I think the jam has been kicked loose. Whether it was caused by mass buying/hoarding, or “scalping” (buying out retailers, then reselling at higher prices to those who didn’t get to the retailers quickly enough), or DHS buying up all the .22LR (even my fevered brain cannot credit that one), local stores from Cabela’s to the Pop* shop up the street seem to have examples of everything. Some quantity limits still apply.
*No evidence of Mom being involved :)
Powder still seems hard to come by unless I’m looking in the wrong places.
Hopefully.
I was at Walmart today and saw good stock on 100 round value packs of Federal range ammo for both 40s&w & 45acp. The 40 was $0.32 a round vs $0.28 pre-Newtown. I haven’t seen either for at least six months.
This is in suburban Cook County so I don’t know how it relates to the free world.
“I think the jam has been kicked loose.”
Agree that supplies are improving. In my area (north periphery of DFW) I can find just about any caliber I want with the exception of 9mm fmj. This is still being rationed.
It seems to be easing, no doubt. My local Walmart had a full shelf of ammunition last time I went in a couple of weeks ago, except that they had no rimfire aside from one box of crappy .22 shotshells that has been collecting dust in the same spot for about 4 years now.