Where's the ammo?

[Enfielder]

I'd like to buy a box of 7.62x39 Power Shok to feed to the new deer rifle but all of us fools bought up anything with a primer and lead.

I'd like to do it without paying shipping and handleing for a $25 item.

I have plenty of other calibers I can shoot but, darn it, it's my truck gun.

Rant over.

 

[mokin]

I'm starting to think the Leprechauns have it and we'll be down to chasing them at the end of rainbows.

 

[DustyGmt]

Oddly I have been seeing more 7.62×39 than basically anything else. At least in my area and online. Not powershok specifically though.

 

[DustyGmt]

I went to my local runnings, reluctantly as the store sucks and has burned me at the register 3 times. Anyway their ammo shelves were 99% bare. All they had were some 762x39 and a few boxes of .375H&H. Absolutely no short action cartridges or common hunting ammo whatsoever.

 

[Mars5l]

I've seen 7.62x39 every where. Not necessarily hunting rounds but every store I frequent has steel 7.62

 

[gspn]

Strange times. Depending on who wins the election, it may get better or it may get worse.

 

[wiscoaster]

There's plenty available online, if that helps: https://ammoseek.com/ammo/7.62x39mm

 

[George P]

Oddly I have been seeing more 7.62×39 than basically anything else. At least in my area and online. Not powershok specifically though.

Yep, local place had a pallet of 7.62 x 39 on the floor

 

[Seapole]

Funny I should read this. I haven't been 30 min pointing out 2 cases of 7.62 x 39 in the gun room to my son ( one I paid 72 dollars for years ago ) I told him if we go by the Natchez catlog we just got. Thats 1600 dollars worth of ammo. I added ammo is like money you can have it or spend it, but you can't do both. Crazy times !

 

[Dragon breath]

As I understand it, the shortage of ammunition is being driven by a shortage of primers. Tulammo makes their own primers, so the 7.62x39 is available when most other things are gone.

 

[danmc]

As I understand it, the shortage of ammunition is being driven by a shortage of primers. Tulammo makes their own primers, so the 7.62x39 is available when most other things are gone.

First i’ve heard that- it makes sense to me and explains a lot

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

Funny I should read this. I haven't been 30 min pointing out 2 cases of 7.62 x 39 in the gun room to my son ( one I paid 72 dollars for years ago ) I told him if we go by the Natchez catlog we just got. Thats 1600 dollars worth of ammo. I added ammo is like money you can have it or spend it, but you can't do both. Crazy times !

Ya, I stocked up when Barry got elected, Wolf and Tul mostly. Been in climate controlled 20mm cans with dessicant since. I pulled a couple bullets just to see how its holding up- so far so good.

My buddy gave me 500 rounds of unsealed Tul that had been in a cardboard box on the floor of his truck for a couple years. Some rust on the cases and discolored bullets. I tore down the worst ones and the powder still looked pretty good, no caking or outgassing, burned ok in a flashpan. Been shooting that stuff up just to get rid of it.

 

[CDW4ME]

Theory has been circulated that new shooters are buying up all the ammo, maybe thats why no 7.62 in stock.

 

[brasscollector]

Not to sound like an arse, but have you been living under a rock for the last six to eight months?

 

[MAKster]

As I understand it, the shortage of ammunition is being driven by a shortage of primers. Tulammo makes their own primers, so the 7.62x39 is available when most other things are gone.

So why is the Russian .223 and 9mm scarce?

 

[Mr. Zorg]

As I understand it, the shortage of ammunition is being driven by a shortage of primers. Tulammo makes their own primers, so the 7.62x39 is available when most other things are gone.

TulAmmo component primers have been, and continue to be, out of stock (for months now) at Academy Sports and Outdoors while domestically manufactured primers are available sporadically including big box stores such as Bass Pro Shops & Cabela's and internet retailers such as MidwayUSA and Midsouth Shooters Supply during the same time period.

 

[JohnKSa]

Ammo is scarce because people are buying it at a faster than normal rate and suppliers/manufacturers can't keep up. It will be like that until demand slows down or until manufacturers decide it's not just a temporary spike in demand and adjust to the new demand level.

What's available at any given time and place will depend on a lot of things.

 

[defjon]

My question is where are the US ammo makers?

When I find it in stock it's all s&b or mag tech. Where is Winchester, federal etc? I know Remington somehow managed to go bankrupt during the largest run on ammo I've ever seen...

Are US makers closed because of corona virus shutdowns or something?

Just weird all the ammo seems to be from Brazil or Czech Republic.

 

[anothernewb]

1.9 million new gun owners in october alone 22 million plus for the year and counting. That's a whole lot of new people buying ammo.

As far as making more and adding capacity goes. It would be interesting to see where the major manufacturer plants are located. I know the plant in Anoka MN is n a deep blue area. No way they're approving a permit for expansion there. regardless of how much money that brings into the area.

 

[Koroner]

Sorry, I feel for you guys. Ammo stores long term pretty well in a cool dry spot

The key to happiness in this world has always been apparent to me since I hit drinking age; stay single and pay cash or just make do without. Debt is the soul numbing wraith.

The key has served me well for decades, but it also means that, after seeing the writing on the wall more than a quarter century ago, I began stockpiling as a method of having another kind of savings account.

But with so many new shooters I expect that prices will (and to a degree already have) continue to inflate.
Sorry, simple business principles. Back during the reign of the Crime Bill I made the mistake of buying a Glock clip for over $100. But if the ban on new ones had persisted it would have been a wise purchase.

Same for ammo now,..

 

[SharpDog]

LOL got a flyer from CTD, $400 for 250 rds of .223 .., 9mm 115 FMJ LOL

 

[gifbohane]

Wow! 9mm for a dollar a piece. CTD has a horrible reputation.

 

[Mars5l]

Id say I see 9mm being more available now, but higher price. I kinda take it asa good sign that surplus is coming but things can change tomorrow. But case in point, Target Sports the past week keeps getting in large quantities of 9mm, albeit $30 a box but if you look now they have about 4-5 listings of different variety. Just got an email today that PPU M1 Garand 30-06 ammo came back in stock