Major Ammo "Shortage"

Without getting into too much detail, let's just say my work allows me to visit a lot of gun shops and sporting goods stores.

No one, and I repeat, no one has .223 or 22 LR, and on the rare occasions suppliers get some, it is gone immediately. 9mm is nearly impossible to find, and recently even .357 and 40 caliber has disappeared (both were available as recently as a month ago).

The following calibers ARE readily available, and I am thinking of buying into these calibers myself:

- Pretty much all shotgun shells are readily available everywhere
- .17, .22 magnum, .250, .243, 44 mag, .45
- Sometimes I will find .38 special, 30-30, and oddball calibers like 7mm mauser or .303 british.
- Interestingly, 5.45 x 39 (AK 74) is readily in bulk as surplus, as is 7.62 x 54 (Mossin Nagant).

So if you don't own guns and want to stock up while you can still buy, I would buy a .17 cal, 12 gauge shot gun, .243 deer rifle, AK 74 assualt rifle, Mossin Nagant bolt action rifle, a 44 magnum revolver, or a 1911 .45.

You can still buy at gun shows. New .223 ammo goes for .80-1.00 per round. Reloads run .50-.70 round. .22 long rifle will run you at least .10 a round, as high as .40 per round.

You can find it online, but you need to check www.gunbot.com constantly to find a decent deal, otherwise you will get burned bad.

Hope this helps someone...