Academy Sports/Smyrna TN

[pop pop]

Went to Academy yesterday and they had a fair selection of different caliber ammo. I purchased 100 rounds of Hornaday Critical Duty 9 MM Luger + P 135 gr FlexLock ammo for my EDC SW MP 9MM pistol. Never fired any of this ammo before so wanted to try it. Also want to try some 147 gr + P when I can find it. Been looking for 6 months. I tend to like heavier bullets in + P configuration. The Hornady was 32.95 + tax for a box of 25. Been watching SG for a long time and they are showing a lot of practice ammo with a little S D ammo thrown in. I don't enjoy paying these large prices. Edited to add; No 38 Spl and 1 SD 357 Mag ammo. The 38 Spl seems to be hard to come by.

Edited January 29, 2022 by pop pop

[Snaveba]

The last few times I have been to Academy Sports, they have had a fair amount of defensive ammo some 9mm target ($20-$22 for a box of 50) and a whole lot of Winchester .223/5.56 (regular and green tip 5.56) as well as Frontier .223 and 5.56

[rugerla1]

1 hour ago, Snaveba said:

The last few times I have been to Academy Sports, they have had a fair amount of defensive ammo some 9mm target ($20-$22 for a box of 50) and a whole lot of Winchester .223/5.56 (regular and green tip 5.56) as well as Frontier .223 and 5.56

Same here, been pretty nice to see. For a while they seemed to have a steady supply of Hornady ELDM 6.5 CM anytime I went in. For the past month and a half it’s been 6mm CM only and haven’t seen a single box of 6.5 CM in ELDM variant. Either I’m just missing it or they’re having a hard time getting it. I’d say the latter since it’s was always getting refreshed for the couple of months prior. 

[Snaveba]

I did pick up some boxes of Hornady 6.5 Grendel ELDM recently as well as some Hornady 300BO Subsonic AMAX

[Snaveba]

This was in Cool Springs, BTW. 

[papa61]

I've had good experience with the Hornady critical duty. no malfunctions in two different pistols.

[pop pop]

I have not shot any of the Hornady, but have plans to ring out the M P with it. I really want some 147 gr + P and found some today on the internet. Will order some of that to test out also on Monday. 

[pop pop]

Got some 147 gr + P Winchester Defender Bonded H P 9 MM on the way. Purchased it from Lucky Gunner Ammo for 26.00 per 20 round box  plus tax and freight. That is a good price for S D  ammo if you need some guys. Been wanting to test fire these heavier bullets in my MP's. Got several empty milk jugs to test shoot into and see penetration test with several flavors of ammo now.  Waiting for warmer weather. Wont be able to do it this week because I need to go work on my daughter's horse farm for the 3 warm days coming up. 

[pop pop]

I received my Winchester Defended 147 Gr + P Bonded 9 MM  yesterday. Not a bad wait time from Lucky Gunner Ammo. Ordered it Sunday and comes on Tuesday (3 day delivery). Big Brown Truck moved it well. The price 26.00 for Bx of 20 was not outrageous for self defense ammo, IMO.  Looking for some warm weather to test it in water jugs.