Uncrowded range due to ammo shortage

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Past three weekends I have visited the Pearl River Wildlife Management Area shooting range located in southeast Louisiana. On beautiful Louisiana spring days this range is nearly full. Due to the ammo shortage the range is less than 25% utilized. This is a bit of heaven not waiting for a spot to open and being able to shuttle between rifle and pistol sides. Almost the same as a private range. Kind of an unexpected consequence of the ammo shortage.

My friends and I reload and we have a good inventory of stock; therefore, our ammo shortage is relatively non-existent.
 
Went to the Woodworth public range ( in mid Louisiana ) at 10 on a Sat am. We were alone most of the time ! Usually full especially on beautiful Spring days like today. Thank The Lord for my Dillons and lots of supplies !!
 
Odd. It isn't as though less ammo is being made, in fact more is being made. I would expect ranges to be busier. What this would mean is not that people aren't getting ammunition, but rather they are not shooting it.

It hasn't warmed up to the point where many people want to go shooting yet in Ohio.
 
Went to Vandalia Range and Armory in Dayton, Ohio last Saturday where they are packed on weekends and weekdays after 5:00 are fairly busy.

They had no 9mm and reloads for the range were limited to 50 per.
Needless to say the range had 4 people and 5 browsing the guns.

One of the workers said gun sales are limited to two boxes and sales are down 75% from a month ago. They also said the ccw classes are still up there but they are seeing a slight drop. However they are to more less normal sales before the surge.

Though it would seem the drop in sales of new firearms lately would affect the ammo...it appears as if the reverse is more plausible.

Demand for ammo is anything but diminished to any capacity as the flow from manufacturers of ammunition has fallen further behind.
 
Factory ammo is double the price here. I suspect that is the real reason why. Our range recently placed a limit of 100 rounds per caliber per person.
 
Up here in Maine it still is a bit cold to get out much to shoot. Usually it's a little warmer but it has been a cold spring. Even though I have enough ammo to last me over a year of what I usually shoot I have not pushed getting out an doing some plinking.
I did have a funny conversation this morning with my brother on this subject. We were discussing getting out and doing some shooting and I asked him how much he had on hand and he told me he had plenty, about 150-200 rounds of .22lr and 100 rounds of .38spl and .357mag.:rolleyes: I guess his idea of "plenty" is different from mine, I made a mental note to not go out with him in the near future as he will burn through what he has in 30 minutes and then be using mine! I have a brother in law that seems to never have ammo (or very little) and when he shows up for target practice he says stuff like "I haven't had a chance buy any lately." Maybe I don't have so much after all!
 
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Pretty packed here in Pinellas.
The last time at Manatee was also nearly full.
I guess Floridians reload more than others?

:D
 
My local shooting range opens at 10 am. It would get crowded from 11-12:30 when people went shooting on their lunch break. My strategy was to go to the range at 1pm to pick up brass before shooting. They allow this because the employees don't want to do it themselves.
I went on Friday, and there was hardly a soul there. Lots of brass laying around for the taking. It's a magic trick see, I took my .22 out and that brass turned into 128 rounds of .45acp, 103 rounds of 9mm, and 64 rounds of .380acp. :D
 
Yeah, the trend at the outdoor range is just what I want......

Nobody shows up since they can't afford what little ammo is available, which is only the pricey hollowpoints.

So Bart can load up the stinky black powder flintlock and not care which way the wind blows the smoke :D

Bart Noir
 
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