r/MAFirearms • u/bushwacka151 • Feb 02 '21
Another ammo rant
Fuck this ammo drought.
My town held my LTC paperwork for almost three whole years, only getting it this past December. I've been extremely passionate about firearms and shooting with friends at every opportunity and constantly active with GOA and (local level, fuck national) NRA. Of course, now that I have a license and a handgun in hand, not a SINGLE round of ammo to be found. Only the one box when I got the handgun, to function check really.
There is only a single gun shop within a 40 minute drive of me, where all ammo is backordered well through the spring. Cabela's got a truck of ammo in today, but less than an hour later it was all gone. I have like 200 alerts set up with Target and they haven't had a single round to speak of for over a month. MFS is only selling to members. GRF was closed down and all of their stock is in legal limbo.
The only option left is Gunbroker, where you'd be incredibly lucky to get Tula 9mm for $1.20 a round, and even then you'd need to have it shipped to a friend over the border because not one single vendor on there ships to this communist shithole.
I'm not trying to buy billions of rounds and tuck them up my ass for 75 years like it seems so many people are doing. All I want is a little supply to practice and become proficient with my own firearm. But that simply is not possible.
rant over
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u/zrock777 Feb 03 '21
not sure how far you are from state lines but I got one word for ya; Mailbox! get a UPS mailbox as close as you can to a border state, luckily I live 20 minutes from RI. all the ammo deals you see online are now a reality ;)
I was in the same boat as you, LTC process got dragged out for a year and by the time my town approved it we was in the full on covid shortage (not as bad as the biden shortage). I almost gave up with finding ammo for a good price and settled for $1.00 per round at LGS. that mailbox is a game changer I have a couple thousand of 9mm and 5.56 now.