I’ve found ammo outside of the big box stores in the rural areas. Pay a little more but its also a small business you are supporting.
Same in my area for months. Took in one of our gun shows a couple weeks back and found more than what I needed. But ideas about out in the rural areas is a sound one too.
We have been limiting to two boxes per customer since the run began, shelves still stripped bare.
Every time we get a case we are holding it behind the gun counter so we have some to sell with a gun purchase.
If we get more and we put it out, it’s gone in minutes.
Yes, there is an extraordinary demand on ammo and supplies are limited. Like the shortage we "had" on toilet paper, supply will eventually catch up with demand. How long that will take is another story.
All I found for .357 Magnum was this one:
Cheaper Than Dirt seemed to be stocked with those calibers.
Millions of new gun purchasers and social fears sacked ammo supplies.
America is armed to the teeth, and getting madder everyday.. The commie democrats better put down the crack pipe long enough to take a serious look around before they do something really stupid..
It is the greatest run on guns, ever, in history. Production of small arms by the entire world, in preparation for and during WWI or WWII was smaller. I doubt production of small arms in WWII (more than WWI) ever his this level.
About 12 million guns sold in the first half of the year.
We will see over 20 million for the year.
About 2/3 are pistols, with more than half the rest being semi-automatic rifles, by my estimates.
Ammunition has become like toilet paper and Clorox wipes.
The professional race baiters have moved to Louisville.
The police are retiring/resigning en mass.
Violent crime is going up in the area.
The local paper runs stories on the increase of gun violence, evidently completely unaware of the demographics behind it.
No, Academy Sports doesn’t have any 9x19.
Most places are limiting quantities purchased.
> Curious too, has demand slammed out put this much to cause this
Yes, even considering purchase limits and higher prices.
The root cause seems to be shortage of primers, so self/re -loaders aren’t immune.
My local gun store only has Ammo made in Serbia. The brand name is PPU. That is all he can get. Plus there is a limit of 2 boxes.
Rural King had Winchester Ammo, but they are sold out. Cabela’s claims they are re-stocking every week, but the inventory sells out within hours.
This is why I have presses and dyes for every caliber gun that I own, along with molds for making my own bullets and shot. Not to mention brass, primers, powder and a few hundred pounds of lead.
This works better for some calibers than others. 223 shoots at too high a velocity with a full charge to use homemade unjacketed bullets without screwing up your barrel. But 7.62x39 can use unjacketed homemade bullets with a full charge if you heat treat them which requires no special equipment other than an oven and a pan.
https://www.ammoman.com/9mm-full-metal-jacket-115-grain-blazer-brass-5200
https://www.ammoman.com/357-magnum-ammo
9mm and 357 Magnum. No 38 Special.
In my experience, this is a solid vendor. Always fast and free shipping.
I just got back from getting some prescriptions filled. I stopped at the only gun store around. He had plenty of ammo and at good prices.
I got 5 boxes of PMC .223 brass case, 55gr. fmjbt for $54 including tax.
I almost ordered two boxes last night from Cheaper Than Dirt, but after shipping it was just about what I paid for 5 boxes locally.
Luckeygunner.com has 9mm for sure. I have dealt with them with zero issues.
Shelves have been pretty bare for most ammo and all the decent firearms for a while where I am. If you go to the same small shop all the time and have a good relationship with the owner or one of the employees, they’ll put some aside for you. That’s one of the benefits of shopping at a local business rather than just going for the cheapest price all the time.