A good percentage of the local gun stores use the same wholesalers throughout the country. The store I ran opens at 10 in the morning. This means the east coast retailers that open at 8 have a five hour head start picking over the day's available supplies.
I wake up early each morning whether I want to or not. I told the person currently running the store that I would check the wholesalers when I get up for the items mentioned in the title. I go online a couple of hours before the east coast retailers open up.
There is very little available. Most morning I can find nothing to purchase. There is a good supply of .223, 5.56, .308, and 7.62 Nato, 9MM, and 40S&W but little else. No hunting ammo, no powder, no primers or caps, and very few rifles to shoot the stuff in if it was available. There is a good supply of semiauto handguns, but few revolvers. AR's are plentiful.
A large company can buy direct from the manufacturers, but the minimum order is prohibitively expensive for the small retailer. You may find supplies at a box store because of this, but the small guy is being starved out.
The situation was terrible after November 2011, but that pales in comparison to today.
I wake up early each morning whether I want to or not. I told the person currently running the store that I would check the wholesalers when I get up for the items mentioned in the title. I go online a couple of hours before the east coast retailers open up.
There is very little available. Most morning I can find nothing to purchase. There is a good supply of .223, 5.56, .308, and 7.62 Nato, 9MM, and 40S&W but little else. No hunting ammo, no powder, no primers or caps, and very few rifles to shoot the stuff in if it was available. There is a good supply of semiauto handguns, but few revolvers. AR's are plentiful.
A large company can buy direct from the manufacturers, but the minimum order is prohibitively expensive for the small retailer. You may find supplies at a box store because of this, but the small guy is being starved out.
The situation was terrible after November 2011, but that pales in comparison to today.