Seems ammo is scarce online

[ezbtr]

no 9mm or 45???? Wow - glad I always stocked up!!

 

[Sprig]

Gun sales have gone through the roof the last couple of months, especially handguns, that’s probably at least part of the reason for the ammo shortage. I too stay stocked up so I’m good for awhile

 

[WIMUSKY]

That's another consideration I have when talking about purchasing a handgun in your other thread, the availability of ammo. I wonder if one should get something that has a caliber that isn't so popular. 9mm, .45, .38 etc are flying off shelves not only from new gun sales, but for people who already have handguns. Just like the .22 shortage that seemed to last forever. I have 6 boxes of .38s. That's the most ammo I gave for handguns, which isn't much. Too bad they don't make a handgun that uses 7.62x.39 . I have a ton of rds.... That would be handful....

 

[BWR1953]

That's another consideration I have when talking about purchasing a handgun in your other thread, the availability of ammo. I wonder if one should get something that has a caliber that isn't so popular. 9mm, .45, .38 etc are flying off shelves not only from new gun sales, but for people who already have handguns. Just like the .22 shortage that seemed to last forever. I have 6 boxes of .38s. That's the most ammo I gave for handguns, which isn't much. Too bad they don't make a handgun that uses 7.62x.39 . I have a ton of rds.... That would be handful....

 

[WIMUSKY]

There ya go! That looks fun... A perp would run just seeing it... Kinda like a Tec 9..

 

[Scott Danforth]

Too bad they don't make a handgun that uses 7.62x.39 . I have a ton of rds.... That would be handful....

They used to make an SKS handgun.

Guy at work just finished his AR15 pistol

 

[gm280]

Probably not the time to suggest this now, but when things open up again, and that depends on elections, learn how to mold your own bullets AND buy reloading equipment and supplies. Then you will always have ammo. And believe me, reloading is seriously fun. Molding your own bullets is too. Let's just say, we have more ammo then a lot of gun shops. And since ammo doesn't spoil, you're good to go for a long time... A good hobby that you can keep plenty of ammo ready to go! We've been reloading and molding bullets for well over 40~45 years.

 

[WIMUSKY]

One of my customers, a dentist, has been reloading for years. I should talk to him....:laser:

 

[gm280]

One of my customers, a dentist, has been reloading for years. I should talk to him....:laser:

WIMUSKY, do that. I think you would really enjoy reloading and molding bullets too... I have hunted for years and years, and I can say with very few exceptions, maybe three or four, I have harvested every deer with my own ammo...

 

[southkogs]

Dad reloaded for many years. I have the press and some of the tools to do it. So far pistol ammunition has been cheaper to buy and doesn't typically (if I understand correctly) the same benefit as self loaded rifle ammo. For my rifles, I still have a few boxes of rounds that Dad loaded. The stuff he cooked up for the .243 Ruger I have is pure gold. Those rounds are dialed right into that gun, and they are gems to shoot.

I just don't have the time to do the loading work. Heck, I don't have the time to shoot

 

[WIMUSKY]

WIMUSKY, do that. I think you would really enjoy reloading and molding bullets too... I have hunted for years and years, and I can say with very few exceptions, maybe three or four, I have harvested every deer with my own ammo...

I probably would enjoy it. Have a ton of BP arms that I had been shooting since a kid. We made our own rounds. Have a bunch of molds.

However, I don't shoot enough to justify to start reloading...

 

[gm280]

I have to say this about that...

Just like crappy jigs, you can never ever have too many jigs or ammo... And yes, I also make my own jigs as well. I mean if you have the equipment to mold bullets, you also have the equipment to mold crappy or any other fishing type jigs as well. Cross-over hobbies are great!

 

[aspeck]

I have to say this about that...

Just like crappy jigs, you can never ever have too many jigs or ammo... And yes, I also make my own jigs as well. I mean if you have the equipment to mold bullets, you also have the equipment to mold crappy or any other fishing type jigs as well. Cross-over hobbies are great!

Why would you want to mold crappy jigs? I would want the jigs to be good, high quality jigs! Oh, wait, crappy as in fish ... never mind!:laugh::lol::laugh::lol:

 

[gm280]

Why would you want to mold crappy jigs? I would want the jigs to be good, high quality jigs! Oh, wait, crappy as in fish ... never mind!:laugh::lol::laugh::lol:

No, you actually had it correct the first time. Some of my initial jigs were pretty crappy, and I don't mean the fish either... :laugh:

Of all the fish we catch, we like crappy (species) the best. :hungry:

Not to keen on catfish or Bass. Bass gets pretty strong some times depending on their size and where they are caught. But crappy and brim are good eat'n to us... :thumb:

Of course we also love salt water species. But since I have never fished salt water, probably not going to catch any of those types. ......Unless....I can up my casting distance abilities a lot further... :victorious: :brick:

 

[aspeck]

No, you actually had it correct the first time. Some of my initial jigs were pretty crappy, and I don't mean the fish either... :laugh:

Of all the fish we catch, we like crappy (species) the best. :hungry:

I enjoy them as well ... we had guests over one evening for supper ... they didn't know if they should be offended or not because we served them Crappy with Dump Cake for dessert ...

Now, back to ammo being scarce and reloading, although reloading supplies can be hard to come by right now ... primers especially it seems.

 

[Bob_VT]

I have been reloading for over 40 years and have acquired most of the brass I need, I have primers and powder, mold my bullets too....... but LEAD is also a hard to come by in our area because it has been outlawed ;( I think this winter I might try some zinc bullets (about 70% of the weight) to mold with the wheel weights.

I am set on most of my pistol calibers and rifle stuff right now.

Primers are tough but even worse is the cost is skyrocketing. $5 / 100 is thievery! I used to pay $10/1000.

 

[gm280]

I enjoy them as well ... we had guests over one evening for supper ... they didn't know if they should be offended or not because we served them Crappy with Dump Cake for dessert ...

Now, back to ammo being scarce and reloading, although reloading supplies can be hard to come by right now ... primers especially it seems.

I agree about the primers. Their cost skyrocketed up about the time the rush on guns and ammo started as well. And that was back during a previous president's rein.

I can remember buying primers for less then $10 per thousand. My FIL actually had some with a price tag on them for $6.95. Those days are long over.

I actually was once thinking about manufacturing primers as a business. Problem is, try to find anything on their manufacturing or the equipment needed to do so. There is absolutely nothing available to explain their construction or the machinery needed to do that. Seems each company holds that info as a closely guarded secret. I was not able to find what it takes to manufacture primers. But that would be a most profitable business and since there would not be a huge space needed to set that up, someone could do it relatively cheap...

Then there is the constantly rising cost of the powders too... Supply and demand!

Still think that would be a great business to get into if you could find the equipment and the mixture for making primers. I don't think the market will ever go away for primers... JMHO

 

[82rude]

Up here in Canada im having difficulty finding 7.62x54r for my never issued 1954/55 moisin-nagent.Lots of fmj but thin on soft point.I have all the reloading eq for 303,375 h and h mag.7.62x54r,44 mag,308 and 30.06 but have not done it for 30 years at least.Use to lose myself for many hours in reloading.

 

[WIMUSKY]

I have been reloading for over 40 years and have acquired most of the brass I need, I have primers and powder, mold my bullets too....... but LEAD is also a hard to come by in our area because it has been outlawed ;( I think this winter I might try some zinc bullets (about 70% of the weight) to mold with the wheel weights.

I am set on most of my pistol calibers and rifle stuff right now.

Primers are tough but even worse is the cost is skyrocketing. $5 / 100 is thievery! I used to pay $10/1000.

We tried using zinc in our BP rounds and it wasn't near as accurate as lead. I don't think it was very consistent. But that's black powder.... The rounds sure were shiny tho.....

 

[gm280]

Up here in Canada im having difficulty finding 7.62x54r for my never issued 1954/55 moisin-nagent.Lots of fmj but thin on soft point.I have all the reloading eq for 303,375 h and h mag.7.62x54r,44 mag,308 and 30.06 but have not done it for 30 years at least.Use to lose myself for many hours in reloading.

You can always take the factory 7.62x54r and pull the bullets and install soft points or hollow points. You can buy a very cheap inertia bullet puller and knock out the FMJs. Just be careful not to spill the powder charge.

My two adults sons have loaded those rounds before and we also pulled the FMJs and dumped the powder charge into a hopper. Then we recharged the cases to make sure everyone was exactly the same charge for better down range groupings. It works pretty well. The chronograph and groupings proves it!

If you've never used an inertia puller, you are in for a real shocker the first time. You literally use it like a hammer to knock out the bullet. It look precarious and even dangerous, but is totally safe and no danger whatsoever... But pounding it against a solid surface looks so worrisome until you realize it couldn't fire a round if it had to...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQPDfcJd18A

Another idea is to file off the very tips of the FMJs to allow lead to show. But if you go this route, you have to make sure every round is cut to the exact same length for groupings down range. You can make a little jig to insert the rounds into and file or cut the exposed tip. Then every round will be the same... JMHO