The ammo shortage is so bad in PA, can’t even practice shooting with my new G2C. A friend gave me a few hollow points to hold on to. And another gave me enough fmj to fill my mag. Incase I ever need it. Pretty sad bout it though. I wanna shoot this puppy
Do you have other calibers of ammo? If I were you check for trade deals like on ArmsList or local network. Word of mouth at your LGS and such.
I just gotta axe tho- if ya couldn't find ammo why'd ya buy the pistol?
Fortunately I reload and also own several pistols in varying calibers. Here in Eastern Oregon pistol ammo comes in every couple weeks but is gone quick.
For those newbies that just got into guns, you're going to be waiting for at least 4 more years. The new regime that's about to run the country will not allow the import of lead to even make the bullets. So whatever is here is all we got soooo good luck.
Welcome from Northern Illinois! I'm not believing that it will be that bleak. We've seen this before, particularly the Sandy Hood and Parkland incidents which resulted in a large spike in new gun purchases which largely cause this run on ammo. Now we have the Chinese virus and violent demonstrations causing the same thing. The manufacturers are ramping up production because that's what they do for money and they like money. It's also creating jobs BTW.
Two things will happen. The supply chain will fill up and the urge to buy guns and ammo will subside. At this point, supply will outstrip demand and prices will fall to the level or close to it that we saw in early 2020.
I'm only happy that I didn't have to resort to buying Wolf primers again.
Ammo is out there however it's all at a premium. Plenty on gunbroker.com. The other day I saw standard 115gr FMJ 9mm sell for $0.78 a round! Needless to say I let someone else buy that. It's crazy that 9mm and 45acp is selling for about the same price.
If you can, check the big box stores (Cabelas, Bass Pro, Field & Stream, Rural King, etc.) frequently and early in the morning. In the last 2-3 weeks I have found 9mm, .380, 38spl, .357, and .223 all at reasonable prices. Reasonable for the times, that is...prices ranged from $0.34-0.50 per round for most of those calibers.
Local Gun Stores in my area have had ammo, but in lower quantities and higher prices, as much as $1.00 per round for 9mm.
The big box stores here are typically limiting 2 boxes per SKU per customer per day.
The thing about the current ammo situation that amazes me is that, while I get there is a run on 9mm and other popular pistol ammo, my local big box sporting goods store has also suddenly sold out all their other pistol ammo as well. Are there a lot of people out there expecting to shoot rioters and looters with 8mm Nambu or 7.62 Nagant pistols?
well just speculating here but i would imagine that the odd calibers disappearing is just due to the manufactures NOT producing them for an extended time as well as not being an over abundance to begin with.
I don't see a production manager telling the guys hey lets change over and run 100,000 rounds of 45 gap right now?
I think most ammo manufactures are producing the high demand calibers now trying to keep up.
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