bladeracer wrote:Yep, I don't see it ever going back to pre-covid now.
wanneroo wrote:Powder seems to be coming back. Hodgdon says powder availability will normalize this year. Also seeing more primers as well and even a lot of bullets on sale.
Also I think inflation and interest rates are tapping people out and I'm seeing stuff in general sit on shelves. Guns seem to be on sale as well.
I expect that within a few years there will be a glut on the market with reasonable prices. Maybe even sooner.
Once supply improves and there is an excess on the market, prepare yourself for the next time. I learned my lesson before and this past 3 years hasn't impacted me one bit.
wanneroo wrote:Powder seems to be coming back. Hodgdon says powder availability will normalize this year. Also seeing more primers as well and even a lot of bullets on sale.
Also I think inflation and interest rates are tapping people out and I'm seeing stuff in general sit on shelves. Guns seem to be on sale as well.
I expect that within a few years there will be a glut on the market with reasonable prices. Maybe even sooner.
Once supply improves and there is an excess on the market, prepare yourself for the next time. I learned my lesson before and this past 3 years hasn't impacted me one bit.
wrenchman wrote:I have not bought bullets in a couple years I was well stocked and while buying I got a box of 357 and all I can say is man prices have gone up
bladeracer wrote:
I have been mostly unimpacted. I got caught when I ordered two cases of .22LR a few weeks before TNT pulled the pin. Rebel's was waiting on the stock to come in and when it finally did they could no longer ship it to me. I also couldn't get it locally so that was a pain. I had to buy cases of other stuff and do a trip up to Melbourne to collect it. It didn't really disrupt my shooting much, I just had to use ammo I didn't prefer - more expensive and less accurate. It would've been nice to have had another bottle of Trailboss on hand before everything stopped but I think I still have enough to see me out as I've been switching a lot of my reduced loads over to AR2206H to conserve the TB. I've still been buying primers throughout mainly just to spend something whenever I go into a shop.
Oldbloke wrote:I agree market forces will kick in and prices will drop. Not sure about a glut here tho.
I was lucky. Before i retired i started stocking up if stuff was cheap. That was just before it hit. So no impact here.
I always grab a bargin if I think I will use it.
wrenchman wrote:deye243 that is plain scary
deye243 wrote:wrenchman wrote:deye243 that is plain scary
Yes figured I would try these individually packed and pampered Atips just for the hell of it even though I get extremely good accuracy out of a couple of the eld-m and all of the Berger vld and hybrids that I have tried but at that price and in a 135 graina I figured no definitely not not even if I was a full-on competition shooter .