Tight Ammo Supply

[brock samson]

Was at the local Wal-Mart doing a food run a few nights ago and got the lone two boxes of .357 Sig. No 9mm, no .45, no .40 SW, no .380, nothin'.

[melloyello]

Ammo isn't the only thing in short supply. Reloading equipment is as well. Many dies and presses are back ordered 45 days or more at MidwayUSA.

I finally got in most of my pistol carbide dies - so tired of lubing cases.

[melloyello]

Wife just called me from Walmart, getting ammo sporadically.
$14.47 for bulk 300 rounds of Federal 22 LR plinking ammo, they used to be 550 rounds for $14.47.
Kids and I just went through 750 rounds this weekend?

Hopefully the days of 2.6 cent 22LR aren't one for 5 cent.
I really miss when I could go to K-Mart and buy $5 bricks.

[51percent]

I was starting to run low and hadn't bought ammo in a while. Scarce is an understatement, like non-existent. Took advice from a previous post and went online to Bass Pro. No 9, bought some 45 then got an e-mail it was back ordered. Forget about trying to find 9mm. Is this just a demand problem or is there something else going on? Any news? Who has inventory? wtf....

[Ironhorse]

Just got back from my local Walmart, they have more rifle ammo than pistol ammo - a little bit of .270, some .30-06, but not a lot of either of those. Their Pistol ammo at present is 2 boxes of .357 Sig, and 1 box of 40 S&W. I don't have a gun in either of those calibers, so ... bleagh

[Kimber_Crimson_Ultra]

Watertown, NY Gun shops have been looking bad. If I didn't know any better I would say the gun shops are getting out of the gun's and ammo business as empty as thier shelves are! I reload all mine and I order my shells, powder, primers, and lead online.


Prepare for the worst, Pray for the best
I am hanging on to my God and Guns...
You can have your hope and change!

[brock samson]

Got the last two 50-round boxes of 9mm FMJ ammo (PMC Bronze 124 gr.) at a local gun store. They had a very good supply of hollow point ammo, but very little range stuff. Got two 20-round boxes each of Federal Hydra-Shock 165 gr. JHP and FMJ. Nice.

The local Academy had no ammo to speak of. Bass Pro and Wally World were the same story.

[hk boy]

the wally world by my house has a 2 box per caliber limit

[Bohemian]

the wally world by my house has a 2 box per caliber limit

Ditto in Las Vegas...

and they still have no common pistol or rifle ammo on the shelves...

I check every day...

[Wulfren]

Hello everyone,


I've read a bit & had a couple questions as well as a status report of my area.


A couple/few weeks ago there was a bit on the news (fox i think) that there was an overall ammunition shortage including the military. As I recall I think it said there wasn't enough for our troops @ home and almost nil in reserve overall. I could be wrong or misunderstood it, but it also mentioned a brass shortage, and the possibility of brass actually being sold over sea's as scrap metal. Again I very well could be mistaking, but thats why I'm listing this does anyone know or can confirm any rock solid details of this topic?


As far as the Tri-State area (TN,KY,VA) there is a "general" shortage on all military calibers plus .22. I frequent all the gunshops wal marts and even pawn shops in the 3 state area and its just sad. Wal-Mart in my area (I learned this by speaking to the department manager) is on a ration of sorts I don't know if its structured or not, but he said they haven't had more than 1 case (10 boxes) of bulk .22 delivered in a while. All 9mm,40S&W, and .45 stays sold out(none of the calibers lasting more than 1 day on shelves) Sadly, they have some of the hunting calibers left, i say sadly because the price is at least double. Furthermore there's an unprecedented shortage on certain firearms in the shops. All AR, AK and common military caliber firearms. Its a good day when you can see more than one AR in stock at a time. I know at least the firearms is a result of overwhelming demand, and while i understand it, doesn't make it any better. But I've been around the guns& ammo biz all my life (my father use to own a store) and I understand the way ammo companies work, something just seems out of place. I pray it gets better, for all our sake


Anyhow just my thoughts, I'm delighted I found this site, and bid you all good day

Wulfren