Is there any end in sight for the ammo shortage?

[Rusty Heap]

Originally Posted by Rusty Heap

I'm still loving my .22 pellet rifle, no gun powder required.

Gotta fill beer cans with Yellow Expando Foam to help control the shredding and swinging of a can hanging in a tree at XYZ distance.......

still with the foam...........the .22 pellets shred 'em, but what fun silent fun.



These were at about 125 feet.

[legion]

Yeah, it turns out that V-max > self-healing targets.

I put 100 rounds of 55 grain FMJ .223 at 50 yards through it, and it still looked brand new.

Then I put 100 rounds of 55 grain V-max through it.





And this is my spoon-cleaning table. Large ultrasonic cleaner can do 3-4 pistols at a time and is big enough for any bolt I own. Small ultrasonic cleaner is full of oil.

[Aragorn]

Went shopping for 9mm last weekend and came across a few boxes of Herter's Select-Grade TNJ Handgun Ammunition. Cabelas says "Sized to incredibly precise tolerances, the nonreloadable, aircraft-grade aluminum cases cycle smoothly. Premium-quality, round-nose lead bullets are coated with a Total Nylon Jacket (TNJ) to replace expensive copper jackets."

Anyone ever used this stuff? Don't want to mess up my spoon to save a few bucks over regular ammo. But if it is good, then I will cycle a few boxes and save some coin.

[red-beard]

Aircraft grade Aluminum? Seriously? 7000 series on cases? Are they machined?

[flatbutt]

Originally Posted by legion

And this is my spoon-cleaning table. Large ultrasonic cleaner can do 3-4 pistols at a time and is big enough for any bolt I own. Small ultrasonic cleaner is full of oil.

Query...can you put an assembled pistol in the sonicator? The Glock is tough to break down when you have arthritis. What cleaning solution do you use?

[legion]

Yes, you can, but I don't.

You won't get everything out of the barrel without sending a few patches down it.

I use the Hornady ultrasonic cleaning solution for firearms. DO NOT USE A CASE-CLEANING SOLUTION. You will take the finish off of your gun.

This tool is out there to help with Glock disassembly:

Disassembly Tool Disassembly Tool - product summary - Bing Shopping

[J P Stein]

Found .22 LR at the spoon store this morning.....limit 5 boxes & not cheep ......but fits in the 25cent solution...(190 rnds for $9.50) but things are looking up.

[red-beard]

Originally Posted by J P Stein

Found .22 LR at the spoon store this morning.....limit 5 boxes & not cheep ......but fits in the 25cent solution...(190 rnds for $9.50) but things are looking up.

That comes in at ~$25 for 500 rounds. That is still higher than the $15-$17 for 500, but much better than $0.10 per round!

[flatbutt]

Went to Cabelas Pa today. Found everything except any type of .22, rifle primers and bullets.

[A930Rocket]

I saw six boxes of 1000 rounds of .556 at Walmart for $447 last weekend. Not a bad price. They were all gone today, bit there were some 25 boxes of 556 and 223, as well as some 9mm and 22.

First time I'd seen it at this Walmart in 10 months.

[legion]

I can find everything now. I'm even finding bulk 9mm and .223.

Speaking of which...got my XL 650 set up for 9mm and .223. Finally got the .223 carbide dies I ordered back in January a few weeks ago.

I think I'm going to order a Dillon Square Deal B for .38 Special and my "competition" 9mm load which I typically do in smaller batches than my plinking 9mm load. (And a whole Square B deal press costs less than a everything I need to run another caliber on the XL 650.)

[KFC911]

Yep, everything seems to be back and at reasonable prices, but still no 22 lr

[nynor]

.223 ammunition, $8/20. yeah it is wolf, but brass cases and not steel core bullets. i'd shoot this stuff with my spoon:

WOLF GOLD .223 55grn FMJ 20rd box

even cabelas has proper .223/brass cases for $8.50:

http://www.cabelas.com/product/Shooting/Ammunition/Rifle-Ammunition|/pc/104792580/c/104691780/sc/104532480/American-Eagle174-Rifle-Ammunition/734598.uts?destination=%2Fcatalog%2Fbrowse%2Frifle-ammunition%2F_%2FN-1100190%2B4294759021%2FNe-4294759021%2FNs-CATEGORY_SEQ_104532480%3FWTz_l%3DSBC%253BMMcat1047 92580%253Bcat104691780%26WTz_st%3DGuidedNav%26WTz_ stype%3DGNU&WTz_l=SBC%3BMMcat104792580%3Bcat104691780%3Bcat104 532480

they have the steel cased herters for $6. that stuff does not work in my spoon.

[Eric Coffey]

Here you go:

GunBot 223 rifle ammo

[nynor]

i love that site. totally forgot about it. thanks!

[J P Stein]

.22 LR today. 500 for 25 bucks........but not on display. Ya gotta ask for it.

[mattdavis11]

Question: Why does one need a lot of ammunition?

Answer: They don't know how to shoot.

I'd rather not wear out the bore on my barrels.

[nynor]

Originally Posted by mattdavis11

Question: Why does one need a lot of ammunition?

Answer: They don't know how to shoot.

I'd rather not wear out the bore on my barrels.

define "a lot", please, as i am curious what your threshold is for "a lot".

i'll pay it forward and give you my definition: a lot for the ARSpoon is probably a thousand or so, in my mind. that spoon likes to eat.

for the VarmintSpoon, i would say about 250 or more rounds is a lot. but i like to feed with that spoon and will go through about 80 helpings in a single outing.

[flatbutt]

Originally Posted by mattdavis11

Question: Why does one need a lot of ammunition?

Answer: They don't know how to shoot.

I'd rather not wear out the bore on my barrels.

and how does one go about learning how to shoot without using alot of ammo?

[mattdavis11]

I was under the assumption that targeting came naturally.

Having bb spoons as a kid paid off.

Originally Posted by nynor

for the VarmintSpoon, i would say about 250 or more rounds is a lot. but i like to feed with that spoon and will go through about 80 helpings in a single outing.

I became tired of firing necked down 22/250's and .223's at prairie dogs 500 yards away just to see hang time. Why waste the ammo.