Anyone else had a heck of a time finding local 9mm?

[SpaldingPM]

It's not really a problem as I always just order bulk online, but whenever I'm out and about, I always stop by WM to check if I can pick up a box or two of my various Cal's. I haven't seen 9mm in aboutt forever! .45 .40, as well as rimmed wheel gun cal's are abundant. Anyone else notice this?

 

[hooky]

Not sure where "local" is to you. I saw a bunch of it yesterday around the north side of Indy. I stopped at Gander looking for some rain gear to try on before buying it online cheaper and they had 9.

 

[wsenefeld]

Here in Lebanon they always have 9mm at Walmart. Usually 3+ brands to choose from too.

 

[U.S. Patriot]

Had to pick some up for a match on Friday. No time to reload. Chinamart here only had one brand a of FMJ on the shelf.

 

[goldtrigger]

Martinsville walmart usually has it in stock. They probably had 20 boxes of Perfecta when I was in last week. Not sure what they might have now. Martinsville Rural King had some as well.

 

[Bookmark]

Haven't looked at WM, but the local Rural King has had 3-4 brands for about 5 months now, slimmer pickin's before that.

 

[ART338WM]

I've been in my local Cabelas (Hammond), Bass Pro (Portage) and Gander Mtn. (Hobart) combined over a dozen times in the six weeks or so and each time you could have bought all the 9mm you wanted, as a matter of fact save for .22lr you could have bought as much of common caliber ammo, 9mm, 40 S&W, 45ACP, 357/38 .223/556, 7.62x51/308, 30/06, 7.62x39 and just about any other HP rifle ammo you can name. Just for every ones benefit Cabelas had the best prices of the 3 I listed.

Cabelas IIRC had standard 50 count boxes of cheaper priced 9mm made by PMC, Herters, Fiocci, and 1 or 2 others I cant recall right now pluss the higher dollar stuff by the big name ammo companies.

My advice is buy as much as you can for as long as you can unless like me you reload. Then buy as much as you can as long as you can of primers, powder and bullets.

 

[wtburnette]

Walmart on US31 has varying stock of 9mm. Some days I go there and they have dozens of boxes of 9mm and other times it's completely bare and stays that way for a couple of weeks. It's very hit or miss. Really glad you can usually find a good online deal for less, or it would be hard to shoot as often as I'd like.

 

[Broom_jm]

For the last 6 months or more, it's been easier to find factory 9mm than powder to reload for it.

 

[billt]

In the last 3 or 4 months, 9 MM is everywhere out here. All at good prices with no limits. .22 LR is coming back in good abundance and prices as well.

 

[Hawkwind2112]

9mm ammo has again become quite common to find here in Southern Indiana. Gander Mtn has a ton of it and it can also be found in stock at most Walmart stores.

 

[SpaldingPM]

Well hell! I live in beech grove (southside indy) and its literally always cleaned out at this WM. There are a ton of gunowners here in BG though, so that could explain. I usually never buy from gander. I try not to support their high prices.
Only time I ever go in there is to coonfinger their "mall of guns."

 

[proshot04]

The Walmart on 86th street had a few boxes of 9mm 40 and .357 no 22lr though. I got 3 boxes of perfecta 9mm.

 

[BiscuitNaBasket]

I haven't seen any 9mm at any big box stores, other than GM, since January 2012. I frequent Walmart and Meijer every two weeks and I check sporting goods if I have time. Ordering online or getting cartridges from a dedicated sporting goods store seem to be the only reliable way to get some... unless you reload.

I wonder how many reloaders have been born since this ammo shortage started.

 

[MTN]

No problem finding it up north.

 

[Ericpwp]

Yeah, this weekend Cabela's had PCM battle pack, Federal ammo cans, and all the other 9mm. They even had .22 winchester, but they were the 222 packs.

 

[ModernGunner]

No.

 

[Hawkwind2112]

You can use one of the websites that track Walmart ammo inventory to check when a particular ammo is available in your area. BrassBadger.com works well for me. You will need to set it to your zip code and then checkmark the Walmart stores that you want it to display. Then if you are looking for 9mm click on 9mm Luger. The results for the stores you have checkmarked will then be displayed. You might need to find out when your local stores set their new ammo out on the shelf in order to maximize your chance of getting any, especially if you are looking for .22 ammo as most of the time it sells out here right out of the shipping box before it ever gets put on the shelf.

 

[rjthebassman]

Martinsville walmart usually has it in stock. They probably had 20 boxes of Perfecta when I was in last week. Not sure what they might have now. Martinsville Rural King had some as well.

Not sure what other WM there is in martintucky but I've had a heck of a time finding anything other than a box or two or federals overly priced self defense ammo (blue box) not much of anything else. All I want is a box of PDX1! but they sure have a stock of .40 and .45..

 

[Madjack181]

if you live up North, the Rochester Walmart and Big R always seem to have 9 mm. In fact Big R actually had .22s today.