Bare shelves here, how about there?

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I visited my favorite LGS last Saturday and it was very depressing. I arrived a few minutes before 9AM to snag the last parking space while 15- 18 guys were lined up waiting for the doors to open at 9AM. Normally this place is very well stocked with a nice assortment but it looked like it had been looted in a riot. By 10AM there were at least 50 people looking at the 20- 30 handguns in stock. The big wall of black rifles was barren except for a lone S&W .22. She still had an OK selection of deer rifles and hunting shotguns including higher end over/under, semi-autos and cowboy lever guns. Ammo shelves were mostly empty.

One thing I noticed.....several young women in their 20's and 30's buying the last few handguns- most of them on their own without a husband, boyfriend or father to offer advice. Maybe the LGS is the trendy new place to meet girls!
 
I am in Lexington, KY and my two most visited gun shops are full of people and almost void of guns.
 
I live in a very small town, with only four stores that sell ammo and firearms, one of them being wal-mart. All the stores are out of most of their ammo. I work at a sporting goods store and we haven't even been receiving enough ammo to pretend to stock the shelves. Guns are also flying off the shelves. Around here even 22lr has been out of stock for over a month at more than one location. I've been struggling to find more than 200 rounds of 9mm (what I shoot most) a week. The only rounds I've seen consistently on the shelves are high power rifle rounds (308, 30-06, 300wsm, 300mag, ect.). Pistol rounds and small caliber rifle rounds (22lr-223) are extremely scarce here.
 
I don't understand why so many people go to the stores when they are empty. I just look at the empty ammo shelves at walmart when I go grocery shopping there.
 
I called a LGS and asked if they stocked Bersa Thunder UC 45 because I wanted to see how one felt in my hand. He said he was completely sold out of Bersa. He got on his computer to check with his wholesaler, Sports South, and said they didn't have any Bersa handguns in stock.
 
Not bare in Columbus

I went to Gander Mountain today in Hilliard Ohio, there was shotgun ammo everywhere, plenty of rifle ammo with the exception of .223, and just about any handgun caliber you could want. Brought home 4 boxes of 45 Zombie Max and called it a day. Good prices, clean store. Plenty of rifles on the rack, and the pistol case was full. My local Meijer and Wal Mart have been low, but not out. I can pretty much get what I want, when I want it. Count myself lucky I guess.
 
When they start selling out of archery equipment, then it's time to panic.

The Richmond Gander Mountain (which is now called Green Top, I guess), was out of most ammo. They opened a crate of 9 mm luger, and people started arguing about whether it was the same as 9 mm parabellum, so I had a chance to get my 5 boxes.
 
I couldn't even get their gun counter on the phone.
Did find something I wanted at Vances and bought my 2box ration of ammo to go with it.
Pulled the $599 sticker off of the $459 sticker to see what the price would have been a few months ago :(
 
Went to two Wal-marts last night looking for dryer parts. Stopped by the sporting goods section. About 3 rifles in both display cases. Ammo shelves were empty and sold out stickers to the point the doors were open. They were even sold out of all .22 and .177 pellet ammo. It is bad everywhere.
 
Stillwater, Oklahoma. LGS was out of every handgun round except some .357 magnum defense loads and rat shot. I just wanted some .380acp and was surprised that they were out. It seems to me that we've no reason to fear losing any guns that fire that round.

No .22lr around either. Note to self: When things become reasonable again, stock the heck up on ammo. Especially .22lr

I may just shoot more shotgun shells while I wait this out. that's okay though, my rem 1100 tactical is way more fun than any of my evil black rifles :D
 
I went to BigR last week to buy rubber boots for my rebluing class. Plenty of ammo there. Dunno about the prices as I didn't price anything. I did go to a grocery store that also sells ammo. They had ammo there too (but it was the standard price).
 
Roll with the punches. I'm rekindling my relationship with my 93R17 and 9422M. What a hoot.
 
Cabelas in East Hartford, CT today was pretty picked over. Some guns, but very little ammo. No 9mm. Looked for dies, powder, primers, bullets. No, no, no, and no.

Wasted trip.


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Hit the three local gun stores I use out of the six or so in my small/medium sized town a little over an hour north of Atlanta by car. All had good stock built back up. Only thing short of was .22lr, .223, 9mm and small rifle primers. Ar-15's were on all the shelves, Comblock guns, FN's. Springfield's, riot shotguns, handguns, powder, reloading bullets, accessories, suppressors, etc. Talked with two of the three owners and said it is at the point now that as they restock, it is taking longer and longer for stuff to leave the premises. They both said they firmly believe that we are on the downhill side of the panic. Either the panic buyers have spent all their cash, maxed their cards or gotten what they want. They still are plenty busy but the fever seems to have subsided. In fact, one told me he is not ordering as much as he has available as he doesn't want to get hung with too much inventory when the panic finally passes. He is paying 100.00 less this week than he was a month ago for good used SKS rifles. Said his suppliers are seeing the same thing. Maybe this is a local phenomenon, I don't know but I have talked to friends around the country and their local markets seem to be stabilizing also. The internet world may be different. But I have personally bought less than 5% of my total firearms goods via the internet. I ordered a full bullet swaging setup for a friend today. The manufacturer had stock on his site and inventory to ship. But for the same price I could buy it local and help keep my LGS in business. Thus as he has done for the past month and as their suppliers have done for 30 years, if I need it, they find it for me. Panic or not. Shortage or not. Be the guy they see spending money face to face every week instead of a transaction number in a computer and they want to keep the face smiling and dropping cash next week and next year.
 
havent been to any stores.last time this happened i waited for the rush to subside and then picked up everything i needed to basically last the rest of my life.that didnt amount to much.as i was pretty well stocked. only purchase i really need to make is another 1000 large pistol primers.im down to maybe 700.

yu guys shud of paid attenion last time.
 
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