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One man's opinion regarding component shortages
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<blockquote data-quote="elf" data-source="post: 1971007" data-attributes="member: 103580"><p> <ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Brass. The copper mines in Chile are running on skeleton staff due to Covid. Copper is needed for certain self defense bullets, and for making the brass for the cartridge casings. It's really hard to come by now. Even aluminum is in short supply. Soviet steel case ammo is more available, but due to hoarding from items (1) and (2) above, not even that is on store shelves.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Lead. The last US smelter in MO is near shut down over Covid. Hard to make bullets without lead. All our lead now comes from China…</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Powder. Hodgdon's Powders make most of their powder in Australia. Not long ago there were intense wildfires in Oz, and their route from factory to port took them through the worst of the fires. No one will transport gunpowder through a fire zone!! No sooner were the fires out than Covid came along. So there has been a shortage of powder to make cartridges for some time. You can get reloading quantities for home reloading still, but not so much the tons needed for full-on factory output.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Bullet manufacturers. Apart from the shortage of raw materials, there are shortages of workers to run the machinery.</li> </ol><p>You may ask why we don't just make more cartridge factories? Those cost millions to make. Given what we hope is a temporary supply issue, it doesn't make sense to invest millions to find your product is simply glutting the market this time next year and into the future.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="elf, post: 1971007, member: 103580"] [LIST=1] [*]Brass. The copper mines in Chile are running on skeleton staff due to Covid. Copper is needed for certain self defense bullets, and for making the brass for the cartridge casings. It’s really hard to come by now. Even aluminum is in short supply. Soviet steel case ammo is more available, but due to hoarding from items (1) and (2) above, not even that is on store shelves. [*]Lead. The last US smelter in MO is near shut down over Covid. Hard to make bullets without lead. All our lead now comes from China… [*]Powder. Hodgdon’s Powders make most of their powder in Australia. Not long ago there were intense wildfires in Oz, and their route from factory to port took them through the worst of the fires. No one will transport gunpowder through a fire zone!! No sooner were the fires out than Covid came along. So there has been a shortage of powder to make cartridges for some time. You can get reloading quantities for home reloading still, but not so much the tons needed for full-on factory output. [*]Bullet manufacturers. Apart from the shortage of raw materials, there are shortages of workers to run the machinery. [/LIST] You may ask why we don’t just make more cartridge factories? Those cost millions to make. Given what we hope is a temporary supply issue, it doesn’t make sense to invest millions to find your product is simply glutting the market this time next year and into the future. [/QUOTE]
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