How are guys finding ammo?

CZp-01

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I just found this discord app thru another forum. They seem to have a team of people who are always posting links to in stock stuff.

You have to be quick on the trigger it goes out of stock fast.
 

cnelk

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My buddy stopped by today. He went to the indoor range to shoot his new .45

He said the place asked him if he needed any ammo. So he bought a box from them (in addition to what he brought)
 

Spoonbill

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My buddy stopped by today. He went to the indoor range to shoot his new .45

He said the place asked him if he needed any ammo. So he bought a box from them (in addition to what he brought)
Listened to a podcast with the owner of ReadyGunner, he mentioned that it was an issu for them to provide ammo for their range customers. Sounds like keeping ammo for people using the range will start to become the norm.
 
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what caused this mess and why is it staying a problem?

of all the things to find the other day, i was at bimart in town and found 2400 rounds of 22lr
 

SteepandDeep

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In the last few weeks I've bought some rifle ammo online from Cabelas, Federal Premium, and SGammo. I've also gone to Sportsmans Warehouse on Tuesday mornings and have been able to buy 2 boxes each trip. I've purchase .270 at Walmart twice in the last 2 weeks.
Huh? Cabelas/basspro does not ship ammo; at least that I’ve seen in the last month
 
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I bought my first hunting rifle 2 months ago, and initially thought it was going to be impossible to find 30-06 ammo. I have since fully stocked up (but not hoarded) target ammo and fancy hunting loads. It just required me to check the ammo search engines frequently and scoop up available ammo quickly. Plenty in the safe now.
 

SteepandDeep

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I purchase ammo online from Cabelas because they ship orders over $50 for free. I've ordered ammo from them at least 6 times in the last 12 months. They ship it straight to my door.
Weird. Doesn’t matter what ammo I select, everything says currently unavailable online
 

jmez

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Now shotgun ammo is becoming hard to find. It has been well stocked. Not anymore. Better buy whatever is on shelves in stores as it is pretty much all sold out online.

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fmyth

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That’s what I was thinking too but I can’t imagine EVERY caliber known to man is out of stock online at Cabelas/Pro. I’m wondering if they went to an in store only approach?
None at the Phoenix locations. Went an hour before the store opened last Wednesday and there was already a huge line. At least a 100 people got in the door before me and there was nothing left. At least my local Sportmans Warehouse is now limiting ammo purchases to 2 boxes of less than 100 pcs. If you pick up a bulk box of 100 or more you can only make that one purchase.
 
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That’s what I was thinking too but I can’t imagine EVERY caliber known to man is out of stock online at Cabelas/Pro. I’m wondering if they went to an in store only approach?
They are just out of popular ammo. Usually can find 300 or 375 H&H online. There is usually 7mm I see everyday at least once.
 
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