The rimfire supply mystery
Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2013 12:41 pm
My local big boxes pose a mystery on ammo. I gave up on LGS ammo a long time ago, so I don't know how they are, but assume they're doing worse.
My Sportsman's Warehouse has a reasonable amount of every caliber, except .380 and all the rimfires. They do get .380 regularly, but only a case or two at a time. They haven't received a single box of any rimfire for six weeks, except for half a case (?) of Shorts last week. Oddly, they seem to keep a lot of 9mm now, and have cases of .223 and 5.56. Those were once the shortest supply.
I went to Gander Mountain this morning for the first time in several weeks. They got one case of Shorts, and a case of .17. Wowee. Looked at the rest of the ammo section, and it actually looked nearly normal. Stacks of most ammo three boxes deep, six high, 8-10 wide. So why no rimfire????
Federal emailed me in September that Value Packs were set for production starting October 1st, and I still haven't seen any, since December. It just doesn't make sense.
My Sportsman's Warehouse has a reasonable amount of every caliber, except .380 and all the rimfires. They do get .380 regularly, but only a case or two at a time. They haven't received a single box of any rimfire for six weeks, except for half a case (?) of Shorts last week. Oddly, they seem to keep a lot of 9mm now, and have cases of .223 and 5.56. Those were once the shortest supply.
I went to Gander Mountain this morning for the first time in several weeks. They got one case of Shorts, and a case of .17. Wowee. Looked at the rest of the ammo section, and it actually looked nearly normal. Stacks of most ammo three boxes deep, six high, 8-10 wide. So why no rimfire????
Federal emailed me in September that Value Packs were set for production starting October 1st, and I still haven't seen any, since December. It just doesn't make sense.