# Nebraska Boy Scouts Say They Need Donations of Ammunition **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 21, 2013, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nebraska-boy-scouts-say-they-need-donations-of-ammunition/653573 "2013-03-21T21:14:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nebraska-boy-scouts-say-they-need-donations-of-ammunition/653573/21 "2013-03-28T03:53:19Z")
Yeah, it’s bizarre. I’ve been unsuccessful in finding .30-30. That is a round normally used in “cowboy style” lever-action rifles, not anything that would be banned. But on the other hand, it’s not a very popular round (and is 118 years old), and I’d think the .223 people would just buy .308 or something. For whatever reason, there is **tons** of 7mm-08, whatever that is, in my local stores. Not really a WAG so much as a data point, but: .40 S&W is popular among cops, I believe. Maybe there was a surplus initially? ---
**Author:** ![artemis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/91b2a8/32.png) [@artemis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/artemis)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nebraska-boy-scouts-say-they-need-donations-of-ammunition/653573/22 "2013-03-28T04:27:33Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > Not really a WAG so much as a data point, but: .40 S&W is popular among cops, I believe. Maybe there was a surplus initially? It’s an extremely popular caliber for law enforcement. Maybe if there’s a shortage of it now, that might be due in part to larger police departments with bigger budgets laying in a supply (at the expense of their smaller, more cash-strapped colleagues)? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nebraska-boy-scouts-say-they-need-donations-of-ammunition/653573.md?page=1)