Thread: Ammunition shortage

Is the rot starting to set in? A quick check on TM this morning and there are quite a lot of secondhand 7mm08’s listed. GC even listed a Savage Lady Hunter at $1.00 reserve. Maybe be a spike in the market but interesting all the same.

its awesome, Iv always wanted a 7mm08 and now I have one.

one mans trash.... ect haha

Just received a copy of the latest H&F catalog from Fish&Game. 7mm08 ammo listed across all the different manufacturers. Whether or not this is realised into actual stock numbers is the question though.

If people are complaining about the price increase for hunting ammo, I think their math is off.
The price of ammo has increased by $2.50 per shot, what has the price of meat done in the same period ? Gone up by $5 kg
An average hind will yield just over 25 kg of meat. A heavy young stag I shot in Feb was carried out in three bits - (three easy carries ), boned out and fat trimmed it produced 57 kg of excellent steak mince. Worth $855 @$15 kg. Even deducting my time and calling it $10kg it's still $577 nett.
Stop grizzling, you are on the winning side of the ledger. Even at $10 per shot hunting ammo would be cheap.
Stop leaving money on the hill, and make another trip, there is as much meat on the ribs / flap, shoulders and neck as on the hind quarters and back steaks

Originally Posted by woods223

Yes I know that theory. Back in the 60-70’s hundreds of rounds were modified around the country without mishap, they even sold jigs for doing it and hollow- pointing. Just what was done back then. But as originally stated thousands shot with fmj.

Ex Army 303 FMJ was hollow pointed by the CAC factory and sold as sporting ammo in the fifties and sixties. Sporting ammo from American and even European sources was hard to come by and I remember buying SAKO 308 and 222 and paying a premium price.

Yeah, I still have some of that stuff lying around. Dropped my very first deer in the Ruahines with it. At the barrel stretching distance of...6 yards.

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

Stop leaving money on the hill, and make another trip, there is as much meat on the ribs / flap, shoulders and neck as on the hind quarters and back steaks

I reckon! I watched an NZ hunting video last night where they shot 3 deer on the hill and only took the back legs, backstraps and tenderloins.... That's a helluva lot of meat left on the hill. I think we can learn a lot from US hunters who have been regulated into taking as much meat as possible, and now it seems to be the expected thing to do anyway.... Not that we need to be regulated to do it though. And I do realise it's a different scenario in the US because they are hunting a native animal. But I'm always impressed how they are prepared to make 2 or 3 return trips to take every scrap of meat.... Especially when elk hunting

Originally Posted by bumblefoot

I reckon! I watched an NZ hunting video last night where they shot 3 deer on the hill and only took the back legs, backstraps and tenderloins.... That's a helluva lot of meat left on the hill. I think we can learn a lot from US hunters who have been regulated into taking as much meat as possible, and now it seems to be the expected thing to do anyway.... Not that we need to be regulated to do it though. And I do realise it's a different scenario in the US because they are hunting a native animal. But I'm always impressed how they are prepared to make 2 or 3 return trips to take every scrap of meat.... Especially when elk hunting

I believe that is because its the law that they have to take all usable meat.

Over here its tip them over and take what you want before the pricks with the green rain fly over and give all mammals/curious birds/insects etc a painful death from above.

Deer are considered pests here as an introduced thing rather than a natural part of the ecosystem


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Originally Posted by XR500

Yeah, I still have some of that stuff lying around. Dropped my very first deer in the Ruahines with it. At the barrel stretching distance of...6 yards.

@XR500 When I read [I still have some of that stuff lying around.] my first thought was if all the ammo squirreled away came out of hiding we would not have to import ammo for years.The hot shot new calibres requiring new cases and projectiles keep the shops in turnover.There must be a container load of 303 out there gathering dust.i

PPU 7mm08 is on the shelves, but stores were limited.

Originally Posted by Taff

PPU 7mm08 is on the shelves, but stores were limited.

And wildly variable pricing … I just bought a box at $39.99 today but seen the 7mm08 PPU at twice that price last week. I know there’s a shortage but double the price is taking the piss.

oof...price of ammo right now, works out at 25% increase since the start of the year