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The gun shows are crazy. I went with my dad once and after that I refused to ever go back. Honestly I am not one for restrictions on gun rights but the ammo shortage in large part is caused by these guys. Go to a gun range and ask if all the ammo is being shot and the answer is no. A lot of the ranges have cooled down and while more people then five years ago are going to the range it is not like it was a year ago. There is nothing wrong with buying several hundred rounds so you can go to the range whenever you want and not worry if you will have rounds left over but the gun show guys are buying thousands and thousands of rounds and increasing the cost by 50%+. Personally I think the ammo market will become over produced at some point with these guys buying it all up. I even talked to a major ammunation manufacturer who said the number of ammunation dealers who buy from them has increased by 4X in the last two years and they said in five years there is going to be a lot of handgun ammo on pawn shops shelves and that they are enjoying the amazing sales while it lasts. Sorry for stealing the thread but I feel this is the main reason many can not find ammo.

40 bucks for Independence ammo!! What a rip off. In fact I remember when I had to qualify for my last chl class and the stuff jammed every other round in my bersa .380. The instructor said we had to use a well established brand for shooting. I brought black hills but he said I should use the federals. After the 4th jam I told him I had Black Hills ammo and he told me to try it. I didn't have any ftf after that. IMO black hills is the best quality ammo for the price. Certain guns don't like certain brands of ammo and Black hills has always feed well through my firearms. Also I have had little problems with Magtech but blazer and especially Fiocchi I have have bad batches(boxes) that only 50% fired. Of course most local places don't carry black hills and you have to order it online. Try the black hills when ever the online companies have some in stock. It is well worth it.