Small rifle, large rifle, small pistol, large pistol - they’re all gone.
The only thing I can find is “large pistol magnum” and shotshell.
The only thing I can find is “large pistol magnum” and shotshell.
I guess it is time to just shoot and reload for my 44 Rem Mag.
Seriously, as a reloader, I find that the current shortage of reloading components (primers, jacketed pistol bullets, brass, even cast bullet molds) is beyond belief. I can not fathom the level of "fear" that is causing this. In the past, when Clinton banned the import of cheap surplus Chinese 7.62x39 ammo I saw panic buying and price gouging in that caliber, but never across just about every caliber. I have gone to the Midway, MidSouth Shooter Supply, and Graff & Sons one-line catalogs and found just about every handgun caliber loaded ammo on back order, just about every jacketed bullet in a handgun caliber on back order, most handgun brass in certain calibers like .380 auto on back order. I periodically go to gun shows and There is virtually no .380 Auto loaded ammo anymore except at outrageous prices (i.e. $30 to $40/box of 50 cartridges, which 9 months ago only cost $11 to $15/box of 50). I regularly see people at gun shows taking handcarts of ammo out to their cars. I can understand buying a few hundred to maybe 1000 rounds of ammo in bulk for a caliber that you like to shoot to get a volume price break, but what I have seen goes far beyond that to a level of panic buying. The only silver lining is that with shortage is certain handgun ammo so bad, there has been a drop in the price of some new handguns back to pre-Obama days from some vendors. This past weekend, I picked up a new-in-the-box KelTec P3-AT at a very reasonable price as the gun shop owner said he had no ammo for it and didn't know where anyone could find ammo for it. Since, I have some loaded .380 Ammo and loading components for that caliber, it seemed like a good deal for me. At that same gun show, I saw people selling gun & a couple of boxes of ammo combinations for premium prices.