....

No.
I wouldn't say .380acp is the most popular US defense round.
It's in more use now then the mid-1990s, due to the huge upswing in CCW/carry.
If its rare its because the major firms like Federal, Corbon, Hornady, etc are producing other calibers.
I'm not a big supporter of the .380acp anyhow, so low supply problems won't affect me.
I'd say the 9x19mm(9mm Luger) is far better than the .380acp for most uses.

Clyde
 
my LGS has any of the standard calibers in stock or regularly gets some when they sell out, except for .22lr.

its gotten to the point where it is easier to shoot 9mm than .22lr because of the jacked up prices on the rimfire ammo and the delayed wait in getting it.
 
I just bought a box of (225 count) Rem Goldens and paid a lot more than I have ever paid before. Almost 20 cents each. The gun store had run out and had to buy them from another store at full retail. My choice was driving back home to pick up some from my stock (a 30 mile round trip) so I could shoot at the range or pay the outrageous amount.

One time deal, I won't do that again.
 
I kid you not..

Last week I found 2100 rounds of Federal Champion 22LR in a Mil spec steel ammo can on the Cabela's web site for $99! Tax was $5 and shipping was $5 = $109. I used $10 Cabela's reward points to get it out the door for $99. I held my breath until it arrived this past Monday. I opened to box and there it was, a beautiful 50cal ammo can filled with 4 525 count bricks of Federal ammo.
It was a good deal, even by pre-panic standards as the last time I bought a new empty 50cal ammo can it was $20. That really puts the price per brick at $20. I'd post some pics but I don't want to seem like I'm rubbing it in.
 
Bbqbob51
That same can of 2100 rounds was selling for $70 (before tax) at Cabela's before the panic. They had stacks of them, really wish I could have talked the wife into letting me buy more than I did. :rolleyes:

Nice to see prices are trying to head in the right direction.
 
I've noticed in the past week another price hike at wallyworld. Some are significant. The Federal 9mm 100rd packs were $22 and change now they're $25.77.
 
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