GT Distributors Here in the KC Metro-Rules are 100 rds of practice ammo per caliber, 100 rds duty ammo per caliber, per month max. Sometimes, no ammo unless you buy a gun in that caliber.
Today:
Speer Lawman 9mm 17.99@50, limit 2 (100ct) for the month-BOUGHT them.
Plenty of AE .40 cal at 24.99@50.-Declined.
I could have purchased two boxes of 124+p Gold Dot at 36.99@50, tempted but declined. Probably a mistake.
Plenty of 62g 5.56 ATAC PMC 14.99@ 20-declined.
I suspect I will make a run to Academy and Scheels tonight close to closing in hopes I can catch some restock already on the shelves for the reported daily sharks who line up and open these places.
If you have a GT in your neck of the woods it might be worth driving thru.
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For you snub enthusiasts, I note that underwood ammo has both their standard pressure 150grain full wadcutter and their standard pressure LSWCHP in stock right now. Both beat a sharp stick. FWIW.
https://www.underwoodammo.com/handgun-ammo/38special
”But in the end all of these ideas just manufacture new criminals when the problem isn't a lack of criminals.” -JRB
Bless my heart, I never thought I's see the day when $26.00 for a box of TWENTY 158gr SWC's was considered reasonable. That's $65.00 for fifty if you are counting.
The times we live in.
I fully intended to jump on some until I looked at the picture and realized it wasn't a box of 50.
Adding nothing to the conversation since 2015....
It’s no secret that underwood’s offerings, er, largely parallel the various loadings per calibre offered by Buffalo Bore. Seen in that light, it’s not so bad for boutique defensive ammo. I had the BB version of that 150 grain wadcutter in my short barrel snubs (eg. LCR), and the BB version of the +P FBI (which is really at traditional +P+/mid range .357 performance) in my medium frame six shooters, but I’d have no qualms about using the underwood. I carried underwood’s .44special Keith while helping a friend work his black bear hide (translation: humping a pile of weight up a hill to what was a de facto black/grizz dinner table setting, before the guests were scheduled to arrive).
”But in the end all of these ideas just manufacture new criminals when the problem isn't a lack of criminals.” -JRB
Same.
I want some standard pressure.38 for my jframe. I’d love to have wadcutters… I just can’t find any. I can’t find .45 either. It did seem like local stores had more rifle cartridges, such as .308. Even then, it’s like one or two loads
But if it isn’t 9mm or the occasional box of .40 around here, you aren’t getting any pistol ammo.
This is just still so weird to me. How in the US you can feel like your in a third world country at the height of a supply crisis is so shocking still. Especially when it still seems to me not be affecting certain commodities. Do we just not consume or purchase other resources that utilize similar raw materials?
9mm - 115 Grain FMJ - Fiocchi - 1000 Rounds $590
9mm Luger - 115 Grain Full Metal Jacket - IMI - 1000 Rounds $600
9mm - 115 Grain FMJ - Remington UMC - 1000 Rounds $610
Not cheap, but it's there.