What caliber of ammo are you seeing in the store these days?

[Moonpie]

Got curious of which, mainly handgun, calibers aren't selling so hot right now.

Not counting hunting rifle or shotshells or madhouse rush on common caliber delivery day, What are you folks seeing out there?

Oddly enough I'm seeing a fair amount of .44Magnum and .41 Magnum.

 

[rl96ss]

.44 magnum
.25 ACP
.17 HMR

That's about all I've seen.

 

[G O B]

If you are looking for ammo now, you have missed the boat!

 

[Glenn B]

What I have seen left on the shelves, sometimes for a day or two, has been mostly FMJ 50 round or larger boxes of 9mm and 45 ACP, some 380 (only once or twice for the 3980 each of those stores in months) and they sell very quickly for the most part - you usually have to be there right after the store opens - but sometimes there is some left over the next morning when they got in a lot of any of those calibers. What sometimes is there for a longer while, of 9mm, are those 20 round boxes of Hornady Black or Winchester Silvertip or other brands of JHP in those small boxes.

The ammo I saw that lasted the longest was Hornady 9mm. Academy Sports had 3 boxes (I think 2 of 20 rounds and 1 of 25 rounds) of Hornady 9mm in a black plastic pistol case (not sure but I think 2 boxes of practice rounds and 1 of JHP) and also had 2 boxes (20 or 25 rounds) in a tumbler (as in a drinking vessel). I think most folks did not realize that each of those items contained ammo and they were both in stock for a few to several days before selling out. Both were a rip off as far as I am concerned, the one with the pistol case, I think, was the worse of the two because it claimed on the package that the case was a more or less $15.00 value which was a crock of crapola in my opinion.

Other ammo that has been there at least two days, often shot in pistols but also in rifles) has been 22 Short and oddly enough 22 LR (which was there once for at least three days but sold quickly other times).

Oh, one other caliber I have seen that does not seem to sell well when they get it is 32 AUTO. That is - at least it does not sell well until I see it. If their price is more or less decent compared to current online prices I will scoop up 5 to 10 boxes as I have 3 pistols in 32 and my son has one (an Ortgies I just had transferred to him this past Monday).

Other than that, any pistol calibers I have seen see sell pretty fast.

 

[Glenn B]

If you are looking for ammo now, you have missed the boat!

The boat is still sailing - it's just that the fare is much higher.

 

[BigTexasOne]

Shotgun, and just about only, shotgun

 

[bbbass]

Other than shotgun, none... I don't even bother to look anymore. Probably won't until the forums tell me it is over!!

 

[Aus_Schwaben]

All that is left daily in the Abilene Academy is a few rifle calibres - 25-06, 300 WSM, 350 Rem, and the odd box of 5.45x39 - and shotgun shells. I have not seen .17 or .22 there in weeks. There were three boxes of Sierra 9mm self defense rounds the other night but that was the only pistol ammo I have seen left there in weeks.

Went to Walmart to get their chocolate chip cookies for my lady friend the other day and they had about the same rifle ammo calibres and a little shotgun ammo. No 22 at all.

Some of the pawnshops still have ammunition in various calibres but their prices were bad before the covid.

There are some shops that sprang up during the '12-'13 crunch that still have some ammo and dole it out to their regular customers. I make a circuit a couple of times a month and garner two boxes here and three boxes there. They also provided a good supply of reloading supplies during the last crunch as well.

 

[TreyG-20]

Still seeing 10mm at Academy just sitting, that's it for pistol.
Rifle calibers 458 Bushmaster, 270 Win, 243 win, 30-06. All on the shelves for at least a week. It's deer season too. Figured those would be snagged up.

 

[Moonpie]

Rifle calibers seem to be around.
Mostly the magnum stuff. Very little .30-30, .308, .223.

 

[Aus_Schwaben]

Still seeing 10mm at Academy just sitting, that's it for pistol.
Rifle calibers 458 Bushmaster, 270 Win, 243 win, 30-06. All on the shelves for at least a week. It's deer season too. Figured those would be snagged up.

Which Academy has 10mm? I bought 750 rds of JHP but I need more practice ammo.

 

[TreyG-20]

Which Academy has 10mm? I bought 750 rds of JHP but I need more practice ammo.

Cedar Park Academy

 

[robertc1024]

To be honest, I have hardly even looked. Last time I went in for some shotgun ammo, they had a few boxes of 7.62x39 and some .22 Super Colibris. The time before, they had some Hornady Black 6.5 Grendel - got a couple more boxes of that.

 

[alwho421]

$1145 for 1000 rnds of 124 grain Federal welcome to Bidenism on gunbroker

 

[Moonpie]

$1145 for 1000 rnds of 124 grain Federal welcome to Bidenism on gunbroker

 

[Glenn B]

Which Academy has 10mm? I bought 750 rds of JHP but I need more practice ammo.

they had it in Texarkana tonight, several boxes, maybe ten to a dozen. Not much help to you though in Abilene. Maybe one near you will get it soon.

 

[Aus_Schwaben]

they had it in Texarkana tonight, several boxes, maybe ten to a dozen. Not much help to you though in Abilene. Maybe one near you will get it soon.

My thanks Glenn B and TreyG-20. I will know to check those in my travels.

 

[Glenn B]

My thanks Glenn B and TreyG-20. I will know to check those in my travels.

Why travel buy online, $22.99 per box, buy a case get free shipping at Target Sports USA - in stock now - 99 plus boxes. Of course if you are a Target Sports USA Prime member - $21.15 per box & get free shipping on any ammo order: https://www.targetsportsusa.com/cci...200-grain-total-fmj-aluminum-3597-p-3075.aspx

 

[TxStetson]

My thanks Glenn B and TreyG-20. I will know to check those in my travels.

I’ve been checking the Abilene Academy for 10mm for a couple months now. Haven’t seen any yet. But, I did manage to get 600 rounds of 9mm over the last month or so.

 

[motorcarman]

Several boxes of 7.62 Nagant revolver ammo just like when the obama shortage raged.

I don't need anymore as I already have thousands I got when it was cheap.