My wife called last night, she was out looking for ammo. Today is Sky's birthday and we had gotten him an FN 5.7. The shop I bought it from had no ammo for it. I found a box down here in Florida two weeks ago at a gun show. But only one box. Last night she stopped at Sportsman's Warehouse. The assiciate told her they had been having a problem with people stealing the 5.7 ammo, so it was located at Customer Service. She went up there and they had a limit on, two boxes per customer. She bought two boxes, $29.95 per box of 50. My buddy Norm and his wife were along with her, so Norm stepped up and bought two boxes also. When they got outside he handed them to the wife and said their gift to Sky for his birthday. While they were in the store they also looked for .17 Hornet for me. None on the shelves, in fact the shelves were almost bare of ammo. She said guns were flying off the shelves, and there was a line going almost to the front door of people waiting for service at the gun counter. There was seven people working the gun counter, and the rifle racks were getting bare.
She went to Wal-Mart. They were almost out of ammo as well, no .22RF or .223. Just the odd ball stuff that few people have guns for. The clerk told her they just could not get enough in to satisfy the demand. Guns were being sold at Wal-Mart as well, when she got there.
Her next stop was Fred Myers, Their ammo shelves were bare, and most guns were gone. Her last stop was Frontier Outfitters, they were out of almost all ammo. All Semi-auto rifles were gone. And they were selling all makes of .45ACPs. All their 1911s were gone. On a whim she bought four boxes of .45ACP, and 4 boxes of .17 HMR, and the last three boxes of .357s. The .357s were for herself, as were the .17HMRs. Seems since I left she is having problems with Coyotes and Lynx on her morning and evening walks. When she sits down on the front porch swing in the evening she says Coyotes come out right at sundown. She has shot one with the .17 HMR.
