Have it delivered to a neighbor who is always home or a local business you trust. Thinking of going to the Raleigh show this weekend to see what I can find. Maybe sell something. When I flew to EOT in NM years ago I mailed everything, ammo, clothes, gear to where my son worked so it wasn’t dropped off at his apartment while he was working. Flew from NC. Didn’t have any problems.
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Everything we use starts with natural gas. Primers, powder, brass (gas fired furnace) plastic wads, "beverage" cans, too!
Our components have always been the left overs and over runs of new/loaded ammo production
which is WAY more profitable for them.
The ammo. plants are still back logged, and probably will be for another year or so.
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hopefully the brass, powder, primers and bullets and going into cartridges to kill Russians. If so I don't have any problem with the shortage.
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Agreed I'll donate some towards the javelin missiles and Neptune missiles
Sorry to hear about the poor excuse for gunshows in your area.
The last local gunshow that I had a table at, I found components galore'
Even scored a few trays of vintage primers for $3 a tray. I bought 5 or 6 cans of different flavored pistol powders.
There was Brass everywhere, While, I tend to buy all my brass here on S&S, I did buy a couple boxes of 1x 357m brass at the show.
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Soundguy has made a good observation, down here in SE KY haven't seen powder or primers at the very few gun shows in the area. Did order from Hogdons and had it delivered, don't recall if I had to sign for it. Apparently the shipping issue involves the quantity allowed per truck which complicates shipping. If you are ordering the shipping charges are high but if you order a large quantity it doesn't substantially increase shipping cost/HAZMAT fees. I had a shipping notice and it was delivered the day they said it would be.
Maybe hodgdon has gotten more organized since last year..but their experience absolutely broke me from buying powder online . The worst part was placing the order in the beginning of the month and not having it even ship until the end of the month and basically not knowing between that time when it would ship until the day that it actually shipped so therefore not being able to plan any kind of way to be there to get it. I blame the delayed shipment once it was shipped partially on UPS they ....would say an article is out for delivery and then have to deliver the next day because they ran out of time that's probably what happened on the powder deliveries when they would come a day late. It's sad that we don't have good shipping infrastructure in this country.
Easy. When the costs of everything go up, you get less of it. Add the demand, add the loss or laid off workers. The end result is shortages. Only thing I spend money on is primers, brass, and tin.
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I have enough primers and brass..even alloy...even most powders.. But there are a few that I'm down to 1 pound of. I still always try to look for materials anyway... Never know when a 2 year shortage will become a 3-4 year shortage.
UPS sends me an email when they are going to deliver a package. You can also delay delivery or change the delivery address, but it may cost you $10. Better than taking a day off.
Can you have it delivered to your place of employment?
Bingo. Folks need to at the very least vote in local elections. I will not comment on any agendas as this is not the Pit. Have to use word of mouth, scrounge lead to trade, etc. When the elections are over and IF there is a party change take advantage of the hopefully lower prices. Good luck.
I received an e-mail from Reloading Unlimited our of Calhoun Tenn. Haven’t heard from them in about two years. They have small pistol primers and small rifle primers for 99.99 and some powder is available also. At my age I have enough stuff to probably last me to the end and it’s so hard not to scrounge brass when I go to the range. Forget it if the wife go to the range, she is the brass getter and I have a hard time trying to get her to practice with her weapons in stead of picking brass.
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |