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I stopped at Cabelas at Lonetree this AM. They had a cart out in an aisle with ammo. At 9am ( they opened up) ten guys rushed it like old ladies at a Kmart Blue Iight special.Unbelievable.

I am looking for some Ramshot Big Game.

He has 4 tags he used 1 rd to fiinish the mess on a doe his wife made, missed a running coyote with 1 and a miss on a running whitetail buck with 1 come antlerless season he has 6 rds to do 3 does , I am sure he will get them and have 1 or 2 left over. Would you drive 150 away from home with 3 tags and 6 rds of ammo? I wouldn't but maybe you would I just loaned him some just in case. Mb

My LGS had Big Game and Hunter. If you get over this way much I could buy it and hold onto it for you.

Not sure where you are at in Idaho but Simerly's in Wendell had 7 or 8 jugs of Big Game and Hunter a week ago.

I was in Tucson just over a week ago, stopped in Sportsmans Warehouse just to look around and see just how bad things are. The only shotgun ammo they had was 10 gauge. Three clerks at the gun counter, folks lined up about 6-8 deep, waiting to get up there. Crazy times we live in.

Didn't they deshelve guns and ammo?
Some say you can get it somehow, but it's not on display.

We are getting a lot of ammo coming in and more is heading out. SW is cleared of nearly most of the ammo in about 1.5 hours. ARs are sold in two to three days. Alaska Ammo has some ammo but not like they used to. Same thing, it is sold as quickly as it comes in. Iron and Wood also gets ammo and its quickly gone. Shotgun shells last longer but they are depleted quickly as well. A lot of the ammo is getting stashed as people feel that the dollar is going to tank soon but Ammo is always worth more.

Ya think?

Fuqk Walmart 😡

Yeah, if they don't have 20ga 1187s for $250, I ain't going!

Haven’t been back since! 🤠

There’s a lot of shotgun ammo and reloading equipment available around here. I went to my local LGS and I was extremely pleased to see them opening cases and pricing boxes. They were NOT scalping as I think they had 10mm FMJ for $28 or $30 a box of 50 and many options of HP self defense in 9mm and 10mm, .40 and .45. .308 and 7.62x39 was 8 or 9 bucks for 20.

I then found a reloading company around the corner from them that I didn’t know was there. They take orders and load to fill them. My buddy just paid $140 for 250rds of 9mm. I bought 500rds of 9mm at Cabelas for $150 but that must’ve been a fluke because they’re out every time I’ve been back since. I’ve always had enough ammunition for all my firearms on hand to take care of my family and children for my lifetime and theirs but during times like this I’ll add to my stores and shore up my deficiencies.

Ammo is available but unless you’re lucky you’ll likely pay through the nose for it.

In an hour or so I’m headed over to Benchmark barrels to pick up a rifle I dropped off yesterday and I’m trying to figure out if I need any of the “oddball” bullets they have.

It doesn't matter if you stocked up. I guarantee that I'm stocked up more than most here, and did a lot of stocking up when supply was plentiful and prices cheap. That doesn't mean, however, that I don't care about the shortage and current prices, because every round I fire has now to be replaced, unless I bought enough to supply me the rest of my life, which I didn't, and I imagine few if any did. My supply gives me a buffer of maybe a year or two where I could hold off resupplying and yet shoot all I want, but not in every caliber.

.223 Federal American Eagle 55 Grain FMJ plinking ammo in-stock @Reeds Sporting Goods. $15.99 a box, but better than a stick in the eye.

https://www.reedssports.com/ammunition/american-eagle-ae223-amer-eagle-cf-ri-tail-ae223-029465084820

I realistically could hold off for the rest of my life if I used components and ammo conservatively. But my wife. She goes through 2-3K of 223 and 9mm ammo per year. So I am constantly resupplying her shooting. I could use more 308 Win but otherwise I feel that I am pretty well covered. Most of my father's guns were "pilfered" by my inlaws but I got most of his ammo and reloading supplies. My uncle left his Alaskan Reloading supplies when he left the state. Fotis could tell you that working for near minimum wage at SW might not be for some but our discount on ammo and components might be one of the reasons that we are there.

Was at mine earlier today to get a hunting license and they had firearms and ammo in the display.

Yes. The two vendors I work with are literally out of 95% or more of their normal stocks.. YESTERDAY, one had 40 rifles of a certain type that a customer of mine wanted to give to his son for Christmas.. I told him to call me asap... Well, that call didn't come in until this morning - and ALL 40 were gone by then.. Only ONE (repeat ONE) rifle was left and it was an odd duck - something scumload would probably drop a load to have...

There's literally nothing available under a geezer or two... +++

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