Finding 9mm ammo??

[Allen]

Anybody having any luck finding a source for 9mm ammo? Ever since Obama started his Gun Control attempts Wal Mart ammo case has been empty of 9mm, .45 cal, and some other ammo. Is Wal Mart just selling out this fast or has the source from the manufacturers flat dried up? I was in a pawn shop last week that normally would have probably a 1/2 dozen different brands and bullet weights on the shelf but now it was completely empty. I don't do a lot of shooting but since I started toward the 200-300 round break-in of my new CM9 I'd like to finish with a couple more boxes but no ammo to do it with.

[chrish]

It trickles in, but nowhere has large stocks of it. Even the online dealers are out and when they do get stuff, it goes FAST. You'll pretty much have to get familiar w/ the places local to you and their truck schedules. Walmart is almost every day (truck) and they usually don't know until they unload it what's going to be on it. Other places like Gander, etc. get stuff once a week usually, same day, but where I live there is a line outside before they open that day and you just have to wait and see if the stock lasts until your place in line.

But you are gonna have to be there when they stock the shelves...or there won't be any when you DO get there later.

.22 is the worst to find right now, 9mm is next, then .223/5.56. At least around here.

You may have luck at the online dealers if you hit it at the right time of day, day of week, etc and get your order in while stock is there...

I just happened onto SGAMMO last night and they had CCI Standard Velocity .22, 44 bricks were showing in my phone browser. I knew I couldn't put an order in from my phone quick enough. Ran upstairs (1 floor), laptop was ON already. Hit the site, 4 bricks left, put 2 in my cart, hit 'check out'...out of stock. THAT fast. Gone.

It's borders on comical given that I have a little ammo put back for a rainy day...but I know how folks feel to be 'out' and look forward to stock returning at places someday (soon hopefully, but not likely).

[tallahasseegreys]

Finding 9mm ammo??

Check bulkammo.com constantly several times a day every single day. They have been getting it in, and as the OP indicated it goes rapidly. Like, as I click refresh, I can watch the number of boxes available decease to zero. Also, they have been increasing their prices I have noticed. I'm gonna guess that if you find it there, it will average you maybe $60/ hundred rounds for FMJ...a far cry from the $22 value pack of WWB at The Walmarts that we are all used to.

[eireguy]

Re: Finding 9mm ammo??

http://ammoseek.com/?from=resultspag...ks=&sortby=cpr if you want to pay what they are asking for some of this

[Zippo Guy]

I call or stop by my Walmart almost every day. They can tell me what ammo they are getting in overnight. Depending on what caliber and the number of boxes of each, I go down about 6:30 the next morning and buy what they still have.

They seem to get in .45s about 3-4 times a week, 9s about 2-3 times a week, 22s and 223s about once a week. Sometimes only 1-2 boxes, sometimes a couple of cases. The brands vary as well as boxes of 50 and 100 rounds. There are also nights with no delivers of ammo. They limit you to 3 boxes at a time but are fine if my wife tags along and picks up 3 boxes also. We go out to breakfast on the mornings when we go together, sort of a reason to get out of bed early for her.

[wyntrout]

I've kind of given up looking. The only "deals" online that I saw were for 500 rounds of FMJ at $400+!

At the last gun show, 9mm FMJ was on the tables for $25 a box and UP! That's "cheap" compared to some scalpers out there!

I'm not desperate, though, and hope the situation improves within a few months... not the 18 months some are predicting! I'll be shooting a lot of .22LR!

Wynn

[muggsy]

My LGS has Blazer brass in abundance, but you can only buy two boxes a day.

[wyntrout]

Well, I just "solved" part of MY ammo problem... I just ordered the TSG-22 Conversion Kit for all Generations Glock 19, 23, 32, or 38 pistols(Threaded barrel version... just in case), 2x 15-round mags, and one more 10-round mag. That plus shipping equalled about what the G22 will cost me after the transaction fee! But, I have a lot of .22LR. I just hope the Federal VP525 stuff will work okay. I think that Wifey will appreciate the benefits of the use of .22LR.

Now I really need to sell more stuff!

Wynn

[Hunter991]

you can find it online if your willing to pay $1.25 per round for FMJ 115 gr.. I myself will NOT pay that.

[wyntrout]

THAT's why I just ordered the .22 conversion kit for Glocks. I wish someone offered that for Kahrs!

If you pay the "going" rates for .22LR online or at gun shows these days, it's about what 9mm FMJ USED to sell for! Nope, I ain't going to participate in that madness, either!

Wynn

[JohnR]

One local indoor range has plenty, as long as you shoot it there. As a member, I get 50 round boxes of 9 or 45 for under $20. I think it's $17 and $19 a box.

[wyntrout]

The one on Beach Blvd, Gun Gallery, limits you to ONE box per day for the range only. If you rent their pistols for the range, you have to shoot their ammo, too. Their AAA ammo is reasonable, but they can only get half of what they normally get on orders now. I just shot there a few days ago and asked how their supplier was supplying them.

I hope they don't run out of that ammo... they haven't raised the price on it, yet! If it does take a year or so to get back near "normal", I will be shooting a lot more .22LR! It's not as much fun as the real recoil, but .22 pistols still have some, and they go BANG! Well, bang!, anyhow!

Wynn

[QuercusMax]

It trickles in, but nowhere has large stocks of it. Even the online dealers are out and when they do get stuff, it goes FAST. You'll pretty much have to get familiar w/ the places local to you and their truck schedules. Walmart is almost every day (truck) and they usually don't know until they unload it what's going to be on it. Other places like Gander, etc. get stuff once a week usually, same day, but where I live there is a line outside before they open that day and you just have to wait and see if the stock lasts until your place in line.

But you are gonna have to be there when they stock the shelves...or there won't be any when you DO get there later.

That is my experience as well.

Ammo IS coming in - but it evaporates from the shelves just as fast as it comes.

Online sources are difficult because you are competing with lots of people nationally. So checking local stores seems a good strategy.

I stop by my not-so-local farm store at least weekly, and find them stocking new ammo quite often. They said that "a truck comes in every day but we don't know what will be on it," so you just have to keep checking.

On my way home today I picked up a 250 rd box of Magtech (never used this before) .45ACP, but a couple weeks ago they had quite a big pile of Blazer Brass 9mm in 350 rd boxes for $89, so I felt obligated to help them reduce that excessive inventory by taking several boxes of it home.

[scosgt]

This weekend I got 3 boxes of WWB .40 and three boxes of WWB .45 at WalMart.
If you look at their web site and check the ammo availability it is sort of a little bit accurate, and it allows you to search nearby WalMarts.

That being said, after Sandy Hook WalMart said they were going to stop selling ammo, supply limited to what was in their warehouses. I don't know if they are sticking with that, but there may never be any more ammo in WalMart.

[Bad Cheese]

I had friends in other states, find me 9mm and shipped it to me. 3 boxes from one friend, 2 from another, they did the shopping for me, they knew of stores that had some in stock.