Anyone been able to buy a gun recently?

[beerftw]

Because I did!!!!!!

No really it has been so bad even cap and ball revolvers and muzzle loading kentucky rifle replicas have been sold out! The local pawnshop near me still has guns but sometimes upwards of 1500 bucks for a highpoint that is normally 140 bucks new, and they only let one person in at a time escorted due to people trying to attack the clerks or steal firearms in broad daylight through force.

But I literally just bought a gun today, a maverick 88 in 20 guage, not only was it in stock there were about 20 of them there, as well as numerous rifles and shotguns, while the 88 online and in every other store in the area is sold out and expecting new stock over a month from now. Want to know where it is? well it is walmart ofcourse.

Walmart gun buying is like finding waldo, but not only do you have to find waldo in the walmart who runs the outdoor section but you have to find waldo's manager who is even more hidden because he has the key. The process in many walmart locations makes it such an obstacle that many will not buy from them and they have full stock. A month ago I even asked the walmart guy how many of xyz break barrel shotguns they had and he said like 30-40, and said they had not restocked them in over 2 years, and this was at a time when gun stores were lucky to have any guns on the shelf.

Point of this thread, it is not handguns or ar rifles, but if you need a rifle or shotgun, walmarts around the country are actually surprisingly stocked, simply for the reason walmarts are so poorly run most gun buyers give up waiting or searching for the person who actually can open the gun case. If you can not find that shotgun or rifle elsewhere try walmart and be patient.

 

[Bum]

Because I did!!!!!!

No really it has been so bad even cap and ball revolvers and muzzle loading kentucky rifle replicas have been sold out! The local pawnshop near me still has guns but sometimes upwards of 1500 bucks for a highpoint that is normally 140 bucks new, and they only let one person in at a time escorted due to people trying to attack the clerks or steal firearms in broad daylight through force.

But I literally just bought a gun today, a maverick 88 in 20 guage, not only was it in stock there were about 20 of them there, as well as numerous rifles and shotguns, while the 88 online and in every other store in the area is sold out and expecting new stock over a month from now. Want to know where it is? well it is walmart ofcourse.

Walmart gun buying is like finding waldo, but not only do you have to find waldo in the walmart who runs the outdoor section but you have to find waldo's manager who is even more hidden because he has the key. The process in many walmart locations makes it such an obstacle that many will not buy from them and they have full stock. A month ago I even asked the walmart guy how many of xyz break barrel shotguns they had and he said like 30-40, and said they had not restocked them in over 2 years, and this was at a time when gun stores were lucky to have any guns on the shelf.

Point of this thread, it is not handguns or ar rifles, but if you need a rifle or shotgun, walmarts around the country are actually surprisingly stocked, simply for the reason walmarts are so poorly run most gun buyers give up waiting or searching for the person who actually can open the gun case. If you can not find that shotgun or rifle elsewhere try walmart and be patient.

2 weeks ago.....an AR platform.

 

[beerftw]

2 weeks ago.....an AR platform.

Fairly lucky, my tool dealer is an ffl and ar firearms or even ar parts are so backlogged right now that short of paying well over market value it is hard to get one. Many of the people I have seen recently buy an ar placed the order months ago and are just now getting them, which shows how rediculous the demand is right now.

 

[zsu2357]

I saw all kinds of handguns at the sportsmen warehouse here wasn't paying attention to rifles though. Did pick up 2 40 round box's of 7.62x39 HP though.

 

[Rucker61]

My LGS has at least 40 ARs in stock.

 

[TurtleDude]

My LGS has at least 40 ARs in stock.

I was at my normal indoor range today and they had about 10 AR 15s including a locally made FAXON ARMS ultra-lightweight. I own one-its a great SHTF weapon

 

[Bum]

Fairly lucky, my tool dealer is an ffl and ar firearms or even ar parts are so backlogged right now that short of paying well over market value it is hard to get one. Many of the people I have seen recently buy an ar placed the order months ago and are just now getting them, which shows how rediculous the demand is right now.

My favorite boom stick store usually has a pretty nice selection of AR toys on the wall.....I dont know if thats the case at most stores in Alabama, but I have not had to wait more than 14 days for any of my orders....the last long wait was for my XDM 10mm; 12 days.

 

[beerftw]

My favorite boom stick store usually has a pretty nice selection of AR toys on the wall.....I dont know if thats the case at most stores in Alabama, but I have not had to wait more than 14 days for any of my orders....the last long wait was for my XDM 10mm; 12 days.

Around here most of the ar15 supplies come from companies like psa and other big name sellers, and often just assemble custom packages. You might have an ar supplier near you not relian on the big names, or your area might not have been flooded with buyers like here.

Here I watched the academy have to have their gun section people armed and even threaten to call the cops numerous times for people either trying to hop the counter or attack eachother over who gets the limited stock of firearms. The other academy about 20 minutes away near the va hospital I use still has some guns in stock, ar 15's and handguns are gone, but revolvers and shotguns are still there in limited stock as no one made a mad rush for them yet.

 

[apdst]

The three stores I buy AR parts from have little, or nothing in stock. BCG's being the hardest thing to find.

 

[Waddy]

Guns are available again. If you willing to over-pay. What's sold out is most every kind of reloading component. The few items that are available are really priced sky high.
A local big gun store near me has 9mm ammo for sale, 147 gr; almost a $ per round. Thanks, but no thanks.

 

[Gaius46]

Not recently - unless July is recent. I cannot find 12 gauge ammo in anything other than birdshot. Neither of our local places has had any for a couple months and when I asked why one guy said that there’s been a run on 12ga slugs and buckshot and that manufacturers were having a hard time getting primers which according to him largely come from Brazil. They did have have plenty of .45ACP so I bought a couple hundred rounds while I was there. That was almost a dollar a round.

 

[apdst]

Hell, I'd be happy if I could just find primers.

 

[TurtleDude]

Bought a FAXON arms 9mm PCC today at AIMSURPLUS in Monroe Ohio. they had ten in stock and lots of handguns including a lot of used colts, and some tricked out Glocks

 

[TurtleDude]

Hell, I'd be happy if I could just find primers.

tough-only have been able to buy 3000 in the last two months and I have strong connections

 

[Rucker61]

I talked to my LGS manager yesterday. He's got at over 150 ARs in stock, including Colt, Stag, and S&W.

Ammo comes and goes, but they'll get in 50k to 100k rifle and pistol, one or the other, about once a week.

If you need a barrel of 7,500 150gr .308, they've got a couple of those left, too.

 

[beerftw]

Not recently - unless July is recent. I cannot find 12 gauge ammo in anything other than birdshot. Neither of our local places has had any for a couple months and when I asked why one guy said that there’s been a run on 12ga slugs and buckshot and that manufacturers were having a hard time getting primers which according to him largely come from Brazil. They did have have plenty of .45ACP so I bought a couple hundred rounds while I was there. That was almost a dollar a round.

I was at academy tonight, they were sold out of every rifle and handgun round except 22 short, 22 colibri, .450 bushmaster, and only had one type of handgun round and that was .45 acp.

I still have a good amount of reloading supplies left for my 45-70 including lead primers and blackpowder. However even 30-06 has been sold out recently. Lately I have been stocking up on arrows, have a recurve bow and orders a crossbow, figure if shtf I will hunt squirrels and rabbits with retreivable ammo and save the scarce stuff for self defense or when needed.

 

[Slartibartfast]

I want to get an M&P shield easy (its a fun shoot), but its not a priority, right now I have a Bursa I like to use as my primary tool.

Perhaps in march.

I have a friend who can (and does) make ammo, so im not worried about that. Admittedly the QC is not going to be on the level of an established company.

Also practicing the bow has been a lot of fun too.

 

[beerftw]

Hell, I'd be happy if I could just find primers.

I need large handgun primers for my .45 colt reloading, I have thought about parting with some of the 900 large rifle primers I have for large pistol primers.

 

[beerftw]

I want to get an M&P shield easy (its a fun shoot), but its not a priority, right now I have a Bursa I like to use as my primary tool.

Perhaps in march.

I have a friend who can (and does) make ammo, so im not worried about that. Admittedly the QC is not going to be on the level of an established company.

Also practicing the bow has been a lot of fun too.

MY friend has a friend who makes ammo, bulk 5.56 and bulk 9mm, he trades leftover brass for reloaded rounds, however the last batch he sent was a few months ago, and the guy has been unable to reload, primers and powders are out of stock, and common plated lead is out of stock or limited stock everywhere.

It also is bad that I reload shotgun shells, I can find wads all day, but powder is limited to a few brands still available, and shotgun primers are impossible to find normally, the 100 209 primers I got are actually federal muzzleloading primers as inline muzzleloaders use shotgun primers. Kind of a pain though to pay triple or more for primers just to load a shotgun shell.

On a fun note I did load a shotgun shell with skittles to see what it would do to a cedar tree, I will say this no intruder will want to taste the rainbow fired from a shotgun shell.

 

[Casper]

Bought a FAXON arms 9mm PCC today at AIMSURPLUS in Monroe Ohio. they had ten in stock and lots of handguns including a lot of used colts, and some tricked out Glocks

16" or 10.5"?

 

[Slartibartfast]

MY friend has a friend who makes ammo, bulk 5.56 and bulk 9mm, he trades leftover brass for reloaded rounds, however the last batch he sent was a few months ago, and the guy has been unable to reload, primers and powders are out of stock, and common plated lead is out of stock or limited stock everywhere.

It also is bad that I reload shotgun shells, I can find wads all day, but powder is limited to a few brands still available, and shotgun primers are impossible to find normally, the 100 209 primers I got are actually federal muzzleloading primers as inline muzzleloaders use shotgun primers. Kind of a pain though to pay triple or more for primers just to load a shotgun shell.

On a fun note I did load a shotgun shell with skittles to see what it would do to a cedar tree, I will say this no intruder will want to taste the rainbow fired from a shotgun shell.

yeah, i feel bad right now, my range membership is unused.

Maybe next year...

 

[TurtleDude]

16" or 10.5"?

carbine 16 inch

 

[Casper]

carbine 16 inch

I have a friend that bought a 10.5" as part of his bug home bag and kit. Nice little gun, shorty's are not my thing but he loves it.
So why a 9mm PCC?

 

[TurtleDude]

I have a friend that bought a 10.5" as part of his bug home bag and kit. Nice little gun, shorty's are not my thing but he loves it.
So why a 9mm PCC?

I like them for steel shooting -we cannot use 556 for that-destroys the targets. I have another Faxon, so I wanted a back up. I used to run a full house Leadstar/PSA custom rig but since Faxon is made about 20 minutes from my house and I know the owner, I figure I'd give him some business and since I tend to be one of the guys who wins a lot around here, people ask my advice about gear.

 

[Slartibartfast]

I like them for steel shooting -we cannot use 556 for that-destroys the targets. I have another Faxon, so I wanted a back up. I used to run a full house Leadstar/PSA custom rig but since Faxon is made about 20 minutes from my house and I know the owner, I figure I'd give him some business and since I tend to be one of the guys who wins a lot around here, people ask my advice about gear.

seriously, we should both go shooting at some point (you would win, I admit)

perhaps when things calm down politicially. I feel we could be friends, even though we see things quite differently.