May 12, 2009

Barrels of fun - the mythical ammo shortage

On April 23rd of this year, I picked up a Remington 597 chambered in .22 Magnum. As explained here, we already have a wonderful Marlin but it is chambered in an uncommon and pricey round. $2.50 per bang. The Remington is less than 20¢ per bang loud pop. I have a couple hundred rounds that I got from a store that was closing but I wanted to lay in a supply as people are saying that there is a shortage. No shit Sherlock... I was online at Cheaper Than Dirt this evening and here is their selection of .22 Mag ammo:
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Every single SKU was Out Of Stock and none of them had any option for back-ordering. This too is a bubble and this too will pass but... Posted by DaveH at May 12, 2009 10:56 PM | TrackBack
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Send me an email with an address. I'll ship you a box or two. Terrible to have a new rifle on hand and no ammo to feed it. And its not $2.50 per round here.

Posted by: Nate at May 16, 2009 9:20 PM

Yep. It's getting hard to find. My favorite local gunshop had a shipment come in yesterday just before I did, and I bought 500 rounds. Son will burn up a good chunk of that in one trip to the range.

MC

Posted by: mostly cajun at May 13, 2009 11:15 AM