Diamond in the haystack
What’s up everyone, yesterday was a wild day. My buddy and I literally called every gun store we could find in Arizona/the Valley. Easily 100+ stores and probably 5 straight hours of dialing.
I was about ready to give up when one store finally answered and said they had ONE Taurus TX22 in stock. I drove an hour immediately to go grab it and honestly felt lucky after putting that much time and energy into finding this damn gun lmao.
No joke, almost every store would laugh and say “nope” before I could even finish asking if they had a TX22. Huge respect to all the gun stores though because even when they didn’t have one, most of them still gave advice on where to check or how to maybe get my hands on one.
These things are so out of stock it’s insane. A bunch of stores told me they’re on backorder for months and people are putting down $100 deposits without even knowing when the next shipment will come in. Some stores said if they do get a batch, they’re usually sold out within an hour mostly to people that already happen to be shopping in the store. Pretty bizarre honestly.
But it gets even crazier. While I’m driving home with my FIRST TX22, another store I had called earlier rings me up and says, “Hey, we just got one in stock 15 minutes ago.”
So now I’ve got a decision to make. Do I go grab a second one or not?
After thinking about how impossible these things are to find, I decided to send it. Got there 30 minutes before closing, filled out the paperwork, and walked out with my second TX22.
Wild day to say the least. Grateful I was able to get my hands on them. Sometimes it really just takes grit and pushing through the discouragement.
Happy to be apart of the community 🤙🏽