As some of you know I’ve done a bit of hunting, shooting and reloading over the years. Over the last 20 years the increase of firearms, ammunition and reloading supplies sales in North America, (Canada too) has gone through the roof. For several years items have been out of stock and price gouging has occurred.
This year I was fortunate to draw a moose tag her in my home province of New Brunswick. Thank god I have a fairly good supply of reloading components to build a good hunting load for moose. I did however start looking for other optional projectiles BUT NINE ARE available anywhere.
I called Both Speer and Sierra bully smiths only to be told nothing is available for reloader’s as they are trying to supply the bullet manufacturing industry.
I got the same answer from both Speer and Sierra “The fear of more stringent GUN CONTROL in the USA has driven gun, ammunition and reloading components individuals into panic buying and hoarding.” I was also told “Over 10,000,000 more Americans have purchased firearms for the first time and over 5,000,000 have started reloading”
Please folks don’t make this into another debate along political lines. My statement is just to highlight the supply shortages the shooting industry is now experiencing.
@Ruggerxi the short story is if you see some grab them quick and grab more than you need. Good luck