Little ammo report...
This is a box store, Academy Sports. My friend sent me this photo. Thankfully our LGS is wonderfully stocked in comparison due to his great foresight and superior business model.
I blew up the photo and top shelf has .25-06, .450 Bushmaster, and one box of Riot Control 7mm Mag. I see several boxes of .350 Legend 145 gr. FMJ at a fantastic deal of $11 a box, man I need to go get that. Then I see several boxes of .44 Rem. Mag. and some .30-06 too I think, hunting ammo. Word is they get two shipments per week, not much and only what is allotted from corporate. He said usually that is picked over instantly. This is just north outside Little Rock.
My advice from this single evidence, go buy a .350 Legend AR and a .44 Magnum revolver! No one is thinking they are any good for defense and ammo is readily available. LOL
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first off young man, no ammo is readily available
Once the current supply is gone, it may be gone for months. And just because this one shop has the 350 Legend in stock, that usually means nobody else wants it. If it were in demand it probably wouldn't be there. We can't give it away. The first 4 or 5 boxes sat here for months. Once it finally sold we didn't re-order.
We had a little foresight and put a lot of ammo on back order when this crap started months ago, so we are not hurting too bad. We get a few boxes of ammo in just about every day, but nothing like normal. We still limit one box per person so that way we don't run out in a single day. Our ammo racks are pretty much full with the exception of being low on 9mm, 357, and 40 S&W. The other calibers are in decent supply for a small shop. But we apparently are the only shop in town with more than a few rounds of ammo.
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People are turning to reloading and that is the current rush. Primers are so so with small rifle being gone totally. The others are ok for now and again there is a limit on these too. We have over 100 lbs of powder in stock and that may be our next crucial shortage. Dies, brass and bullets are beginning to dwindle and not sure if we can re-order once they are gone.
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What this boils down to is if you really need ammo or reloading supplies, check on it now while it may still be available. But if you don't need it, don't try to hoard it as others may need it a lot worse than you do.