Ammo, has dried up, and when you find it, the price is sky high, price was up $5 to $22 for 100 rd whitebox winchester in wally world in July 08. Now its around $28 if you can find it. Unreal.

I've started buying it online. Natchezss.com, Midwayusa.com, cheaperthandirt.com. It is unlikely you will see stocked shelves like you're used to, or prices, in the near future. If you are buying more than a couple boxes the shipping charge doesn't kill you.

at one point it was so bad that the mere thought of asking the guy behind the counter if he had some pistol ammo would get you laughed at. my local sportmans warehouse has only recieved 2 pallets of merchandise for the entire store and that was a week and a half ago so ammo is definatly not the only thing affected.
the only guns they have left are 20 gauges and 22.s

Re-loading supplies are also out of stock. A friend over the weekend could not find anything except some bulk ammo for his .45. No primers, nothing for .223, etc. It's all about the new administration.

I actually saw someone trying to sell a 100rd boc of .380 Winchester white box for $70 on gunbroker. These people are smoking crack. Sure there is a shortage but there are also dealers out there that are acting in a manner that only exacerbates what we worry may happen in Washington. Some people are down right paranoid. I have a a feeling there is a black rifle/high cap bubble in the gun market. Spending on ammo and guns can only keep up at its current pace for awhile. I mean hell after the grand a piece black rifle and ammo its only time before gun owners are forced to slow down if not by running out of their expendable income then by angry spouses. I only have a set amount extra a month that can be spent on fun be that guns/hunting/fishing. If I had busted out the plastic as some of my friends did in Novemeber to make a large gun purchases I would only have enough now to pay it back. I imagine the same goes for others.I think by mid summer things will start to appear on shelves again.
As for those who think the war doesn't affect price of ammo you are sorely mistaken. Its the commodities needed for manufacture. Military contracts eat up more brass, copper, and lead commodities during war times than peace. This affect all who also buy these products. Also primer and powders we use are also used by the military CCI and hodgen have huge contracts with the governement. The prices should be coming down somewhat as the stock market is tanked but demand is not allowing this to happen. Also, if we can ever get out of middle east you will see alot of things back on the shelves. You will finally be able to feed your black rifle again without blowing a months pay.

Some of the stores are feeding into this panic.I'll be glad when things com down,there should be some good deals at garage sales from people who bought more ammo then they would shoot in a life time.

Sort of scary isn't it? Right after the election I was in Wally World and there wasn't a single .270 win cartridge on the shelf, or much any other ammo either. So I decided to load some. There wasn't a single primer on the shelf. I bought the last two boxes of Hornady 130 grain bullets. All the stores were out. Finally supply is starting to catch up with demand. I don't think that was the change the folks had in mind.