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Hi All:
I ordered 250 Rnds of American Eagle on the 23rd of Oct. and it stated it was back ordered and would be in two weeks from then. I called today to get a date on it's arrival and was told it would be July 2013.
I was speechless for a second but asked if it took that long would it be the same $19.99 price per box and free shipping? She said yes, so as long as they don't charge my credit card I might get the deal of the year.

jimf5

7/13..........WOW! Thats a long wait!

Hi All:
I am getting an e-mail each week ,or so, thanking me for my order and stating it will be in at about a week or ten days time. Got 3 so far so maybe July 2013 is a good date. :lmao:

jimf5

Stopped by the Cabela's in Mitchell, SD yesterday just to see. Asked a sales guy about 5.7x28 and he couldn't find any in the ammo section. He checked their on-line database, and told me that they have over 500 boxes at the distribution facility in Sidney, NE. I asked him what kind, SS195, SS197, AE etc... He was clueless, but the picture showed SS197.

I ordered 12 boxes of the new Federal stuff when it was on sale at Brownell's. It was not in stock (of course) so they backordered it for me. Who knows how long it will take, but at least I am "in line" to get some. With their black Friday deal, it was only about $18 per box. Not bad if I actually get it.

Mike

I ordered a 1000 rounds of AE from Cabelas, @ $19.99 the other day + free shipping. The backorder time was 2-3 weeks. Yesterday it was 0-1 week. So who knows. If it ships by Christmas I will order another 1000 rounds.

rfd298 wrote:I ordered a 1000 rounds of AE from Cabelas, @ $19.99 the other day + free shipping. The backorder time was 2-3 weeks. Yesterday it was 0-1 week. So who knows. If it ships by Christmas I will order another 1000 rounds.

Can't find ANY 5.7x28 ammo listed on Cabela's website. No FNH or AE. Weird......

Can't find ANY 5.7x28 ammo listed on Cabela's website. No FNH or AE. Weird......

I can't believe I am saying this :lmao:
Do a search on the Cabela's site for

IK - 214248

Under step 1. drop down
select 5.7x28mm 40gr. tmj $19.99 backorderable

Hi All:
I am the OP on this thread and recieved an E-Mail this morning saying the ammo did not come in on the date listed (12-12-2012), and if I did not reply in 10 days the order would be canceld. I replied I did not want to cancel and send it when it comes in. I have nothing to lose. We will see.

jimf5

Just spoke with Cabela - said ammo "sold out for the season," not back-orderable, not coming anytime soon as far as the customer rep could tell. Said she had none of the things in the system that can normally at least hint at a date of arrival....sucks.

I called about the same ammo yesterday and she told me January 12th as possible arrival date. At least they still had my backorder in the system.

Got an email saying the 25th now...

I'm seeing some of the SS197SR with the "Lead Free Primer" sticker on it on GB, for high prices. Has that been available anywhere other than Cabela's? It looks like some of the lucky few that got their orders filled are just flipping it. Isn't anybody still shooting? (rhetorical question)

Hi All:
Rather than start a new TOPIC I will add this to the one I already started. I will be attending the SHOT SHOW tomorrow here in Las Vegas and will go to the FN booth and see if I can get any info on the ammo and pistol availability situation. I know I will be talking to sales people but will report on any info I can get.

jimf5

NLVMike wrote:I'm seeing some of the SS197SR with the "Lead Free Primer" sticker on it on GB, for high prices. Has that been available anywhere other than Cabela's? It looks like some of the lucky few that got their orders filled are just flipping it. Isn't anybody still shooting? (rhetorical question)

From what I have seen, it's all of the 12 headstamped ammo. I still shoot and won't even consider selling any of the ammo that I do have. I'm also on many vendors notify me lists, so I can have more.

Tried Cabela's again today - sold out for the season they said, same as in December when I tried. Did however manage to get on back order with Bass ProShops...she said she wasn't sure how much they had coming in and if it would cover all the back orders, but the system let her add my order (which was good) and that it looked like ammo was due to arrive at the end of the month. They don't charge you until your stuff arrives, so I had them out me down for 10 boxes. Price was list at $26.99.

I've had a backorder with cabellas since november now myself. hasnt been fulfilled but its also a large order. I go through quite a few rounds a week when im shooting as i shoot both pistol and ps90. The most recent email i recieved was also the january 25th email. hoping to get some soon as im slowly burning through my stock. going to have to cut back on range time soon >_<

FEDERAL AMERICAN EAGLE PISTOL AMMO PER 50 5.7X28MM 40GR TMJ
Backorder-Tentative arrival to Cabelas 01/25/13

NLVMike wrote:I'm seeing some of the SS197SR with the "Lead Free Primer" sticker on it on GB, for high prices. Has that been available anywhere other than Cabela's? It looks like some of the lucky few that got their orders filled are just flipping it. Isn't anybody still shooting? (rhetorical question)

ya GB is a joke and people are just trying to make a buck. If this is your buisness then sure make a buck if not shoot the ammo or take up golf. I understand the free market and customers determine the price but I still think it is chickin sh!!t and stupid greed.
let me get some ammo I will be at the range same day.lol

ugh....GB

panzermk2wife wrote:ugh....GB

I can even begin to imagine how frustrated you guys must be....

grew wrote:

panzermk2wife wrote:ugh....GB

I can even begin to imagine how frustrated you guys must be....

No sir, you can't.

:lmao:

I know you meant to say "can't", I'm just teasin ya!

I stopped a local gun shop the other day and he had it in stock so i picked up 6 boxes... I'm kicking myself for not buying all he had left I will be going back tomorrow to get the rest of it

jimf5 wrote:Hi All:
... I will be attending the SHOT SHOW tomorrow here in Las Vegas and will go to the FN booth and see if I can get any info on the ammo and pistol availability situation. I know I will be talking to sales people but will report on any info I can get.

jimf5

Any info from the booth folks at SHOT?

Thanks

Bass Pro online has the SS197SR back order available for $26.99/box. Supposedly, the BO time is 6 weeks. We'll see.

Captiva wrote:

jimf5 wrote:Hi All:
... I will be attending the SHOT SHOW tomorrow here in Las Vegas and will go to the FN booth and see if I can get any info on the ammo and pistol availability situation. I know I will be talking to sales people but will report on any info I can get.
jimf5

Any info from the booth folks at SHOT?
Thanks

Have you seen the thread titled "2013 Shot Show" yet?
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Not a whole lot of news on the ammunition front unfortunately

Hi All:
Cabalas charged my card for the ammo I ordered on Oct. 23 2012. I called this morning and the rep said if they charged the card it isi n the wharehouse ready to ship in a day or so. I got 250 round of the AE ammo for $19.95 a box. I will shoot a few to see if there any differance.

jimf5

jimf5 wrote:Hi All:
Cabalas charged my card for the ammo I ordered on Oct. 23 2012. I called this morning and the rep said if they charged the card it isi n the wharehouse ready to ship in a day or so. I got 250 round of the AE ammo for $19.95 a box. I will shoot a few to see if there any differance.

jimf5

Will keep an eye on Cabela's web site then. As, of now it's not even listed with AE's item number.

The item # is IK-214248 and when it's available will show up on the list.

modman wrote:The item # is IK-214248 and when it's available will show up on the list.

I know the number. I'm just saying nothing was listed, but would keep an eye out.

jimf5 wrote:Hi All:
Cabalas charged my card for the ammo I ordered on Oct. 23 2012. I called this morning and the rep said if they charged the card it isi n the wharehouse ready to ship in a day or so. I got 250 round of the AE ammo for $19.95 a box. I will shoot a few to see if there any differance.

jimf5

3 months aint that bad but only 250 rounds? at 19.95 per box i would of got 2000 at least,lol

I woke up to a email that says my December 2 order or 4 boxes of AE has shipped. UPS gives me a delivery of 1/29.

I'm pleasantly surprised. I kinda had the feeling I wasn't ever going to see it.

My 12/5 1000 round order also shipped. :clap:

Good to see that some orders are getting filled. Now, lets see if any extras are left and listed on the website.

Yup, mine shipped out of Cabela's as well.
Wish I would have ordered more than 500

Still waiting on my order from 12/14 here. i have a b/o for 2500 myself

Hi, My order from Jan 3, 2013 just went through and Cabelas gave an expected delivery date of 25 Feb on a 500 round order.

I b/o 250 rounds from Cabelas on 12/11 and another 500 rounds on 12/13. Still waiting.

Hi All:
As the OP I am happy to announce that UPS just droped off the 250 rounds of AE ammunition I ordered on OCT.23,2012 at $19.95 a box. It was worth the wait. I hope all others who ordered on back order get thiers also.
jimf5

Good to see you guys get your ammo.

Well I hope things are better now and this doesn't happen to you. When I made my 12/2/12 order I had a expected ship date of some date right before Christmas. They backtracked on that in about a week. I just got it this past Tuesday.

Smokey wrote:Hi, My order from Jan 3, 2013 just went through and Cabelas gave an expected delivery date of 25 Feb on a 500 round order.

Just spoke with Cabela's c/s. They're expecting their next shipment in on February 25th. And it looks like the 750 rounds I ordered mid December will be on that truck.

I recieved an email this last week that they were going to cancel my backorder if they didnt her from me due to the large delay they have. It also said the expected fill date was feb 25th but i had to let them know i was still interested. keep an eye out for such an email if you have a backorder in for cabelas.

Sinder wrote:I recieved an email this last week that they were going to cancel my backorder if they didnt her from me due to the large delay they have. It also said the expected fill date was feb 25th but i had to let them know i was still interested. keep an eye out for such an email if you have a backorder in for cabelas.

Got the same email. Responded to it and got a confirming follow-up email from cabelas. Keeping my fingers crossed for the 25th!

Hi All:
As the OP ( I started this mess) I finally got to shoot the AE ammo I waited for (3 Months) this morning and after two wasted rounds to sight it in I shot three rounds straight thru a frozen gallon jug. The other 15 rounds (FN blue tip) destroyed the jug and the wood stand it was on. I am glad I waited for the ammo and if three bad guy's break in and are in line I think one round will take care of all of them.

P.S. I shot 3 rounds of .45 at the second jug and 2 went thru and one was intact. So much for shooting re-loads
These were both at 25 feet.

jimf5

Are you saying the FN blue tips are superior to the AE ammo?

gonteworks wrote:Are you saying the FN blue tips are superior to the AE ammo?

Depends on your purpose.

Finally! Got the tracking numbers I've been waiting two months on. 750 rounds of AE 5.7x28 are on their way to me from Cabela's.

Rapier1772 wrote:

gonteworks wrote:Are you saying the FN blue tips are superior to the AE ammo?

Depends on your purpose.

+1

If you're cleaning cars, car cleaner is superior than dish cleaner.

If you're cleaning dishes, dish cleaner is superior to car cleaner.

Your application defines the gear, not the other way around.

my card has been charged and im just waiting for tracking... shooting range here i come! 2500 rounds of fun and practice!

I can't find any link to 5.7 x28mm ammo on Cabela's site. Did you order at one of their stores, or by phone? I'm just looking to get into somebody's backorder list. I have new gun and three boxes of factory ammo; just waiting for reloading components or any whiff of factory ammo anywhere.

This was for the backorder from back in nov & december. the backorders are finally being filled. they have pulled the item from their website so that the list of backorders does not contiue to grow. once they are fully caught up im sure they will relist it. with the amount of ammo being pushed out of factories they will get caught up soon and hopefully continue high production for a while to bring prices back down.

I know a number of other manufactures and sellers are the same as cabelas having removed the item from accepting backorders. look on gun-deals.com/ammo for 5.7 and see if there might be a website accepting backorders on there.

Red Dog, read back through this thread & you'll see where some people have had to type in an item number in order to get it to come up. IIRC, the post even gives the item number to use.

Rapier1772 wrote:Red Dog, read back through this thread & you'll see where some people have had to type in an item number in order to get it to come up. IIRC, the post even gives the item number to use.

The AE item number will only pull up what's in stock ( 10 mm and 45acp the last I checked ). The FN number has been removed from the catalog.


IK-214248 AE

IK-215995 FNH

Thanks for pointing me to the fivesevenammo website. I was able to backorder some HP ammo. It's a jungle out there!

Red Dog wrote:Thanks for pointing me to the fivesevenammo website. I was able to backorder some HP ammo. It's a jungle out there!

Keep us updated.. some people have had trouble with them.

Stitches1974 wrote:

Rapier1772 wrote:Red Dog, read back through this thread & you'll see where some people have had to type in an item number in order to get it to come up. IIRC, the post even gives the item number to use.

The AE item number will only pull up what's in stock ( 10 mm and 45acp the last I checked ). The FN number has been removed from the catalog.


IK-214248 AE

IK-215995 FNH

I got this one last order Item: IK-216819

My order of 6 boxes of AE placed on 12/08/2012 finally shipped. I should have ordered more at the time :facepalm:

modman wrote:

Stitches1974 wrote:

Rapier1772 wrote:Red Dog, read back through this thread & you'll see where some people have had to type in an item number in order to get it to come up. IIRC, the post even gives the item number to use.

The AE item number will only pull up what's in stock ( 10 mm and 45acp the last I checked ). The FN number has been removed from the catalog.


IK-214248 AE

IK-215995 FNH

I got this one last order Item: IK-216819

The bulk purchase one. I was just listing the regular 50 round box item #.

Thanks for the Cabela's link. I'll call C/S and see if they'll take an order.

blueorison wrote:

Red Dog wrote:Thanks for pointing me to the fivesevenammo website. I was able to backorder some HP ammo. It's a jungle out there!

Keep us updated.. some people have had trouble with them.

I bought a CMMG mag extension from them that has a spring that is to wide.
my responce from them was a simple "we dont have call them"
never again will I buy a thing from them even at the over inflated price they sold to me in the first place

ROCKETW19 wrote:

blueorison wrote:

Red Dog wrote:Thanks for pointing me to the fivesevenammo website. I was able to backorder some HP ammo. It's a jungle out there!

Keep us updated.. some people have had trouble with them.

I bought a CMMG mag extension from them that has a spring that is to wide.
my responce from them was a simple "we dont have call them"
never again will I buy a thing from them even at the over inflated price they sold to me in the first place

Did you resolve the spring problem? Do you still need one?

blueorison wrote:

ROCKETW19 wrote:

blueorison wrote:

Red Dog wrote:Thanks for pointing me to the fivesevenammo website. I was able to backorder some HP ammo. It's a jungle out there!

Keep us updated.. some people have had trouble with them.

I bought a CMMG mag extension from them that has a spring that is to wide.
my responce from them was a simple "we dont have call them"
never again will I buy a thing from them even at the over inflated price they sold to me in the first place

Did you resolve the spring problem? Do you still need one?

CMMG was quick to respond to my emails.
come to find out that the extension kit only works on old style mags. I didnt know that and it is not on the website I bought from(57ammo) the old spring is wider than factory and gets caught on the lil lip inside the mag. I have 3 more mags to check but I think I have all new style if so I will be offering this kit to anyone that wants it prob $20 shipped

Received my 500 rounds today. Now I can go shoot the PS90 without expending the SS198 and Elite ammo. Still not exactly a plinker though...

Got my B/O of 750 rds last Tuesday.