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4755 Ronald Reagan Blvd, Johnstown, CO 80534

Plenty of BOOM on the shelves.

I didn’t get to go on my annual sage rat slaughter this year so I’m sitting on a ton of .22LR, .17HMR, and .223. Enough for three bloodthirsty shooters on a three-day spree.




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Three days? Is that all?

I wonder about Johnstown and No Cal --
THe only reason I can think of that there's ammo is -- all the Americans, or at least most, of the clientele, have already picked up and moved elsewhere more politically to their liking.
Here in the Flathead, there's nichts. At least nothing I want to buy at the price offered, usually a record.

Slightly off topic but in a fun news kind of way.... A small gun shop has opened that is only a 20 minute drive to get to (next nearest is a full hour drive) .... I have gotten to know the owner and the gun smith that works there pretty well. I can now order firearms by text message.... Just send a text about what I'm looking to buy and generally I'll get a text back after he checks his suppliers within 10 Mins or so with a price . I call with credit card info if he can order what I'm shopping for and 3 days later I pick it up.....

There is a bunch of stuff that I really dislike about modern life, but gun shopping by text is fun.....

Easy.

It's not about sales and current profits.


It's about being gun companies and Biden possibly ending up president.
Would I be years of boom, like Obama?
Or will the socialists manage to finally destroy our culture?

Our local gun shop is starving, can't hardly get anything to sell. No black Friday, no Christmas bump, hopefully dad and son can keep the wolves away.

Is your local Economy strong?

There is very little ammo to be found around these parts, with the exception being shotgun shells, and even those have been picked over pretty good. The big box stores, the Walmarts and Academy's have been sold out for months, Rural King is pretty much sold out too, and the distributors I've checked have none. I do know where there is a farm store that has some 17 Remington, 204 Ruger, 222 Rem, and some 25-06 ammo, if you're willing to pay their price.

Reloading components are just as scarce. I just bought a new 6.5 CM, and want to try some different bullets in it than what I normally shoot in the cartridge. Midsouth is where I get my reloading supplies, and they are pretty much sold out of all the popular bullets, as well as brass, powder, and of course, powder. I'm okay on powder, brass, and primers, but I do need to buy some more bullets. May have to try some I would not normally buy.

People are scared of what is going to happen here, and it is a combination of a Biden presidency, as well as the potential of more violence from ANTIFA and BLM. I know some people who have bought AR's who, under ordinary circumstances, would never have done so. That's why ammo and certain firearms are hard to find, ass it's better to need it and have it, than to need it and not have it.

I'm hoping we have something similar to what happened with 22 ammo where sanity was restored after a few years of cuckoo.

The farm store was Old Mother Hubbard's Cupboard yesterday.

Not much available done here, little reloading supplies either.

The Walmart the OP describes, sounds like the one in Williston. Bare bones.

Pretty slim pickings here in Northern, IN. Visited 4 shops yesterday while traveling for work over in the NW part of the state.. Guns for the most part was no issue, lot of black rifles and handguns it appeared.. Ammo was available, but man were they proud of it!!! Almost bought some .223 ammo at Bass Pro for .50 a round in 150 round cases, but didnt. I get people asking me each week if i have any for sale and I dont!! Next couple of places I stopped they were in the .70-.75 range for the same stuff... Midwest Gun Exchange had a good amount of 9mm, .40, .45 acp etc... But again, pricey...

I bought 8 lbs of powder, a hundred bullets (44 mag XTP) and a couple of misc items at Kempfs in Michigan City.. $25/lb for the shooters choice creedmoor powder.. decent price. They had some primers, but were limiting them to the amount of projectiles you purchased. A solid plan I thought.

I'm well stocked on everything except maybe Large Rifle Magnum primers, only have around 1300 of those.. Would buy a couple thousand if i run across them. I don't shoot the .300 much anymore and the boy only shoots a dozen of the 7mm variety yearly, so we are good for a bit.. Just like having a few more on hand. I've got enough other primers on hand I figure I can trade for some if need be.

I wonder if the production is beginning to catch up.. If so we could see some cheap components popping up again.. Would be nice.. My wife actually looked at me the other day and said I guess I should not have been complaining when you were buying all those components, should have told you to buy more.. LOL - bout fell out the chair.

They open at 9:30. I'll be there....

The shortage is real and no end in sight. I can understand if all of the "kook" ammo (9mm, 5.56, 308, etc) is in short supply, but when you can't even find a box of Winchester Power Points in 3006 anywhere, you know it's serious.

Plenty. The boys and I will be using two on the 21st, a BRNO sidelock SxS and A LeFever Nitro SxS. Yesterday I hit a LGS that was well stocked with firearms of all types priced a hair above normal. Their ammo, which they had plenty of, was priced sky high. Then I hit my range and, as usual, a pretty good selection of reloading supplies. I picked up some .357 Sierra 110 gr JHP's for $20/100 and some Starline 38 Special +P brass for $16.50/100. Most all Reloader and Ramshot powders along with others in stock. Stocking stuffers for the boys.

OK, Thanks. I was at a shop called Liberty something in FoCo and it didn't have anything. My local Sportsman's has about 1 lb of powder and a couple hundred shotgun primers, although they had some 9mm on the shelves last time.

I live about 1 3/4 mile from a small commercial range. Been wondering how long it’s gonna be before the shortages affect their business. I’ve noticed the spray and pray crowd seems to be missing lately.

Serious it is, for the most part all Ammo is very difficult to get and priced high no matter what caliber. I picked up 20 pounds of buckshot for reloading, never reloaded buckshot in my life.through 10 together test fired work great, Going to reload for some friends, Neighbors, that are in need and can’t find it anywhere. I’m squared away with everything, That I need. I believe it’s going to get worse before it gets better. Prepare for the worst hope for the best.