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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: Jkwas on July 05, 2009, 08:37:33 PM
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Went to Wally World today. 0 hangun ammo. Clerk says they get a few boxes now and then but no real quanitity. I've reached the point where I'm not shooting until I can buy more ammo. I'm on strike!
Anybody else out there reached this point?
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Go to specialty shops, Gun stores, and places that specialize in Sporting goods seem to be pretty well stocked except for .380 and Primers.
The thing limiting ME is that I'm on unemployment, but supply seems to be coming back.
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np find ammo here, its just more then I will pay for it.
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None of those choices really describe me.
I find good prices for my handgun ammo by surfing the net. If I find what I can shoot, I'll buy it and shoot. I'm still shooting quite a bit. I'm finding and shooting inexpensive .22. For my hunting rifles I have lots of rounds bought some time ago. I only shoot those to make sure I'm still sighted in on the scopes.
No real strategic supply here. Nothing to see. Move along...
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Both my wife and myself had slowed down a little bit for a while. My wife's carry choice is a Bersa Thunder CC stainless in .380 .acp. Her glovebox gun is a Bersa FireStorm also in .380.
We have a very good supply of defensive ammo and a decent supply of range ammo in all calibers but .380. We do have a very good supply of .380 defensive ammo.
My wife has been shooting our Glock 17 at the range lately. I'm still shooting 9mm, S&W .40, .45 .acp., .357 magnum and .44 magnum. I have a decent supply of all of these calibers in range ammo and Wally World has been consistently getting range ammo in for the last few weeks. We are stocking back up on everything but .380.......still looking.
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I'm there. I still practice twice monthly (or more) with my carry gun. My range (which is house only), has, to its great credit, not raised its prices much.Still $13 per 50 with 9mm hardball. Not a bargain, but not absurd with a captive audience. However at seventy cents a round for 5.56 and almost $1.50 for .270, I think I'll work out the RWS pellet gun and the 10/22 for a while.
FQ13 wo never thought (short of buying a Barret) that the question would not be, can I afford the gun, but can I afford the ammo?
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Last trip to the store there was a lot of ammo. The problem was selection of what I wanted was poor, and the prices were high (even by today's standards). All .40 S&W was WinClean :P There was only one box of yellow box UMC, quite a bit of Ultra Max, and very limited American Eagle. Hunting ammo supplies seem to be building up, and they should be no problem by fall.
I'll keep buying what I can, and my shooting will be limited by what I can find ... and afford :'(
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Went to Wally World today. 0 hangun ammo. Clerk says they get a few boxes now and then but no real quanitity. I've reached the point where I'm not shooting until I can buy more ammo. I'm on strike!
Anybody else out there reached this point?
Almost there. Trying to stock up for later needs.
The local "big blue money funnel also known as wal-mart" had nothing but one box of WWB .44 Mag for $33, one box of 9mm Federal for $13.47, and a bunch of .40 S&W Blazer Brass for $12.47 each.
Bought 5 boxes of .40..... it seems to be the only thing they get regularly.
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I'm there. I still practice twice monthly (or more) with my carry gun. My range (which is house only), has, to its great credit, not raised its prices much.Still $13 per 50 with 9mm hardball. Not a bargain, but not absurd with a captive audience. However at seventy cents a round for 5.56 and almost $1.50 for .270, I think I'll work out the RWS pellet gun and the 10/22 for a while.
FQ13 wo never thought (short of buying a Barret) that the question would not be, can I afford the gun, but can I afford the ammo?
The range near my job: $23/box of 50 9mm. That's absurd. They have a rule: No outside ammo due to insurance regulations. With one caveat: If they don't have your caliber, you can shoot your own. So much for insurance regulations :)
BTW, I don't shoot there.
But there's some good news. I found some .22lr and 9mm ball on the web. Vvverrry NNiice ! ( you know, like Borat )
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Reload, do it, do it now! 8)
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Reload, do it, do it now! 8)
Got primers ?
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Got primers ?
I think I have 20-25k in my gun room. Man, I gotta get busy.
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I think I have 20-25k in my gun room. Man, I gotta get busy.
And then start selling (at discount rates of course ;D) to those of us here at DRTV.Seriously, several of us have bought, or contracted holsters from frisco. I would be very happy to buy reloads from a forum member and I doubt I'm alone. If you like to reload, why not? We'll pay a fair price, trustworthiness isn't an issue, and you (or other reloaders reading this) shoot for free.Whats not to love?
FQ13
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Time. I need more of it. I'm lucky if I have enough time to reload just for myself. Of course if I put the computer in the gun room or just mounted my reloader on the computer desk...........
I wonder what my wife would say.
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Time. I need more of it. I'm lucky if I have enough time to reload just for myself. Of course if I put the computer in the gun room or just mounted my reloader on the computer desk...........
I wonder what my wife would say.
Why isn't the washer and dryer hooked up in there too?
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Why isn't the washer and dryer hooked up in there too?
The what? I'm not sure I've ever heard of those. Do they help with reloading? Oh, I know what you mean, my tumbler and media separator. That must be it. ;)
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Now that I'm set up to reload it feels like things are better even if they aren't. At least for us they're better. We can go have a 600 round range visit with a couple of the kids and not feel like we're shooting up everything...I just have to stay busy when I get a half hour I go make some ammo.
I'm still not set up for 9mm but I don't shoot much 9 right now...I'm sort of obsessed with 45 acp. Wifey still loves her 38 and has actually been trying my 45s with the less recoil loads. It's fun...gives me something else to do without actually shooting, and feels good when I bring my own ammo.
We used to belong to an indoor range that didn't allow reloaded ammo...good thing I didn't renew membership. They were getting crazy with pricing anyway, but they DID have a lot of nice guns for sale.
Now if we could only squeeze more range time out of each month.
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Reload, do it, do it now! 8)
I have been reloading for about the last six months, but only 38spl. I've been making more of those than I've been shooting and the load recipe is perfect for target shooting. Accurate and low recoil. But I want to shoot some 9mm and .22 (forget about .380) .
Talk about .380, has the ammo situation changed what you carry? Since I don't practice as much with my keltec, I've been carrying my taurus snub with 38spl. I've been getting more trigger time with that caliber so that's what I'm packing.
Anyone else? Of course if I still lived in NJ like Jaybet, I wouldn't have to worry which caliber to pack :( Sorry Jay ::)