April 20, 20214 yr People are reporting that Academy has more ammo in stock after the line people buy their ammo. So more good news
April 21, 20214 yr Went to two Academy’s today. Bunch of shit, but mostly steel. Especially the 7.62’s
April 22, 20214 yr Author Academy has been putting the ammo out at odd times. So the guys showing up early (mainly resellers) aren’t getting the bulk of the good stuff. Academy may put some out at 11 or 2 or whatever.
April 22, 20214 yr Im going to try to remember to go by tomorrow morning and shoot a picture of the local Academy. There are typically 30+ in line at 7:45A on Friday.
April 22, 20214 yr 15 hours ago, Handcruser said: Academy has been putting the ammo out at odd times. So the guys showing up early (mainly resellers) aren’t getting the bulk of the good stuff. Academy may put some out at 11 or 2 or whatever. Well, this prompted me to call my local just now. The manager said "we arent allowed to put back ammo" and I asked her to just not stock it on the shelves until later in the day and not the night before and it would greatly help with the situation. Deaf ears.
April 22, 20214 yr So, it might be up to the individual managers about timing? Which store are you referring to?
April 22, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, Armybrat said: So, it might be up to the individual managers about timing? Which store are you referring to? If "Storage Wars" can make as much money as that show does, a show about the "Ammo Wars" would be a hit. Following these cornballs around and showing them try and resell would be great. "Big Jessie scored big with his (2) 200 round packs of American Eagle 5.56 he then sold in the parking lot. His profit of $27 comes out to a whopping $0.39 per hour of work he spent chasing ammo this week." "Joe-Willy didn't fare quite so well, He spent $120 on 2 boxes of ammo he'd pre-sold on TXGuntrader.com, but he bought .300 Win Mag instead of .300 Weatherby Mag and now he has Karen from Vidor mighty pissed off because she already Venmo'd the money and it was an anniversary present for her husband/uncle." Edited April 22, 20214 yr by Reagan1k
April 22, 20214 yr Author So, it might be up to the individual managers about timing? Which store are you referring to?I’ve been to cedar park and Georgetown and I know for sure cedar park is staggering their stocking times. Old guy behind the counter HATES the resellers and let’s them know it lol
April 22, 20214 yr Just now, Handcruser said: I’ve been to cedar park and Georgetown and I know for sure cedar park is staggering their stocking times. Old guy behind the counter HATES the resellers and let’s them know it lol Good for him. He tried to sell me a new Ruger pistol model... the Max-9. I was tempted, but will wait another year before biting so Ruger can get the usual bugs worked out.
April 22, 20214 yr Author Good for him. He tried to sell me a new Ruger pistol model... the Max-9. I was tempted, but will wait another year before biting so Ruger can get the usual bugs worked out.Man I don’t know what your hard-on is for Ruger pistols but we may need to do an intervention. That old guy is pretty nice. We always shoot the shit when I’m in there.
April 22, 20214 yr So, it might be up to the individual managers about timing? Which store are you referring to?TXK
April 22, 20214 yr 2 minutes ago, markstanco said: 3 hours ago, Armybrat said: So, it might be up to the individual managers about timing? Which store are you referring to? TXK ?
April 22, 20214 yr 3 hours ago, Handcruser said: Man I don’t know what your hard-on is for Ruger pistols but we may need to do an intervention. That old guy is pretty nice. We always shoot the shit when I’m in there. I would much prefer a double/1.5 stack Kahr PM9 Covert, but Justin Moon is apparently concentrating on his recent acquisition of Magnum Research & Auto Ordnance. Ruger? What’s there not to like about this? Edited April 23, 20214 yr by Armybrat
April 23, 20214 yr I would much prefer a double/1.5 stack Kahr PM9 Covert, but Justin Moon is apparently concentrating on his recent acquisition of Magnum Research & Auto Ordnance. Ruger? What’s there not to like about this? The wood inlay on that is beautiful. Plus, snubs give me a hard on.
April 23, 20214 yr 14 hours ago, Handcruser said: Man I don’t know what your hard-on is for Ruger pistols but we may need to do an intervention. That old guy is pretty nice. We always shoot the shit when I’m in there. I've owned 2 Ruger pistols. A MarkV .22, which I loved, and a P89 (I think that was the model-been a long time) 9mm that was biggest piece of shit I've ever owned. /csb
April 23, 20214 yr I had a Ruger 9mm 20 years ago. My first semi auto. That piece of shit jammed up all the time. Got rid of it.
April 23, 20214 yr They’ve come a long way. The underrated SR series stack up equally with Glocks, at much lower prices (prepandemic)
April 23, 20214 yr Federal is not very discreet about shipping their ammo with the brand name & logo on the box.. plus Fedex just dropped it by the front door without ringing the bell. Edited April 23, 20214 yr by Armybrat
April 23, 20214 yr Hit my local Academy this morning right and 9am and walked in the door right behind the ammo waiting line. Walked to the gun desk area looking for reloading components and found quite a few boxes of steel cased Monarch 9mm,380 and 45 there along with a 200 rnd box of Win 5.56. Had a hundred or so boxes of 12 ga some 20 and the ubiquitous 28ga (limit 10 boxes on shotgun) . Gathered up the 200 count box and a few boxes of 12 ga and turned back to the register line. Still had enough boxes there on the mobile cart to grab a Blaser brass 9mm. Even had 10 or so boxes of 30-06 core-lokts left. Maybe supplies are starting to catch demand.
April 23, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, fattyflattie said: Lol. Damn pops blur out the label. There’s crazies on this board. Heh, I spotted that & deleted it before you posted. Dunno how to blur stuff out though.
April 23, 20214 yr Just now, Armybrat said: Heh, I spotted that & deleted it before you posted. Dunno how to blur stuff out though. @immamac can you remove my post #324? Or the pic anyhow please. @hayden_horn @blacklab
April 23, 20214 yr 37 minutes ago, fattyflattie said: @immamac can you remove my post #324? Or the pic anyhow please. @hayden_horn @blacklab Gotcha
May 12, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, Armybrat said: Front loading Cylinder? Seems like a great name for an all girl band.
May 12, 20214 yr In Academy last Friday after the ammo rush, I find a box of 9mm someone had set on a shelf in the fishing area. I take it over the cart where people are staring at the last few .22 boxes. I hold up the box and say, "anybody want some 9mm?". It was like holding up a tennis ball amongst a bunch of Labrador Retrievers.
May 13, 20214 yr Cannot believe I'm now regularly paying $15/box + shipping for 20 ga target ammo, yet here we are. That being said, at least it's out there and (occasionally) available.
May 13, 20214 yr 2 hours ago, crimsonlonghorn said: Cannot believe I'm now regularly paying $15/box + shipping for 20 ga target ammo, yet here we are. That being said, at least it's out there and (occasionally) available. I bought a flat of heavy dove a few weeks ago and it was like Christmas. Hey kids, we don’t have to worry about having ammo for dove season this year!!! Crazy market.
May 13, 20214 yr 21 minutes ago, fattyflattie said: I bought a flat of heavy dove a few weeks ago and it was like Christmas. Hey kids, we don’t have to worry about having ammo for dove season this year!!! Crazy market. I have bought several cases of dove loads for both 12 and 20 gauge the last few months. Academy has it pretty frequently. By the case or in those 100 round packs.
May 13, 20214 yr 27 minutes ago, Johnny Sack said: I have bought several cases of dove loads for both 12 and 20 gauge the last few months. Academy has it pretty frequently. By the case or in those 100 round packs. Yeah there were a few there. Just the feeling, hard to describe. I’ve never once in my life had an issue buying a flat of heavy dove. But 3 months ago...
May 13, 20214 yr Walked by the gun counter at Walmart yesterday and they happened to have a couple 200 count boxes and several 100 count boxes of .22 along with one box of .243. FIL actually needs some for shooting varmints that go after his chickens, so that was nice.
May 14, 20214 yr On 4/23/2021 at 7:54 AM, Armybrat said: They’ve come a long way. The underrated SR series stack up equally with Glocks, at much lower prices (prepandemic) Glad to hear they are considered good guns. My dad gave me this one a few months ago. Haven’t shot it because I can’t get ammo yet here in the Bay Area. Local gun store wouldn’t sell me .22 rounds because I haven’t registered a gun in the state for a few years. Looks like I need to make a trip to Reno. Edited May 14, 20214 yr by Lhorn
May 14, 20214 yr That’s a nice SR9c. Those compact carry versions are more desirable than the full size like mine. They are very scarce since being out of production for almost two years. You can still order additional magazines online, but it you are in the California Bay Area there are probably a bunch of restrictions. https://grabagun.com/ruger-magazine-sr9c-10rd-extended.html Edited May 14, 20214 yr by Armybrat
May 20, 20214 yr UPS showed up with my latest lottery winnings yesterday. 4 flats. Good thing I'm not a poor.
May 20, 20214 yr I found this at the Cedar Park Academy on a Tuesday afternoon several weeks ago. Was glad to get it, as I had none for the spare H&R Topper single barrel.
May 20, 20214 yr This was delivered yesterday from Federal @$26.99/box. It is for kids’ birthdays, so I don’t have to dip into my stash. Sky high, but not as bad as some places, and I am not going to stand in line.
May 20, 20214 yr On 5/14/2021 at 10:09 AM, Lhorn said: Glad to hear they are considered good guns. My dad gave me this one a few months ago. Haven’t shot it because I can’t get ammo yet here in the Bay Area. Local gun store wouldn’t sell me .22 rounds because I haven’t registered a gun in the state for a few years. Looks like I need to make a trip to Reno. You can buy ammo in CA, even if you haven't purchased a gun in the past 10 years. You pay an $18.00 background check fee, and have to wait a few days to pick up the ammo. Once you've done that, your in the "system" and can purchase ammo and carry it out immediately. Alternatively, you can "register" that ruger with the state, which also puts you in the system, and you can purchase any caliber ammo anytime you can find it.
May 20, 20214 yr 35 minutes ago, Gil Bang said: You can buy ammo in CA, even if you haven't purchased a gun in the past 10 years. You pay an $18.00 background check fee, and have to wait a few days to pick up the ammo. Once you've done that, your in the "system" and can purchase ammo and carry it out immediately. Alternatively, you can "register" that ruger with the state, which also puts you in the system, and you can purchase any caliber ammo anytime you can find it. But he better check that extended magazine to make sure it holds no more than 10 rounds. Don’t y’all have a 10 round capacity limit? The flush fit magazine that came with the SR9c was 10 rounds, but in most states that allowed it, the extended mag held 17. Am not sure what was allowed in California when those pistols were first introduced. Edited May 20, 20214 yr by Armybrat
May 20, 20214 yr 30 minutes ago, Armybrat said: But he better check that extended magazine to make sure it holds no more than 10 rounds. Don’t y’all have a 10 round capacity limit? The flush fit magazine that came with the SR9c was 10 rounds, but in most states that allowed it, the extended mag held 17. Am not sure what was allowed in California when those pistols were first introduced. Yes, 10 round max.
May 21, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, Gil Bang said: You can buy ammo in CA, even if you haven't purchased a gun in the past 10 years. You pay an $18.00 background check fee, and have to wait a few days to pick up the ammo. Once you've done that, your in the "system" and can purchase ammo and carry it out immediately. Alternatively, you can "register" that ruger with the state, which also puts you in the system, and you can purchase any caliber ammo anytime you can find it. Thanks. I didn’t realize that. The way I understood it is that you have to have registered a gun. It seemed like once you had registered a gun you could buy other types of ammo (.22, .38 etc even if the only registered gun was the 9mm). I’ll look into it further.
May 21, 20214 yr Was able to buy two boxes of .257 Weatherby Mag from Weatherby.com today. I hunt with it and my 270 WBY mag the most. So am glad.
May 21, 20214 yr If you are in Austin, GT distributors normally limits to 100rds of training ammo/month, but right now if you make a donation to the 100 club you can get 200 more rounds. So I got 6 boxes of aluminum case Blazer 9mm training rounds for $18/each plus a $20 donation I would have made anyway. Edited May 21, 20214 yr by Bozo_Casanova
May 21, 20214 yr Author NWATX Academy at 183 yesterday They’ve received probably 7 trillion rounds of that in the last 2-3 weeks. So good for us. Academy rocks. They haven’t increased prices like others have.
May 21, 20214 yr 15 hours ago, Lhorn said: Thanks. I didn’t realize that. The way I understood it is that you have to have registered a gun. It seemed like once you had registered a gun you could buy other types of ammo (.22, .38 etc even if the only registered gun was the 9mm). I’ll look into it further. More info: https://calwaterfowl.org/navigating-californias-new-ammunition-background-check-system#:~:text=For five out of six,the store with their ammo.
May 21, 20214 yr 15 hours ago, Lhorn said: Thanks. I didn’t realize that. The way I understood it is that you have to have registered a gun. It seemed like once you had registered a gun you could buy other types of ammo (.22, .38 etc even if the only registered gun was the 9mm). I’ll look into it further. More info: https://calwaterfowl.org/navigating-californias-new-ammunition-background-check-system#:~:text=For five out of six,the store with their ammo.
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