Ammu-Nation

Ammu-Nation is the standard and only gun shop in all Grand Theft Auto III era games. The player can obtain weapons there, it stocks everything from a pistol to an assault rifle; and you can also purchase armour and grenades.

From the start of a new game, Ammu-Nation stores have depleted gun stock, so only a few (and weak) weapons are available at the time. However as the player completes more and more missions, more and better weapons will gradually become available at the store. Ammu-Nation also does not sell any heavy weaponry, except in GTA Vice City Stories.



The store is absent in Grand Theft Auto IV, explained away only by vague references to the mayor having strict gun control laws; Instead, Niko Bellic can buy weaponry from underground arms dealers, or buy guns from the trunk of his friend Little Jacob's car.

Ammunition glitch
A glitch, known to work in at least in the PC version of GTA: San Andreas, happens if the player enters the shooting session while having certain guns in the inventory and leaves without finishing the course, which is the ammunition doubling up. The weapons are:


 * Pistols: Silenced 9mm, Desert Eagle
 * Shotguns: Sawed-off Shotgun, Combat Shotgun
 * SMGs: Tec-9, MP5
 * Assault Rifles: M4

It is important to notice that throwables, heavy weapons and sniper rifles are not affected. Also, if the player enters the range with the Pump-Action Shotgun, they will lose it and all shells in the inventory.

Commercials
Ammu-Nation radio commercials make it clear that the store is run with with a right-wing paranoia philosophy, describing itself as the "store leading the fight against communism". The store also seems to promote the purchase of its products for illegal purchases, even suggesting they be used to kill one's mother-in-law if she is "being a bitch".

Trivia

 * There is an unused Ammu-Nation interior in San Andreas. It has two floors and can only be entered using certain cheats or with cheat devices. The store is functional if entered properly.
 * Ammu-Nation seems to have connections with Mr. Black and his contract killing company, since during a mission in GTA Vice City, protagonist Tommy Vercetti is hired to kill a business man, steal a briefcase he's carrying and deliver it to the owner of an Ammu-Nation local in Downtown, Vice City.

Liberty City
This refers to Liberty City in GTA III
 * Red Light District/Saint Mark's
 * Newport

Vice City
This refers to Vice City in both GTA Vice City and GTA Vice City Stories
 * Ocean Beach
 * North Point Mall
 * Downtown Vice City

San Andreas
Los Santos
 * Market
 * Willowfield

San Fierro
 * Ocean Flats

Las Venturas
 * Old Venturas Strip
 * Come-A-Lot

Red County
 * Blueberry
 * Palomino Creek

Whetstone
 * Angel Pine

Tierra Robada
 * El Quebrados

Bone County
 * Fort Carson
 * On the western outskirts of Las Venturas

Links

 * Ammu-Nation website