Prepare for CHEAP AMMO! All you can eat buffet.

[oldFred]

YES I am not kidding. Made a stop in to 3 gunshops of my favorite 4 and WOW! Every store was loaded with ALL calibers of ammo.

One store had at least 200 cases of Remington 223/1000 for $479. New Dragunov PSLs for $749.00 / Colt LE 6920s $1450

Another store had several 250 round UMC packs of 380 / $42?. NO I didn't studder!

The last store had all shelves packed with 9mm/500-$80 + 380 + 45 acp. Self defense ammo was fully stocked in all stores also.


If you have noticed this, please post for your fellow State members of THR!

 

[DanielW]

I was at Cabela's picking up my HK45 last thursday and that was not the case. It was opposite actually.

 

[chuwee81]

at academy here in houston, they have plenty of 9mm, .380 and .45. The 2 boxes per customer limit has been lifted, instead now they have 500 rds per customer limit. plenty of 9mm for sure.
remington 100 pk, monarch, WWB, winchester NATO, etc.

 

[DAVIDSDIVAD]

wut


Cheap-ammo-ization hasn't affected my area yet.

Don't know what you're talking about

 

[Wes Janson]

It's called the eye of the storm. When you've got a few precious moments to make sure you're safe and secure before the screaming gale returns.

 

[MD_Willington]

Large order of 5.56 & 7.62 etcetera from Turkey inbound apparently...

 

[2RCO]

In the SW MO ammo shortage is worst it's been yet. Local Academy has empty shelves. NO 9mm NO .45 and of course NO .380!!

 

[TRGRHPY]

A little late for April fools jokes, isn't it?

 

[jakemccoy]

The ammo shelves at my local Walmart look like they got raided by Katrina zombies. There's little to nothing there.

 

[Schuey2002]

There isn't a drop of ammo to be found on the Oregon Coast...

Well, nothing "affordable" anyways.

 

[TG13]

which Academy in Houston??

 

[Gamera]

I think maybe Georgia is in good shape, as that's where the OP is, and I visited my favorite shop down here in southern GA today and they had lots of ammo.

 

[Cannonball888]

oldFred: One store had at least 200 cases of Remington 223/1000 for $479

What brand and grain wt?

 

[jakk280rem]

while the flood of cheap ammo may be a slight exageration, i have noticed a slight increase of availability localy.

wednesday, i scored a box of federal lp primers. walley's also had 22, 9mm, 40, and 45 in stock. a small amount to be sure, but still a marked improvment over recent weeks.

 

[Kind of Blued]

I haven't been hit by this tidal wave of ammunition either, but I did stumble upon some fortune.

In a move which may shock many, I went and shot my guns today, on two seperate occasions, needlessly expending ammunition for my mere entertainment.

The only people I saw were leaving as I arrived. We conversed a bit, and I soon after found their pile (literally) of spent brass waiting for me on my mountain range. They had "swept" ~400 pieces of .223 brass into one pile, with smaller piles (~100 each) surrounding it.

.308, 30-06, .45 ACP, and 9mm all were represented in tidy bundles. I suppose I don't mind picking up after these people.

 

[4Freedom]

One store had at least 200 cases of Remington 223/1000 for $479.

Is $479 for 1000 rounds of Remington suppose to be cheap?

 

[denfoote]

I'll believe it when I can, once again, walk into my local Wallyworld and casually buy a couple of boxes of 100 round 9mm Winchester White Box without having to use dueling pistols to decide who gets the solitary box on the shelf!!

 

[Brian Dale]

My cousin stopped by yesterday evening with a case (1000 rd) of .45ACP he'd just picked up, and four bricks of CCI std velocity .22 ammo. The sky isn't falling.

 

[WardenWolf]

Cabela's was even out of 7.62 Tokarev. I mean, really, who buys the commercial stuff for that caliber? Only real commercial ammo worth getting is the Wolf hollowpoints. It's not that hard to clean corrosive out of what's basically a 1911.

 

[mortdooley]

I sure hope we have turned the corner on the ammo shortage but I haven't seen any sign of it in the Houston area or on the internet. Last week I was at the PSC range where membership is required and all the reloadable brass had been collected before I arrived. The range custom is if no one else wants what is lying on the ground it is free to who ever wants to pick it up. As for $479 for 1000 .223, that just motivates me to return to reloading in that caliber.

 

[ZO6Vettever]

On line in 9mm Natchez has shotshells, Cheaper Than Dirt has American Eagle $21.79/50 in stock and WWB $39.79/100 out of stock. Doesn't look too promising yet.

 

[moooose102]

havent seen anything like that here.

 

[Lone_Gunman]

I found 9mm for the first time in months yesterday at Walmart. They had Blazer Brass for $8.99 per box of 50, and Winchester white box bulk packs were $19.95 per box of 100. So I bought all of it they had, of course.

 

[Roadwild17]

Not the case in East Texas. Local wally world get in 3-5 boxes of ammo per cal. at a time. They dont even put them in the case because they sell it so quickly, they just toss it in a buggy in back the counter. Academy has PLENTY of rifle and shotgun, but only 9mm is the win NATO.

 

[SquirrelNuts]

I remember when WWB was $10.98 per box not that long ago. Sigh.