Is it just me or does there seem to be an exorbitant amount 7.63x39 ammo available lately? I'm seeing ads for it everywhere and most places seems to have a ton of it in stock. Just seems odd to me since 5.56 is more popular.
And speaking of ammo, looks like 6.5 Creedmoor is one of the hardest rounds to find for me. Of course, I live in Kommiefornia and can't get anything shipped to me. No local places around me can get their hands on any. What are you guys seeing as a hard to get caliber in your areas?

Yeah 6.5 is nearly non existent..

Biden had sanctions put on Russian ammo manufacturers about 6 months ago. It banned future import licenses, but allowed existing licenses to still import what had been approved. The price of it spiked up and a lot of places are selling it hoping people will buy it as the last thing available.

In California I have found 6.5 Creedmoor at Sportsman's Warehouse. They let you search nearby stores, and seem to get it in stock about once a week.

I have a couple of local suppliers that are finally well stocked on guns and ammo. they had succumbed to the empty shelf syndrome just like everyone else.. can't tell you how happy I was when i walked in and saw the display cases crammed with pistols and the walls standing room only with rifles... Then the ammo on the shelves was overflowing... though I had died and gone to Marine heaven...

If you're in Eastern Washington, Talos Tactical, is my favorite.. Next to that Ranch and homes is getting better ;-)

I am seeing a lot of 7.62x39 as well but it has doubled or tripled in price. 14-17 dollars for a box of 20 steel cased where I am at currently. I think part of it; I know for me personally; is because people bought an AK due to the fact it was super cheap to shoot. 20 rounds for $3.99 was a great price point to just go out for a day and shoot. However now that the prices are on par with or sometimes exceeding 5.56 there really isn't a cost advantage to shooting 7.62x39. I would rather spend that money on 5.56 ammo because that is what my primary GTW rifle shoots.

The lack of availability of 6.5 is the reason I never switched over. I worked in the ammo manufacturing industry and it was apparent that while the 6.5 is a good round.. its still a gucci round. When push comes to shove and ammo is in incredibly high demand; as it is right now; ammunition manufactures will tool all of their machines to produce the most cost effective and most popular rounds: 5.56; 7.62x51; 9mm.
However that being said, with the Army officially (yes its official in the industry) adopting the 6.8, we are going to be seeing a lot more 6.8 once military procurement contracts are filled. So getting on that bandwagon early may set you ahead of your peers as 5.56 will be used less and less within the military over the next decade. As the round is phased out of service, places like Lake City will start retooling their equipment to produce mainly the 6.8.

FYI - I'm anticipating another big ammo shortage. I just made some orders recently but wanted to put out the message - if you know you're going to get some more, now is the time

Luckily for me, all my AR builds have the .223 Wylde barrel. Looks like it's time to stock up on whatever I can find. Thinking my next build will be an AR9 for plinking (or a .22).