According to several older articles I’ve read, ammo stocks were supposed to return to semi-normal by summer 2021. Well here we are and, although you can find much of the ammo we use, the quantities we are allowed to buy in the store, make our trips to the range short and unproductive. I recently went to zero in a red dot that I installed on a rifle. It took me about 25 rounds to get it where I wanted it. My local gun store will only sell you 40 rounds a pop. I felt like I couldn’t even really get any good practice in.
So I started doing some research. What I found was the reasons we got into this shortage in the first place have not resolved as predicted. We may be headed into another lockdown, people are STILL purchasing their first guns in record numbers and production has yet to return to pre-Covid levels. Additionally, people who have ammo, continue to buy as much as they can when they find it. Prices reflect all of this. How many of you remember when a brick of .22 was $5.00 (that was one cent per round). The cheapest I’m finding it now is around twenty cents per round. It makes teaching my youngest to shoot not as much fun as it should be.
I started looking at alternate ways to get ammo and have resorted to some online purchases. Now I know what you are thinking, but I’m kinda willing to take that risk right now. I searched as many online sources (that actually have ammo in stock) and found one in particular that has worked well for me personally. If you are okay with buying ammunition online, you may want to check out ammunitionstore.com. I’ve found their prices better than other online outlets. Shipping isn’t the fastest, I’ve gotten what I’ve ordered.
Has anyone had any particularly good luck with an online vendor?
