Ammo report

sore shoulder · Post by **sore shoulder** » Wed Apr 24, 2013 10:22 pm

Made a trip to Denver with a load of scrap metal. Did some spring cleaning and it felt good, got rid of some junk, made a few hundred bucks, and drove over some of the most picturesque mountains in the country. Colorado definitely has it's charm.

Anyway, stopped at Walmart for oil and whey protein. Checked the ammo case and...

12 boxes of .40, 3 boxes of Winchester .380 fmj fp, couple boxes of miscellaneous shot shells and that was IT. Bought a box of .380 to add to the pile.

Stopped at a local gun store on the way home, box of 550 Federal 22's...$125.

Decided I definitely need a .40 barrel for my G20.

Things are NOT getting any better.

TedH · Post by **TedH** » Wed Apr 24, 2013 10:28 pm

Same story here. I look at Bass Pro, Wally World and a local shop about once a week for 22 rimfires. Never any to be had. Your dealer is about a hundred bucks too high on his Federal bulk pack of 22's.

I guess people are buying at those ridiculous prices though. Not this boy.

olyinaz · Post by **olyinaz** » Thu Apr 25, 2013 12:01 am

Not any better here either.

I did score some .44-40 and .44 special brass and bullets today. Very little powder to be found in Tucson though.

Oly

piller · Post by **piller** » Thu Apr 25, 2013 1:58 am

Cheaper than Dirt in Allen,TX has the Remington .22lr 525 bullet boxes for $147.99 and they have a bunch of them. Why a retail establishment does not want to sell anything is making no sense to me.

AJMD429 · Post by **AJMD429** » Thu Apr 25, 2013 7:31 am

I guess all this lets us know what we could charge for 22 LR if things truly did get bad as in teotwawnki.

Post by **Hobie** » Thu Apr 25, 2013 7:57 am

I have HEARD (but don't know and can't yet confirm) that shipping regulations have been changed at this end and in Australia to limit shipping of powders to the US and within the US to distributors which has the effect of further slowing the flow of components.

We have not had a shipment of powder to our shop since DECEMBER 2012.

.45colt · Post by **.45colt** » Thu Apr 25, 2013 8:42 am

Stopped by one of the Small sporting goods nearby on Monday. was able to get 500 small rifle primers. They said they got a small shipment of winchester bulk .22's last week and sold them for $25.00 a box. the price to them was the same. They said it looked like things may start to "loosen" up soon.

wolfdog · Post by **wolfdog** » Thu Apr 25, 2013 9:45 am

People (old fanny burbs mostly) are waiting at Wallyworld in the morning and buying up all they can get. You can try this site for ammo in stock at Walyworld, seems to be pretty accurate.
http://www.ammoloco.com/

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Thu Apr 25, 2013 12:25 pm

wolfdog wrote:People are waiting at Wallyworld in the morning and buying up all they can get.

Same here.

2ndovc · Post by **2ndovc** » Thu Apr 25, 2013 12:58 pm

Just stopped by a nearby Walmart for some super glue.

Just a couple boxes of shotgun shells, slugs and two boxes of.40s&w.

jb

sore shoulder · Post by **sore shoulder** » Thu Apr 25, 2013 12:59 pm

2ndovc wrote:Just stopped by a nearby Walmart for some super glue.

Just a couple boxes of shotgun shells, slugs and two boxes of.40s&w.

jb

I'm going to start buying .40, even though I don't have one. At worst I can trade it for something else later.

AJMD429 · Post by **AJMD429** » Thu Apr 25, 2013 1:17 pm

sore shoulder wrote:I'm going to start buying .40, even though I don't have one. At worst I can trade it for something else later.

That is STRANGE if you think about it - one of the most common 'police' rounds, and it is still on the shelf. You'd think the 'authorities' were intentionally depleting the stuff the peasants use, instead of actually buying up all the 'police' rounds - otherwise we'd not see any 40's.

I don't have anything that shoots 40 S&W, as I figured 45 ACP is always better; dunno if I'm right about that, but I just have 45's.

sore shoulder · Post by **sore shoulder** » Thu Apr 25, 2013 1:20 pm

AJMD429 wrote:
sore shoulder wrote:I'm going to start buying .40, even though I don't have one. At worst I can trade it for something else later.
That is STRANGE if you think about it -

Not really. I think it's because it's the higher production round due to it's LE and civilian popularity.

AJMD429 · Post by **AJMD429** » Thu Apr 25, 2013 2:05 pm

sore shoulder wrote:Not really. I think it's because it's the higher production round due to it's LE and civilian popularity.

Aw, shucks - you take all the fun out of it; I'd already gotten out my tinfoil hat and black-helicopter detector...

Malamute · Post by **Malamute** » Thu Apr 25, 2013 2:27 pm

I also think there arent as many people with 40s compared to other calibers.

The one local shop has a fairly decent supply of most ammo, tho 9's and 22's have been hard to get. His prices are normal or close to it. He said his wholesale price has gone up, but not much.

Wal mart has been getting ammo in, it just goes out the door so fast most people dont see it. The price is normal. People that never used to buy quantities now are, and telling all their friends when they see it. I think there's a lot of ammo on the market, its just getting bought up. (you gotta buy it all up before the hoarders get it)

Blaine · Post by **Blaine** » Thu Apr 25, 2013 2:53 pm

Our local WallyWorld is almost totally bare...I'll bet they don't have a total of 10 boxes of everything....They say they have not seen ammo come in for ages...If they are making it, it ain't coming in here, unless (put on the tinfoil) they are keeping it in back for special people to buy at 0300hrs for a big tip....I say this because Cabela's seems to be getting more and more kinds in all the time.....

sore shoulder · Post by **sore shoulder** » Thu Apr 25, 2013 3:13 pm

AJMD429 wrote:
sore shoulder wrote:Not really. I think it's because it's the higher production round due to it's LE and civilian popularity.
Aw, shucks - you take all the fun out of it; I'd already gotten out my tinfoil hat and black-helicopter detector...

I'm sure we could come up with something.

wilko · Post by **wilko** » Thu Apr 25, 2013 4:17 pm

BlaineG wrote:Our local WallyWorld is almost totally bare...I'll bet they don't have a total of 10 boxes of everything....They say they have not seen ammo come in for ages...If they are making it, it ain't coming in here, unless (put on the tinfoil) they are keeping it in back for special people to buy at 0300hrs for a big tip....I say this because Cabela's seems to be getting more and more kinds in all the time.....

This is absolutely not true! If your walmart is open 24 hours you will see lots of people come in at night to buy ammo. When the rest of the people come in during the day, the ammo is long gone. We sell almost all of our ammo during the night but NOT at a big tip... regular price and 3 boxes per customer.

show up at 8 am and you are simply to late...

Blaine · Post by **Blaine** » Thu Apr 25, 2013 4:23 pm

wilko wrote:
BlaineG wrote:Our local WallyWorld is almost totally bare...I'll bet they don't have a total of 10 boxes of everything....They say they have not seen ammo come in for ages...If they are making it, it ain't coming in here, unless (put on the tinfoil) they are keeping it in back for special people to buy at 0300hrs for a big tip....I say this because Cabela's seems to be getting more and more kinds in all the time.....

This is absolutely not true! If your walmart is open 24 hours you will see lots of people come in at night to buy ammo. When the rest of the people come in during the day, the ammo is long gone. We sell almost all of our ammo during the night but NOT at a big tip... regular price and 3 boxes per customer.

show up at 8 am and you are simply to late...

The Tips are either true, or, someone at the gun show was telling lies

He had plenty of WallyWorld 525 boxes @ 100 bucks per

Not saying they all do that, but, why would the clerks say they never get any?
They don't say what time to get there....

AJMD429 · Post by **AJMD429** » Thu Apr 25, 2013 5:06 pm

What is amazing about all this is how oblivious the non-gun public is to what is an extreme market distortion. if it were anything other than firearms it would be front page news.

wilko · Post by **wilko** » Thu Apr 25, 2013 5:10 pm

BlaineG wrote:
wilko wrote:
BlaineG wrote:Our local WallyWorld is almost totally bare...I'll bet they don't have a total of 10 boxes of everything....They say they have not seen ammo come in for ages...If they are making it, it ain't coming in here, unless (put on the tinfoil) they are keeping it in back for special people to buy at 0300hrs for a big tip....I say this because Cabela's seems to be getting more and more kinds in all the time.....

This is absolutely not true! If your walmart is open 24 hours you will see lots of people come in at night to buy ammo. When the rest of the people come in during the day, the ammo is long gone. We sell almost all of our ammo during the night but NOT at a big tip... regular price and 3 boxes per customer.

show up at 8 am and you are simply to late...
The Tips are either true, or, someone at the gun show was telling lies He had plenty of WallyWorld 525 boxes @ 100 bucks per Not saying they all do that, but, why would the clerks say they never get any?
They don't say what time to get there....

They probably didnt get any quite a while..

same here.. .22 ammo and 9mm is almost non existent it seems... there are regular (small) shipments of .40 sw, .38 special, some .45 and lots of tula 223 and 7.62x39. Almost all handgun ammo is sold out by the morning and the sales clerk will never see it by the time he comes in. (ask the clerk to look up the ammo that comes in on their pre-notification reports)

"a big tip" will surely lead to termination.. don't believe the nonsense the hoarder is telling you. Off to work now

Mescalero · Post by **Mescalero** » Thu Apr 25, 2013 5:28 pm

The guy at our Wally World said thats just the way it is.

mod71alaska · Post by **mod71alaska** » Thu Apr 25, 2013 6:06 pm

I was at an off the beat and path gunsmith's shop earlier this week. (I took in a Model 70 Super Grade for repair and he called first thing the next morning to say it was fixed and ready to pick up. That's small town service!). I was surprised to see his litle shop very well stocked with a large selection of new ammo in just about any caliber...even exotic and dangerous game calibers...you could possibly want, except 9mm. I hadnt seen an ammo selection like that in a long time. More amazing his ammo was priced in the calibers I buy generally comparable to or better than WalMart. I bought Remington .222 for $3 LESS than Walmart and Winchester 30-30 for a couple dollars less. Another neighbor in a small town not price gouging. I met a great guy doing business fairly and found a local gunsmith literally hidden in the woods without a sign!

spaceman spiff · Post by **spaceman spiff** » Thu Apr 25, 2013 6:33 pm

mod71alaska wrote:I was at an off the beat and path gunsmith's shop earlier this week. (I took in a Model 70 Super Grade for repair and he called first thing the next morning to say it was fixed and ready to pick up. That's small town service!). I was surprised to see his litle shop very well stocked with a large selection of new ammo in just about any caliber...even exotic and dangerous game calibers...you could possibly want, except 9mm. I hadnt seen an ammo selection like that in a long time. More amazing his ammo was priced in the calibers I buy generally comparable to or better than WalMart. I bought Remington .222 for $3 LESS than Walmart and Winchester 30-30 for a couple dollars less. Another neighbor in a small town not price gouging. I met a great guy doing business fairly and found a local gunsmith literally hidden in the woods without a sign!

I can't add any more.......

spaceman

shooter · Post by **shooter** » Thu Apr 25, 2013 9:50 pm

The Cabela's in Allen, TX had a bunch of .223 and 7.62x39 on Saturday morning. Today they had zero left. They had plenty of everything except for .22 lr, .223 and 7.62x39. Their bullet selection was pretty picked over. They have some brass, not much powder, no primers.

wolfdog · Post by **wolfdog** » Fri Apr 26, 2013 8:02 am

wilko wrote:
BlaineG wrote:Our local WallyWorld is almost totally bare...I'll bet they don't have a total of 10 boxes of everything....They say they have not seen ammo come in for ages...If they are making it, it ain't coming in here, unless (put on the tinfoil) they are keeping it in back for special people to buy at 0300hrs for a big tip....I say this because Cabela's seems to be getting more and more kinds in all the time.....

This is absolutely not true! If your walmart is open 24 hours you will see lots of people come in at night to buy ammo. When the rest of the people come in during the day, the ammo is long gone. We sell almost all of our ammo during the night but NOT at a big tip... regular price and 3 boxes per customer.

show up at 8 am and you are simply to late...

Local Wallmart here is open 24 hours, but only sells ammo from 8 am to 8 pm.

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