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Posted: 3/18/2013 12:49:40 PM EDT

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Plenty of 10mm and .17hmr.

If you get a 10mm .40 S&W you can pretend you have a powerful gun.

FIFY

Posted: 3/18/2013 12:51:04 PM EDT

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Been stocking up on .25-06 and 12 gauge

Posted: 3/18/2013 1:07:37 PM EDT

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I hit four stores yesterday becaus I was bored, and all I saw was a metric shit ton of 12ga, .410, and a few boxes of 30.06 and 22-250. One guy said it was almost laughable when I asked if they had any other ammo. It's definetly not getting better here in central Texas.

Posted: 3/18/2013 1:10:59 PM EDT

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at least one of the Academy's around here have 4.6x30mm in stock

Isn't the only gun that uses that is that HK submachine gun? They also have 30-40 Krag, 260 remington, buncha other oddball calibers. I guess someone just ordered as much ammo as possible to fill their shelves

Posted: 3/18/2013 1:10:59 PM EDT

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Sucks for me because I don't have anything in those calibers...but wondering now if I should have

Every red blooded American male should own a 30-06.

I own 3. Best all around full powered rifle round ever.
If you handload you can load all the way from squirrel loads to elk loads with one.

Posted: 3/18/2013 1:14:22 PM EDT

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.300 Weatherby Magnum has actually come down in price.

My local walmart has a few boxes.
Seriously, who the hell buys 300WM in AZ?
If you're going that big, quit fucking around and get a .50

My dad has one. My cousin borrowed his on an elk trip. He punched an elk center mass until he ran out of ammunition, then had to borrow a 30-06 to put the kill shot in it. I pulled 7 slugs out of that elk.

I really like them loaded with a 150 grain bullet. Talk about not having to adjust for range much.

Posted: 3/18/2013 1:22:43 PM EDT

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All of this is good IF you buy off-the-shelf ammo. I have a 30-06 and a 222 Rem..... try finding powder, bullets or primers for either of those!
In over 50 years I bet I haven't shot more than 100 or so "factory" loads out of 10's of thousands of rounds (excepting 22 rimfire)....finding factory loaded ammo is one thing, affording it is quite another.

Posted: 3/18/2013 1:28:38 PM EDT

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Around here (NE OH/NW PA) store are awash with .17HMR. I'm strongly considering buying the Savage MKII in said caliber down at my Gander Mtn.

Posted: 3/18/2013 1:30:23 PM EDT

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there is alot of 7.62x39 around here, I'm contemplating buying an AK.

Posted: 3/18/2013 1:31:03 PM EDT

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Plenty of .270, 30-30, and 300 Win Mag still in stock locally.

All other calibers are pretty much cleaned out.

Posted: 3/18/2013 1:45:30 PM EDT

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327 Federal
32 H&R Magnum
10 mm
45 GAP
222
7.62 X 54R
300 WSSM

Although yesterday I started seeing 40 S&W FMJ and 380 ACP JHP make appearances again in bulk

Posted: 3/18/2013 2:46:16 PM EDT

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I've seen a lot of 22-250, 7MM, and .300 WM

It was the first time I went out looking for ammo in about 6 months.

This is what I'm seeing and it has me seriously looking into these calibers.

Posted: 3/18/2013 2:47:50 PM EDT

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I've been all around LA County looking for ammo (5.56 / .223) and while I've been largely unsuccessful, I can't help but notice (as did others in line) that almost every store I'm in DOES HAVE plenty of .30-06, .270 Win, and .300 Win.

Sucks for me because I don't have anything in those calibers...but wondering now if I should have

Oh no. More calibers is baaaaaaaaaaad.

ARFCOM told me so

Consolidate to make things 'simple'.

like 22, 9mm 45 223 12 g

Posted: 3/18/2013 2:55:29 PM EDT

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Huge quantities of 17HMR and 12ga bird shot everywhere.

I've seen nothing else that is uniformly plentiful.

Posted: 3/18/2013 2:58:04 PM EDT

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I've always subscribed to the 'have at least one of every caliber available' mindset.

Posted: 3/18/2013 3:09:12 PM EDT

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.40

'cause aint no one got time fo dat!

Posted: 3/18/2013 3:21:34 PM EDT

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I've been all around LA County looking for ammo (5.56 / .223) and while I've been largely unsuccessful, I can't help but notice (as did others in line) that almost every store I'm in DOES HAVE plenty of .30-06, .270 Win, and .300 Win.

Sucks for me because I don't have anything in those calibers...but wondering now if I should have

Oh no. More calibers is baaaaaaaaaaad.

ARFCOM told me so

Consolidate to make things 'simple'.

like 22, 9mm 45 223 12 g

I tried that idiot tactic between 1999 and 2002.
Sold off a lot of oddball milurps and Old West guns to get it all down to 308, 223, 45, 9, 40 22 and 38/357.
I came to my senses 60 or so guns later realizing that I loved most of those calibers for a reason.

Posted: 3/18/2013 4:42:24 PM EDT

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I've been all around LA County looking for ammo (5.56 / .223) and while I've been largely unsuccessful, I can't help but notice (as did others in line) that almost every store I'm in DOES HAVE plenty of .30-06, .270 Win, and .300 Win.

Sucks for me because I don't have anything in those calibers...but wondering now if I should have

Oh no. More calibers is baaaaaaaaaaad.

ARFCOM told me so

Consolidate to make things 'simple'.

like 22, 9mm 45 223 12 g

I tried that idiot tactic between 1999 and 2002.
Sold off a lot of oddball milurps and Old West guns to get it all down to 308, 223, 45, 9, 40 22 and 38/357.
I came to my senses 60 or so guns later realizing that I loved most of those calibers for a reason.

Yeah buying a .300 remchester so that when there is a panic on and paying $1-2 a round is SOO much more intelligent and forward thinking then the guy who buys 5.56 or 7.62x39 for $.25 cents a round and stocks thousands of rounds.

Wow. How did you two find your shoes this morning?

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