I played the Academy early morning Game..

[LucasBU06]

Going out of town this weekend to the deer camp to do some work, so I figured I would stock up on some pistol ammo to do some plinking. After calling virtually every sporting goods store in the greater Houston area I came to the realization if I wanted ammo I would have to join the early morning club. I arrived at 7am outside Academy in Pasadena and I was #9 in line. By 7:30am there were another 10 in line behind me. Store didn't open until 8am. I have never seen it this bad. I walked away with a 250 mega pack of Remington 9mm FMJ, 100 rounds of Remington .45 FMJ, and a box of 30-06. It's sad it has come to this just to buy ammo.

[flechero]

Nice score! I wish I could find a bulk pack of 9mm or .45... playing that game for a single box (50) is maddening! I lucked out yesterday and they had some .45 come in- the guy behind me only needed 5.56 so I asked if he'd buy a box of .45 for me and he obliged. Hope I see him another day when they have his ammo so I can return the favor.

[RoyGBiv]

Cabela's (35 at 170) had a bunch of 30-06 on the shelf last weekend. Several brands.
Didn't look like they planned to run out any time soon.

9 and .45... Not so much.

Also.... Cabela's seems to stock in the morning before opening and again at around lunchtime.

[erick619]

I've been playing that game for about five weeks now. The Corpus Academy gets shipments in Monday thru Friday so the goods are available Tuesday through Saturday morning at 0800. I usually go straight to work from there - I get there around 0615 every morning. Sometimes I get lucky and am number 4 or 5 in line and other times there are already 10 people ahead of me. It's nice to score bulk packs of 9mm, 45ACP, .223/5.56, or 22lr, but it seems like I only get 50rd or 20rd .223/5.56. I have changed my attitude towards the whole idea of getting up early to buy ammo. I figure, I'm there to converse with like-minded people about the current state of the union, local news, or guns and if I happen to get ammo then it's a plus for me! It's all about the attitude!

I have, however, seen prices of ammo go up in the last 3 weeks. For example: 5.56 Federal XM193 was $8.49 3 weeks ago and two weeks ago it jumped to $8.99 and this week it's at $9.99/20rds. Tula 7.62x39 went from $4.99 to $5.99. 9mm 115g in both Remi UMC and Federal American Eagle went up $1.00/50rds. Even the 'non-regulated' shotgun ammo went up - Estate 12ga went up $1.50 from $4.99!

[lfinsr]

Cabela's (35 at 170) had a bunch of 30-06 on the shelf last weekend. Several brands.
Didn't look like they planned to run out any time soon.

9 and .45... Not so much.

Also.... Cabela's seems to stock in the morning before opening and again at around lunchtime.

I was in the same Cabela,s last Friday. There was a guy with a shopping cart restocking ammo and the customers were pulling off as quickly as he could stock it. I'm sure glad I started hoarding it about 5 years ago.

Larry