Brent
#2ALivesMatter
you jerk! that's where its going!
I have a decent stock of 325 gr, but I'd like to add some 405's.
Are people still hoarding ammo?
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you jerk! that's where its going!
I have a decent stock of 325 gr, but I'd like to add some 405's.
Shop in Leesburg is selling 405 BlackHills for $18/box. Said nobody wants it. Didn't even have it out on the shelf.
I said I'll take all of it!
Panzer Radeo
National Wanderer
- Apr 21, 2014
- 188
1. I refuse to buy any ammo from cheaperthandirt. I don't appreciate their price gouging. $100 for a 30rd pmag? $1000 for 500 rds of 223? Yeah, no thanks.
2. 22lr is still difficult to find but I've noticed it's been popping up. I've been able to purchase about 5000rds in the last 2 months, which is plenty for taking all the new shooters I tend to teach. I don't do the whole "get up at the crack of dawn and hit up places as they open" crap. I also don't buy everything I possibly can. I just don't shop at big box stores. I also refuse to pay anything above prepanic pricing. Everything else is pretty easy to find.
2. 22lr is still difficult to find but I've noticed it's been popping up. I've been able to purchase about 5000rds in the last 2 months, which is plenty for taking all the new shooters I tend to teach. I don't do the whole "get up at the crack of dawn and hit up places as they open" crap. I also don't buy everything I possibly can. I just don't shop at big box stores. I also refuse to pay anything above prepanic pricing. Everything else is pretty easy to find.
BuildnBurn
Professional Pyro
The ammo shortage hasn't hit me too hard; I've been reloading for more than 25 years. I haven't had to buy much factory ammo except .22 lr and about 400 rounds of 9mm last year as I added a new caliber. I now have 9mm molds and about 3k cases and don't have to worry about a 9 shortage anymore.
Now rifle powder is another matter; I can't find VV N135 or Varget anywhere.
Now rifle powder is another matter; I can't find VV N135 or Varget anywhere.
Rob Jones
Member
It is letting up. It got some 22LR from my local Walmart last week.
moojersey
Sic Semper Tyrannis
I picked up a couple packs of .22LR as well last week. Late in the day too around 430 - 5 PM.
Mr H
Unincited Co-Conservative
I have done similarly, Docster, and have SLOWLY accumulated a satisfactory supply for my needs.
The definition of hoarding was presented earlier, in another thread. I won't 'out' anyone... it's just not worth getting into.
IMO... Buy what you think you will use, and maybe a touch more. But repeatedly gaming the system to satisfy some sort of gunlust is unfair to everyone else.
This week, I have delivered in excess of 17,000 rounds of .22--generously supplied by members here--to the Boy Scouts for summer camps.
I can tell you with two fingers how much of that came from people I know to be hoarders. Index finger and thumb make a nice fat ZERO.
Yeah... it's a problem.
The definition of hoarding was presented earlier, in another thread. I won't 'out' anyone... it's just not worth getting into.
IMO... Buy what you think you will use, and maybe a touch more. But repeatedly gaming the system to satisfy some sort of gunlust is unfair to everyone else.
This week, I have delivered in excess of 17,000 rounds of .22--generously supplied by members here--to the Boy Scouts for summer camps.
I can tell you with two fingers how much of that came from people I know to be hoarders. Index finger and thumb make a nice fat ZERO.
Yeah... it's a problem.
byf43
SCSC Life/NRA Patron Life
Boondock Saint
Ultimate Member
I'm not hoarding. Hell, I'm selling. Just not shooting much these days.
byf43
SCSC Life/NRA Patron Life
I found this spy photo of one of our beloved member's shed...
Can't be mine.
My shed's not that small.
hell, I never see WWB at Frederick. I've also tried Germantown where I work
photoracer
Competition Shooter
Hagerstown usually has WWB ammo. Over the last year I have built up about 1500 rds of WWB 9mm 100 rd boxes for 3-gun.
I saw 100 rd boxes there Wed or Thur. Just didn't have any cash on me and didn't want to hit the CC. Should have as it was cheaper than my local Hunt Valley WM by a good bit.
2ndMDRebel
Ultimate Member
- Feb 13, 2008
- 2,466
If I go to the range on average once a week and shoot 100 rounds each trip with a mix of the twenty something firearms I own then I have enough ammo on hand to last me over 6 years. The sad reality is I go maybe 3 to 4 times a year, over half of my firearms I have never even fired, and my current ammo supply will probably outlive me.
CAS_Shooter
Active Member
- Jan 24, 2012
- 510
Add me to that list. In my 58 years I can't recall a company that I have specifically avoided doing business with. CTD is the exception. They wrote the book on super escalating the ammo prices during the shortage and offered a lame apology as the shortage was easing. I'm sure their not getting my business won't imapact their bottom line, but if there was no 9mm left and CTD was the only vendor that had any, I would start shooting somthing else in a caliber that I could get.
