Local update from catpop
I visited 4 local gun shops/stores today:
Biggest one that normally stocks hundreds if not thousands of pounds of powder was as bare as a widows heart. I mean not one single pound of powder. (and of course no primers)
A nice selection of rifle cartridges including 300 Savage, 300 HH, 375 HH, 9x64 benecky?, Weatherby, and others, but didn’t see any 30-30 and don’t remember seeing 30-06! Oh lots of 223 and AK rounds.
Shotgun shells in 10, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28 and 32——24 and 32 really? But not one single 410 shell!
Now friend, if you want 28 gauge you’re in luck as I’ve never seen so many boxes in one place in my whole life. And I do own a 28, but I was well stocked there.
But I went for 410 shells and alas there were none! Oh and NO Stevens SB 410s! Theres gonna be some sad 10 year olds this Christmas! I got mine in 1961 when I was 10. Way back then it was a right of passage on the way to manhood in the rural south. Now passed on to my son when he was 10!
Gun selection which is normally in the thousands was way down also, but lots of Crickets in different flavors for Christmas. No many 22s.
Wally World had about 16 box’s of 12 ha heavy duck loads. And a few shoguns. A good supply of the Christmas rifles- Red Ryder! And plenty of ammo for them too.That’s it!
Third shop was closed- only open on weekends
Fourth shop - only some green tip 5.56 in big plastic bags 223, other military pistol rounds and get this - 5 boxes of 300 Savage. No other rifle shells, shotgun shells, 410 or otherwise.
So I came home with nuttin honey!
Happy Huntin!