This is the worst I've seen.
I'm on a few online notification lists when ammo is in stock and stuff is selling out within minutes.
It's insane.
I have a pretty good stockpile but I've pretty much shut down my range visits for now until this passes.
Anybody else curtailing range time?
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I hear ya....but I love shooting my revolvers and the only place for me to do that is the range.
I'm guessing (hoping) things will ease up after the election.
CommodoreOriginal Crew5,665 postsSince 2018
I am sure that all these new gun owners joined the NRA and intend to vote for politicos who support the 2A. Yeah, right.
I stocked up on ammo for 10 different calibers pre-Obummer and with my involvement in other hobbies (archery, deer hunting, kayaking, surfcasting, etc.) I don't shoot much anymore, maybe going to the Mitchel Field Range a few times a year now, and once or twice to Calverton. Keep thinking I should sell some more off but like that lotto commercial goes, "Ya Never Know."
I stocked up on ammo for 10 different calibers pre-Obummer and with my involvement in other hobbies (archery, deer hunting, kayaking, surfcasting, etc.) I don't shoot much anymore, maybe going to the Mitchel Field Range a few times a year now, and once or twice to Calverton. Keep thinking I should sell some more off but like that lotto commercial goes, "Ya Never Know."
Every day is Saturday.
CommodoreOriginal Crew7,034 postsSince 2018
I’m not sure where you are but I am so limited in my ability to buy in NY it’s insane. The few local spots are sold out. Went up to Basspro in CT last weekend and I took a stroll through the ammo section to see what their inventory looks like. I can’t actually buy any of it but I was just curious. Slim pickings left up there. They maybe had 20-30 rifles and shotguns left up there also. Mostly higher end type stuff. I think on top of everything else the manufacturing shutdown due to COVID seriously limited and slowed output. Hence the situation we are in now.
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CornField
CornField
AdmiralOriginal Crew41,108 postsSince 2018
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I am sure that all these new gun owners joined the NRA and intend to vote for politicos who support the 2A. Yeah, right.
I stocked up on ammo for 10 different calibers pre-Obummer and with my involvement in other hobbies (archery, deer hunting, kayaking, surfcasting, etc.) I don't shoot much anymore, maybe going to the Mitchel Field Range a few times a year now, and once or twice to Calverton. Keep thinking I should sell some more off but like that lotto commercial goes, "Ya Never Know."
It's insane I tell ya. We had this before and it settled down....I'm pretty sure this too will pass.
Deckhand18 postsSince 2020
Some guy is selling 525 round bricks of 22LR over on LIGC for $85 bucks, and people are snatching it up!
It's insane I tell ya. We had this before and it settled down....I'm pretty sure this too will pass.
General cany, Watching always Watching
CornField
CornField
AdmiralOriginal Crew41,108 postsSince 2018
PST, should have purchased components to load yer own. 🙂
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I was so poor growing up, if i were not a boy i would have had Nothing to play with !! :)
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I was so poor growing up, if i were not a boy i would have had Nothing to play with !! :)
All that matters in the end is that we Loved
"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass; it's about learning to dance in the rain."
CommodoreOriginal Crew5,182 postsSince 2018
I guess its for home defense ( killing home invaders) since its illegal to use buck shot for deer in NY and many other states. But $9. for a box of five !! I usually buy five Remington copper premium sabot slugs for just $15 if not less.
Every day is Saturday.
CommodoreOriginal Crew7,034 postsSince 2018
I guess its for home defense ( killing home invaders) since its illegal to use buck shot for deer in NY and many other states. But $9. for a box of five !! I usually buy five Remington copper premium sabot slugs for just $15 if not less.
CommodoreOriginal Crew5,100 postsSince 2019
At close range, a hollow point slug designed for maximum mushrooming might not penetrate any further than one of those little lead ball bearings. On my nuisance permit I recovered a slug that I used to take down an 8 pointer with a shot up its left hindquarter as it hightailed away. (Would not do something so unethical except on a nuisance permit.) Found it in the gut about 12 or 14 inches in and it had expanded to more than twice its diameter. And one still has to aim a shotgun. I prefer to use my nine or .45 if I ever have to. Handgun is much better for CQB. No one is grabbing that barrel !
Every day is Saturday.
CommodoreOriginal Crew7,034 postsSince 2018
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I guess its for home defense ( killing home invaders) since its illegal to use buck shot for deer in NY and many other states. But $9. for a box of five !! I usually buy five Remington copper premium sabot slugs for just $15 if not less.
"The deer hunter habitually watches the next bend; the duck hunter watches the skyline; the bird hunter watches the dog; and the non-hunter does not watch." Aldo Leopold
"Many men go fishing all their lives without knowing it is not the fish they are after." Henry David Thoreau
"Many men go fishing all their lives without knowing it is not the fish they are after." Henry David Thoreau
First MateOriginal Crew693 postsSince 2019
Fortunately I stocked up on Black Friday in 2018 at Dicks, which I hate giving any business to, but they had plenty. It seems they only keep them in the fall as I had tried to order them earlier that year. I usually just verify my being sighted in each year with one of those laser lights in a fake cartridge, aiming out the back door at a neighbor's chimney, so any I shoot are at deer.
Every day is Saturday.
CommodoreOriginal Crew7,034 postsSince 2018
Fortunately I stocked up on Black Friday in 2018 at Dicks, which I hate giving any business to, but they had plenty. It seems they only keep them in the fall as I had tried to order them earlier that year. I usually just verify my being sighted in each year with one of those laser lights in a fake cartridge, aiming out the back door at a neighbor's chimney, so any I shoot are at deer.
General cany, Watching always Watching
CornField
CornField
AdmiralOriginal Crew41,108 postsSince 2018
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There is one for almost all caliber. I think.
"The deer hunter habitually watches the next bend; the duck hunter watches the skyline; the bird hunter watches the dog; and the non-hunter does not watch." Aldo Leopold
"Many men go fishing all their lives without knowing it is not the fish they are after." Henry David Thoreau
"Many men go fishing all their lives without knowing it is not the fish they are after." Henry David Thoreau
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