Why is everyone out of bullets?

wover98 · February 24, 2011, 01:09 PM

Whats the deal? Almost everyone is out of the bullets I keep looking for,
40S&W. Is Speer shut down? Not just Speer either I guess there has been a run getting ready for spring. LOL

DiscoRacing · February 24, 2011, 01:11 PM

Guess ya gotta get into reloadin... I have thousands of bulles here...come on over... will let ya borrow some.

wover98 · February 24, 2011, 01:23 PM

Hmmm, that WOULD be a nice ride on the bike. maybe wait another month or so.

totaldla · February 24, 2011, 01:29 PM

Companies are spreading the rumor that price increases are coming. The rumors get spread around on forums like this. Some guys gobble it up like a bunch of old ladies. Then everybody "stocks up". This helps the retailers clear out the over-stock they accumulated at the end of the ObamaScare.

madmo44mag · February 24, 2011, 01:30 PM

http://www.thebulletworks.net/Lead-Cast-Bullets-s/1.htm

They have good quality bullets and prices are good.
Given them a look

4runnerman · February 24, 2011, 02:27 PM

Im not seeing a shortage of them around here (Fargo ND). Are we talking componets or loaded?.

Ludarue · February 24, 2011, 02:34 PM

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ObamaScare

I haven't had any issues finding the ammo I need since then.

HawkeyeNRAlifer · February 24, 2011, 02:45 PM

I'm low on bullets because it's been too cold to cast any. I have about 800lbs of wheel weights waiting to jump into the furnace.

William T. Watts · February 24, 2011, 03:25 PM

I had to make a number of calls to find what I needed for a 45ACP, keep looking, eventually you will find what you need.. William

GP100man · February 24, 2011, 04:57 PM

Does anybody watch the prices of raw materials ?????

My guess is the manufacturers are scrambling to find competetive prices.

They are going up !!

wncchester · February 24, 2011, 05:06 PM

"Why is everyone out of bullets?"

Hummm....I give up. ??

FrankenMauser · February 25, 2011, 03:18 AM

No one around me is out of bullets.

In fact, most of them are starting to fill empty slots on the shelves (low-volume stuff that is usually harder to find, but became endangered/extinct during the mass hoarding).

Bamashooter · February 25, 2011, 03:49 AM

I reload for some of my guns, not all of them. I have had no trouble finding ammo or reloading supplies either locally or online.

kalevatom · February 25, 2011, 09:33 AM

I'm not seeing any shortages of anything. I ordered 1k of .40 180gr from Montana Gold and my local has 100 piece boxes of .40 Hornady and CorBons of various weights and primers. Could be that the weather in your area has kept more people indoors and they're reloading more to fight the boredom. I know the more I'm stuck inside, the more time I spend at my press.

LAH · February 25, 2011, 11:39 PM

Plenty of bullet here in the hardwoods.

a7mmnut · February 25, 2011, 11:43 PM

I don't know about you all, but I see real trouble on the horizon. Most of the bullet makers have already introduced "lead free" rounds, or are currently developing some. A backdoor ban on second hand lead exposure may be on the horizon......

-7-

ipscchef · February 25, 2011, 11:57 PM

There is no shortage around here. I can find anything I need either at Gander,but at the prices they charge, all of their employees should be wearing ski masks and pointing a gun at you

!, or at Keystone which is my local indy' store. In addition, Natchez seems to have everything in abundance these days. Go on the net and give them a try. They have great prices, great customer service- the guys I order from always seem to be very knowlegable and freindly- and the stuff always arrives real quick.
Willy

FrankenMauser · February 26, 2011, 03:27 AM

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I don't know about you all, but I see real trouble on the horizon. Most of the bullet makers have already introduced "lead free" rounds, or are currently developing some. A backdoor ban on second hand lead exposure may be on the horizon......

That's a possibility, but not the topic of this thread; and by no means, justifies mass hoarding and reloading hysteria.

larryf1952 · February 26, 2011, 11:57 PM

I used to buy direct from Zero and Magnus, but that's hopeless these days. Their websites perpetually show "Out of Stock" on every jacketed bullet that they make, with maybe 1 or 2 "low stock" exceptions. I finally just deleted them from my bookmarks. I'm sure that virtually 100% of their production goes to distributors such as Natchez and MidSouth.

Rangefinder · February 27, 2011, 01:10 AM

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Why is everyone out of bullets?

70,000---------that's the number of 180gr .40s&w bullets I could cast right now on a quick estimate from the amount of alloy kicking around in the shop... Who is out again??

egor20 · February 27, 2011, 01:20 AM

I don't shoot .40, but the two places I stopped into today, my LGS and a Dicks Sporting had a bunch of boxes of Speer. I, on the other hand had to pick up field hockey sticks for my grand niece.

hk33ka1 · February 27, 2011, 01:37 AM

Low on lead but not on boolits!

MissouriBullet · February 27, 2011, 03:15 PM

We're sitting on 30 tons of our foundry alloy, so that's 2,100,000 200 grain bullets' worth. Another truckload will be arriving Tuesday with another 22 tons, so that would be another 1,540,000 bullets.

No shortage here, I believe!

Brad

LAH · February 27, 2011, 10:57 PM

Brad is one the ball.

DiscoRacing · February 27, 2011, 10:59 PM

Your sitting on 30 tons?!!!

... get up and start castin then....dont sit on em..

30 tons??!!... thats it??

February 24, 2011, 01:09 PM	#1
wover98 Member Join Date: March 4, 2009 Posts: 45	Why is everyone out of bullets? Whats the deal? Almost everyone is out of the bullets I keep looking for, 40S&W. Is Speer shut down? Not just Speer either I guess there has been a run getting ready for spring. LOL

February 24, 2011, 01:11 PM	#2
DiscoRacing Senior Member Join Date: December 19, 2008 Location: milton, wv Posts: 3,638	Guess ya gotta get into reloadin... I have thousands of bulles here...come on over... will let ya borrow some. __________________ Desert Eagle Alliance Group Launcher Extraordinaire ______ ----Get Busy Live'n.....Or....Get Busy Die'n......Red -------They call me Dr. Bob,,,, I have a PhD in S&W

February 24, 2011, 01:29 PM	#4
totaldla Senior Member Join Date: August 11, 2009 Posts: 578	Companies are spreading the rumor that price increases are coming. The rumors get spread around on forums like this. Some guys gobble it up like a bunch of old ladies. Then everybody "stocks up". This helps the retailers clear out the over-stock they accumulated at the end of the ObamaScare. __________________ Backcountry Camera and Video Information Obama in 2012? Seriously? Jetboil Sol Review

February 24, 2011, 01:30 PM	#5
madmo44mag Senior Member Join Date: December 29, 2008 Location: Ft.Worth, Texas Posts: 419	http://www.thebulletworks.net/Lead-Cast-Bullets-s/1.htm They have good quality bullets and prices are good. Given them a look __________________ Texas - Not just a state but an attitude! http://texasgunowner.com TGO - We like to pull triggers and shoot the bull!

February 24, 2011, 02:27 PM	#6
4runnerman Senior Member Join Date: January 16, 2010 Location: Minnsota Posts: 1,840	Im not seeing a shortage of them around here (Fargo ND). Are we talking componets or loaded?. __________________ NRA Certified RSO NwCP- Performance Isn't Optional

February 24, 2011, 01:23 PM	#3
wover98 Member Join Date: March 4, 2009 Posts: 45	Hmmm, that WOULD be a nice ride on the bike. maybe wait another month or so.

February 24, 2011, 02:45 PM	#8
HawkeyeNRAlifer Senior Member Join Date: September 6, 2007 Location: Iowa Posts: 184	I'm low on bullets because it's been too cold to cast any. I have about 800lbs of wheel weights waiting to jump into the furnace.

February 24, 2011, 03:25 PM	#9
William T. Watts Senior Member Join Date: January 20, 2010 Location: Central Arkansas Posts: 612	I had to make a number of calls to find what I needed for a 45ACP, keep looking, eventually you will find what you need.. William

February 24, 2011, 04:57 PM	#10
GP100man Senior Member Join Date: August 2, 2007 Location: Tabor City , NC. Posts: 1,779	Does anybody watch the prices of raw materials ????? My guess is the manufacturers are scrambling to find competetive prices. They are going up !! __________________ GP100man

February 24, 2011, 05:06 PM	#11
wncchester Senior Member Join Date: December 1, 2002 Posts: 2,700	"Why is everyone out of bullets?" Hummm....I give up. ??

February 25, 2011, 03:18 AM	#12
FrankenMauser Senior Member Join Date: August 26, 2008 Location: 1B ID Posts: 5,399	No one around me is out of bullets. In fact, most of them are starting to fill empty slots on the shelves (low-volume stuff that is usually harder to find, but became endangered/extinct during the mass hoarding). __________________ "Such is the strange way that man works -- first he virtually destroys a species and then does everything in his power to restore it."

February 25, 2011, 03:49 AM	#13
Bamashooter Senior Member Join Date: March 12, 2010 Posts: 1,674	I reload for some of my guns, not all of them. I have had no trouble finding ammo or reloading supplies either locally or online.

February 25, 2011, 09:33 AM	#14
kalevatom Senior Member Join Date: October 28, 2010 Location: northwestern Michigan Posts: 196	I'm not seeing any shortages of anything. I ordered 1k of .40 180gr from Montana Gold and my local has 100 piece boxes of .40 Hornady and CorBons of various weights and primers. Could be that the weather in your area has kept more people indoors and they're reloading more to fight the boredom. I know the more I'm stuck inside, the more time I spend at my press.

February 25, 2011, 11:39 PM	#15
LAH Senior Member Join Date: March 22, 2002 Location: In The Hardwoods Posts: 737	Plenty of bullet here in the hardwoods. __________________ Dry Creek Bullet Works Dry Creek Firewood

February 25, 2011, 11:43 PM	#16
a7mmnut Junior member Join Date: February 27, 2009 Location: NC Foothills Posts: 1,150	I don't know about you all, but I see real trouble on the horizon. Most of the bullet makers have already introduced "lead free" rounds, or are currently developing some. A backdoor ban on second hand lead exposure may be on the horizon...... -7-

February 25, 2011, 11:57 PM	#17
ipscchef Senior Member Join Date: November 1, 2008 Location: South Central Pa. Posts: 422	There is no shortage around here. I can find anything I need either at Gander,but at the prices they charge, all of their employees should be wearing ski masks and pointing a gun at you!, or at Keystone which is my local indy' store. In addition, Natchez seems to have everything in abundance these days. Go on the net and give them a try. They have great prices, great customer service- the guys I order from always seem to be very knowlegable and freindly- and the stuff always arrives real quick. Willy __________________ Don' keep shooting them until you think they are dead, Keep shooting them until they think they are dead.- Clint Smith

February 26, 2011, 11:57 PM	#19
larryf1952 Senior Member Join Date: July 17, 2004 Location: KCMO Posts: 433	I used to buy direct from Zero and Magnus, but that's hopeless these days. Their websites perpetually show "Out of Stock" on every jacketed bullet that they make, with maybe 1 or 2 "low stock" exceptions. I finally just deleted them from my bookmarks. I'm sure that virtually 100% of their production goes to distributors such as Natchez and MidSouth.

February 27, 2011, 01:20 AM	#21
egor20 Senior Member Join Date: November 14, 2010 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 1,743	I don't shoot .40, but the two places I stopped into today, my LGS and a Dicks Sporting had a bunch of boxes of Speer. I, on the other hand had to pick up field hockey sticks for my grand niece. __________________ Chief stall mucker and grain chef Country don't mean dumb. Steven King. The Stand

February 27, 2011, 01:37 AM	#22
hk33ka1 Senior Member Join Date: April 21, 2010 Posts: 275	Low on lead but not on boolits!

February 27, 2011, 03:15 PM	#23
MissouriBullet Member Join Date: August 4, 2007 Posts: 29	Well, we could make a few bullets We're sitting on 30 tons of our foundry alloy, so that's 2,100,000 200 grain bullets' worth. Another truckload will be arriving Tuesday with another 22 tons, so that would be another 1,540,000 bullets. No shortage here, I believe! Brad Last edited by MissouriBullet; February 28, 2011 at 08:20 PM.

February 27, 2011, 10:57 PM	#24
LAH Senior Member Join Date: March 22, 2002 Location: In The Hardwoods Posts: 737	Brad is one the ball. __________________ Dry Creek Bullet Works Dry Creek Firewood

February 27, 2011, 10:59 PM	#25
DiscoRacing Senior Member Join Date: December 19, 2008 Location: milton, wv Posts: 3,638	Your sitting on 30 tons?!!! ... get up and start castin then....dont sit on em.. 30 tons??!!... thats it?? __________________ Desert Eagle Alliance Group Launcher Extraordinaire ______ ----Get Busy Live'n.....Or....Get Busy Die'n......Red -------They call me Dr. Bob,,,, I have a PhD in S&W