Firewurx
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That's what my old man said literally 2 min ago.
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You need to tell that to the guys on gunbroker, you dont even know how many people that do because they may not publicly say it.
I didn't do it before, but now I'mma buy a truckload of toilet paper and when the time is right, turn it into 4895, 4064 or BL-C(2).
Hard to plan and restock when sending two kids to college.
You should have planned for that. Duh!
I kid, only because I totally feel your pain- mine aren't in college yet but they cost about as much as I can handle already.
Siggy32
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What I don't understand is why all the reloading hardware components are gone too. I have looked for a month for a RCBS 308 bullet puller collet, there they all were "GONE", all out of stock. I luckily got a 25, thought maybe it might work, nope! Almost all collets are out of stock. Really how many people screwed up & need to pull a bullet? Guess they must be pulling bullets to use the bullets & gun powder to reload in something.
How many states have had there businesses on lock down or paid them to keep employees home or employees made more money to stay home.
I know some states are paying people 900.00 a week tax free to stay home.
If you go over to accurateshooter Frank from Bartlein describes the exact thing.
Businesses here in Kalispell are gonna shut down because they can't find help, our unemployment was 3% before Kung flu now 6% and this valley is busier than ive ever seen it in my 30 years here. Papers and craiglist are full of jobs if you dont want one ITS BECAUSE YOU DONT WANNA WORK. Untill Biden cuts the money out of this covid crap it isn't gonna change.
I know some states are paying people 900.00 a week tax free to stay home.
If you go over to accurateshooter Frank from Bartlein describes the exact thing.
Businesses here in Kalispell are gonna shut down because they can't find help, our unemployment was 3% before Kung flu now 6% and this valley is busier than ive ever seen it in my 30 years here. Papers and craiglist are full of jobs if you dont want one ITS BECAUSE YOU DONT WANNA WORK. Untill Biden cuts the money out of this covid crap it isn't gonna change.
A lot of the reloading components RCBS, Hornady, ect. are made outside of the US and those other countries are still in the COVID mode and manufacturing is slow to wokers coming back plants, getting back to 100% so it is not like people are buying everything up, yes there are more reloaders now, but not enough inventory being sent to the US. Primers, powder, bullets are mostly made outside the US due to EPA - Trade/Profits. This isn't the US of the "GREASTEST GENERATION". Once we gave up our industries to other countries ---well what can I say. We have what we have now. We are at the mercy of other countries for almost everthing.
Sending156s
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Dont take this wrong. I'm not inferring anything about the shortage. I read your post and what you said on knowing what bullets your rifle will like hits on my philosophy on a build. There's a few of us that think of what we want to do with a build. We then pick out the bullet we want to use and actually build for that bullet. Brian Litz recommended it. After thinking about it that's the way I'm moving forward with my builds. This is for specific purpose builds. I did this with a 6.5 PRC build that I wanted to hunt with 156 EOL Berger's. Built it on a Defiance XM action & Bartlein 8-7.5 twist custom throated off a 156 dummy round. I can shoot bugholes with the 156 at 3200 fps. I backed off the load and reload at ~ 3105 fps. The longer Defiance XM action and faster twist barrel let's me get max efficiency from the cartridge. I also knew before the build what powder & primer that was going to work best.
I agree with this, but...
If a person figures all of that out, and no components are around, they still go ahead and order the parts needed for the build. If the parts arrive and still no components, no worries, the build still has to be completed and that takes time, too. If the build completes, and STILL no components....paper weight.
I lucked out- I have a switch barrel being built currently. I ordered all of the parts last August and got them late November/early December. At the time I ordered the parts for my build, I was able to get brass or already had it. Primers, too, and bullets for one of the barrels. What I did not have were powders for either, or bullets for one of the barrels. I have been VERY lucky in that I was able to find everything earlier this year, though I'm pretty short on one of the powders.
If I had needed primers though, or wasn't able to trade for some things, I'd have been hosed. I think many people are in that boat, especially new reloaders or people who have a couple cartridges they load for but are expanding their horizons- they probably don't have much, if anything, to barter or reuse.
That is why I think it is silly for some folks to take the "failure to plan is planning to fail" attitude here. Nobody plans for the world to be shut down for over a year- even if you had a gut feeling and were able to stock up, you probably burned through quite a bit if you were shooting semi-regularly. Spending tens of thousands of dollars in the off chance that you need to be stocked up for an 8 year shortage is just something that very few people have the capacity to do. I'm not saying you are taking that attitude- I'm saying that a few people on here are, and they probably just need to keep their collective mouths shut because they're only looking to poke some bears.
For that matter, I should probably keep mine shut as well, haha!
bullet man
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they need copper for the bullets
Predator 22
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I believe that is the whole plan of the rats that run the swamp. Dependent and obedient.
