Whats the most weird thing you seem out of stock during this shortage

[mott]

small spare parts for my pistols. Been waiting months from midway for buffer
and springs for buckmark, weeks waiting on mark ruger parts from shop ruger
dot com. Midway shows out of stock, Ruger shows in stock but must be
bottle necked on shipping. that seens to be the weak point at Ruger.

 

[HOWARD J]

All the gun shops around here out of impact bullet pullers

 

[JRWhit]

9X18 (aka 9mm Makarov) It's just gone now.

Makes you wonder how many 9x19s are getting Makarovs stuffed into them.

Wouldn't think they'd fit but I've never tried it.

 

[Huskerguy]

I happened to be in my local Walmart yesterday talking to the guy behind the counter who is a member of the same range I belong to. He said he hasn't seen 22LR for over two weeks. In the 10 minutes we stood there talking, at least half a dozen people came by looking/asking for 22LR ammo and other ammo. Locally a guy is selling it for $65 a brick. Some people were talking about looking all over to find stuff almost sound desperate. As I walked away I just shook my head and said "when" the time comes for this country, these ammo shortages will be minor, throw in food, medicine, and other stuff and what a bartering system will be going on with ammo. It all seems a bit surreal to think that just a few shocks going out from some politicians can cause this.

 

[megaton]

I was caught off guard by the shortage of reloading presses, dies, ect. I purchased a Hornady LNL progressive in October but (stupidly) only purchased 1 shell plate, the one for 9mm as that was the only cartridge I had a large supply of bullets for. Several times while at the LGS my wife suggested that I buy ALL the shell plates that I needed but I (STUPIDLY) declined. I figured I would just buy them as needed. Fast forward a few months and now the shell plates for all the major calibers are unavailable. Im just happy that I have the 9mm shell plate and plenty of components to load.

I can still load match rounds on the single stage for my rifles as well so its not all bad.

 

[bugsbunny45]

My point in this post was how things we never ever thought would be in short supply are.
Yes I could see certain types of guns and ammo. But cleaning patches gone..
paper boxes to hold ammo, The local Academy Sporting goods was out of most types of hearing protection ysterday 03-02. .

 

[jinxer3006]

+1 on 22 ammo.

I'm also surprised by the shortage reloading equipment (presses, dies, etc.).

 

[bogon48]

Ammunition is sells out fast, even in unpopular calibers. But in 30 years, I've never seen reloading supplies sell out around here. Bullets, primers, powders - now even these go fast.

 

[mayassa]

I'm surprised .17 HMR is now out of stock everywhere.

 

[JRWhit]

I think here in about a year or two our best dreams will come true. Armslist and gun shows everywhere will be completely saturated with never opened presses and dies, bullets and primers, guns too, from people begging to get rid of it. I think after all blows over we are going to have some really good bargains as the market will be overwhelmingly riddled with once bought never used goods.Or even slightly used goods.
After 2008 blew over prices took a decent dive, I think this time it'll dive even further.

 

[Jesse Heywood]

3) 45 long colt how many of us actually shoot this..

During the Great Panic of 2008 45 Colt was one of the first items to be depleted. There is a lot of money in the single action shooting community. It was over a year before I was able to buy Starline brass.

Of course I remember the great toilet paper shortage of 73....

 

[Still Shooting]

Strange Stuff is All Gone Chapter 9 (or so)

Night before last I went onto Midway, Graf's, to look at bullets. Not only was the expected stuff (5.56, 7.62, 9mm, .357) gone, but just about everything!

-And powders! Specialized powders that very few can utilize well, as well as all of the usual stuff, and in big containers, too! I'm wondering how many of the newbie reloaders went out and bought bulk powder because it was all that was left, and now will find out it's not good for reloading the caliber(s) they plan to reload.

Yesterday I went up to the local feed, grain, fishing and LGS place in the small town near me, and thought I'd pick up a box of .22 Hornet - he usually has a good supply, but now? -None! Who uses .22 Hornet for a SHTF HD round??? And how many Hornet rifles are there in the area?

Of course, what is happening with the manufacturers is that they have no doubt scrambled to fill the production lines with the high volume calibers, and the unusual ones aren't getting produced at all. When the dealers and wholesalers run out, that's the end of those rounds for the duration.

 

[greyling22]

jrwhit, a mak case will not fit in a 9mm luger gun. they go in the mag fine, but will not chamber. The bullet is fatter. I know because a gal next to me at the range jammed her gun up good trying to do that. Moron at academy had given her mak shells when she asked for 9mm bullets, and neither knew better.

 

[280shooter]

I looked into Midway again tonight the only 223 bullets they have. is 40 gr,
I then looked at 7 mm and 8mm.. not much in there for the 8 mm.. what they do have, is not what I shoot.. Who would have thought.. huh..
There was a gun show in my area this week end, I know it would of been a bust for Powder and bullets. let alone primers..so I didnt go..

 

[788Ham]

I was dwnstrs earlier this evening straightening up my reload bench, moving some ammo boxes into the chest of drawers down there, noticed I had quite a few .38's and .357's to move around. I opened the top most drawer, I was flabbergasted, I had over 10 bricks of .22's in there. I'd forgotten about those!! By the time I moved them all outta there, I must have 15 bricks total, some of them 100 round plastic boxes. I won't sell any of them, but if some folks are getting $65 to $80 a brick, makes a guy wonder about parting with some of them. Sorry guys, thats the weirdest thing about these times for me.

 

[renomedia]

We gun owners are supposed to be resourceful. How hard can it be to go to a fabric store and buy a yard of 100% cotton flannel and a good pair of scissors to make your own cleaning patches? I can get hundreds of patches of any size I need from one yard of cloth.

What I've noticed in my area is the lack of .308 bullets in any usable, to me,
weights. There are some 200gr and some 100gr. Nothing else is on the shelves. Even the premium bullets are gone like the Nosler Partitions and the Swift Sciroccos. Luckily I was able to barter some 22 cal bullets for some 30 cal to get me by for now.

 

[atvalaska]

there not much to be had up here either......BUT there are lots of 6mm bullets to be had ....dam near bought a 6mm rifle just cause of that fact.....then again I loaded up on stuff last oct, as I seen to many folks with there hand out come voting time....imo

 

[steve s]

I stock up when the shelves are full and the prices cheap "it is biblical" Only fools live out of the store. What will happen when food is short? There is more people that eat than own guns. I see bare shelves when I go to have a look.

 

[OilyPablo]

Weird?

I'm missing my two local ammo companies from the gun show. No ammo to sell.

 

[James2]

Today I stopped by the local "toy" store and they were out of 22LR, 22 bullets, Primers of all sizes. The only powder they had was some Black Powder. No smokeless. They did have a few revolvers on the shelf and a couple of 45 1911 type autos.

 

[Coop45]

Patience?

 

[forty5]

The thing that surprised me the most was Speer #14 reloading manual. Go to Amazon.com and search for Speer #14,they don't have any in stock, but there are offers to sell starting at about $250.00 up to over $500.00. Amazing!!! By the way, I have two, but they are not for sale.

 

[SSN Vet]

1911 sears

I don't know how Midway sells anything, when they're OOS on everything!

 

[BullfrogKen]

I guess nothing about this shortage surprises me anymore.

 

[Acerdog]

Went to get some #11 caps for my BP pistol and they are gone.