Guns, firearms, sidearm, weapon; whatever. I always use weapon or sidearm. Gun is just a media buzzword to me. I got stopped the other day in the grocery store. Guy walked right up to me. "
Why are you carrying a,
GUN?!" My answer? Because I can't throw a rock at 150fps. I simply turn around and went on my business as this guy went off. It took a ~70 year old lady telling him he should move about 80 miles
south if he felt that scared.
But yea, back on topic. I'd call to see about the ammo part. It makes sense that they wouldn't let you, but I'd call and see. It was something like $30 for 50 rounds of 9mm. I rented one sidearm, bought a box of ammo, and a lane for 1h. It was something like $95. This was about three years ago.