Thread: Ammunition shortage

I found a random 3 boxes of cci 22mag locally the other day and snapped that up immediately and in speaking to the shop guy about ammo availability he told me as far as he has heard it may possibly be YEARS before the next import of CCI or Federal ammo into the country .
I for one am buying any I can get my hands on in my chosen calibres that the rifle likes . I recently picked up 200 odd rounds of 308 from Belmont ammunition which added to my other stash hopefully should be a lifetimes worth of hunting ammo for that rifle if I avoid the range ....
It doesn't sound like things are going to improve anytime soon if he is to be believed .

I think the calibres that the 'yanks are big on' are going to be the hardest to find as the yanks are buying it all and leaving none for export .
Apparently there are more and more places in the states where even 22lr they are limiting to 1 box per customer due to stock shortages - 22lr for crying out loud .

Not to mention with prices going up like they are probably best for people to get as much as they can now anyway before it's unaffordable .
For example I priced a box of 338 federal I use - last box I bought $120 , latest price (if I can find any) $180 ... %50 increase in a year !!!