Prediction: Shortage will be over soon!

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I'm taking a ride over to Meijer (small Midwest chain like a mini Walmart) and also heading over to Walmart. Meijer has been out of handgun and rifle ammo since December. I'll report my success (or failure) later on.
 
I have given up looking for ammo but I have "plenty" to last a while. Yesterday Walmart had a couple of boxes of .380 SD ammo and that was the only pistol ammo in the store. Several different types of 30-06 and .270 as well as shotgun shells in all calibers. I heard that a LGS had a decent supply last week but prices were high. I wouldn't mind lucking up on a few bricks of 22LR at a decent price but I am not making any more trips to look for ammo.
 
Ammo availability in Kentucky


Well here is my followup. I went to Meijers in Florence KY. No ammo except shotgun ammo. Also, as usual there was no salesperson in the sporting goods department. Meijers has been sold out of handgun and rifle ammo since December 2012.


Went to Walmart (up the road) also in Florence, no handgun ammo. The salesman said they have some shotgun and some rifle ammo (I didn't ask what kind of rifle ammo). There was a person after me who asked about .22 and the salesman said he didn't have any.

So I asked the salesman how many people usually wait in line (before the truck is scheduled to be there).. He said 20.

I asked him when does the line start? He said sometimes 2PM or later for the 4 pm truck.

I asked how have the deliveries been? He said there has there been more ammo on the truck.
Then he added that instead of the ammo staying in the store shelves for 5 minutes (after unloading the truck)...it sometimes lasts as long as 15 minutes on the shelves.....

I said thanks and then I left empty handed. I didn't bother going to the LGS. So the answer is from my experience (this morning) the shortage is not over....at least here.
 
instead of waiting for "American" ammo makers to expand which they will never do we should be pressing for lifting the ban on norinco being there would be plenty here from them. I also think that the Russian ammo imports are being held up by the govt because making money that they can keep finally is new for the Russians so I would think they would see a big way to make money
 
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