Bear Ammo shortage?

[Grand58742]

Seems like the Silver/Golden Bear .223 ammo available online is drying up for the moment. A lot of the .223 bulk purchase ammo is not available right now and my usual sources aren't getting it back in stock. No matter which manufacturer it looks like everyone is a little short for the moment.

For that matter, looks like the major rifle calibers (.223, 7.62x39, .308) are all a little short right now. Maybe it's just the websites I'm going to?

Anyone know why or when new stocks are coming in?

[Matt In Oklahoma]

http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/ItemListing.aspx?pagesize=1000&catid=110

they have it, dont remember what grain you liked

[ebb]

When i read the title i thought to myself If this guy is haveing trouble with the bears he can barrow my 338 win mag and i can load up a bunch of ammo tonight. Guess i was getting all excited over nothing.

[antishot]

I was at a gun show last weekend and the guy who I get my ammo from said that last month that there some cargo vessels that were held up in customs and he had no idea when they were going to be released.

[Lowdown3]

Little X39 out there right now from the looks of it also.

Bueller.......... Bueller.......... Bueller......

[qrprat77]

Ammoman seems to have some. They advertised that they have some new Ulyadada type ammo (mil-spec, whatever that means) that seems to work pretty good. I've shot the Ulyadada before, but not a lot. I think it's one of those normally marketed under another name types.

[Klayton]

I use cheaperthandirt, ammonman, and able ammo (all online) and they all seem to have some... **shrug**

[Grand58742]

I use CTD, palmetto, AIM, ammotogo and sgammo...all of which are running fairly low on the bulk pack of .223 (500-1000 rounds) from just about every manufacturer. They have some of the single boxes, but in the past month, supplies are starting to dry up especially in the 62 grain class. Some folks still have Tula and there is still plenty of the higher quality stuff out there, but the cheap plinking ammo seems to be all on back order or sold out. Some 55 grain still out there, but it's going fast as well.

[qrprat77]

I got this email from ammoman today:

AMMOMAN UPDATES

NEW PRODUCT JUST ARRIVED.

We just received a very large load of WOLF ammo.

We have managed to keep the price down somewhat with a very large purchase, but prices are going up this year.

We also decided to start stocking the ammo in sealed sardine cans. Costs a bit more for packaging but great for long term storage.

We have 5 choices in the Wolf 223 ammo.
FastLink:

http://www.ammoman.com/c/8/223-556

2 choices in the Wolf 9mm ammo.
FastLink:

http://www.ammoman.com/c/16/9mm-luger

and we have 3 choices in the Wolf 7.62x39 ammo.
FastLink:

http://www.ammoman.com/c/11/762-x-39

We are also buying all the Federal ammo we can get our hands on. Demand is WAY up. Our sales have doubled since December.

On sale at this time we have the Federal 45 ammo in 230 grain

http://www.ammoman.com/c/20/45-automatic

and the Federal 9mm ammo in the 147 grain.

http://www.ammoman.com/c/16/9mm-luger

ALL AMMO IS SHIPPED FREE TO YOUR DOOR.

You also get 2 reward points for every $100 dollars you spend with us. NO limit to the amount of points you can earn or redeem.

Thanks Very Much!
http://www.ammoman.com

[gunfreak]

ammo shortages are for people who don't make there own.

[Matt In Oklahoma]

ammo shortages are for people who don't make there own.

LOL they ran out of components not to long ago too

[Grand58742]

ammo shortages are for people who don't make there own.

And there are some that can't roll their own that have to depend on a supply of the cheaper plinking ammo. I.E. when I lived in Colorado, I couldn't store any appreciable amounts of reloading components since I rented and it was in the contract that I couldn't have large amounts of explosive powders. But there was no limit on how many loaded rounds I could have. Hence, cheap ammo became my mainstay.

So there are times when one does need to buy it cheap and stack it deep, however, are unable to reload due to other considerations.

[golfroot]

AIM has 62gr Wolf for a good price. Just checked. They're out of 55gr, though.

[tech]

AIM is out of the 62gr as well. Only show Aguila 55gr and Prvi Partisan PPU 55gr in stock.

[RunAndGun]

I live in McKinney Texas that has a Cheaper Than Dirt retail store. I am not trying to make a buck here just help out. Let me know if you need me to pick anything up for you and send it or hold it until you make it down to the Dallas area.

Also, my Dad is a BVAC dealer. Reasonably priced and great ammo with re loadable components. Decent stock on hand.