el pres Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 Went to Sportmans today !! The Reload isle had a few boxes of "magnum" primers and about a dozen 1lbs. cans of unpopular powders ... Ghost town !! I just want my 3 thousand primers and a jug of powder to shoot !!! What is everybody hoarding for, so you can have like a years worth of shooting and then what ? They are just delaying the inevitable... Hoarders can just sit on their pile of ammo or maybe shoot a match or two by themselfs, I'll come out and watch !! Maybe no one will shoot since the hoarders will see how precious their little pile is and wont want to shoot it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GentlemanJim Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 I dont have the $$$ to hoard stuff And at the momment there is nothing to buy anyway Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Orr Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 (edited) Went to Sportmans today !! The Reload isle had a few boxes of "magnum" primers and about a dozen 1lbs. cans of unpopular powders ... Ghost town !! I just want my 3 thousand primers and a jug of powder to shoot !!! What is everybody hoarding for, so you can have like a years worth of shooting and then what ? They are just delaying the inevitable... Hoarders can just sit on their pile of ammo or maybe shoot a match or two by themselfs, I'll come out and watch !! Maybe no one will shoot since the hoarders will see how precious their little pile is and wont want to shoot it... So... have you not at least "suspected" that just perhaps "something" might happen to put shooting supplies in high demand? Ya Snooze Ya lose. Edit to add: If anyone knows where I can get some Small Rifle primers - .223 powder and bullets and where I can find some Solo 100 please PM me.... Edited November 26, 2008 by Merlin Orr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlamoShooter Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 same thing here in San Antonio, one of the old time gun shops is only selling primers by the box of 100. The same thing happened back in 1994, my club lost 30% of its shooters to them finding other sports that were easier to fund and find supplies. I normally buy 60% of what I will need for the next year at this time. And or I buy when I complete a project. now the timeing is not so good for my normal perchase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvb Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 (edited) THIS is WHY I have started keeping 6 months to a year's supply on hand.... so when everyplace gets sold out for whatever damn reason, I can keep shooting. I had to switch divisions at one point last year because I ran out of components and things were back-ordered for 6 months. At least if I have enough for 6 months to a year on hand I can keep shooting while my orders are [hopefully] filled. I don't consider it "hoarding," but rather "resource management." If it were a business would you let your inventory get so dangerously low? I'm buying at the same rate I was before, but at one point I made a big purchase to stock my "reserve." -rvb Edited November 26, 2008 by rvb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el pres Posted November 26, 2008 Author Share Posted November 26, 2008 (edited) So... have you not at least "suspected" that just perhaps "something" might happen to put shooting supplies in high demand? Ya Snooze Ya lose. Edit to add: If anyone knows where I can get some Small Rifle primers - .223 powder and bullets and where I can find some Solo 100 please PM me.... HaHaHa !! I knew I'd get it for this one, the thing is you've got to have funds to hoard and wish I did a month ago so I could as well !! Edited to add:There is "no" small rifle primers left in the world !! Edited November 26, 2008 by DIRTY CHAMBER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPatterson Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 I don't consider it "hoarding," but rather "resource management." If it were a business would you let your inventory get so dangerously low? Excellent choice of words, in the Air Force it was "Inventory Control" and towards the end of the fiscal year we always bought things we knew we would need the following year even if we already had a bunch. I don't consider my inventory to be hoarding just preplanning for leaner days ahead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trodrig Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 Damn perfect storm here. I was running low on everything for loading super comp at the beginning of October. I was planning on a massive buy from Powder Valley but then everything went into the toilet. All sorts of expenses started, and continue, to pile up. From a fiscal perspective, I won't be able to stock up until after New Years. HOPEFULLY the stocks will be back up at the various vendors by then! I've got enough components for open to last me maybe 2 matches. Then I've got a 50 cal. ammo can full of loaded 45 so I might switch to single stack for awhile. If I deplete all that and they're still not stocked up....I might have to borrow my daughter's recurve bow!! Thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Ellis Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 I'm in the same boat as trodrig. I normally make a big order around this time of year to pretty much set me up for the next season. Shot, bullets, primers, powder, wads. All of it. But my house and reloading bench got destroyed in Gustave so I haven't done any reloading. Can't order due to having no place to put it. I'm looking at maybe January before I'm back in the saddle and geez, all the reloading components have dried up. I've got maybe 3 months of components stocked so maybe I can wait this one out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larry cazes Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 Edited to add:There is "no" small rifle primers left in the world !! Sure there are......But I bought them this weekend! Sorry, I couldn't resist Seriously, if Obama's promised 500% tax on guns and ammo includes components then supply will cease to be an issue very quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-Ho Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 I just bought some CCI small rifle primers for $2.10 per 100. Bad part is the guy only had 600. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larry cazes Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 Best deal I have seen in the last few weeks locally is Magtek Small Rifle for $18.50 a box(1000). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPatterson Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 Local Scheels has 1000's of MagTek's and CCI's doesn't stock Winchester had a few Federal left after I got through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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