Author Topic: Ammunition outages (Read 7814 times)

equinox137 · « **on:** March 16, 2013, 12:44:20 PM »

There is no commonly used ammunition (9mm, 40 S&W, etc) available in any stores at all in the Omaha area. Is this an Omaha problem or is this everywhere?

Jerry Lundegard · « **Reply #1 on:** March 16, 2013, 12:49:38 PM »

I've seen 40 SW a little more lately. 9mm is still impossible. I heard Guns Unlimited had a pallet last week but someone here mentioned it sold out immediately.

gsd · « **Reply #2 on:** March 16, 2013, 12:58:12 PM »

Some 380 is available, some 40 pops up occasionally, but like Jerry said, ain't crap for anything else.

I just watched a guy pay 0.14 per round for .22 on GunBroker this morning.

Jerry Lundegard · « **Reply #3 on:** March 16, 2013, 01:01:23 PM »

Considering buying a .380 just so I have something to shoot.

gsd · « **Reply #4 on:** March 16, 2013, 01:05:01 PM »

I did the same while fondling a marlin 336 in 30-30. Seems like that and 7mm and 270 are the only rifle calibers available.

equinox137 · « **Reply #5 on:** March 16, 2013, 01:24:27 PM »

Kinda funny how there's always JHPs available though...

AFLt · « **Reply #6 on:** March 16, 2013, 02:19:42 PM »

and lets not even go into .223/5.56

lol

dukduk · « **Reply #7 on:** March 16, 2013, 03:03:44 PM »

I've been on leave all week and have been making a daily morning trip to cabelas. On Tuesday they had 9mm CCI aluminum, Wednesday there was PMC and PPU 223 and Herters brass 9mm. Thursday they had CCI Blazer brass 9mm and 100 round packs of CCI 22LR ~1200 FPS. didn't go yesterday in disgust. All the 9mm sold out by 9:45-10:00 each day.

there's always one or two guys on the phone being coached and they end up walking away with a handful of ammo that they most likely dont know how to use.

also there is the socialist 5 box total limit on centerfire ammo and 100 round total limit on 22 LR.

tons of 40 and tons of 45

Bucket · « **Reply #8 on:** March 16, 2013, 03:54:51 PM »

Quote from: dukduk on March 16, 2013, 03:03:44 PM

I've been on leave all week and have been making a daily morning trip to cabelas. On Tuesday they had 9mm CCI aluminum, Wednesday there was PMC and PPU 223 and Herters brass 9mm. Thursday they had CCI Blazer brass 9mm and 100 round packs of CCI 22LR ~1200 FPS. didn't go yesterday in disgust. All the 9mm sold out by 9:45-10:00 each day.

there's always one or two guys on the phone being coached and they end up walking away with a handful of ammo that they most likely dont know how to use.

also there is the socialist 5 box total limit on centerfire ammo and 100 round total limit on 22 LR.

tons of 40 and tons of 45

They either put a limit on it (rationing) or let the price go up. That's really the only way to deal with a shortage. I'm guessing they made a business decision to keep prices at pre-hoarding levels to avoid pissing people off and risk pissing them off with bare shelves or purchase limits.

Husker_Fan · « **Reply #9 on:** March 16, 2013, 07:23:15 PM »

I stopped at Scheels yesterday and they had quite a bit of .38 Spl and .45 WWB. Other than that, just some premium defense loads and that's it. No .22 lr.

Aeacus · « **Reply #10 on:** March 17, 2013, 12:52:10 AM »

Put a notification on some of the deal sites for 9mm or cabelas. Slickdeals.net is the one i frequent. I've gotten a couple orders in at cabelas online at various times. Ship to store is free, and I've gotten about 1k rounds at $13-$16 per 50. Still have a couple boxes on back order too. Not awesome, but not super expensive. I got lucky and got a order in before they put in the 5box limit online. Other than that I got lucky and found two boxes of wwb 9mm at Walmart but that's on one out of nearly a dozen trips....

So my dad and I have ammo to go to the range a couple times and a decent backup stash. Haven't felt like ponying up the $$$ for defensive ammo though. Glad I bought several boxes of .22lr when it was on sale a year ago...

Aeacus · « **Reply #11 on:** March 17, 2013, 12:55:22 AM »

Oh and I should mention that if they don't have purchase limits, resellers will buy all the stock in nothing flat. Limits may actually help end the shortage/run sooner by spreading out the supply and making reselling a little harder...

Z3R0 · « **Reply #12 on:** March 17, 2013, 10:16:36 AM »

www.gunbot.net

xwing · « **Reply #13 on:** March 17, 2013, 11:03:41 AM »

Pretty much any type of ammo is experiencing a shortage right now, due to very heavy demand. It is near impossible to find a decent price. My strategy is to "wait it out". Prices will go back down, and all will be readily available once the "scare" is over and people stop buying every round they see.

equinox137 · « **Reply #14 on:** March 18, 2013, 03:42:06 AM »

I checked out that gunbot.net site. Looks like mostly gouging and scalping to me.

KY57 · « **Reply #15 on:** March 18, 2013, 06:51:49 AM »

Anyone seeing 30.06 locally? Just looking for 40 rounds or so.

bullit · « **Reply #16 on:** March 18, 2013, 07:39:35 AM »

Every Wal Mart I've been to in Lincoln and Omaha area recently has it, .270 and some 30-30. About all they have consistently....

AFLt · « **Reply #17 on:** March 18, 2013, 12:19:37 PM »

we know all the stores get ammo its just that people camp out till they come out on the selves...

Bucket · « **Reply #18 on:** March 18, 2013, 01:16:52 PM »

Quote from: equinox137 on March 18, 2013, 03:42:06 AM

I checked out that gunbot.net site. Looks like mostly gouging and scalping to me.

All it does is aggregate information from other web sites. It searches out what other retailers are charging and provides a link. It's a great way to find a good deal when one pops up.

FarmerRick · « **Reply #19 on:** March 18, 2013, 05:53:30 PM »

Quote from: Bucket on March 18, 2013, 01:16:52 PM

All it does is aggregate information from other web sites. It searches out what other retailers are charging and provides a link. It's a great way to find a good deal when one pops up.

And then their website goes into complete meltdown because 10 million people are trying to add ammo to their "cart" at the same time.