Jeez Frank - hoping you would see my find at Barnwood Arms but didn't think the ammo would all be gone. My brother said that there were 2 full cases (bricks) of 17 WSM behind the 4 boxes I saw. Mike
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Just picked up my new B Mag today at Herb Bauers in Fresno Ca. They have plenty of .17 WSM ammo for $17.99 a box. No limit. I bought 5 boxes for now.
MattB,
What grain is their ammo?
Frank
20grain
Just walked out of walmart with more ammo. There were 12 boxes left of 20 gr. Walmart in Jesup GA.
I found 8 boxes of 20 gr in a little sporting good shop in Silver City, NM-------bot it all-----the reamer job on my 17HMR New England is complete and I could not be more pleased with a new heavy barrel, single shot 17 WSM----it is prairie dog deadly at 200yds-----coyotes and jackrabbits don't have a chance if I do my job-------thanks----K
Glad to hear that others are still finding ammo. That means there is still hope, lol. I just searched every Walmart, gun store and pawn shop in the Ashland, KY/Southern, OH area yesterday and found nothing. Tried five locations in South Central Ohio last week, nada. Really want to go to the range but hate to shoot up my last box in one day.
Irish
plinkin------for the most part yes----the firing pin works fine------we had trepidations going into this project about the firing pin, hammer spring pressure, chamber pressure and extractor--------we got lucky, however the simplicity of the action and lack of moving parts helped a great deal-------any other type of action would have its own problems------the only other work needed was because the larger case put additional pressure on the extractor/ejector and it had to be slightly relieved with a small dremel grinder wheel in order to function properly-------this proved to be easy as the extractor has plenty of meat -------I'm having a few issues with the action locking when closed up -------sometimes it seems I sometimes have to slam it shut to get it to lock--------but it had the same problem when it was a 17HMR------I will work on it--------a buddy is having his New England 17 Mach 2 done as we speak-------I looking for a 17 rimfire bbl to ream out for my TC contender------if you want more info on the reamer or my smith----send me a pm-----this new round is too cool-----I really like being able to hold crosshair near the top of a beer can and hit it solid at 200yds and still going so fast that the can rarely moves-------look out little varmints-------K
Zinzrah, do you have a wally world sku for the .17 WSM ammo? I looked at the Jessup, Ga WalMart ammo listing and they have NOTHING concerning .WSM.
Also I have looked at my local SuperStore and other WalMarts and found NO indication they ever had any....
Just trying to figger out how this one store could get something no other store has ever had.... I thought they had corporate buyers....
huh?
ron
I dont. But when i left there was still 12 boxes left
None of my Walmarts in KY, OH or WV have had the .17WSM. I just made a trip to WV to do coyotes and checked every Walmart along the way as well as a local Gander Mtn and Cabela's store and a few smaller gun and pawn shops. They all laughed at me. They have not had it, and do not know when they will get it. I have a local independent store who has had it and claims to be getting shipments about every two weeks. He offered to call me when it arrives. Good man. He will be getting more of my business....
Irish
I know when I bought my 1st box of WSM 25gr I took it around to show some of the local shops. I thought I would take it in to my local Walmart to see if they have received any and I missed it. They said it didn't look familiar but I had them scan it and it came up $14.97 .
Plinkin, that's a great idea about the scanning! Now if I can just get into the store without getting arrested... ha ha
I went to my LGS (well, semi local) this AM to look around. He had several boxes of the 25 gr. I asked when he might get the 20 gr and said:
"it's on order. I received NO rimfire ammo this week"...........
When I told him about the 2 pallets of .22 lr at Gander Mtn, he replied he could sell a pallet himself if he could get it.
BTW, he's a great guy and has never raised his prices on anything during the whole 'shortage' BS....
His guns are priced below WalMart, too.
ron
Walmart in Central IL carries the WSM ammo. Only had about 9 boxes. They had one Bmag rifle which I grabbed! I have also seen the ammo at a smaller local store but they want $20 a box so I passed.
Added - 5 of the 6 boxes I got are 20gr and I noticed the sixth is 25gr. So I get to try out both by accident.
I have had my B-mag for about a month but still cannot find anymore ammo for it. !@#$%^&* arrrrg. Getting very tired of looking. It seems like such a crap shoot to find. My local Walmarts do not even acknowledge that it is available. I am seriously considering the purchase of a 17HMR to give me something to do for the next 6-8 months while Winchester gets their $#!# together. If other ammo makers were allowed to produce the ammo, it would be a big help. At least I can find the HMR's close to home without much effort.
This ammo situation here in the USA is distressing. There seems to be no shortage in other parts of the world. Here we are importing Russian ammo to fill our needs. What is going on???
Irish
Well, I bought an HMR to tide me over for a while plus 300 rds of ammo. Love it. But the WSM is more fun to shoot. At least for me, there will be no more WSM range sessions until I do find more ammo. I have about 30rds left which are all reserved for hunting. I will use the 17HMR for my tgt practice.
Irish - the HMR is a great round. I am finding Hornady or Winchester ammo in abundance for $12.99 a box. I scored 4 more boxes of .17WSM today. Paid a little to much compared to Walmart prices but want to build up a decent amount before I shoot too much more up.
What HMR rifle did you get? I have the Savage 93/17 in camo. Heavier than the Bmag and accurate.
I got the Sav 93R - BRJ, the one with the fluted heavy bbl in blue steel and the laminated stock that is in what I call "Fall Colors", like tan, grey, burgundy. It looks great, shoots like a dream and unlike the 17WSM, I can find ammo for it, lol. Taking it to WV this weekend to snipe at squirrels and maybe a few coyotes (more likely to use the 17WSM or 223 on the yodel dogs). We have plenty of squirrels here in KY too, but I always hunt deer in WV and we wanted to thin out the coyotes there to take some pressure off of the deer herd. I was there over Labor Day and one evening, we had three packs of coyotes all calling at the same time from near our farm. Seems we are about to be overrun, lol.
Irish
Whoo Hoo! I just obtained three boxes of 17 WSM ammo from Strongs Gun Shop in Morehead, KY. 2x20g BT and 1x25g BT. Sorry but I was on their waiting list and bought all that was left. Just in time for our WV squirrel and coyote hunt this weekend. Life is Good...
Irish
Glad to hear you found some ammo! :thumb:
Hi. Went to the local (Lake City, Fl) Wally World this AM. Brought in the empty carton of .17 WSM (20 gr). Tried the self service scanner. It told me to see an Associate. Oh no!!!
Young dude comes over and after signing on the the register, etc, etc, he replied:
"this isn't even in our system". When I asked why some WMs have it, he just said: "not all stores carry the same stuff"...
Hmmmmm.
ron
Wally has it here consistently in 20gr. I finally have what I call enough....for now. Gander has a bunch but charges too much. Once again only in 20gr. Still no .22lr around here. .17hmr is all around and my current weekend round. Finding it for $12.99 a box.
Ed, the .22 lr situation is strange here in Florida. Every time I go to the WalMart sporting goods dept, there is someone bitc*ing about the lack of .22 lr. Some of the local, small gun stores have it now and then.
A trip to the Valdosta, Ga. Gander Mtn. store 2 weeks ago, had the most ammo (all calibers), I have ever seen in years. They had 2 PALLETS of .22 lr on the floor. Not a lot of knuckleheads buying it by the armfull, thank goodness.
My lgs has plenty of .17 WSM in 25 gr. I have one box of the 20 gr.
ron
Northern California, some stores have a few boxes of 17 Super Mag in 20 gr some times but still hard to find. Have not heard of or seen any 25 grain in California.
Frank
Hi Frank. I have read several times that the 25 gr is common east of the Mississippi, and 20 gr is common in the west.......
The one box of 20 gr bullets I have, came from Gun Broker, for more $ than I care to discuss! ha ha
I had a thought (oh no) the other day. I wonder if Winchester would ever offer the .17 WSM primered brass and let us add our own powder and bullets?
I load .17 HH and these are not much smaller. Using the Hornady dies with that cool 'drop down' seating sleeve, it would be easy.
Naw, never mind..... ha ha
ron
Hi Ron,
The 20 Gr ammo I did find was at Bass Pro in Mantica and over a couple of weeks I did get 12 boxes. I paid $15.99 per box and 4 per day was the limit when I bought them. As I said before that amount of ammo will only last about a day and a half on a good weekend. I also take a Savage 93R17-FVSS in 17HMR and a Magnum Research MLR-1722M in 22 Magnum. That way I know we can hunt all weekend and have enough ammo by changing rifles. My Grandson shoots a Savage 17HMR. Lots of 17HMR ammo on the shelfs.
Frank
Well got an email notice from Midway that .17WSM was in stock in 20 and 25gr. Checked their site about 45 minutes after email arrived and they are sold out. I guess the good news is the cartridge seems to have some popularity and Savage must be selling a good number of the new rifles. I am good on ammo so I hope some of you folks here were able to score a few boxes. I wonder how may boxes they had in stock?
I didn't even get the notification. Was just doing a little browsing and was shocked when I saw they were in stock. I grabbed 5 boxes and then they were out of stock. Not sure how many they had to start.
At least ammo is being shipped from time to time. I missed the alert until this morning and that was way too late. I have about two boxes of each and that is sufficient for hunting this fall.
Irish
25gr in stock at Cabellas now. 1 box limit
Zinzrah,
I called Cabelas about 2 hours ago about the 17 cal ammo. The add shows Winchester 17 Super Magnum but if you scroll down to the order info you will see it says " Winchester 17 Short Magnum" in 25 gr. They do not have any Winchester 17 Super Magnum. I bet some one will order and get the wrong ammo.
Frank
I called Cabelas back and asked them to check what ammo they realy had and they gave me a fellow who checks the adds and he said the 17 Short Magnum was a miss print they did have the 17 Super Magnum 25 grain. They would only let me order one box but i did get free shipping for the one box of 25 grain.
Frank
Yea i checked my order and it says .17 win super mag on it. 1 box limit is stupid. 2 would be reasonable imo
I picked up 3 more boxes of 20gr. from Wallymart tonight. If you get near one (unless you live on Jupiter or Mars) it is worth stopping in to check. They have the best price I have seen. Of course it took 15 minutes to get someone to come unlock it from the cabinet for me...
It amazes me that some Walmarts have the 17WSM ammo and others not only do not have it but have never had it. I have been to at least 12 Wallyworlds in KY, WV and OH and none of them have had 17WSM and most look at me like I am from Mars when I ask about it. All but one have not had 17HMR. At least some of the clerks are gun enthusiasts and knew what I was asking for, but said they cannot get any 17 rimfire ammo. I always thought that Walmart's inventory system was very "Smart" and would shift hunting related stock (and other seasonal merchandise) to the regions where it was most likely to sell. I have notice that the day after opening day of deer season here in KY, all of the hunting items disappear (not from sales) and reappear in WV whose deer gun season is usually 1-2 weeks later in the year. I wonder if the extreme lack of rimfire ammo availability has fouled up their system. Example: Since a store has not logged any 17HMR sales in the last 4 months, the computer "Assumes" that there is no demand for that item in that region and stops ordering it?? I can only hope that I am wrong. I did see that last night my local Wallyworld had a large stock of 22LR, 22short and 22mag ammo, all of which have been in ZERO supply since about May. Maybe we will get 17's next week?
I did order my "1-box ration" of 17WSM from Cabelas and got a confirmation. I do not like buying one-box of ammo like this on-line since the shipping cost per round is about as high as it possibly could be. If I had been thinking, I would have bought ammo for my HMR and my .270 while I was at it but I was so intent on getting the WSM's before they ran out that I did not think of that until about 10 minutes later (doh!).
Irish
Spotted about a dozen boxes of 25gr. ad Dicks Sporting goods today. I didn't get any since I need to try the box I have and see if it changes my point of impact since I sighted the scope in with 20gr. I'll try that tomorrow. I now poi changes inches with my .243 with different bullet weights.
I found 5 boxws of 17wsm 25 grain today in a dicks in northest pa. They haven't got any guns yet. I found 5 boxes of 20 grain in a local walmart last week. Got a b mag at that same walmart for 297.00 walmart ammo was 14.77 a box dicks was 15.99 a box .
Northeast pa. Wilkes-Barre - hazelton area.
Oh, North Eastern PA. Whether you know it or not there is a town called Northeast in Erie County PA just before the New York state line.
Well 2 nights ago I was in my local DSG buying one of the exclusive heavy barrel Mark II rifles and I saw they had 10 boxes of WSM ammo. They would only allow me 3 boxes. Last night my son, his buddy and I bought the remaining 7. So I am back up to 500 rounds 25 grain and 234 rounds of 20 grain vmax. Now to buy another B.Mag. :rolleyes:
Gee, now I know why there's no ammo available. ha ha
If I had it to over again, I wouldn't buy a BMag. I picked up the case that mine is in the other day and thought it was empty. Yea, light is good, sometimes.
In my 'humble' opinion, they should have just redesigned the 93R17 TR. It's 4X the gun of the BMag.....
Just my opinion, flame suit ON!
ron
I am sure I have no effect on ammo supply in Florida LOL. I also know that locally up until September there had only been a small handful of B.Mag sales in local shops. Now internet sales, well that might be different. I do know that at least one of the local gun shops sold one of the 6 (the number they claimed to have had) B.Mags over Gun Broker.
Its not like I am sucking up 22LR, 22mag or other popular rim fire rounds. In the case of this cartridge I am doing what I think is safe and that is assuring that I have the ammo to support the rifle into the future. Right, wrong or indifferent I am looking out for myself in that aspect. I think though that this round has staying power but ultimately it will depend on who makes the next rifles chambered in the round and if Winnie lets others manufacture the round.
Just joshing you, of course. I'd be ashamed to tell you what I paid for one box of 20 gr .17 WSM boolits, (on GB) a couple of days before my gun showed up. And I'm an old fart who doesn't much care what other people think.
My LGS has just received a shipment of powder and primers. He always has .17 WSM 25 gr only. He has the 20 gr on order. He has a couple of 8 lb jugs of IMR4198. Sticker price? ONLY $175 which is in line with what the sellers on the internet charge, so he's NOT ripping people off.....
Every time I go to Wally World, I ask the guy in sporting goods:
"Hi. I DON'T want any, I just want to know HOW often you are asked about .22 lr" He says at least once per hour. I always tell him:
"Tell them to drive to Gander Mtn, in Valdosta. They have .22 lr by the SKID". I didn't even buy any on the last trip...Some small LGS have 22 lr now, but it's high!!
ron
25gr in stock cabellas. 1 box max....