380 ACP- Help!

[farmerjoe]

Seems that the ammo shortage has hit 380 ACP pretty hard. I can find 9mm, 40 S&W and 45 ACP on a fairly regular basis, but I'm striking out with 380 ACP. Anyone have a line on any? Especially in SoCal/IE?

[AntiBubba 2.1]

I did an extensive search for a friend 2 days ago, and it's as if the caliber has ceased to exist. I did find a few boxes at Cabelas, but they're probably gone by now. Try the gun auction sites--I've seen it for sale there. Whether or not you want to pay what they are asking? What the market will bear.

[maxicon]

Last time I stocked up on .380, it was through gunbroker, and I ended up buying from www.ammunitiontogo.com. Looks like they're out now, unfortunately.

Looking at the prices on gunbroker, maybe I should sell some of it!

Maybe .380 production has taken a back seat to the more popular calibers.

[5hundo]

Is it possible to trim down 9mm brass and re-size it in .380 dies? I know that .380 and 9mm are close to each other but if he got some reloading supplies, couldn't he make 9mm brass work for .380 reloads?

[Scout2Diesel]

9mm case is tappered. 380 is not. No go.

[SteveH]

Big-5 in Lake Forest and Dana Point have UMC.

Walmart in Foothill Ranch has WWB

On Target in Laguna Niguel has Fed PD & Win SXT

[Timberland]

Where do you live? 2 Wallsmarts in my are have them in stock, granted they cost nearly what a .45 costs. Try small gun shops or sports authoritys

[x-ricer]

found a box of 380 at the walmart on beach in westminster. why is 380 so damn expensive?

[gunboat]

Can be laboriously made from 222rem or 5.56 -- but not worth the trouble, surely cases are around -- I have about a 100 or so and don't even have a weapon -

[groovielou]

Hate to say this, but... Have you tried Turners?

Lou

[97F1504RAD]

http://www.the-armory.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/product224.html

http://www.the-armory.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/product1257.html

http://www.the-armory.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/product1245.html

http://www.the-armory.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/product0.html

[bigbob76]

.380

Seems that the ammo shortage has hit 380 ACP pretty hard. I can find 9mm, 40 S&W and 45 ACP on a fairly regular basis, but I'm striking out with 380 ACP. Anyone have a line on any? Especially in SoCal/IE?

I'm betting that if you had your specific location showing in the upper right hand corner of your posts you would increase the likelihood of getting helpful info from other calgunners. I recently bought some .380 at Walmart in Huntington Beach, it was the only pistol ammo they had.

[maxicon]

found a box of 380 at the walmart on beach in westminster. why is 380 so damn expensive?

Low volume. Even when ammo was cheap, .380 was 1.5x the price of 9mm. It's just not as popular.

This looks like a pretty durn good deal if it's in stock and you're looking for FMJ:

http://www.the-armory.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/product0.html

380 Auto (ACP) 90gr FMJ PMC Case (1000 rds) - $195

If you don't need that much, you could sell it pretty quickly for what you paid for it, but I always regret selling ammo eventually.

[farmerjoe]

I'm in Lake Elsinore. It's dry as a bone over here. Was in Sacramento yesterday and bought the last 8 boxes of UMC FMJ on the shelf at Cordova Guns. That should tide me over for awhile. And the-armory.com is out of stock in FMJ as an FYI

Thanks all

Joe

[Santa Cruz Armory]

I just bought two boxes for $8