LaughinAtLefty Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Took delivery of my new CC - a H & K usp compact in .40 cal - and there’s no ammo around, and what minute amount you run into is ridiculously priced. Have a couple hundred rounds of high end .40 S&W since I have a Glock 22......but can’t find range ammo at all. Freakin’ sucks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tunafish Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 3 hours ago, LaughinAtLefty said: Took delivery of my new CC - a H & K usp compact in .40 cal - and there’s no ammo around, and what minute amount you run into is ridiculously priced. Have a couple hundred rounds of high end .40 S&W since I have a Glock 22......but can’t find range ammo at all. Freakin’ sucks. Scheels Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EltonJohnson Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 3 hours ago, LaughinAtLefty said: Took delivery of my new CC - a H & K usp compact in .40 cal - and there’s no ammo around, and what minute amount you run into is ridiculously priced. Have a couple hundred rounds of high end .40 S&W since I have a Glock 22......but can’t find range ammo at all. Freakin’ sucks. Nobody wants .40 anymore... so they don’t make it. The pandemic ate up all the ammo due to mass increase in gun purchasers and panic buying combined with a slow down of ammo manufacturing due to COVID Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rippy38 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 3 hours ago, LaughinAtLefty said: Took delivery of my new CC - a H & K usp compact in .40 cal - and there’s no ammo around, and what minute amount you run into is ridiculously priced. Have a couple hundred rounds of high end .40 S&W since I have a Glock 22......but can’t find range ammo at all. Freakin’ sucks. I have 10 boxes of Winchester white box .40 cal I'll let you have for a side of beef (processed) and a case of Old Forester 1920. JLMK. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tunafish Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 8 minutes ago, FivebyFive said: Why don't you just give it to him when you storm the Capitol on Wednesday @rippy38 @LaughinAtLeftyare you a member of Antifa or BLM? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
whiteboy Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 4 hours ago, LaughinAtLefty said: Took delivery of my new CC - a H & K usp compact in .40 cal - and there’s no ammo around, and what minute amount you run into is ridiculously priced. Have a couple hundred rounds of high end .40 S&W since I have a Glock 22......but can’t find range ammo at all. Freakin’ sucks. In Houston people pay semi-homeless folks to stand in line every morning at the sporting goods chain, and buy the limit they will sell them. Then they list the ammo on the gun sites for two or three times what they paid. Try ammoseek.com for the best prices online, which are still high right now. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Squatchman Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 6 hours ago, LaughinAtLefty said: Took delivery of my new CC - a H & K usp compact in .40 cal - and there’s no ammo around, and what minute amount you run into is ridiculously priced. Have a couple hundred rounds of high end .40 S&W since I have a Glock 22......but can’t find range ammo at all. Freakin’ sucks. Little late for that. Should have started getting it when trump took office. That's when I started. Thousands of rounds now. 5.56mm. ,.223 and 9mm. Plus a couple hundred .12 gague and .22 Ready. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ROG62 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 1 hour ago, whiteboy said: In Houston people pay semi-homeless folks to stand in line every morning at the sporting goods chain, and buy the limit they will sell them. Then they list the ammo on the gun sites for two or three times what they paid. Try ammoseek.com for the best prices online, which are still high right now. That's a nice site, like the google of ammo... Some ammo maker CEO stated recently that their production was full tilt as demand is outstripping supply... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rippy38 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 7 hours ago, ROG62 said: Some ammo maker CEO stated recently that their production was full tilt as demand is outstripping supply... Several major ammunition manufactures are saying that. https://www.secondamendmentdaily.com/2020/10/ammunition-manufacturers-looking-at-back-orders-lasting-into-2021-gun-owners-facing-massive-shortages-nationwide/ 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rippy38 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 7 hours ago, Squatchman said: Little late for that. Should have started getting it when trump took office. That's when I started. Thousands of rounds now. 5.56mm. ,.223 and 9mm. Plus a couple hundred .12 gague and .22 Ready. ^^^gun nutter^^^ 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tunafish Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 I don't need ammo. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tunafish Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 9 hours ago, Squatchman said: Little late for that. Should have started getting it when trump took office. That's when I started. Thousands of rounds now. 5.56mm. ,.223 and 9mm. Plus a couple hundred .12 gague and .22 Ready. My stash took 3 pick up trucks to transfer to my compound in Waco. And two more for the weapons. But hey good luck trying to take it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
calguy Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 10 hours ago, EltonJohnson said: Nobody wants .40 anymore... so they don’t make it. The pandemic ate up all the ammo due to mass increase in gun purchasers and panic buying combined with a slow down of ammo manufacturing due to COVID From my years of making every kind of ammo there was, when times get tough the rednecks buy ammo. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rippy38 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 24 minutes ago, calguy said: From my years of making every kind of ammo there was, when times get tough the rednecks buy ammo. Actually it was all the first time firearm purchasers that ate up the shelf stock in 2020... and a good many of the first time gun purchasers, were lefties. I have several left leaning friends that I have helped understand the basics and safety of firearm ownership this past year, because they had never owned firearms in their lives until now. Most of them were amazed at how quick a box of ammunition goes at the range when you are getting familiar and comfortable with shooting, and ended up running out and gobbling up all they could get their hands on in their particular caliber. I personally have purchased very little ammo this year, and the only thing I don't have an ample supply of on hand is 9mm... but that's okay because I only own one, and I only have it because I took it as partial payment in a horse trade about a year ago. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LaughinAtLefty Posted January 14 Author Share Posted January 14 11 hours ago, EltonJohnson said: Nobody wants .40 anymore... so they don’t make it. The pandemic ate up all the ammo due to mass increase in gun purchasers and panic buying combined with a slow down of ammo manufacturing due to COVID Actually the brief on that is as follows. Some FBI event in MIA where the 9mm employed during the event didn’t meet the needs, had them go to the .40 widely on the LEO level due to its increased effectiveness. A couple of decades later, they decided with the improvements in 9mm and with the .40 having more kick - they may be losing a little on accuracy in a rapid fire scenario - so some moved back to the 9mm. Then of course since then, improvements in the pistols themselves have eliminated the concept question of accuracy. I put 50 rounds through the H K at various distances before I was sold on it, and it was smooooth and very true. My friend with me brought his Glock 19, and I shot about 20 rounds through that. Nice, but nothing like the HK in many aspects. My other side arm is a Glock 22.....so I’m sticking with .40 for a lot of reasons, to include common ammo. And for the record, there isn’t squat available - regardless of caliber right now......thus my OP. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
calguy Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 6 minutes ago, rippy38 said: Actually it was all the first time firearm purchasers that ate up the shelf stock in 2020... and a good many of the first time gun purchasers, were lefties. I have several left leaning friends that I have helped understand the basics and safety of firearm ownership this past year, because they had never owned firearms in their lives until now. Most of them were amazed at how quick a box of ammunition goes at the range when you are getting familiar and comfortable with shooting, and ended up running out and gobbling up all they could get their hands on in their particular caliber. I personally have purchased very little ammo this year, and the only thing I don't have an ample supply of on hand is 9mm... but that's okay because I only own one, and I only have it because I took it as partial payment in a horse trade about a year ago. I haven't worked for Remington since 2017, so I can't say that's accurate or not. I know at the end of Bush's term the recession was hitting everyone hard. They were beginning to lay people off, I was not one of them. As soon as Obama got elected, the NRA fired up their propaganda machine and the rednecks, even though they had a hard time buying food and gas, bough the hell out of the ammo. We couldn't make it fast enough. This lasted through both his terms. When trump came in, the NRA had nothing to scare people with, and sales gradually slowed for the first year and then the bottom fell out in his second year and they went back to laying people off. Remington ended up going bankrupt, twice. Feast or famine in the gun industry. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LaughinAtLefty Posted January 14 Author Share Posted January 14 9 hours ago, whiteboy said: In Houston people pay semi-homeless folks to stand in line every morning at the sporting goods chain, and buy the limit they will sell them. Then they list the ammo on the gun sites for two or three times what they paid. Try ammoseek.com for the best prices online, which are still high right now. I’ll check it out, thanks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Skans Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 14 hours ago, LaughinAtLefty said: Took delivery of my new CC - a H & K usp compact in .40 cal - and there’s no ammo around, and what minute amount you run into is ridiculously priced. Have a couple hundred rounds of high end .40 S&W since I have a Glock 22......but can’t find range ammo at all. Freakin’ sucks. Lots of people selling ammo on Gunbroker. Blazer Brass 9mm 115 Grains 1000 Rounds Blazer Brass 9mm Bulk Ammo 1000 Rounds - 7 bids and going for $690 with 2 more days of auction. But, there's lots of ads like that on Gunbroker. 1000 rounds of 40 going for 665; buy it now price - $1,300 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LaughinAtLefty Posted January 14 Author Share Posted January 14 8 hours ago, Squatchman said: Little late for that. Should have started getting it when trump took office. That's when I started. Thousands of rounds now. 5.56mm. ,.223 and 9mm. Plus a couple hundred .12 gague and .22 Ready. I’ve got @300 rounds of .40, but all of the high grade variety I’m not going to expend on the range. Am sitting pretty on 5.56, 7.62 and 12g for my Benelli. I just need 500 rounds or so of expendable .40. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LaughinAtLefty Posted January 14 Author Share Posted January 14 1 hour ago, rippy38 said: Several major ammunition manufactures are saying that. https://www.secondamendmentdaily.com/2020/10/ammunition-manufacturers-looking-at-back-orders-lasting-into-2021-gun-owners-facing-massive-shortages-nationwide/ I read that as part of this process, along with how difficult (red tape) and expensive it is to open new facilities. May be when the kids are outta the house I’ll do my own. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
whiteboy Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 19 minutes ago, calguy said: I haven't worked for Remington since 2017, Figures that Remington lets fags work there ... their products suck ... which is why they just went under ... again. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LaughinAtLefty Posted January 14 Author Share Posted January 14 13 minutes ago, Skans said: Lots of people selling ammo on Gunbroker. Blazer Brass 9mm 115 Grains 1000 Rounds Blazer Brass 9mm Bulk Ammo 1000 Rounds - 7 bids and going for $690 with 2 more days of auction. But, there's lots of ads like that on Gunbroker. 1000 rounds of 40 going for 665; buy it now price - $1,300 Ya....I like Gunbroker.....the pricing right now is extreme....seems to be a minimum of 3-4 times the cost during “normal” times. In a pinch, I’ll pay the price for good stuff I’m going to carry, but I’m just looking for range ammo to break in the new pistol and increase my proficiency. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EltonJohnson Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 24 minutes ago, calguy said: As soon as Obama got elected, the NRA fired up their propaganda machine and the rednecks, even though they had a hard time buying food and gas, bough the hell out of the ammo. We couldn't make it fast enough. This lasted through both his terms. Obama was after guns... it wasn't propaganda He tried to enact the biggest "assault weapons" bill in history 25 minutes ago, calguy said: When trump came in, the NRA had nothing to scare people with Because Trump is a pro civil rights prove Constitution The irony of you working in the firearms industry and supporting anti 2nd Amendment people is nuts Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CrimeaRiver Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 15 hours ago, LaughinAtLefty said: Took delivery of my new CC - a H & K usp compact in .40 cal - and there’s no ammo around, and what minute amount you run into is ridiculously priced. Have a couple hundred rounds of high end .40 S&W since I have a Glock 22......but can’t find range ammo at all. Freakin’ sucks. Same with my 6.5 Creedmoor - on back order everywhere Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mirabeau Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 15 hours ago, LaughinAtLefty said: Took delivery of my new CC - a H & K usp compact in .40 cal - and there’s no ammo around, and what minute amount you run into is ridiculously priced. Have a couple hundred rounds of high end .40 S&W since I have a Glock 22......but can’t find range ammo at all. Freakin’ sucks. My armorer is having a difficult time getting ammo, and holds some back in order to be able to provide ammo to people who purchase a gun. Makes sense. Who wants to purchase a new gun if they aren't able to get ammo for it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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