Thread: Increase in Gun Sales

I like your security system Bud. Nice looking Ruger that is. I feed mostly .38's thru my old .357.
The young uns like the.38's too - easier for them to control and hit what they're aiming at.

I'm partial to pumps and side by sides.
Hard to beat the sound of a pump in the dark,
or visual "oh s**t" effect of staring down the wrong end of a double in daylight.

I ran across this recently - kinda funny.




Spring gobbler season is close by. Time to break out the 835 Ultimag and the calls.
Nice pump but dang it kicks like a mule with those 3-1/2" loads.
Turkeys and BGs beware.


T'horse

Originally Posted by budnipper1

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Found my Ruger 357 magnum, finally! Awesome but "deafening" power. At least the ammo for it is easier to find than for my 380 auto. I think I bought the last box available in my area last week.

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Nice, mines a Rossi, 6" barrel. Had to buy .38 special ammo last week. No .357 on the shelf, 3 guns stores.

Originally Posted by justbizness45

Nice, mines a Rossi, 6" barrel. Had to buy .38 special ammo last week. No .357 on the shelf, 3 guns stores.

That 6" barrel is difficult to stuff down your pants, ain't it?
Hurry up and post something else...this last one was number "666"!

Just a thought/recommendation: If you have not noticed, it is almost impossible to buy ammo! For example, go to Walmart and see if you can find 9mm, 380, or 45cal ammo. chances are going to be the shelves are empty. I did managed to find a limited (4 boxes per customer) at Academy..........I am telling you it is very difficult to acquire ammo here in Houston.

BTW, you can buy weapons easily, but if you can't get the ammo.....! There is absolutely a sceme in action.
Maybe investments into ammunition companies, eh?

I am curious, anyone else seeing what we are see here??

Yes, it's nation wide and spotty in certian areas. The Obama scare hasn't died down. Ammo on Walmart shelfs is spotty at best. Pistol ammo is particulaly hard to come by, especially .380 which is made in smaller batches. I expect next year won't be as bad.

The Second Amendment, as currently written, guarantees us access to weapons unless we are a felon.

Ammo on the other hand................

Originally Posted by Elgallo

The Second Amendment, as currently written, guarantees us access to weapons unless we are a felon.

Ammo on the other hand................

Ammo is part of the second amendment as well, since one cannot take up arms against a foe without the means with which to put the arms into action.

For those of us that load our own ammunition primers and powder have all but dried up also. Primers were around $30 a thousand but have been selling on GunBroker.com for $80+.

Ammo is still scarcer than hens-teeth in my part of the world, but at least some of the local law makers are attempting to make gun laws less restrictive for law abiding gun owners.

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Tennessee Senate approves guns in restaurants bill

NASHVILLE – The state Senate today approved the bill that would allow people with handgun-carry permits to take their guns into restaurants that serve alcoholic beverages as long as they are not drinking themselves.
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2009/apr/16/tennessee-senate-approves-guns-restaurants-bill/

Originally Posted by budnipper1

Tennessee Senate approves guns in restaurants bill

NASHVILLE – The state Senate today approved the bill that would allow people with handgun-carry permits to take their guns into restaurants that serve alcoholic beverages as long as they are not drinking themselves.
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2009/apr/16/tennessee-senate-approves-guns-restaurants-bill/

Hey Budnipper,

We haven't got that approval yet here in Ohio, but we're working on it. Since ammo is so scarce, I'm stopping off at Cabelas, on the way home, to see if I can load up on some, especially 9mm, which I'm a little low on.

Sidenote: 26 people in my class and all are against the way the country is going and this is a diverse crowd from all over the country. Interesting conversations during breaks and lunch. You would think with this diverse of a crowd, you'd have at least one lib/socialist, but all very conservative in beliefs and principles. All think we're headng down the Socialist road. Must be the clear air and state motto.

Have a good one.

CB
Reporting from GIS Training, North of the Mason Dixon line, but from the Live Free or Die State, kinda apropro.