Idaho45guy
12-28-2020, 08:26 PM
I go to the local gun shop/hardware/clothing store once a week and do the quick 1-minute walk around the powder section, ammo section, bullet section, then glance where the primers used to be.
Been nothing there for a while now. Today, I got a text from my girlfriend saying a coworker had just been there and said they actually had ammo. What kind? No idea.
So I make the 15 mile drive into town and discover a bunch of other gun guys heading in as well. Uh oh. Make it to the back of the store where the ammo is and everyone is wandering around like zombies, with no ammo left.
But, there was ONE can of powder. It was some odd rifle powder I hadn't heard of. Left it. No primers, of course. Glanced at the bullet section and couldn't believe my eyes; there were actually multiple boxes of Hornady XTPs in .401. In both 180gr and 155gr.
I haven't seen those since March! So I got two boxes of the 180's and one box of the 155s and am very happy. I was getting really low on XTPs, and am still low with another 300, but feel much better.
274142
I noticed a Henry lever-action Big Boy X in .45 Colt on the rack for $799, which is a good price. I ask what their lay-a-way policy is, since I have a Marlin 1894 in .45 Colt that needs to go in order to finance the Henry.
They don't do lay-a-way anymore. Said the Covid thing made it obsolete. Really? People are falling over themselves to buy lever guns? Seems I saw the same lever guns on the shelf that I've been seeing for over 6 months.
Been nothing there for a while now. Today, I got a text from my girlfriend saying a coworker had just been there and said they actually had ammo. What kind? No idea.
So I make the 15 mile drive into town and discover a bunch of other gun guys heading in as well. Uh oh. Make it to the back of the store where the ammo is and everyone is wandering around like zombies, with no ammo left.
But, there was ONE can of powder. It was some odd rifle powder I hadn't heard of. Left it. No primers, of course. Glanced at the bullet section and couldn't believe my eyes; there were actually multiple boxes of Hornady XTPs in .401. In both 180gr and 155gr.
I haven't seen those since March! So I got two boxes of the 180's and one box of the 155s and am very happy. I was getting really low on XTPs, and am still low with another 300, but feel much better.
274142
I noticed a Henry lever-action Big Boy X in .45 Colt on the rack for $799, which is a good price. I ask what their lay-a-way policy is, since I have a Marlin 1894 in .45 Colt that needs to go in order to finance the Henry.
They don't do lay-a-way anymore. Said the Covid thing made it obsolete. Really? People are falling over themselves to buy lever guns? Seems I saw the same lever guns on the shelf that I've been seeing for over 6 months.