Not sure how far you are from MA but 17HMR has been pretty easy to find around here. Although I haven't been anywhere looking in a couple weeks.

 

I understand what the OP is going through. I bought a Winchester 1885 in 17 HMR. I was able to find one box of 17 HMR, hope to find more before Sage Rat season! I do have other rifles to shoot so I won't miss out on Sage Rat funerals!
FM

 

Yesterday I bought 4 boxes of 17 HMR (Hornady) from Sportsman's Warehouse in Lexington, KY. They had probably 100 boxes on the shelf.

They received a huge shipment of rifle and pistol primers as well.

 

Here we go again.........

 

I bought a Marlin 1894 (.44 mag) yesterday off the shelf at a big box sporting goods store.

As I was filling out the paperwork I was asked if I needed ammo. I told them yes. They came from the back with two boxes of 50, .44 mag.

 

The price inhales MinMan but they show stock https://www.jgsales.com/-p-5238.html

Have fun with the rifle, .17 HMR is a really fun and amazingly accurate caliber!

Frank

 

Thank you for the try Frank,but I just checked and their out of stock. Sal

 

The last two gun shows I have noticed no one selling that round. All other all over place venders selling ammo at high prices.

I can say one thing I was glad back in April & May I hot all the Walmarts that were selling ammo, and bought has such has they had knowing we will have shortage, from all from 6 stores. Last count 5,600 rounds.
Now no Walmart here sells ammo.

 

I found some CCI at a local gun shop. He wants 17.00 a box. What a ripoff.

 

That's what it jumped to everywhere up here. Had been 10.99-14.99 now its 16.49 to 17.99. Welcome to inflation.

Mach 2 jumped to 10$ and wmr to 14. Even big box stores are charging lgs scalper prices. Yesterday I found 12$ 9mm next to the 16.49 17hmr.... go figure

 

With 9 mm going for .65 a round, and 223/556 for .90 a round .34 a round is still better than a stick in the eye. Its like gas, the car dont go if you dont give them your dough

 

Mach 2 is pretty easy to find, and I satisfied my .22lr need with a large purchase of Ely Edge (black).

I have about 600-800 rounds of 17hmr. The rifle I'll use with this ammo isn't in my hands yet. It will be a single shot so I suppose my supply will last some time.

 

Mach 2 is pretty easy to find, and I satisfied my .22lr need with a large purchase of Ely Edge (black).

I have about 600-800 rounds of 17hmr. The rifle I'll use with this ammo isn't in my hands yet. It will be a single shot so I suppose my supply will last some time.

Yes, it will take a long time to shoot that much ammunition in a "mere" single shot rifle .

TBR

 

Some local shops near me have raised the price to around 20 bucks a box. I found some other places are still reg price. 17 seems to be available more than reg 22 also.

 

I've been picking up a couple of boxes of 17 Mach 2, HMR and Super Mag at my local Murdocks. Their prices haven't gone up but you're limited to 2 boxes per caliber. And people are snagging what they can as stock is limited.

 

I found 2 boxes of CCI at a local gun shop. He only had 3 boxes left and like you, a 2 box limit.

 

You can buy CCI 20 gr full metal jacket direct from CCI for $17 a box. Free shipping if you buy 6 boxes.


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You can buy CCI 20 gr full metal jacket direct from CCI for $17 a box. Free shipping if you buy 6 boxes.

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Thank you for the reply. Could you provide their web address.. CCI.com does not work..

 

https://www.cci-ammunition.com/rimfire/cci/ but zero availability.

 

https://www.cci-ammunition.com/rimfire/cci/full_metal_jacket/6-55.html
Still available....

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I went to jump on those - and they don't ship to California!

 

I saw this https://ammoseek.com/go.to/126074307813/a

Dont know who makes Norma, prolly cci.

 

CCI ammo

Thank You:bthumb: much!

 

Man, I have to laugh at us sometimes. We perpetuate this shortage.

 

I shot 25 rounds of 17 hmr last week. This time last year I was averaging 4 boxes a week... have only bought 2x bricks since march of last year, that's a tenth of my 2019 17 hmr buying.....

Unless life returns to normal quickly, the ammo companies are the issue. Nobody is going on a vacation, large segments of the usa cannot eat out or go to Disney or a cruise. It's been a renaissance in biking skiing and the shooting sports. It's hard to get any outdoor equipment right now, but unlike the other spaces ammo is limited to domestic production that cannot expand to meet demand. Guessing that the only new normal is going to be the nation's appetite for ammo. None of the new shooters I trained had any ammo on hand, several have recently bought 17s as it was on the shelf. Until manufacturing increases production the shortage will persist, regardless of if we help someone find some or not.

 

Is ammo limited to foreign production?

 

No, only in the sense that not many foreign companies are making 17HMR ammo and exporting it to the USA.

 

its the only round i can find (local shops recently in Ohio/FL) and i dont even have a 17

 

Those of use old enough to remember all the other shortages and how the cycle will continue. Toilet paper is a good example, everyone's TP needs stayed the same, but buy panic buying and hording took place causing a shortage. The market will hit a saturation point and the price will drop again. Some other stuff happened to make this shortage a bad one, but this cycle will finish and a another one will start. Now is not the time to buy.

 

I picked up two boxes (limit) today for $13.99. At local Rural King.

 

17HMR Ammo

I ordered 4 boxes from here:
https://ammoshoponline.com/product-category/caliber/rimfire/17/

It came out to 101.00 including shipping and handling and tax.

 

The local Academy Sports had some for $12.99 today.