Fortitude88
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Name of the store in question mainly cause I'm interested in payment plans
Not at home at the moment & can't remember the name :P. I'll post it here tonight.
Name of the store in question mainly cause I'm interested in payment plans
Name of the store in question mainly cause I'm interested in payment plans
Name of the store in question mainly cause I'm interested in payment plans
So that kind of time if they are out of stock would be considered normal for current events. However, I believe the common consensus was that many other vendors have it in stock so unless you're really wanting to do business with this vendor, you could get the gun without the wait.
Hrm. Well, good to know. I was told by the dealer, and a few people commenting here, that ball ammo is best for 'breaking in' the type of gun that I pre-ordered -- a Kimber Ultra CDP II. I found this (Federal Premium® Personal Defense® Pistol Cartidges | Bass Pro Shops) on Bass Pro Shops website. The .45 ACP stuff is selling for close to $30 for 20 rounds.. Seems a bit steep.
Is this the right kind of ammunition you'd recommend I start with for my gun, and if so, is there another vendor that might sell it cheeper?
It's cool Fortitude,
Let me try to answer your question to the best of my ability. Mind you most of this is opinion based off of events over the last say, 6 months.
1) Lawmakers started pushing to ban hi-capacity magazines, so-called assault rifles (that's a whole different thread), and even semi automatic firearms like the one you're purchasing.
2) Crazy loons like Diane Feinstein, Joe Biden, and a few others have very clearly stated that the current legislation being pushed on gun control is merely a start, with a total gun confiscation being the ultimate goal.
Links here: Diane Feinstein on Gun ban in 1995 -Mr. and Mrs. America, turn your guns in! - YouTube
Rep. Jan Schakowsky: Assault Weapons ban 'Just the Beginning' - YouTube
3) The DHS places an order for Billions (Yes, with a B) of hollow point rounds, under the guise of saving money on a mass purchase. Mind you, at their current pace, this order would last them somewhere around 100 years. See link, the 3rd paragraph is of particular interest. DHS Explains Huge AMMO Needs….. “Congressional inquiry into the Department of Homeland Security’s huge ammunition acquisitions spurred agency officials to try to explain what is going on. At current inventory levels, DHS has four to five times
4) Gun owners, and even non gun owners saw all of this happening and got scared that their beloved freedom might be taken away in the near future and started buying up everything in stock.
5) This continued while other people wait in line at 6 am for the sporting goods store to open, so that they can go and buy up every bit of ammo on the shelves (or at least their daily limit) to resell online for double, triple and more what they paid just an hour ago.
6) Honestly, as some people have mentioned, I believe that if the resellers would stop, or people would stop buying from the resellers, ammo would be available on shelves like before.
I realize this is long, but I'm trying to cover everything I can remember off the top of my head for ya. One positive thing I've seen recently is a surplus of guns on shelves here in San Antonio. I've seen dozens of AR's and even more of other guns. Some of the more popular handguns are still a little harder to come by, but this is a vast improvement from just a month ago. Ammo seems to coming around that way as well. Slowly but surely we'll get back to some semblance of normalcy.
that is not ball ammo. Look for Winchester White Box .45 ACP, or Federal Premium. I'll post a picture of ball ammo below:
...Personally, I lurk MidwayUSA and Brownell's daily, and have alerts set up for what I'm looking for.
GunBot find 223 5.56 AR-15 ammo in stock is a decent source on occasion. Although you'll have to jump on a deal if you find one.