Ammo supply good in your ‘hood?

[JVogler]

The primers I bought today are Federal. Never used them before. Always use Winchester ones. The other ones they had were CCI.

I bought Federal primers back in March when CCI were not available. Some one posted on Ruger Forum that they are "softer" than the " harder" CCI brand. I have not had a problem at all with the Federal, I only use small pistol primers.

[RanchRoper]

Well hopefully they all go bang.

The store also had quite a bit of powder including Unique. Might just check that out too. I have lots of Universal powder.

[fortyshooter]

2021 is going to be a bad year again from what I have seen so far...buckle up!

[RanchRoper]

No worries, what's a few months lockdowns between friends? Think how clean your guns will be...

[Hatchdog]

The primers I bought today are Federal. Never used them before. Always use Winchester ones. The other ones they had were CCI.

I bought Federal primers back in March when CCI were not available. Some one posted on Ruger Forum that they are "softer" than the " harder" CCI brand. I have not had a problem at all with the Federal, I only use small pistol primers.

Interesting new discovery on Federal primers.

I just bought a new Lee Auto-Prime (hand held priming tool) and this is the 3rd generation of this tool. In the instructions Lee noted not to use it with Federal primers as there have been some detonations doing so. I have owned both of the earlier generations of the Auto-Prime and have loaded lots and lots of Federal primers in them without ever having a problem. Not sure if this caution is due to the new design of the tool or the primers??? Anyway, unless you’re loading for a semi-auto rifle I don’t think you have anything to worry about.

[RanchRoper]

1600 CCI primers just got a new home:)

[RanchRoper]

The primers I bought today are Federal. Never used them before. Always use Winchester ones. The other ones they had were CCI.

I bought Federal primers back in March when CCI were not available. Some one posted on Ruger Forum that they are "softer" than the " harder" CCI brand. I have not had a problem at all with the Federal, I only use small pistol primers.

Interesting new discovery on Federal primers.

I just bought a new Lee Auto-Prime (hand held priming tool) and this is the 3rd generation of this tool. In the instructions Lee noted not to use it with Federal primers as there have been some detonations doing so. I have owned both of the earlier generations of the Auto-Prime and have loaded lots and lots of Federal primers in them without ever having a problem. Not sure if this caution is due to the new design of the tool or the primers??? Anyway, unless you’re loading for a semi-auto rifle I don’t think you have anything to worry about.

Thanks for the heads up....I will be mindful of this....

[Steve51]

Nothing available in my neck of the woods.
No centerfire or rimfire ammo except .17
No powder, primers, or brass
No revolvers (except .22 with fixed sights)
No rifles
A few shotguns
A few semi auto compact pistols
VERY, VERY DRY AROUND HERE!

[GunnyGene]

Nothing available in my neck of the woods.
No centerfire or rimfire ammo except .17
No powder, primers, or brass
No revolvers (except .22 with fixed sights)
No rifles
A few shotguns
A few semi auto compact pistols
VERY, VERY DRY AROUND HERE!

I just don't get it. Seems like practically everywhere is starving for guns and ammo except MS. Or at least up in my part of MS. Maybe it's because we only have about 3 million people (including kids) in the whole state and most folks already have 1 or more guns and don't see any pressing need to buy more. We do have some minor shortages of some ammo, but there's no shortage of firearms (of any kind) for sale in local gun and pawn shops.

[BigAl52]

Just bought 25Lbs of 2FG black powder and 2000 # 11 caps Im ready to make some smoke.

[RanchRoper]

I will pickup another 700 CCI large pistol primers this weekend.

[Hatchdog]

I’m in your camp Gunny, lots of guns available around here. However, it’s very likely that a particular model may be hard to find but for the most part there’s lots of firearms available. Example would be I haven’t seem much in the way of home defense shotguns but field guns are plentiful. Ammo and components now that’s a different story. Local stores are wiped out of both.

[GunnyGene]

I’m in your camp Gunny, lots of guns available around here. However, it’s very likely that a particular model may be hard to find but for the most part there’s lots of firearms available. Example would be I haven’t seem much in the way of home defense shotguns but field guns are plentiful. Ammo and components now that’s a different story. Local stores are wiped out of both.

I shoulda snapped some pics of the gun counter at the PX the other day, just to make y'all jealous.

[RanchRoper]

Picked up another 500 CCI large pistol primers tonight. Good for quite awhile now I think. Powder/brass/lead/primers. Also have more Triple 7 powder coming and more caps. Should be able to make smoke for a few years.

[bandit1250]

Two weeks ago I bought 1400 Federal small rifle match primers. I also got 400 CCI large rifle benchrest primers in that buy. I got all of them for $60 from a private sale. Yesterday I went for a trip with my friend that I had located some 22 lr RWS/Geco Match ammo for him. Picked it up for $50/brick. He got four full bricks. Not bad for todays very inflated prices.

[Vaquero]

Ran into a contractor friend of mine yesterday at lunch.
He said I still have those two boxes of primers I told you I would give you.

We suppose to meet next week.
Pretty sure he's talking 2K.
He don't reload, bought 'em by mistake last year, thought they were BP primers.


RP

[Grunt67]

I went to the local gun show this am. Crowd was unbelievable. Largest I'd ever seen there. No shortage of guns for sale, or ammo. thing was ( is ), prices were thru the roof. I saw one box of hunting ammo, 20 rd. box, for $80.00. Other prices were around that range also. Sad thing was, people were lined up to buy it.
Needless to say, I didn't buy anything.
Folks, this ain't going away any time soon.

[Hatchdog]

I went to the local gun show this am. Crowd was unbelievable. Largest I'd ever seen there. No shortage of guns for sale, or ammo. thing was ( is ), prices were thru the roof. I saw one box of hunting ammo, 20 rd. box, for $80.00. Other prices were around that range also. Sad thing was, people were lined up to buy it.
Needless to say, I didn't buy anything.
Folks, this ain't going away any time soon.

Ugggggg. There’s a show in Post Falls ID next weekend. The building it’s in is small and gets very crowded in normal times. I had planned to stay away due to Covid and after your report I’m double sure I’m not going anywhere near it. When President Obama was re-elected in 2012 the local shows were crazy. Our Spokane show expanded to three buildings and one could hardly walk in the aisles. The last show I attended before Covid this show was down to one small building plus half another larger one. Hardly anybody in the aisles. I bet next weeks Post Falls show will be packed.

[GunnyGene]

I went to the local gun show this am. Crowd was unbelievable. Largest I'd ever seen there. No shortage of guns for sale, or ammo. thing was ( is ), prices were thru the roof. I saw one box of hunting ammo, 20 rd. box, for $80.00. Other prices were around that range also. Sad thing was, people were lined up to buy it.
Needless to say, I didn't buy anything.
Folks, this ain't going away any time soon.

Gee, I wonder what might have motivated a large crowd like that? I bet it wasn't fire sale prices.

[Grunt67]

I went to the local gun show this am. Crowd was unbelievable. Largest I'd ever seen there. No shortage of guns for sale, or ammo. thing was ( is ), prices were thru the roof. I saw one box of hunting ammo, 20 rd. box, for $80.00. Other prices were around that range also. Sad thing was, people were lined up to buy it.
Needless to say, I didn't buy anything.
Folks, this ain't going away any time soon.

Gee, I wonder what might have motivated a large crowd like that? I bet it wasn't fire sale prices.

I bet you're right.