Some of the guys were talking the other day about how hard it was to get ammo. Here's an article about it.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090923/..._ammo_shortage
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Good article. Ammo is starting to become available again at least in certain calibers. Thankfully I stocked up before the rush.:-)
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Didn't the rush cause the shortage?

I was partly to blame for that.:-)
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Prices are unreal... but I stocked up months ago. I am not worried or anything. I just knew prices were going to go up. The last box of 50 357 XSTs I bought was almost $70!!! 38 wad cutters are still not too bad though.
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Yeah, it is suddenly becoming available again now that the price has increased 2-3X.:-)
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It had to!!!
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I bought a 45 and used it as a paperweight the first few weeks. nobody here had ammo. it was nuts.
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I'm not suffering from an ammo shortage :-)
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Me either.... I bought about 4000 rounds of .223 and .308. :-)
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:-)
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I have a few hundred rounds of .40 and haven't been to the range in a year because I don't want to replace it at these ridiculous costs. 5 years ago 100 rounds was $16 at Walmart - now, $37 and out of stock. That's for the crappy white box!
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I have plenty of ammo in the calibers for my handguns and long guns. I also have enough powder, bullets and primers to load at least another 10K. The only thing I want to buy is more .45 bullets, cuz I only have about 3000K left. :-)

But I used to shoot competiton using a .45 and I'd easily go through 1500 rounds a month. :-)

:-)
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Try getting ammo in MA! :-)

It's crazy how 1,000 rounds for my SKS went from Under $100 to around $300! :-)
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Try finding primers and powder.
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I was at a gun show a couple of weeks ago and my buddy couldn't get .380 at any price. They ran out the first day.

Fortunately, I stocked up on most of the calibers I shoot years ago. Between cigars and ammo, I'm good for a while. :-)
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:-)

Bought 5000 rounds of .223 the day after "the" election.
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I only have a few hundred rounds of 9mm and .22, maybe a few boxes each of .380 and 30-06, 45 and 38. 40 rounds or so of 12 gauge. Slim pickens around here.

I do however have 3 boxes of .40SW Ranger for some reason. Don't even own anything they would fit in :-)

I kept meaning to do some stocking up just never got around to it.


Ron
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I know who I am PMing if I run out of .223. :-) :-)
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Love to help ya, but I don't wanna come up short when the zombies invade!
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But what if I can head them off at the pass, Andrew?! :-)
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