Ammo selling out fast

Local Bass Pro is out, most local chain gunshops quit selling ammo in bulk last week.
I know of two local shops who pulled all sale prices and everything went out for regular price as of middle of last week.

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After the Great .22 Shortage, I would have thought that anyone with sense would have laid in a decent supply of ammo when it was cheap.

Glad I've been buying ammo on sale past couple months. LGS here has been swamped with customers and now have limited purchases.

Mike OTDP said:

After the Great .22 Shortage, I would have thought that anyone with sense would have laid in a decent supply of ammo when it was cheap.

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I did. Only on 22 ammo though. Which is fine with me. It’s going to be gas next week so stock up n

I just happened to order a little bit 2 weeks ago, just to make sure I can get through this year as much as I want to shoot. Got lucky, I guess. Got good deals, that are untouchable now.

Gad I bought that case of SK rifle match a couple months ago!

Since the last ammo shortage, I have been collecting more and more ammo every month. I dont need any right now, just food, drink, and T.P.
Gonna ride out the pandemic drunk on my couch. LMFAO!

I have plenty of cartridges for my firearms. The trick is to not shoot it all up.

My wife asked Saturday if I shot all my ammo 2 weekends ago when several of us went shooting and if we needed to buy some more? (I shot around 250 9mm and some other stuff but mostly 9mm)

I grinned a little and tried not to roll my eyes and told her that the ammo run had already started and that we were fine....

Thankfully, my wife has always a bit of a hang up about running out of TP. We always have a couple dozen rolls.... yes, a couple dozen.

She has always stocked up on TP like I stock up on ammo.

We make a good team.

If anyone in the Wilmington Ohio area is desperate for 9mm ammo, I'll donate a box of Freedom Munitions 115gr. It's all the 9mm I have and I'll gladly do my part if it'll help them through the tough times.

danez71 said:

Thankfully, my wife has always a bit of a hang up about running out of TP. We always have a couple dozen rolls.... yes, a couple dozen

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You're fortunate. I get a call as I'm pulling in the driveway "can you get some toilet paper? We only have 3 squares left" Every. Time.

I've always thought it was funny, people thinking there might be a shortage- create the shortage. Like the bank runs back in the day. That'll be next.

2-3% death rate with healthy enough people just getting a cough and a fever. "Hmm, what do I need? AMMO!...and all the toilet paper I can get my hands on." Glad I reload...and still have some old yellow pages around here.

We have guns, we have ammo, we have things that go Blammo!

Mn Fats said:

I've always thought it was funny, people thinking there might be a shortage- create the shortage.

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Self fulfilling prophecy.

2-3% death rate with healthy enough people just getting a cough and a fever. "Hmm, what do I need? AMMO!...and all the toilet paper I can get my hands on." Glad I reload...and still have some old yellow pages around here.

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When I'm sitting on the old thundermug, worst come to worst, I'm three steps from being in the shower.
Soap, water, all good.

castile said:

I have 4 AR15s I need to get rid of. I am hoping prices go up so I can get a grand out of each one.

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You sound like an unabashed capitalist castile. Good. I like unabashed capitalism.
However, as far as the subject of "ammo selling out fast" goes, my wife and I witnessed something pretty darned funny at Cabela's/Bass Pro in Idaho Falls last Saturday. We drove all the way up there (about 80 miles) because I wanted to look at a Glock 19 for myself. When we got there, we noticed the parking lot was almost full. I thought, "Oh, Boy! Everyone's stocking up on guns and ammo, and the firearms and ammo department is going to be a mess."
It was, but not for the reason I was thinking. Cabela's/Bass Pro had a couple of bear cubs in the back corner of the store, and there were hundreds of people standing in line so they could have their and their kids pictures taken with the darned bear cubs. It was funny because from the conversations I overheard, most of the "bear cub people" standing in line were talking about the corona virus.
Anyway, long story short - I didn't buy a Glock 19 from Cabela's/Bass Pro (I bought one from a LGS later that day), but I did buy two 100 round boxes of .22LRs, one 50 round box of 380 ACPs, and one 50 round box of 9mm Luger's. There were a few other people in the ammo department stocking up, and I'm sure Cabela's/Bass Pro in Idaho Falls is low on ammo by now, but they weren't on Saturday. And there was only 1 person in front of me in line at the checkout counter - everyone else in that store was standing in "the bear cubs line" and talking about the corona virus!

I am going to borrow from Morgan Freeman ... his statements were in reference to racism , but I feel that they apply well to the current panic buying ---

In 2005 he said "Stop talking about it!"
In 2014 he said "If you talk about , it exists."

Wise man.

Yes. Ammo near me is gone. I went online to see what I could find and it can be found...at ridiculous prices. I’m gonna get what I can, but it’s kind of disheartening. I can understand limiting how much you can order, but price gouging? Pfft.

I haven't started reloading for 38 super yet since I'd rather empty and reload my own once fired brass. It's not as cheap, but the places that carry 38 super still have it, and I ain't fighting anyone for it.

chicharrones said:

I have plenty of cartridges for my firearms. The trick is to not shoot it all up.

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The trick is to reload it after you shoot it all up. I have plenty of ammo, and plenty of reloading supplies.

Forget the bullets. Beer and bacon are what people should be hoarding.