Utah Bob #35998 Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 Not mine. http://money.msn.com/now/post--americas-gun-fever-is-breaking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdgun Quail, SASS #63663 Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 UB, just which gun of yours has a fever? You might want to separate it from your other guns just in case it's contagious. You wouldn't want all your guns to get a fever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted July 27, 2013 Author Share Posted July 27, 2013 UB, just which gun of yours has a fever? You might want to separate it from your other guns just in case it's contagious. You wouldn't want all your guns to get a fever. They all seem to heat up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdgun Quail, SASS #63663 Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 Not shooting them should help. But, if you can't acquire ammunition, their fever cools on its own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 Giving the voting record of the United States in the last 8 years, I am not so certain that it is over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowhouse Sam # 25171 Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 The fever is still there but the means aren't! Around here it appears that people are flat out of expendable assets for such....maybe some for .22 lr but thats about it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Flimshaw Sass# 73310 Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 Why would the average person want to buy a gun when you can't get ammo to shoot it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Gatlin, SASS 10274L Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 Giving the voting record of the United States in the last 8 years, I am not so certain that it is over. Yeah... Â GG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Gatlin, SASS 10274L Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 Giving the voting record of the United States in the last 8 years, I am not so certain that it is over. Yeah... Â GG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uno Mas SASS #80082 Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 Our local chain gun store is advertising EBRs on sale. Still little ammo though... Â However, I've actually seen .22LR in the wild (Wally*Mart), and heard rumors of powder and primers coming back into the system. Ammo companies are apparently producing hunting loads for the fall seasons. Â Word of Caution: If the antis get the mass shooting they've been longing for, the improving situation would be reversed immediately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Bullweed Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 Local gun stores have plenty of Taurus, Rossi and Bersas. Have not seen a J- or K-frame S&W in months for under $750, even a used 50% finish one. Â Local Wally-world has a few boxes of .270 Win, .300 Win Mag, and $30/box .30-30. No .22lrs. Local indoor firing ranges have changed. At the beginning of the year shooters did show up to shoot one box of ammo very slowly. Now the range (that last fall had a one-hour backlog) is less than half-full at any time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 Not mine. http://money.msn.com/now/post--americas-gun-fever-is-breaking  Sure didn't look like it was cooling off to me. S & W had a factory rep "sale" yesterday (today also) at a local store. At the rate folks were filling out the forms, you'd have thought that they were giving them away. The M & P's (expecially the Shield) seemed to be the most popular followed by the AR type rifles.  CS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 $50.00 for 500 rds. of CCI .22's at a local dealer, bought a box for door prizes for Firelands shooters. I box of 50 for a prize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GW Ryder, SASS #50690 Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 Was at the Loveland Sportsmans Warehouse yesterday. They had a good selection of handguns, including Glocks, Sigs, Kimbers and S&W revolvers. A month ago the same store didn't have a single 9mm on the rack. They had both 40SW and 45ACP ammo, but still no 9mm or .22. Primers and powder non-existent. Â A local gun club with a small store, that limits ammo sales to members and paying visitors, has all types of pistol ammo, including .22 in stock. They generally limit to 3 boxes per visit. I even picked up a box of Federal Lrg Pistol primers and a box of Winchester shotgun primers. I think that the members are becoming pretty sure the club will have ammo when they visit, so there is little hoarding going on there. GW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 Sure didn't look like it was cooling off to me. S & W had a factory rep "sale" yesterday (today also) at a local store. At the rate folks were filling out the forms, you'd have thought that they were giving them away. The M & P's (expecially the Shield) seemed to be the most popular followed by the AR type rifles. Â CS Â The company I w**k for does some of the machine work on a few of the injection molded parts for the M&P line. We are processing in the neighborhood of 7000 locking blocks for 9mm, and about 5000 for .40 and .45 cal per week. Been that way for most of this year. A few slow weeks, but for the most part, pretty steady. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted July 28, 2013 Author Share Posted July 28, 2013 Guns I see in the shops now. Even some ARs. Ammo I don't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grouchy Greg, SASS#71981 Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 I drove down to Green Top in Glen Allen a few days ago, acting on a heads-up from a gunsmith friend. They had plenty of ammo (except NO .22 LR) and even had 6 boxes of Remington 30-40 Krag. They had a good supply of powder for reloading, so I got one of the last two bottles of Trail Boss they had and got some Pyrodex P. Lots of rifle primers and small pistol, but no large pistol. A previous trip six weeks or so ago was a washout, as the shelves were bare of damn near any ammo or powder, so I hope we may have turned a corner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadeye Doug Dalton SASS#65449L Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 The local independent gun store, where I do most of my business, is buying back .22lr for twice the paid for price and then tacking on $50 per brick (500 rds). He can not get any .22lr from his regular suppliers. "Cheaperthandirt" has CCI MiniMags 36 gr. copper plated 100 rds. for $29.59. Before Obama was elected you could buy them for $5.00 a box, all day long, anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 The gun shop/range that I used to work at has just got some 9mm, 40's and 45's in. He said he was out of all 3 calibers for 2 months! It's starting to trickle in a bit but there's still a long way to go. Â Rye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowhouse Sam # 25171 Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 The local independent gun store, where I do most of my business, is buying back .22lr for twice the paid for price and then tacking on $50 per brick (500 rds). He can not get any .22lr from his regular suppliers. "Cheaperthandirt" has CCI MiniMags 36 gr. copper plated 100 rds. for $29.59. Before Obama was elected you could buy them for $5.00 a box, all day long, anywhere. That oughta read "No we're not cheaper and you're just dirt!". Never will do business with them again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hacker, SASS #55963 Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Last week my local walmart had what appeared to be half dozen boxes of 9mm Federal ammo. Other types have returned. 30-06, 270 etc. Still haven't seen any 22lr, 38 spcl, 357, 45acp nor 40 s&w. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Makes one wonder, don't it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tangent Ranger Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Word of Caution: If the antis get the mass shooting they've been longing for, the improving situation would be reversed immediately. Good thing they don't come to any matches, or they would see a lot of mass shooting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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