Dave DeLaurant
Member
I'm curious to learn what's still available for sale in your region, arms and ammo both.
I was at my favorite Central California LGS Thursday before last. The pistol case was populated with a batch of about 6-7 Beretta M1951-type (don't know the specific model) 9mm pistols and an old, rather beat up (1920s) Colt DA .38 revolver. The rifle rack held a pair of Egyptian Hakim rifles, a MAS 49/56 badly converted by Century to .308, a few bolt action sporters and old rimfires. They had a sign on the door saying Glocks were currently unavailable and they received two phone calls in the 10 minutes I was there about Glocks. Ammo was down to just a few boxes oddball chamberings. The clerk recognized me and was hopeful I had come to sell something (I hadn't).
The same day I visited a hardware store that has a large ammunition and reloading section. Pistol ammo was limited to 22 WMR, lead-free 22 LR and .38 Super. There were a few boxes of hunting rifle ammo in various chamberings, but anything you could run through a common autoloader was sold out. Plenty of reloading tools and supplies visible, so not many here seem to have explored that option.
BTW, I'm figuring this as month six because the gunshop panic buying seemed to gain traction around late February-early March. Feel free to disagree.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1107651/monthly-unit-sales-of-firearms-by-type-us/
I was at my favorite Central California LGS Thursday before last. The pistol case was populated with a batch of about 6-7 Beretta M1951-type (don't know the specific model) 9mm pistols and an old, rather beat up (1920s) Colt DA .38 revolver. The rifle rack held a pair of Egyptian Hakim rifles, a MAS 49/56 badly converted by Century to .308, a few bolt action sporters and old rimfires. They had a sign on the door saying Glocks were currently unavailable and they received two phone calls in the 10 minutes I was there about Glocks. Ammo was down to just a few boxes oddball chamberings. The clerk recognized me and was hopeful I had come to sell something (I hadn't).
The same day I visited a hardware store that has a large ammunition and reloading section. Pistol ammo was limited to 22 WMR, lead-free 22 LR and .38 Super. There were a few boxes of hunting rifle ammo in various chamberings, but anything you could run through a common autoloader was sold out. Plenty of reloading tools and supplies visible, so not many here seem to have explored that option.
BTW, I'm figuring this as month six because the gunshop panic buying seemed to gain traction around late February-early March. Feel free to disagree.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1107651/monthly-unit-sales-of-firearms-by-type-us/
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