It has been slim pickin', but here in the past month it has gotten terrible around here.

All I've been able to shoot and carry is a .22. I can't find anything, anywhere.

Is it this bad for everyone else?

Yea in the people's republic of california ammo is practically non existent. Wal-Mart has started a 6 box limit on what you can buy. Because they were selling out in an a couple of hours.

9mm, 357, 38, .380, 45 acp.... I am starting to forget what a box looks like =p Tons of .22 and Bird shot though =-p

Yep, same situation here in Virginia. It is pretty much nation wide.

I actually had to buy a .22 conversion kit for my pistol if I wanted to practice at all. And even that was on back-order.

Everybody has it in their mind that Pres BHO and others are going to take all our guns and bullets away by doing end runs around the latest SCOTUS ruling. At first I thought Pres BO was some sort of radical left wing firebrand, after the first hundred days I came to the conclusion that he is just another pol from Illinois and the first order of business of any politician is get re elected. Going after guns is a sure way of not getting re elected for a national office. People need to chill and share their ammo with other like minded people. I suspect a number of people may hording guns and ammo strictly for "investments". I seen the same crap happen in Cali with the so called assault rifle ban. People were buying autoloaders that knew little about firearms and thought the could make a quick buck.

Well....the same hype about guns and ammo was here when Clinton got elected. Nobama is just taking it to a higher level. There is an actual shortage of ammo for real this time. When Clinton got elected I began reloading my own and acquiring all the components to do so. For me, there is no shortage. I am good to go on about a dozen calibers with enough to last a long, long time. I guess I wasn't so paranoid after all, eh?

I got fifty pounds of lead and some tin so I'm ok. I'm too old and fat to even consider getting into a fire fight, If I can't get it done with the first rounds then I moved to the wrong neighborhood and when I drive in the city the only thing I might even consider stopping for may be Nuns pushing prams

Funny this thread should spring up...

A couple of months ago, I got really tired of lugging around my heavy-ass .45 for carry. I weight 120 lbs, soaking wet, and it was just wearing me down.

SO, the hunt for a new carry pistol began.
In the end, I found a really nice Beretta .380 85FS.
I particularly liked that 99.9% of the weapon is a miniturized version of the 92F. The 92 being my duty pistol, it seemed ideal.

I picked up 100 rnds of .380 the same day I bought the pistol.
Went to the range that weekend and burned of almost all of that, getting familiar with her. (BTW, if you are recoil sensitive, DO NOT get a 85FS. The thing kicks dang near as bad as a .45, and at LEAST as bad as a .40. On the VERY positive side, it didn't have a single cycling issue, even with worn-out mags... the thing functions like a champ. Probably one of the most reliable pistols I've owned. Even the 1911s will get screwy if you limp wrist 'em.)

Anyway, having burned off near all of my ammo, I went back to my friendly neighborhood firearms dealer to purchase more.

"What do you mean, you're OUT of .380?!?"

He says to me, "Yep, .380, .223, 7.62x39, and a few other calibres to boot."

So, I checked EVERY gun store in the area. NO ONE had .380.
Now I'm pissed.
Go to the WAC Gunshow two weekends ago. A FEW folks had .380. And they wanted $50 for a box of 20. Uh, NO. I'll carry my .45 again before I'll pay that much for .380.

My husband, G-d bless him, went back to the original shop and literally dug around behind stacks of ammo, and managed to unearth 100 rounds of Corbon HP .380.

Long story short- if you didn't have sufficient personal ammunition supplies prior to the inaugeration... you're SOL.
You ain't gonna be able to obtain it now.

Thankfully, the only calibre I'm short of is .380... and given that it's for CCW and I have no plans to fire it at the range again, 100 rounds is sufficient for that weapon.


In other news, the DOD cancelled it's brass sale program last month. They notified all of their brass buyers that effective early April, they were no longer going to be selling their once-fired brass for reloading.

Instead, the DOD's official policy is now to SHRED all once-fired brass and sell it as scrap metal.
They also informed the brass buyers that they will have to return all brass they've purchased that has not yet been reloaded, for immediate destruction by the DOD.

So, I don't see the cost of .223 normalizing ANY time soon.

For those of us that love our Stoner guns, this is a real blow.

.308 ammo is ridiculous up here as well, WHEN you can find it.

Reloading? Hah! Good luck finding brass.
(And on that note, Saigas are POS. They ruin your brass, crimping every single case that you cycle through it. DO NOT buy a Saiga if you want to reload... I learned the hard way recently... at least it wasn't my money spent buying the rifle...)

It's the same here in Texas. It seems like only the gun clubs/ranges have anything in stock and that's because most of them are limiting how much can be bought at any one time. The guy at bass pro told me that every time they get a shipment in the shelves are cleaned out within 2 hours, no joke.

No shortage of shotgun shells though

Ammo availability here leaves my carry choices to .22, 12 gauge, or 30-30.

I knew it was bad, but really had no idea. I thought it was locally, in my town. Then everywhere I go has nil. Then you guys.

This is kinda a vague question, so please forgive me, but is there an end in sight with this? What is it going to take to normalize this particular situation?