tires2burn Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Have any of you been noticing the parts we need aren't very available right now. I have one range in my area that has CCI primers but they want $56 a thousand. No powder or lead either. Lots of price gouging right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poppa Bear Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 about 5 months ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSUICEMAN Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 nearly impossible to find most bullets for popular calibers off-the-shelf or without a significant backorder. primers come and go nearly immediately, so either you get lucky or on backorder. powder is scarce too in really in demand powder varieties. i've been backordered for titegroup for nearly two months now. i have a ton of things on backorder or waiting to be shipped. I have 10k primers that i don't really need coming that i'm going to sell locally for what i have into them (I was able to get some since I ordered these, and unfortunately I wasn't able to cancel my order). that should help a couple folks in this area. i hope all my stuff doesn't come in at one time... my wife is going to get suspicious, LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLSlim Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 It has happened before and it will happen again. Stock up when you can! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Hunter Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 You just noticed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jlnel Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 It has happened before and it will happen again. Stock up when you can! So true! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m14lvr Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 Missouri Bullet co. ships with in 3 weeks if you don't mind lead. I really like them and they're less than 90 bucks for a thousand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbbean Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 It has happened before and it will happen again. Stock up when you can! There's a reason a lot of us have kept a 1-2 year supply on hand for the past several years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzi Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 What? Me worry? . . . Some people call free market pricing 'gouging'. I call it free market capitialism. No, I dont' like it when things I want go way up in price, but I realize it is due to massive demand for far to few of what it is people want. That is how free markets must work if they are free, anything else is socialism and communism. I suppose anyone older than 45 years of age knows how bad it was in Soviet Russia during the communist rule there. Look up bread lines or something on Google. They loved price fixing and central authority. In our case the current dilemma is just far too many paniced buyers and not enough makers. Differ situation but a FREE MARKET has room to move and adjust. If we give it time to work. If I dont' like the prices. I don't buy. I can wait. Sorry for the near rant. Time to get a drink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 "Components getting scarce" Gettin'? They done got!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdawgbeav Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 All I can do is ration what I have... hard to do when your competing damn near every weekend. I stock up where I can and when I can. Right now on the waiting/backorder list for bullets, primers and powder. I do know that if I'm desperate that I can drive to 30 minutes to a local bullet manufacturer and get a supply of cast lead. I say desperate because I try not to shoot cast lead that often. Just my personal preference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDD Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Yeah, if things keep up like they are, I will not be shooting this summer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdawgbeav Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Just found a stash of black bullets. They say they are 2 weeks behind but I ordered on the 27th and got the shipping confirmation today (4th) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBertolet Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Just got word recently, that in our section of Area 8, the match directors are reducing the round count of their matches, because of the ammo and component shortages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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