The guys at work were talking about ammo and components being sold out in Anchorage so I hit Sportsmans whse in Wasilla on the way home and the shelves are almost vacant of powder, primers, bullets and some ammo. Guns are walking out the door like wholesale! Any other parts of the country in this same situation???

It isn't a problem YET here in Ga, but I dropped by a local retailer, one of the biggest, and it was packed beyond belief. I know the personnel there, and they said they have been absolutely slammed since the day after the election. Handguns and short carbines and shotguns were selling at an incredible pace.

This particular dealer doesn't stock much reloading supplies, but ammo was also selling at a very brisk pace. Thanks for the internet!

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Any other parts of the country in this same situation???

yea.....and it's all your fault....had that lady from your town won the election we wouldn't be having this problem.....

HEY --Its not MY fault --I still have her LIFE SIZED face picture in the back window of my go to work rig and I wore a Mcain - Palin shirt durring the last month of the election.

MAN AM I WORRIED ABOUT WHAT IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER FOR US AND THIS COUNTRY !!

Hey...you just may have the only Palin fathead in existence!

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I still have her LIFE SIZED face picture in the back window of my go to work rig

I'd give my left something or other for one of those.....can you still get them?

We are looking at some primer shortages here- Just bought 5000 last night /cuz I wanna shoot when I wanna shoot.
Rifles are plentiful and bullets seem to be available at will.
Frank

I hit the San Antonio Sportsmen's Warehouse much too often and they are only on short supply or out of primers, bullets, brass and powder.

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We are looking at some primer shortages here- Just bought 5000 last night /cuz I wanna shoot when I wanna shoot.

This is what causes shortages.....I'm still sitting on 10,000 primers I bought in the '80s when shortages finally eased.....but I'd do it again.....I didn't buy anything this time.....

Its is crazy every where.

A wholesaler in the eastern WA area went thru over 80m in CCI primers from the 4th to the 7th, that is not counting the Federal and Winchester primers they carry as well.

I was in Boise ID, last weekend, they had a gun show there, the line started 45 minutes before opening and extended about 150 foot. All day Sat they said it was hectic. I got there about 10am on Sunday and it was still elbow to elbow, lots of guns being sold along with ammo, primers, etc.
I then stopped at the Sportsman Warehouse in Boise, and 80% of the powder, primers, cases were gone. There was about 6 people looking at the firearms, so you could not get any salesman to help as they were all busy.

Was at our Sportsman Warehouse( Olympia) last night, they had gotten in a small shipment of powder, they had a decent supply of primers, but not much in cases, they still had a lot of mil type ammo at the end of the aslies.

Looks like 1992 all over again.

JW

80m in 3 days in the years past I have brought 25000 at one time When one shoots a lot buying primers 5000 at a time or more one gets better prices.

I stopped in a local store today and there were 30+ people in line to be waited on. A clerk commented that obama was really helping this part of the economy!

Yeah, our Sportsman's Whorehouse is also pretty low on powders, and also on 224 bore bullets in 50 grains and up.. along with 30 cal bullets of 150 grains to 190, especially the match stuff...

I have decided not to pick up an AR or M14, because having to go thru the background checks also, I fear they will show up on my doorstep Feb 1st looking for it..

Instead I am just stocking up on what I would shoot the most...

the few gun owners that voted for Obama are acting like he isn't even going to touch firearms...' he wouldn't do that!'... why are dumocrats so darn naieve????

I really bet this new "prez" is worried about all those folks clinging to 'guns and bibles', revolting on him...

I am starting to feel like a member of the Republican Underground, in Democrat 'Occupied America'......all of these newly elected dumbases just can't wait to turn this nation into 'Liberal Utopia'......

I hope there are enough of us Republican undergrounders hold the line if shit truly does hit the fan. The current crop of young air heads I see at work don't seem to think beyond their "eyephones" electronic gizmos and what is on the gizillion channels of TV tonight. I read the Anchorage daily snooze editorial page last night and got so mad I was wishing for a natural gas leak at the propper time and place. The air headed liberal SOB's boil my blood. I think the "change" they are so proud of is going to be a rude awakening!

The shelves here in ole' Fairtown are bare too. SW has squat for bullets, powder & primers. I stocked up a bit but would like a lot more. SW's method of supply sucks anyway. They let the stock completely run out then ship minimal amounts to replace. Looks to me as it's gonna be the same - o, same - o with SW here. IOW, since there's no competition, they can just do as they please and charge what they want. I admit I like SW but their attitude looks more & more like the way other dealers treated us in the past. They got us by the kahuna's & won't let go. Bear in Fairbanks

Can still find components here in Texas, although the price of ammo is going thru the roof. Just came back from a National League of Cities convention and I was on the ropes, barfing at all the unwanted political rantings of the Obamamites. They are still lost in their never never land, believing that all wrongs will be righted within 60 days and a chicken will be in their pot forever! We are in for some lousy times and some rude awakenings. I only pray for the nation to survive and recover itself intact!

My Sportsman's in Provo, Utah is totall barren of Hodgdon powders. They say they have an order coming in....that was two weeks ago.

I posted on the other thread about this. We are having shortages because people think they have to buy every pound of 4831 we have and 10, 000 primers before they are all gone. Guess what?! Yep, they are all gone now because of this.

And as the new orders come in, I suspect the prices will go up!

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And as the new orders come in, I suspect the prices will go up!

as is to be expected.....the law of supply and demand is always present.....

We are not but you can be sure that some with lesser morals will do everything possible to take advantage in this situation.

Not everyone has ready big cash money, or big investments in stocks, bonds, t-bills, or gold.

Those stocking up on guns and related supplies are doing what the financial market players are doing, except with a different asset.

People understand that if you can lose your asset values in days by the stroke of a pen, or a slimey deal in DC you can lose your beloved country in the same time.

N. S. Sherlock

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We are not but you can be sure that some with lesser morals will do everything possible to take advantage in this situation.

seems most of the internet stores have 14 day shipping delays due to orders piling up hopefully everyone is just panicing for no reason. but i expect the worst like most others but havent stocked up . yet

Stuff is always short here on the island (Big Island of Hawaii). Primers are no problem as there are not that many folks into rolling their own. Brass and bullets have to ordered through the internet as nobody here stocks them. Powder is through the roof. $33 - $45 per pound when what you want is available. Otherwise its a two month wait to get what you are looking for. As for loaded ammo; in the worsd of Frank Baronne "Holy crap!!!" $50 for a brick of 22LR, $18 for a box of 12ga high brass, $180 for a box of Winchester XP3 in 300RUM. Just a preview of what might be in store for the rest of the country.

Just snagged the 4831sc I was looking for @ my local Cabelas. They got a shipment last night. Picked up two for $9 and change. $10 off coupon and points on my Cabelas VISA.

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Originally posted by wasilla:
The guys at work were talking about ammo and components being sold out in Anchorage so I hit Sportsmans whse in Wasilla on the way home and the shelves are almost vacant of powder, primers, bullets and some ammo. Guns are walking out the door like wholesale! Any other parts of the country in this same situation???

Blame the fricking idiots at Sportsman Warehouse. They are clueless how to reorder what sells. I been going there for years trying to find a left hand stainless Ruger. The sales Manager (not a clerk mind you) told me last week that Ruger will not ship a ss leftie to Alaska. When I asked the manager why they had them in stock at Wal Mart he just looked at me like a dumbass. When I tried to buy some Varget and Benchmark powders they just laughed and told me they didnt have any and neither did anyone else in Anchorage. I departed the store and drove to Great Northern Guns where they had the powder, tons of primers, and even the lefty Ruger!

Sportsman's warehouse I believe has been in trouble finacially for awhile now and has sold to a firm in canada, The new cash flow should have the shelves restocked before Christmas if I understand things correctly, considering the supply is still out there.

Alaskan Gun Store sells out too Canadian firm ?. Think about is !.

Something is VERY VERY WRONG HERE as Bill Murray from Stripes would say !!!.

Mutant degenerate's MANY of those liberal closet Canadians !.

Some however are JUST FINE FOLKS !.

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Originally posted by Ammo Troop:
I posted on the other thread about this. We are having shortages because people think they have to buy every pound of 4831 we have and 10, 000 primers before they are all gone. Guess what?! Yep, they are all gone now because of this.

I went to Sportsmans to get 1 pound of IMR 4831 guess what they didn't have any.

A friend of mine has been trying to get some 45cal mag Hornady bullets for his 460 they never get them in he has been trying for more than a year.

The local SW here is spotty with whats in stock. Some calibers have tons of brass and bullets and dies. Plenty of primers from what I could see. Some calibers are barren and will probably stay that way for a while (.223 Rem for example)

However, as bullets go....there are like 6 boxes of Hornady left...period. And they're obscure, like 458 and 220gr 308's, or just odd calibers. EVERYTHING else is gone. But, stuff like NP's, the new E-Tips, AB's and TSX's were mostly bare and sold out BEFORE the election. They got hit hard before hunting seasons and never restocked. Stupid. Gander Moutnain isnt any better, plus they're about 20% higher in price and horrible selection for the most part.