No powder or primers of any type at Scheels as of Friday - I was there.Well, you can find stuff around here. Every time I go to Scheels or Sportsmans Warehouse they have plenty of 6mm, 8mm, 350 and 375 bullets, since apparently nobody shoots those calibers. Some other oddball cartridges like 26 Nosler. Of course powder and primers are a different story. Scheels is your best bet though. Last time they had powder in stock I bought some Titegroup and they had no limit. I also found 22 and 40 ammo and 45 bullets at Cabelas a couple weeks ago. They also had 7.62x51 ball ammo if you're willing to shell out $1.50 per round. I'm not.
It's just all about luck of timing.
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We are now going on a year of the greatest ammo and components drought in modern history of our country. Very few people anticipated it lasting this long. None of us has seen it this bad.
This isn't a thread about some newbie who was ignorant, or a long-time owner who ignored the past. It is simply a thread pontificating about the chances of stumbling on ammo and components on a long road trip.
My wife and I ALWAYS travel the US and other non-Interstates; much nicer ride, no NASCAR with 18 wheelers and motorhomes and the chance to stop at local gun stores, farmer's markets, etc. It takes a little longer, but my lowered blood pressure means I'll live a lot longer............My wife and I often travel the back roads while on vacation. You never know what you will find when you get off the freeway.
We stop at every gun shop that we find. Some times the search is more fun than the find!
Good luck
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Hey Trey, if you go through Lewiston, how about swinging by Speer and CCI and letting us know what they look like? Are the parking lots full? Does it look like they're running full capacity?Driving the full length of Idaho
BTDT trip several times when I lived in northern NV; headed north out of Winnnemucca and all the way up past Bonner's Ferry. Come up out of Lewiston and onto the Palouse is quite a great scenic view.Hey Trey, if you go through Lewiston, how about swinging by Speer and CCI and letting us know what they look like? Are the parking lots full? Does it look like they're running full capacity?
I'd be surprised to hear they're not really pumping out ammo and components as fast as they can. But I'd be interested in hearing about it from someone who is not a "wheel" with one of those organizations.
try these folks, they got some stuff, just way too far for me to drive, good luck.Taking a 3-week road trip vacation from Washington state, down to the Arizona/Mexico border next week to do some off-road exploring, mine and ghost town exploring, and visiting family.
Driving the full length of Idaho, then Utah, a couple of hundred miles in Nevada, then the entire Western edge of Arizona.
I warned my girlfriend that I would be stopping at most gun shops and large sporting goods chains I spotted along the way in search of mostly primers, powder, and bullets.
Seems like I hear from gun owners around the country that some areas seem to have more reloading components than others. A few folks in the states where there is a lower percentage of gun ownership also have a lower interest in reloading, so powder, bullets, and even some primers can still be found.
In my area, I've been able to buy one can of powder and one box of 100 primers in 5 months. Tons of shooters and reloaders around here.
Not sure I will have much success, despite covering such a large area since most of it is in states with a lot of gun owners.
What do you think my chances of actually scoring anything will be? And should I focus on stopping at the larger stores like Sportsman's Warehouse and Cabela's, or try to find the smaller local shops?
When you no longer have any expectations at all, and have actually given up hope, there can be a surprise.