[Surplus Rifle.Com's New Article:]
Slug, Measure, & Match: Using the Right Bullet for the Right Barrel Diameter
By Mark Trope & R. Ted Jeo
| About this site |
|---|
| C&R Dealer Links | General Related Links |
| The Member's Map | The Gun Control Forum |
Due to the main focus of this site on the collecting and shooting
of C&R and military surplus firearms in their collectible original configurations,
sporterising topics will not be permitted in these fourms.
Thankyou,
ParallaxBill
Parallax's Trader Boards
See the new location at the bottom of the forum list
**Membership applications no longer required to post but you still must be registered.**
No dealers please!
Back in Production, New and Improved
Darrell's Scout Mount Page & Forum
| Author | Comment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
 diamondtim |
Anyone else stocking up on components? |
Lead | |
|
Posts: 598 (11/09/08 11:48 PM) Veteran member |
Due to the recent election and the perceived changes to ammo regulations, is anyone else stocking up on reloading supplies?
I was down to one of the local sporting big box stores and found the reloading supplies flying off the shelves. What are you doing?
Share the Love,
Diamondtim Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives - Essential ingredients of Redneck celebrations for over 100 years! |
||
 ordonnanz gewehr |
|||
|
Posts: 44 (11/11/08 10:23 AM) active member |
Bullets (bulk military), Primers, Powder, Brass, Bullet molds, any type of Lead...
|
||
|
eb in oregon |
|||
|
Posts: 291 (11/11/08 12:00 PM) |
I've purchased some new components, but only as I really need them, not because I feel it is really, really necessary.
"We must all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately."
Benjamin Franklin, July 4 1776 |
||
|
rewster |
|||
|
Posts: 21 (11/11/08 06:58 PM) |
diamondtim wrote: |
||
|
NC Cruffler |
|||
|
Posts: 378 (11/13/08 09:06 PM) active member |
You bet your shiney metal arse I'm stocking up on components and the like.
Dave
Dave Green, NRA Life Member since 1973
|
||
|
dutchmills |
gone | ||
|
Posts: 678 (11/14/08 02:38 PM) Veteran member |
Went to Sportsman Warehouse over the weekend, looking to buy some pyrodex, maybe a few more percussion caps........ALL GONE! no caps or pyrodex left. Was
still some smokeless powder and primers available tho. Local Wal-Marts didnt even stock pyrodex this year. Some of them dont even stock firearms anymore. I
swear I see darkness closing in.
|
||
|
NC Cruffler |
|||
|
Posts: 381 (11/14/08 09:21 PM) active member |
Hey Dutch, I've got a bunch of winged percussion musket caps if you need any.
Dave
Dave Green, NRA Life Member since 1973
|
||
|
exsfdoc |
|||
|
Posts: 50 (11/15/08 11:06 PM) |
I've been stocking up for about a year.Plenty of bullets and primers. I even buy things I don't need now but may have a use for in the future. I just
need to buy some more powder and I'll be set for awhile. I just had a feeling that the election may go south and I'm glad I stated stocking up early.
|
||
|
dutchmills |
|||
|
Posts: 680 (11/18/08 06:02 PM) Veteran member |
Thanks Dave! Everything I shoot requires nr. 11 or nr. 10 percussion caps. (by the way, i've been an NRA life member since 1964) DM
|
||
|
NC Cruffler |
|||
|
Posts: 393 (11/18/08 09:12 PM) active member |
(by the way, i've been an NRA life member since 1964) DMI wuz in the fourth grade, in Mrs. Gibbs class at Raymond B. Pinchbeck Elementary, Henrico County (Richmond), Virginia in 1964. I had a crush on Maryjane Bendall. And I got into trouble saying out loud that the capital of Chile was "con carne". And in case ya'll ain't guessed, I'm still a smart-ass. 
Dave
Dave Green, NRA Life Member since 1973
|
||
|
eb in oregon |
|||
|
Posts: 329 (11/18/08 09:38 PM) |
Funny, here in Oregon (the West Side) the stores still have plenty of components (and firearms.)
Matter of perception I'd guess. And maybe the thought that a man alone (even the President) can't do it by himself. Write your State Representives and Congressman. A letter (or a few thousand) goes a long way. Eric
"We must all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately."
Benjamin Franklin, July 4 1776 |
||
|
Colin |
|||
|
Posts: 1790 (11/19/08 01:08 AM) |
Somebody's sure stocking up. Last week I went to the local gun store. Just that day someone had cleaned them out of 38 Spl, 357 and 45 ammo to the tune of
about $4000. I went back today to pick up 2K of small pistol primers for a couple of projects I've been thinking about. All I could get was 600, as the
rest had already been sold.
|
||
|
diamondtim |
|||
|
Posts: 599 (11/19/08 10:55 PM) Veteran member |
Imagined conversation...
WIFE: Are you telling me that I can't do ANY Christmas shopping because you bought $4000 in ammo?! HUSBAND: But honey, you don't understand, the amount I had would only allow me to shoot in my pistol league until 2010. What would I have done after that?
Share the Love,
Diamondtim Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives - Essential ingredients of Redneck celebrations for over 100 years! |
||
|
mauserand9mm |
|||
|
Posts: 1162 (11/19/08 11:09 PM) Veteran member |
...and he should tell her how much he saved by doing so...
|
||
|
diamondtim |
|||
|
Posts: 600 (11/20/08 12:27 AM) Veteran member |
Yeah. If the feared additional taxes are imposed, he would have saved a bundle.
Share the Love,
Diamondtim Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives - Essential ingredients of Redneck celebrations for over 100 years! |
||
|
brody729 |
|||
|
Posts: 141 (11/26/08 11:27 AM) |
Sportsmen's Warehouse here in Rocklin, Ca has been cleaned out of basic reloading supplies (bullets, powder and primers) for weeks. Finally placed a big
order with Graf's and bit the bullet on the hazmat fee.
|
||
|
Cisco |
|||
|
Posts: 1792 (11/27/08 05:55 PM) Veteran member |
I bought two bricks of primers at Sportsman's warehouse but only because I had a coupon for $10 of on a $50 purchase that was about to expire.
I'm actually waiting for the price of ammo to come down. The price of metals all skyrocketed along with the price of gas and they are both down
dramatically. I expect ammo prices to come down dramaticaly since the raw materials are down cosiderably.
As an example aluminum can scrap was paying about $1.07 a pound in June and is now down to about 50 cents a pound. This is not the amount you get paid but what the big scrap dealers sell it for. Copper has seen even a more dramatic drop. I figure once the post election rush is over and manufacturers get caught up you will see ammo drop drastically also. I just don't see any ammo restrictions coming up in the near future that justifies the binge buying going on. Or I may be wrong, time will tell. |
||
|
Rustybore |
|||
|
Posts: 800 (12/09/08 02:02 AM) Veteran member |
Well, here in Oregon (the East Side) the stores are in low supply. Been a good run on black rifles and pistols of all sorts. There is commercial ammo
available, but the prices are high. Powder prices are reasonable, and most varieties still available, but short supply of primers, except where they want
$32/m. I guess it is the political difference between the two sides of the state.
Kevin in Or. |
||
|
carlyee |
Eastern OR cleaned out, pretty much | ||
|
Posts: 180 (01/04/09 02:07 AM) |
I have been stocking up on reloading components, but find them harder to get over on the "right" side of the state. (But Bend is becoming more commie
all the time.) Sportsman World was zero. Bi-Mart has some. Luckily I loaded up on mil-surp years ago and have enough to fight thru any revolution that may need
to come.
|
||
|
dutchmills |
|||
|
Posts: 704 (01/04/09 08:01 PM) Veteran member |
Dang Dave! The 4th grade?? I was a rookie cop in '64. just back from 3 years overseas. Back then, to join NRA you had to have a cop or serving military
officer to sign for you. My best friend and i were both rookies, and we signed for each other. Chili con carne is the capitol of Chile???? I didnt know that!
LOL! Maybe that goes with "Hold my beer and watch this!"
|
||
|
curiokid |
|||
|
Posts: 22 (01/05/09 02:50 AM) |
well, as long as man keeps making pipe and matches (and the earth keeps making rocks) I'll still be shooting!
|
||
