it must be luck of the draw. I have no idea when shelves get stocked and now I'm tired of making the trip.

i just drove from SC to OKC. i stopped at several walmarts to get ammo. NADDA!

before this connetticut shooting i could by boxes of 555 22 ammo and 50 rounds of 9mm. the 9's were about $12.

Finally found a shop with some ammo. Quite a few AR-15s. Seemed to have a little of all types of guns and ammo but 22lr. What about these mid-eighties 5.56 tracer rounds? Seem reasonable in the current environment. Any reason I should avoid these?

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Going off memory of TTAG.com data, I believe tracer rounds are more corrosive than other types.

But I wouldn't hesitate at all.

tracers will be less accurate at longer range because they are light in the butt, and get lighter as they fly.. for that reason as well they are more prone to ricochet.

thanks all

SCORED!

250 rounds of 9mm for $60 and 150 rounds of 45 for $66 from walmart!
i am in class with a guy that can get on the military base here. he says they have ammo. we will see later this week.

Remembered this thread...update. Went in a Wallyworld early the other day and glanced in the ammo case...still virtually empty of all common pistol (and most rifle) except for probably at least 30 boxes of .40 that they'd obviously just gotten in. Couple of guys were chatting, and one told me that the local Gander Mtn. had pretty much "everything", but they were ex$tremely proud of their $tocked $helves. My uncle (who's much more in tune with this stuff) tells me that a well known pattern has developed. Stores get a shipment, "someone calls someone", and the whole stock is purchased almost immediately. Somebody is making a bundle in this "ammo bubble" just like four years ago...it'd be nice to be able to "follow the money". I'm just glad I don't need anything :)

Yep. I have enough of everything on hand that I currently shoot to last awhile, but I'd like to replenish my reloading supplies. Bullets and primers are hard to come by. I want to get into another caliber (.308), but I haven't been able to find it for cheaper than $1.25 a bullet!

I've mostly just been shooting shotguns at the range lately, as it is all I can replenish right now.

All I'm seeing is 7mm, 308, 30-06 and shotgun shells at Walmart. It's been like that for months.

I'm down to 2k of .22, 400 of .223 and 200 of 9mm.

the local wal mart has plenty of 30-40 Krag. not much else. hunting season is going to be awkward.


eventually we have to reach saturation. every guy in america will have 10k rounds buried in the back yard. but would have thought we'd reached that point by now.




blew through a couple hundred .308 last weekend. and a ton of .22. i have no immediate way of replenishing. and wouldn't buy at these prices anyway.

I stockpiled about 5k rounds of .223 during the last panic, so I'm good there. I'm getting low on .30-06, probably around 100 rds. left. I may have 500-800 of .45ACP and .40 each. But I really want to go shoot and can't bear to use any of that ammo until it becomes easier to replace. I got another Commander in January I haven't even tried out yet. When I build up my next two AR lowers, I'll need to test them out too.

Scored some SK "magazine" two weeks ago, just under 10c/rnd delivered. This is the Lapua and SK Match stuff that didn't meet strict QA controls (they test 100 rounds out of a 50k round batch). Good stuff - got a 1" 9 shot group at 100 yards with it.

Just bought .223 and PMAGs at my local Cabelas. They had plenty of everything except for .17HMR and .22, which they are still restricting sales of. Generally speaking the shelves were full. I bought their only two PMAGs but they had a variety of other AR magazines. I think the end may be in sight......

CMP has 30-06 (M2 ball)

Yeah - I've been seeing that too but it's still a buck a round.

200 rounds for $98 is $0.49/rd

Just bought 3 boxes of 500 rds each of 5.56 for $299 per box. Also bought one box .22 LR since that is all they would sell me. One box of.22 per person per day. No limit on the 5.56. Go figure.

Got a box of 22lr (federal 325rds) a few weeks ago for $25.00. First I have seen in around 6mos. Seems to be around a $10 premium over prices a year ago. There was no bum rush for the shelves when it was stocked either so there is something positive.:D

I don't normally sell ammunition at the pawn shop but several people this week asked if I had any .22's. They seemed happy to pay .10/round.
When the affair started in December I joked that I was going to sell them by the gram.
Jim

I saw 600 rounds of .223 for $419 a few weeks ago where I bought my AR15. Didn't buy any.

The Herter's .223 that I bought at Cabelas was $6.99/20. The PMAGs were $17.99. That seems pretty close to pre-craziness pricing.

I wonder if the ammo manufacturers dropped making .22 so they could concentrate on the more profitable stuff. It would make sense. I don't think there was much profit in .22 at $7.99 for 500. That was pre-2009 pricing at the local sporting goods store.

I was at the range last night. They had no .380, 9mm, nor .45 ammo at all. They said they are having a hard time finding any and sells as fast as they get it.
I stopped by the LGS and they had .380 but would only sell one box to a customer. It was a fair price, so I bought one.
I so bought the one 50 rd box of Speer 124gr +p hollow points for $25. That is actually cheaper than I have seen for a box of 9mm range ammo at some other places.

sgammo and others have plenty of centerfire stuff, at close to pre-panic prices.

Rimfire is still hurting, even target grade stuff.

Helped a buddy of mine out last night - he's got a gunshop wtih several 22 rifles on the shelf and no 22lr ammo. Took him 1100 rounds from my stash, we'll work it out down the road.

A new gun & sport store opened in town today. They had a good stock of 5.56, however I was not impressed with the price.
Before "the panic" I was paying about $450 for 900 rounds.

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meh... that's only a bit higher than what it is going for around here. it'll settle out.

Today, Midway has Am. Eagle 62gr M855 5.56 , qty 500 for 245.

Can't go back to making your own?

palmetto state armory has .223 in stock for less than .50/round. remington, i believe.

Just got a call from Cabellas that my 800 rounds of .223 that I ordered in December will be here in two weeks. I asked to double my order and they said no can do.

just lighten up on your shooting for a year when the world doesn't end or they don't ban ammo......and the morons realizes they will never shoot 10000 rds of anything...the fire sales will begin.......then you can buy your 500 rds of 22 you might go thru in a year and maybe a few 100 rds of various other calibers you probably would never shoot over 5 years.

Life will just go back to normal where all the 2000 dollar guns everyone bought in a panic will start collecting dust under the bed again.

I usually shoot 6k rounds a year in training and competition. This year only three due to the shortage...I guess I'm a moron.
Troy

The pic that I posted was of the display in Palmetto State Armory, taken yesterday.
.67 cents per round.

the storage is because non shooting gun owners are buying ammo they will never used.......... A moron is someone who really never intended to buy a AR15 and then buys one at peak demand along with 1000rds at top prices...shoots 100 200 rds ,maybe, and the gun goes under the bed. Of course the real moron is the guy who buys 5000 rds for some WW2 bolt action...shoots 20 rds off shoulder then realizes this isn't that much fun as his shoulder swells up to the sizes of a grapefruit.

before the imaginary demand for ammo and guns, the real shooters had what they needed and would actually use.........and you will again in about 6 months to a year..........so stop calling yourself a moron and stop paying ridiculous prices.

Ammo prices........
 

Local gun shop here has .223 for $450 a case of 1000 rds. AR mags are back in stock at less than $20 for a 30 round mag and the shops have a good selection of AR15 type rifles in stock at pre craziness prices. Can get at least some of just about any caliber or gauge except for .22 rf. The local shops that have been able to get a little rimfire ammo sell it one or two boxes at a time. For some reason, shotgun shells never seemed to be hard to find in any gauge.

if someone's shoulder swells up from 20 rds of WW2 ammo, he'de probably should learn how to properly shoulder his rifle... I mean, 30-06 bolt has a bit more kick then 308 and a lot more then .223, but that don't stop me from putting down 50 pills down range per session whenever i go shooting.. And i often shoot it with just a t-shirt, steel butt plate.. no padding.. No bruises

either that or he's got some kind of medical issue that makes that somebody prone to bruising... WW2 ammo ain't .338 LM now is it?!?

I would never pay over $.35/round for 5.56. I generally only shoot what I load. But even bullets, powder, and primers are short here still. I have just enough components to get through this year's rifle matches. Not enough to get through IDPA with my 9mm so switching to 10mm which I have 2K-worth of bullets. It's a pain...
Troy

Lots of cheap steel stuff out there like Tula/Wolf/Herters .223 for <$0.40/rd. But its steel cased, can't reload, and the bi-metal projectiles are a no-no in outdoor ranges in SoCal due to the fire risk.

PSA had some brass Prvi 5.56 for $7.79/20 today. Not sure how long that lasted.

It's nice to see brass getting under $0.40/rd.

DANG you are a bad ass regular shooter we get it...you are the 1 in a 1000 gun owners who actually shoots more than 50 rds a year, but thats not the point!.......the shortage in the US is created by knuckle heads who own some guns but never shoot...this is the vast majority of gun owners.... many of these guys and some who just recently brought guns in this recent panic are driving the shortages. they are buying 100's to 1000s of rds of ammo they will never use.

I been shooting my whole life, as instructor, competitor, hunting, and the military. And we all understand you are super shooter, but any bolt action rifle of military caliber is going to knock hell out of a inexperience shooter......... I've seen many take 5 rds off a 8mm or 30.06 and just set it down and say that is enough....you don't need a special medical condition.