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NWPilgrim · August 5, 2009, 03:55 PM

In Oregon our local discount sporting/general store, Bi-Mart just started getting some ammo and components in enough volume this week that they stay on the shelf a few days.

We picked up some more .22LR (Remington golden bullet that a AA conversion unit likes), 400 SP Remington primers (most they allowed per purchase), and they had some bulk boxes of 9mm and .223. Still on the high side but not what it was a month ago. About $450/1000 on the .223 versus the $700/1000 ashort time ago. For months their shelves have been BARE. So this is small supply on the shelves is encouraging. Hopefully in a few months the supply becomes more regular and prices come down some more.

So it seems supply is slowly starting to catch up. Part of the demand is from a flood of new shooters trying to get started. I have personally helped half a dozen friends and family get guns and go shooting for the first time with my supplies in the last nine months. Currently reloading for yet another family shootfest next month.

August 5, 2009, 03:55 PM	#516
NWPilgrim Senior Member Join Date: September 29, 2008 Location: Oregon Posts: 2,346	In Oregon our local discount sporting/general store, Bi-Mart just started getting some ammo and components in enough volume this week that they stay on the shelf a few days. We picked up some more .22LR (Remington golden bullet that a AA conversion unit likes), 400 SP Remington primers (most they allowed per purchase), and they had some bulk boxes of 9mm and .223. Still on the high side but not what it was a month ago. About $450/1000 on the .223 versus the $700/1000 ashort time ago. For months their shelves have been BARE. So this is small supply on the shelves is encouraging. Hopefully in a few months the supply becomes more regular and prices come down some more. So it seems supply is slowly starting to catch up. Part of the demand is from a flood of new shooters trying to get started. I have personally helped half a dozen friends and family get guns and go shooting for the first time with my supplies in the last nine months. Currently reloading for yet another family shootfest next month. __________________ "The ultimate authority ... resides in the people alone. ... The advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation ... forms a barrier against the enterprises of ambition." - James Madison