Wow, lots of powder!

If you buy a cartfull of powder at a time, that's hoarding. If you just pick up a lb. of this and an lb. of that when you see them, just to have a little more, there's nothing wrong with that.

JMHO, but I don't think it's hoarders causing the problems, it's profiteers like the "flipper" mentioned above. You can bet your butt that's what's going on with 22lr ammo. A clerk at my WalMart told so.

He says whenever they get a shipment of any .22 ammo in, there's this one certain guy that always shows up at the right moment and brings a whole entourage of people with him. Every one of them loads up to their limit and buys out the shipment, they've been doing it for months. They probably have one guy run it out to the car while the rest get back in line. I wouldn't be surprised if there was an inside informant in the store calling him.

Hey, it's a retail store - they're in it to sell merchandise. If it all sells to one guy, what do they care? Merch comes in and goes right back out, happy happy happy!

Bass Pro Had Bullseye Sunday For a Very Short Time.

Picked up 2lbs of accurate #2 and a box of primers this morning at the LGS. Said shipment had just arrived. Lucky me!

I was able to buy handgun powder during the last 18 months but got caught short on rifle powder. I am hopeful that supply will increase enough this winter to force prices back down to normal levels this winter.

The good news is we should have two years before the next panic hits (after the Democrats win the Presidency again).

Local Cabelas had 8# Varget for $209 and 8# IMR-4350/3031 for $199.

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Holy Price-gouging, Batman! I pay $149 for the same powders!

Oh, and Federal primers still seem to be in short supply.

Pistol/shotgun powder is still pretty scarce in CT. Cabelas has had nothing but 50BMG and some other super slow burning rifle powders every time I go there. Same with most smaller gun shops. Rifle powder is readily available but nothing else is.

I suspect that with CT now requiring a permit to buy ammo, that a lot of people have switched to reloading to avoid having to get permission from the state to buy ammo.

Yes, people need to calm down a bit. I have not been able to find pistol powder for a YEAR. Every time I get a notification, it's sold out by the time I go to the website. I cannot load the 1,000 rounds of 9mm sitting on my bench.

A local store near San Antonio. I only walked out with 3 lbs of powder.