I bought a useless .380 bodyguard last month. It’s useless as I haven’t been able to get ammo.
go to ammoseek.com
search for .380
real time inventory hundreds of stores in one site
they have plenty
.380 was the last caliber to come back last time, the manufacturers use the same machines to make 9mm and won’t stop until they have filled all of the orders.
They usually run 10 months of 9mm and switch to .380 for two months.
I’ve had good service from Cheaper than Dirt. They have .380 in stock.
ammoseek.com and gunbot.net
Green Country Ammo
Tulsa, OK
.380 ACP-100 Grain FMJ RN-500 Rounds Bulk - $325
These munitions are from remanufactured brass cases and loaded on commercial machines.
I don’t mean to sound like a dick, well maybe a little, but most people that are new to buying handguns at this particular point in time or have one or two but only a limited supply of ammo say a few 100 rounds, is probably not the kind of consumer that the firearms industry worries about making happy. That’s just the way it is.
But here is the lesson, when the supply catches up with demand, place a real order with an online supplier, like think in terms of 5000 rounds or so. Then set-up a min-max program where when you get down to 1000 rounds you order 4000 to return to the 5000 round amount. Anything less than 2000 rounds or 9mm or 9mm jr. (.380) is just jerking around and when things cause shortages they have no one to blame for want of ammo but themselves.
My personal opinion is that the shortage situation is going to be with us for a while longer. I base this on the fact that small pistol primers are difficult to find and coated and plated bullets are running 10 weeks leadtime. The last shortage the real problem was smokeless canister powders, mainly fast pistol and shotgun ball powders. It was 2-3 years before that situation sorted itself out but bullets were available fairly easily. I will confess that although I have an enormous amount of powder and prolly 50K small pistol primers, I’m a little short on some bullets. I do have an order in for 4000 bullets and getting ready to place another. I think I will be alright, expecting the first 4000 next week.