Ammo Shortage...

[tracker]

I would really be interested in a simple comparison at 10-15 ft.
fired from an R9 to see if there is any key holing. The wet-pack
test is fired from very close range into wet soaked newspapers
that have expanded to about 14" in depth.

The graphic from flyandscuba doesn't make sense to me but maybe
I don't fully understand it. The main thing I take from it is that the
147 gr. penetrates deeper than 115 gr. and 124 gr.. Also, there is
no key holing with the 115 gr..

Although the comparison did not include the Golden Saber, neither
did it include Critical Defense, which may penetrate deeper than any
of them. No doubt, 147 gr. is better than in the past.

Bottom line: none of us is likely to change as long as what we use
continues to function properly and well.

[DanR9SF]

Just returned from a gun show in Virginia and the crowds were smaller than in the recent (6 months) past.  Only a 5 minute wait in line to enter.  Plenty of ammo and a good selection of firearms.  I picked up 6 boxes of 9mm Gold Dot 115 grain - $25/50.   Several tables were selling 9mm Gold Dot in 115g and 124g.  A lot of 147g Hydra Shock too.

Overall it appears the (Gun Show) Obama Effect is wearing off and things like ammo and guns are returning to normal, at least in Virginia, today.

[theirishguard]

Dan, good news, we can only hope.  Tom

[kjtrains]

Definitely, good news.  Hope it spreads to NC and Ga.

[ACP]

Good news, Dan, and thank you for posting. There are not many gunshows in northern New England, where I live, and the "obama effect" was very much in play the last gunshow I attended; Concord, New Hampshire in March.

Line was 1 hour long at show's opening. When I left, the line had grown to an hour and a half. The dilemma, for me, is this: I like the fact that gun sales are off the charts as it is a metric to gauge opposition to the leader of the free world. The downside, (inavailability of ammo), gives closure to the dilemma.