Deer Ammunition

Hunter_58346 · guest Joined: 22 May 2003 Posts: 629 Location: Devils Lake

Anybody else having trouble finding ammo??? Devils Lake is out of all popular calabers.

doubledroptine08 · guest Joined: 07 Feb 2009 Posts: 72 Location: bismarck, ND

was at walmart today and they were all out of 270 and a few other calibers.

Fallguy · Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 3:05 pm Post subject:

Hmm...let's see. Scheels and other stores have had signs up for the last YEAR talking about the ammo shortage. I was in Scheels and Cabela's last night with some hunting buddies who were in town to get some last minute supplies, and I could NOT believe the number of people in there ticked off because they couldn't find the ammo they wanted---THE NIGHT BEFORE THE SEASON! Badmouthing the stores and workers isn't gonna fix the problem.

People need to be more prepared I think.

Arkie · guest Joined: 14 Jan 2009 Posts: 30 Location: nwark

Just my opinion, but I think the wrong people were voted into office! People are worried about there 2nd ammendment rights being stripped. Stockpilers are feeding the shortage. This kinda sucks for people like us tryin to find ammo to hunt with. Hopefully people will wake up and vote a little wiser next election.

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doubledroptine08 · guest Joined: 07 Feb 2009 Posts: 72 Location: bismarck, ND

im not bad mouthing anybody i am just saying. i am not one of the people who have to get shells the nite before. i was jsut suprised that places were out of such popular calibers.

Colt · guest Joined: 25 Oct 2007 Posts: 280

Did you even sight in your rifle yet?

Sasha and Abby · Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 10:54 am Post subject:

beaverskins · Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 1:51 pm Post subject:

you mean you have to sight your rifle in, i thought you just put the scope on and went hunting

........hahahahaha joking

Hunter_58346 · guest Joined: 22 May 2003 Posts: 629 Location: Devils Lake

Devils lake just got in 31 boxes of 270 and will have 100 .243 tomorrow

alleyyooper · guest Joined: 06 Jul 2007 Posts: 612 Location: Michigan

How caqn people go from one season (last year) to the next with out having shells for their gun?

What would they use if a war were to break out, sling shot?

Al

huntin1 · Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 8:53 am Post subject:

I don't have a problem finding ammo, when I run low I reload some more.

Well, ecept for my 308 168 grn match ammo, that I order by the case direct from Black Hills. I won't tell how much I have on hand though.

I mean, one box, that's all I keep on hand, one 20 round box. Yeah that's it, one box.

huntin1

KurtR · guest Joined: 03 May 2008 Posts: 251

just going down to the dungeon as my wife calls it to roll some more. Running a little low on varget though and will have to start searching agin. will never buy another round of factory ammo agin.

Fallguy · Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 9:32 am Post subject:

Yeah I agree that is another reason why I started reloading this last year.

People · guest Joined: 16 Jan 2005 Posts: 1095 Location: Mandan

alleyyooper I guess some just like to have a club that is a horable club. Me I am so glad I have been reloading for so long it is not funny. have you seen the cost of 338LM factory ammo? I am loading it for a buck a shot. Oh yeah a AR30 makes a very bad club but an perfect rifle to hit stuff super hard at 1,000 yds.

Chuck Norris was what Willis was talkin' about.

Duckslayer100 · Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 1:00 pm Post subject:

bornlucky · Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 2:25 pm Post subject: ammo

I think it has to do more with inventory management than hoarding. Retail stores are managing their inventory very closely these days. No department manager wants to carry over inventory on a seasonal item for another 11 months. It happens with Christmas items, too. As a rtailer, you have to guess how much demand there will be for a certain item. Sometimes, you guess wrong.
If you snooze, you lose.

Arkie · guest Joined: 14 Jan 2009 Posts: 30 Location: nwark

alleyyooper · guest Joined: 06 Jul 2007 Posts: 612 Location: Michigan

Same thing goes for primers and other reloading supplies you use. I am lucky I bought 5000 small rifle primers two years ago. I have about a couple thousand left while many are looking for some to buy.
My local gun shop now is rationing, so one buyer doesn't come into the store when a shipment comes in and buy it all. You can by two bricks each of pistol, small rifle and mag rifle. shot gun primers seem to be holding their own on the shelves even now with the approch of muzzle loader season just 19 days away.

I have 200 hundred rounds of 308, 7mm 08, 30 30, 32 win special,
I have 500 rounds of 243 and 220 swift.
Only 100 rounds of 300 win mag because I really need to get a new trigger for it.
I have a couple thousand rounds in the blocks waiting for bad weather to sit down and load up.

Al