wheres all the powder?

[madgenius85]

Hey guys i posted the other day about reloading. I can not find powder anywhere except one place that has very few options and everywhere i check online is sold out! We have a gun show coming next weekend put on by central indiana gunshow. I imagine they will have some i hope at decent prices.

 

[remauto1187]

check bullets.com if you have to order online.

 

[billt]

On the Ammunition Shortage

 

[maverick5990]

check bullets.com if you have to order online.

They have no pistol powder and a very small choice of rifle powder. None of what we all are looking for.

 

[tnrick55]

dont u all realize its the gov. wanting to take are rights.

 

[madgenius85]

Its the consumers in a mass panic buying everything because they are afraid the government will take our rights away.

 

[Thegeek]

Being shipped to cartridge manufacturers.

 

[slowG]

It sucks

 

[maverick5990]

It's the same problem as 22lr. Limited production and high demand. It is hard to justify a huge expense to create new supplies for short term gains. In case you didn't know, Hodgdon does not make any powder, they only distribute under various names what others manufacture. They started with surplus powder after WWII. Check your bottles, a lot of it is made in Australia. They are shipping as much as ever, but demand beats supply! Simple economics, supply and demand, not a government conspiracy. Many more reloaders than this time last year!

 

[madgenius85]

Exactly! Its not a conspiracy its to much demand.

 

[dieselrealtor]

it is a demand conspiracy, some folks demand a conspiracy

 

[Trooper]

Nammo (parent company of Laupa) now owns Vihtavuori Powder.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKFapz6_f_c
Nammo AS - www.nammo.com
Do not know who distributes for them.

 

[Brassman65]

I have some on my shelf, I picked them up down at the 1500 one year for a reasonable price and I still havent burned through it yet. But I assume powder is just another manufactured shortage. People stockpiling it for no real reason

 

[billt]

dont u all realize its the gov. wanting to take are rights.

Naw. It's da same guys who faked da Moon landings.

 

[Maximinus Thrax]

I have some on my shelf, I picked them up down at the 1500 one year for a reasonable price and I still havent burned through it yet. But I assume powder is just another manufactured shortage. People stockpiling it for no real reason

That combined with folks like myself who just recently started loading for one reason or another who can't find any buy up whatever they find... Self defeating cycle. I just wonder when it will end?

 

[openwell]

For what it's worth- Seems like I can get what I need at Indy 1500 when it comes to town 5 times a year. Nothing like the old days. But most of my time now is spent plinking instead of developing the best loads for my rifles. Better days will probably never come. Good thing my rifles have "best loads" reloaded and on-hand. Hardest thing now is to decide which rifle to use when I hunt out-of-state each year. Good shooting!

 

[Trooper]

Where do I go to purchase pallet loads of components and powder? We used to buy that way at Knob Creek.

 

[HoughMade]

It's on a shelf in thousands of homes next to enough .22 LR to support youth shooting programs for the next 3 years.

 

[maverick5990]

Where do I go to purchase pallet loads of components and powder? We used to buy that way at Knob Creek.

You want pallet quantities and I only want 8 lbs. What's wrong with this picture?

 

[theslasher]

The people who say the powder situation is never going to get any better are blind. You can buy as much as you want of anything but powder. It will catch up also. And when it does itll be everywhere. Just like they are never going to catch up on AR's, parts and accessories.. Gunshops cant give them away now.. Same will happen with powder. Wait and see..