Thread: Shortages

Has the US panic buying affected NZ stocks/supply of ammunition and components? It sounds like it's getting real hard to get some stuff at the moment.

Yes in certain things

Some primers are a bit scarce as is some loaded ammo. Havent noticed any real issues in brass and projectiles yet.

hell yes
had trouble getting primers , ammo boxes,trimmer pilots for hornady trimmer
and cant get bulk 338 projectiles any where

Small rifle primers seem to be hard to find at the moment. 223 projectiles seem to be a bit harder to find than usual too (esp fmj) but not sure if that is just due to normal nz supply delays.

One of my favourite reloading gear suppliers said he had a whole bunch of component orders cancelled from the US end due to sheer lack of supply, not sure if that applies to all, or only to the smaller ones though.

Hornady landed a decent shipment of gear in the last few weeks and I was able to get sierra 338 projectiles for a customer two weeks ago with no probs .

Also had 2000 223 fmj hornady arrive last week for one customer .

Can't say I have found any shortages at the lower end of the scale rimfire stuff must just be bigger stuff
I'm waiting til I'm completely out of ammo, always give me a feel good factor when stocking up

Well the importer of Hornady training ammo is being a cock again, he has let the country run out how many times now???? Fuck him. I won't buy anymore of it, he can get bent.

Is it his fault or can he not get his hands on enough of it?

Originally Posted by Wirehunt

Well the importer of Hornady training ammo is being a cock again, he has let the country run out how many times now???? Fuck him. I won't buy anymore of it, he can get bent.

There is no ammo at all on the shelves in a lot of places in the US, down to .22lr, it's a massive shortage, I doubt it's all his fault.

Not quite right Wirehunt.

They ordered lots of the stuff but Hornady are unable to supply . Nothing that the importer can do about that. Getting the steel cases out of Russia is the issue I believe .

The brass version of the training ammo arrived and was selling fast so they rang hornady to see if there was more left. Yes 4.5 million rounds left in stock at this stage was the answer. By the time that they had figured out how much they were going to order ( a few hrs delay ) one shop in the USA brought all 4.5 million rounds ....

Steves w/sale the hornady importers are very well thought of in the trade.

Originally Posted by Toby

Is it his fault or can he not get his hands on enough of it?

Picked up 1000 rounds from Reloaders way back in anticipation of Easter bunnies. Sorry about that.

Can't get any American Eagle 9mm unless you want to pay Serious Shooters $40/box instead of the usual $24

I've got around 1,000 rounds of training .223 steel cased left, plus 10,000 ish CCI subsonic .22lr, plus about 1,000 .22WMR.

Buying in bulk is nice to keep the price down and gives you a comfortable stock for shortages. It's good to be able to just grab some boxes and go shooting.

I need to get more 6.5 stuff and some 12g.

Talked to a friend of mine in the USA today, who tells me that ammo is going up at a frightening rate, one shop he went into had 5 boxes of .223 left on the shelf so he bought the lot and left then remembered that he went there for primers and went back and found they had 5 boxes of .223 left ...... the fucken scamming aresoles

Shortage of Highland ammo in NZ right now

Some places are only putting out a few boxes at a time to stop people from buying the whole stock and 'flipping' it for a profit on online sites... They may not be scamming arseholes.

Originally Posted by Tussock

Im sitting on a lot of ammo. Will bleed it back out when it tripples in price

It has tripled in price in some areas of the USA