Panic Buying in US

[TheGhostofBelleStarr]

Yes,Norcal

 

[Sierra6]

Yep can’t find a box of 9mm in Texas or Colorado. This is crazy

 

[DrHenley]

Yep can’t find a box of 9mm in Texas or Colorado. This is crazy

I can find a bunch of them in Georgia...downstairs, LOL

 

[user 6493]

Yep can’t find a box of 9mm in Texas or Colorado. This is crazy

try these

https://www.sportsmansguide.com/authenticate/accountlogin?returnUrl=/wishlist/index


https://ammoseek.com/ammo/9mm-luger

 

[DrHenley]

try these

https://www.sportsmansguide.com/authenticate/accountlogin?returnUrl=/wishlist/index

All on backorder

 

[user 6493]

man I just checked Sportsman Guide,,,no 9mm or 45 acp,,,I am glad I have mine

 

[user 6493]

All on backorder

I just looked ,,,,45acp is also

 

[user 6493]

no 300 blackout either

 

[user 6493]

22 long rifle out also

 

[DrHenley]

I know a place here that probably has ammo. I'll check tomorrow when they are open.

 

[user 6493]

I have never seen this before,,,,I have seen ammo scarce but for sportsmans guide to have little of nothing is shocking

 

[Brent S]

I haven’t looked locally for ammo as I didn’t feel I needed any. Is kind of disturbing to think it’s not available for some reason though.

 

[user 6493]

even 20gauge shotgun shells are out of stock,,,

 

[Proud Prepper]

No 9mm, but they still have most others, outdoorlimited.com

 

[user 6493]

searching thru the site I found 8 bx of #9 shot,,,they are on their way,,,,,I doubt I need that ammo but what if the world goes to hell next week,,,,better safe than sorry

 

[user 6493]

that puts me at about 450 rds of 20 gauge,,,right now I wish half that was 00 buck

 

[Brent S]

that puts me at about 450 rds of 20 gauge,,,right now I wish half that was 00 buck

Is 12 ga out of stock too?

 

[eireguy]

https://www.wikiarms.com/search?caliber=&source=&q=5.56. This is a good search engine to use in my opinion .

 

[user 6493]

Is 12 ga out of stock too?

I don't know I don't own 1 so I did not look,,,,,

 

[user 6493]

I expect with this some price gouging for ammo to take place,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

 

[user 6493]

Is 12 ga out of stock too?

looks like you can still get some 12ga ammo,,,just look thru the different loads for what they have

 

[TexasFreedom]

I went to Walmart today. Wow, looked like Venezuela. Was told that city people drove out an hour to our little town & cleaned out our grocery stores. Saw 5-10% of people with masks/gloves. No anything. No flour, sugar, TP, canned goods, milk, meat, ammo, etc. Not lots of people, but everyone looked nervous. People are loosing their minds. A friend in CA told me police are escorting paper-product truckloads to the stores (toilet paper). Pathetic.

And an EMT friend now has it. No surprise. Not sure about his family yet. Young kid. Heard that Italy has now lowered their age limit to 60 or 65, nobody over that age is getting treatment/respirators, instead are given pain killers to quietly let them die. No wonder their death rates are what they are.

 

[GaRp58]

450 rds of 20 gauge,,,right now I wish half that was 00 buck

You can reload your shells with the lead sinker weights from the fishing tackle box GG. If they are split sinkers, you can also link them together with some thin wire and hold the spread together...glass marbles hurt if you do not want to kill just scare. Spare .223 slugs, they fit in 3 pcs. 20 ga.. You can also put a .45 slug into a .410 shot shell. If nothing else, pour some melted wax into the birdshot and stick it all together...have fun. GP

 

[BillMasen]

guys, even british gun shops are devoid of ammo and kit, and people are getting very antsy, you guys are a few weeks behind europe over this pandemic, its going to get far worse

 

[Brent S]

I expect with this some price gouging for ammo to take place,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

And everything else...

 

[Brent S]

You can reload your shells with the lead sinker weights from the fishing tackle box GG. If they are split sinkers, you can also link them together with some thin wire and hold the spread together...glass marbles hurt if you do not want to kill just scare. Spare .223 slugs, they fit in 3 pcs. 20 ga.. You can also put a .45 slug into a .410 shot shell. If nothing else, pour some melted wax into the birdshot and stick it all together...have fun. GP

In One of the zombie pandemic movies the girl had a short shotgun that she loaded with .50cent coins! Not very realistic but definitely bad ass....

 

[DrHenley]

I looked it up, to fire 50 cent pieces, you would need a 2 bore! LOL
This is a 2 bore case next to a 45-70

 

[Brent S]

I looked it up, to fire 50 cent pieces, you would need a 2 bore! LOL
This is a 2 bore case next to a 45-70

I wouldn’t want to be holding something that could fire anything that large! Likely not risking a bruise but more like amputation, instantly....

 

[DrHenley]

Those were mainly used in punt guns mounted on the side of a boat. 2 Bore or 2 guage refers to how many lead balls of that diameter it takes to make a pound. So a 2 bore ball is a half pound of lead.
There is one account of a shoulder fired gun that used a half pound projectile, but no specific reference to the actual caliber or gauge. It is possible that it was a 2 bore, as round balls were still common at that time.

Among other weapons, I had an extraordinary rifle that carried a half-pound percussion shell—this instrument of torture to the hunter was not sufficiently heavy for the weight of the projectile; it only weighed twenty pounds: thus, with a charge of ten drachms [270 grains] of powder, behind a half-pound shell, the recoil was so terrific, that I spun around like a weathercock in a hurricane. I really dreaded my own rifle, although I had been accustomed to heavy charges of powder, and severe recoil for some years. None of my men could fire it, and it was looked upon with a species of awe, and it was named "Jenna-El-Mootfah" (Child of a Cannon) by the Arabs, which being far too long a name for practice, I christened it the "Baby;" and the scream of this "Baby" loaded with a half-pound shell was always fatal. It was far too severe, and I very seldom fired it, but it is a curious fact, that I never fired a shot with that rifle without bagging: the entire practice, during several years, was confined to about twenty shots. I was afraid to use it; but now and then it was absolutely necessary that it should be cleaned, after months of staying loaded. On such occasions my men had the gratification of firing it, and the explosion was always accompanied by two men falling on their backs (one having propped up the shooter), and the "Baby" flying some yards behind them. This rifle was made by Holland & Holland, of Bond Street, and I could highly recommend it for the Goliath of Gath, but not for the men of A.D. 1866.
- Sir Samuel White Baker​

 

[DrHenley]

BTW, pennies will fit in a 10 gauge, dimes will fit in a 12 gauge, nickles will fit in a 8 bore, and quarters will fit in a 4 bore.
Most economical by far would be to use pennies in a 10 gauge.