Gouging and Hording are in full swing....

[Curiousgb]

 Went to a gun show today. Vendors were smoking crack. AR's 2000.00, case of 223 was 800.00. I tried to find bullets and brass online, back ordered. No 223 online. I did manage to get some primers. Here we go again. I think i am going to have to take up flintlocks. 

[charlessummers]

I was at Nashville Armory today, they were still smoking busy, but had what I wanted and didn't have to wait long. No ammo, but they did have 30 rd Pmags there for twenty something dollars. Limit one per customer per day... which I liked. (Good guys there... :up:  )

 

The Glock 26 was priced right... but I don't know if they're going to be on the O's chopping block or not since it only holds 10 rds. Still the 19 and 17 were priced right. That's all I looked at. Less than 10 minutes for the TICS.

 

I'm still buying 9mm when I can, but 100rd pks of .233 are hard to find anywhere. I ordered three boxes of Zombie Max last Saturday night from Palmetto State, but haven't heard a peep out of them since getting my order acknowledgement from them. Credit card was charged, so maybe they're enroute. The next gun shows in the Nashville area are in January... and unless I'm planning on buying reload equipment, I'm staying home. I imagine the prices are going to be crazy here too.

[Guest Razz]

Only thing I'm really bummed about is ammo. I am finally carrying 9mm but I only managed to find one 20-round box of JHP. Plenty of ball ammo, though.

[runco]

For once I feel like old man Potter from It’s a Wonderful Life, when the panic set in, when everyone else was selling, old man Potter was buying, remember that quote? I lived through this once 20 years ago, and was not totally prepared then, but I was prepared this time. I have no problems what so ever in a free economy, and the principals of supply and demand.  Let'em gouge, let'em gorge, only the panic of people is the problem.  Without demand, pricing would be normal, actually less than normal.

[Guest just_me]

I know about the hoarding--been trying to find a couple of magazines for an FNAR .308 and they are next to impossible to find.

[robin48]

I was able to get some 223 Tennessee Reloads at 51 Pawn in Atoka. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Tapatalk 2

[Guest Tusculum]

FNar308. Im not sure what that is but I got a stash of old FAL 308 20 rounders. Will they fit what you are looking for?

[Guest just_me]

Yes--they will fit.   PM sent.

Edited December 23, 2012 by just_me

[Curiousgb]

I did score a nice G20. Now I have to find brass and bullets. 

[Mike.357]

Us gun owners are our own worst enemy sometimes it seems.

 

I have not been shopping for much of anything gun related for months and months now, but I am guessing it has gone full blown fratada this time.

[Motasyco]

I was browsing in a local gun shop today and an employee asked if he could help me find anything.  I responded by asking what he had in bulk 22lr.  His reply...."just memories".

[Links2k]

I was browsing in a local gun shop today and an employee asked if he could help me find anything.  I responded by asking what he had in bulk 22lr.  His reply...."just memories".

That's funny. I actually plan to shoot 22lr exclusively for a while. I can't pay jacked up prices anymore.

[dlm37015]

Only thing I'm really bummed about is ammo. I am finally carrying 9mm but I only managed to find one 20-round box of JHP. Plenty of ball ammo, though.

i am picking up 35 cases of hornady critical defence monday its still the same price

[dlm37015]

I did score a nice G20. Now I have to find brass and bullets. 

good luck even in good times that is hard to find

[Jesse]

i was at walmart this morning, they had 0  boxes of any kind of 9mm ammo.   all the spots were empty.

 

it wont get back to normal til Feb. 

[Guest 6.8 AR]

That G20 is a freat gun. I would love to have it's little brother, the G29, along with mine. Hard to come by.

[Guest 6.8 AR]

i am picking up 35 cases of hornady critical defence monday its still the same price

I hope you still have some of that when you get back. I may have to get a case of that!

[RobertY]

Wife and I are returing to Gander Mountain on Turkey Creek later today. When they mounted the scope on my Marlin they forgot to put the lens covers on. **sigh** So we are going back today. We will see what it is like there now.

[Guest Mad4rcn]

[quote name="Motasyco" post="866563" timestamp="1356227763"]I was browsing in a local gun shop today and an employee asked if he could help me find anything.  I responded by asking what he had in bulk 22lr.  His reply...."just memories".[/quote] I feel your pain .

[Jesse]

youd think the ammo companies would cash in on the demand.  empty shelves arent helping anyone.

[56FordGuy]

It's not that they don't want to I'm sure, but they can only produce so much in a limited amount of time. I'm sure they're all running at or very close to max output right now. 

[mikegideon]

It's not that they don't want to I'm sure, but they can only produce so much in a limited amount of time. I'm sure they're all running at or very close to max output right now. 

Yep, and they can't tool up to increase production for a temporary demand situation. I was prepared for the most part this time (you helped BTW). I have a lot of reloading to do, but am in pretty good shape.

[Curiousgb]

That G20 is a freat gun. I would love to have it's little brother, the G29, along with mine. Hard to come by.

I have wanted one for a whole. Found a G20SF for a decent price. I searched last night and found some brass and bullets, they cost almost what I paid for the pistol. 

[Links2k]

i am picking up 35 cases of hornady critical defence monday its still the same price

Do you ship?

[Guest Lester Weevils]

I have "some" factory 9mm put up, mostly wally world Federal and a little defense ammo, and "some" XTP HP and RN 9mm reloads put up, and three two-pound coffee cans full of primed 9mm with enough bullets and powder to load em, so ought to be OK for awhile.

 

Since the last panic have been gradually "saving up" .22LR. It is difficult to know what is "a lot of ammo", maybe lots to me ain't "lots of ammo" to somebody who shoots more often. A good bit of MiniMag because I've been also been shooting Minimag the range most often. Minimag is not the finest ammo that money can buy nor the least expensive ammo that money will buy, but seems pretty dang consistent in all my guns for being "a little more expensive than the cheapest you can buy". Some folk had said the Blazer 40 gn lead value paks are "near indistinguishable" in overall goodness from MiniMag but haven't shot any of that yet. Just a couple months ago Academy had big piles of 525 rd Blazer fer sail not real expensive, and I bought one brick "just because". Am not likely to run out of .22 real soon, but ought to have picked up more than one brick. I got better hind-sight than anybody else in the whole world.

 

.380 was the "most unobtanium" ammo four years ago. Wonder if it will top the list this time as well?