Ammo Shortages?

Thanatos · 08-12-2009, 02:10 PM

I have been looking around at the gun stores and it looks like there is some sort of ammo shortage. I have been stockpiling ammo for a while and after seeing the bare shelves I am thinking that everyone else has been doing the same. Specifically I have been searching for .22LR since most of the ammo prices have gone through the roof! I ordered a couple bricks online but I want to get some locally.

GixxerPete · 08-12-2009, 03:04 PM

Umm... you're just now figuring this out? The ammo shortage is mostly over now. Ammo is in stock at most stores (though not always full selection or quantity) and prices are coming back down.

That said, .22 LR is still hard to find, at least decent/cheap plinking ammo.

Thanatos · 08-12-2009, 03:12 PM

Well I just got back from a deployment and hadn't been looking for ammo for a while so the empty shelves are new to me.

koorbloh · 08-12-2009, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Thanatos

Well I just got back from a deployment and hadn't been looking for ammo for a while so the empty shelves are new to me.

welcome back.

if you want to know locations that have ammo, let us know where you are so we can tell you what's close.

"WA state" doesn't give us much to work with.

adventure sports here in lynnwood always has plenty though...

Thanatos · 08-12-2009, 03:27 PM

I live in Bremerton. I went by the usual haunts- Walmart, Big 5, Sportsman's Wherehouse, Sportco, Federal Way discount guns, Cabela's, The Marksman and found very little selection of ammo. At Cabela's yesterday they only had some Eley at $3.59 a box of 50.

GixxerPete · 08-12-2009, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Thanatos

Well I just got back from a deployment and hadn't been looking for ammo for a while so the empty shelves are new to me.

Ah that explains it. Glad you're back safe and sound. So the shortage hit full swing a couple months ago, where shelves were bare or nearly so everywhere, and prices on what was there were outrageous. Ditto guns, esp rifles like ARs etc. and reloading supplies, especially primers.

But the insanity seems to have passed, most stores have ammo in stock now, and prices are coming down. I just picked up a couple boxes of Winchester white box FMJ .45 for $30/100 at Wally World. 9mm was $9/50. ARs are in stock again as well at gun stores. Primers are still nearly impossible to find, or people are price gouging horribly.

Booga · 08-12-2009, 05:06 PM

Welcher's in Tacoma has primers, powder, and lots of ammo. The reason? Their prices are high right now. A bulk pack of .22lr there was $35! That is what keeps them in stock.(unless they've lowered prices in the last month or so) Mary's Pistols in Tacoma had .22lr bulk packs for $30 if I remember right.

If you don't mind driving some distance, you can get primers, powder, and ammo at a more reasonable price, head for County Line Shooting Sports in McKenna.(.22lr bulk pack for $20.)

The Big 5 near me had a box of .30 carbine I was going to get for my M1 carbine. No price on the shelf so I had to ask. They wanted $47!

I thanked the clerk for the laugh and left.

Good luck with your search.

Kolat · 08-12-2009, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by GixxerPete

Primers are still nearly impossible to find, or people are price gouging horribly.

Hmm we have lots of primers and even .380 in stock over here on the dry side :-p

T

GixxerPete · 08-12-2009, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Kolat

Hmm we have lots of primers and even .380 in stock over here on the dry side :-p

T

Wanna buy some primers and ship em to me? Need small pistol and small rifle. There's beer money in it for ya.

Thanatos · 08-12-2009, 07:20 PM

Yeah want to stock up on .22 since I got a new GSG-5 and I want to test it out!

GregM · 09-17-2009, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Thanatos

Well I just got back from a deployment and hadn't been looking for ammo for a while so the empty shelves are new to me.

It got started the day after the election

GregM · 09-23-2009, 05:21 PM

A little tidbit about the state of the ammo....

Gun Ammunition at Highest Demand Ever

Kolat · 09-23-2009, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by GixxerPete

Wanna buy some primers and ship em to me? Need small pistol and small rifle. There's beer money in it for ya.

Crap just saw this reply and I was just over in seattle too.

T

Pointman · 09-24-2009, 12:31 AM

More info:

America armed, but guns not necessarily loaded - Yahoo! News

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NEW ORLEANS – Bullet-makers are working around the clock, seven days a week, and still can't keep up with the nation's demand for ammunition.

Shooting ranges, gun dealers and bullet manufacturers say they have never seen such shortages. Bullets, especially for handguns, have been scarce for months because gun enthusiasts are stocking up on ammo, in part because they fear President Barack Obama and the Democratic-controlled Congress will pass antigun legislation — even though nothing specific has been proposed and the president last month signed a law allowing people to carry loaded guns in national parks.

GregM · 09-24-2009, 06:11 AM

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Bullets, especially for handguns, have been scarce for months because gun enthusiasts are stocking up on ammo, in part because they fear President Barack Obama and the Democratic-controlled Congress will pass antigun legislation

No shit!

GixxerPete · 09-25-2009, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Kolat

Crap just saw this reply and I was just over in seattle too.

T

Sportco in Fife has em in stock now. They're rationing them to two boxes of 100 per size per customer per day. As in you can get 200 small pistol, 200 large pistol, 200 small rifle, etc but no more than 200 of any kind. Kinda lame, but at least they always have them in stock now so I'd rather they ration than not have any.

Oh and normal prices too... no gouging, just a limited supply.

GregM · 09-26-2009, 06:35 AM

My friend wrote this to me the other day

I ordered 5 bricks of .22 cal in Early August. It was backordered to 15 September. Cabela’s just sent me an e-mail that they still don’t have it and “do you want to continue or cancel your order?”. I told them to continue it. It’ll be interesting to see when (if ever) it comes in. Cabela’s isn’t exactly a small-time outfit with little buying power.

08-12-2009, 02:10 PM	#1
Thanatos Gunslinger Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Kitsap County WA Posts: 33	Ammo Shortages? I have been looking around at the gun stores and it looks like there is some sort of ammo shortage. I have been stockpiling ammo for a while and after seeing the bare shelves I am thinking that everyone else has been doing the same. Specifically I have been searching for .22LR since most of the ammo prices have gone through the roof! I ordered a couple bricks online but I want to get some locally.

08-12-2009, 03:12 PM	#3
Thanatos Gunslinger Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Kitsap County WA Posts: 33	Well I just got back from a deployment and hadn't been looking for ammo for a while so the empty shelves are new to me. __________________ -Thanatos- "Fear not your enemies for they can only kill you. Fear not your friends for they can only betray you. Fear only the indifferent who allow the killers and betrayers to walk safely on the earth." -Edward Yashinsky

08-12-2009, 03:27 PM	#5
Thanatos Gunslinger Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Kitsap County WA Posts: 33	I live in Bremerton. I went by the usual haunts- Walmart, Big 5, Sportsman's Wherehouse, Sportco, Federal Way discount guns, Cabela's, The Marksman and found very little selection of ammo. At Cabela's yesterday they only had some Eley at $3.59 a box of 50. __________________ -Thanatos- "Fear not your enemies for they can only kill you. Fear not your friends for they can only betray you. Fear only the indifferent who allow the killers and betrayers to walk safely on the earth." -Edward Yashinsky

08-12-2009, 07:20 PM	#10
Thanatos Gunslinger Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Kitsap County WA Posts: 33	Yeah want to stock up on .22 since I got a new GSG-5 and I want to test it out! __________________ -Thanatos- "Fear not your enemies for they can only kill you. Fear not your friends for they can only betray you. Fear only the indifferent who allow the killers and betrayers to walk safely on the earth." -Edward Yashinsky

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08-12-2009, 03:04 PM	#2
GixxerPete Marksman Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Renton, WA Posts: 270	Umm... you're just now figuring this out? The ammo shortage is mostly over now. Ammo is in stock at most stores (though not always full selection or quantity) and prices are coming back down. That said, .22 LR is still hard to find, at least decent/cheap plinking ammo.

08-12-2009, 05:06 PM	#7
Booga Gunslinger Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: WA Posts: 97	Welcher's in Tacoma has primers, powder, and lots of ammo. The reason? Their prices are high right now. A bulk pack of .22lr there was $35! That is what keeps them in stock.(unless they've lowered prices in the last month or so) Mary's Pistols in Tacoma had .22lr bulk packs for $30 if I remember right. If you don't mind driving some distance, you can get primers, powder, and ammo at a more reasonable price, head for County Line Shooting Sports in McKenna.(.22lr bulk pack for $20.) The Big 5 near me had a box of .30 carbine I was going to get for my M1 carbine. No price on the shelf so I had to ask. They wanted $47! I thanked the clerk for the laugh and left. Good luck with your search.

09-23-2009, 05:21 PM	#12
GregM Rifleman Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Poulsbo, WA Posts: 179	A little tidbit about the state of the ammo.... Gun Ammunition at Highest Demand Ever

09-26-2009, 06:35 AM	#17
GregM Rifleman Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Poulsbo, WA Posts: 179	My friend wrote this to me the other day I ordered 5 bricks of .22 cal in Early August. It was backordered to 15 September. Cabela’s just sent me an e-mail that they still don’t have it and “do you want to continue or cancel your order?”. I told them to continue it. It’ll be interesting to see when (if ever) it comes in. Cabela’s isn’t exactly a small-time outfit with little buying power.