Hitting the Ammo Jackpot!

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Okay, every shooter has felt the pinch over the past year: either no ammo available or absurd prices. Or both.
Looking to stock up for a shoot, a buddy of mine recently drove to his favorite gun store to buy a few boxes of .40. Upon getting there, he was refused purchase: "Sorry, we have so little that we can only sell it to you if you're picking up a new gun." Frak!
It so happens that my friend works as an designer for the company that formerly published Guns & Ammo magazine, which was purchased by another company and is now in the middle of moving out of state.
A couple days ago, he runs into a couple of the G&A guys, who are packing up their office, and they get to chatting about guns, of course. One asks my friend what he shoots most. A Beretta .40, he replies. The G&A guy smiles and says, "Come back later and we'll have something waiting for you."
When my buddy stops back a few hours later, he's led over to a handtruck and three large carboard boxes. Inside? A nice little parting gift.
He sorted it all out when he got home:



Looks like his Beretta will be pretty well fed into the foreseeable future.
Is he a lucky SOB? Yes.
Am I jealous? Yes, and I don't even own a .40!
What does this have to do with anything? Nothin' — I just thought it was a cool story.

[Noobert]

damn i hope he gets a double-charge in one of those ammo...jk, but damn, that is certainly the jackpot.

[HotRails]

Okay, every shooter has felt the pinch over the past year: either no ammo available or absurd prices. Or both.
Looking to stock up for a shoot, a buddy of mine recently drove to his favorite gun store to buy a few boxes of .40. Upon getting there, he was refused purchase: "Sorry, we have so little that we can only sell it to you if you're picking up a new gun." Frak!
It so happens that my friend works as an designer for the company that formerly published Guns & Ammo magazine, which was purchased by another company and is now in the middle of moving out of state.
A couple days ago, he runs into a couple of the G&A guys, who are packing up their office, and they get to chatting about guns, of course. One asks my friend what he shoots most. A Beretta .40, he replies. The G&A guy smiles and says, "Come back later and we'll have something waiting for you."
When my buddy stops back a few hours later, he's led over to a handtruck and three large carboard boxes. Inside? A nice little parting gift.
He sorted it all out when he got home:



Looks like his Beretta will be pretty well fed into the foreseeable future.
Is he a lucky SOB? Yes.
Am I jealous? Yes, and I don't even own a .40!
What does this have to do with anything?

That story woulda been alot cooler if it happened to me and the ammo was .45 ACP.

[A324]

Nice! He should share part of his wealth so that luck will continue to follow him.

[Stanze]

Great story!

A few years ago a co-worker moving to GA didn't want to violate his mover's policy on moving ammo so he gave me 1000 rounds of sealed factory (South Korean stuff) .223 and 10 bricks of Remington .22LR.

I didn't own a .223 or a .22LR at the time so I gave it to my friend who I owed some money too. After that, we were squaw.

[Blue]

I got close to 3k rounds of Indian 308 once for free once the market decided it was all crap. My 1919 hasn't complained a whole lot about it.

[aermotor]

HOLY BLEEP

[West coast]

Okay, every shooter has felt the pinch over the past year: either no ammo available or absurd prices. Or both.
Looking to stock up for a shoot, a buddy of mine recently drove to his favorite gun store to buy a few boxes of .40. Upon getting there, he was refused purchase: "Sorry, we have so little that we can only sell it to you if you're picking up a new gun." Frak!
It so happens that my friend works as an designer for the company that formerly published Guns & Ammo magazine, which was purchased by another company and is now in the middle of moving out of state.
A couple days ago, he runs into a couple of the G&A guys, who are packing up their office, and they get to chatting about guns, of course. One asks my friend what he shoots most. A Beretta .40, he replies. The G&A guy smiles and says, "Come back later and we'll have something waiting for you."
When my buddy stops back a few hours later, he's led over to a handtruck and three large carboard boxes. Inside? A nice little parting gift.
He sorted it all out when he got home:



Looks like his Beretta will be pretty well fed into the foreseeable future.
Is he a lucky SOB? Yes.
Am I jealous? Yes, and I don't even own a .40!
What does this have to do with anything?

I hate you..LOL

[Bizcuits]

I'd be happy with just the row of Blazer boxes and I don't even own a .40!

[WokMaster1]

This is so wrong on all levels. First off, this ammo was sent FREE as a promotion for G & A staff so they can write a review about it. It's not meant as a gift that staffers can simply just give away to friends as they see fit.














The G & A staffers should have made arrangements & invited CGers to meet at a local range to do a review of the ammo.

[MiguelS]

hahahah, you said "Frak!"

Where does your friend live?

[Sam]

Holy moly, that's a good haul.

[ajaffe]

Pretty lucky. He should push it further and buy a lotto ticket.

[old-trapper]

what no black talons...what cheapo's....LOL

[Q]

Cool story.