bewsh Posted July 11, 2015 Report Share Posted July 11, 2015 keep reading about bullet shortages but aside from delays in delivery to distributors I have been quite lucky getting 208/52 amax, 130gr interlocks .270, 180gr corelokt and various other scierra .308. Is there a real shortage and if so is it brand specific? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurie Posted July 11, 2015 Report Share Posted July 11, 2015 Certain Hornady A-Max bullets have been in very short supply for a long time, the 75gn .224, 123gn 6.5 and 162gn 7mm in particular. The 162 was one of scores of product lines which Hornady suspended for ~18 months whilst US demand was at its peak and although it has now been reinstated will take a long time for supply to catch up with demand. The 123gn 6.5 is a relatively new design and with the runaway success of the 6.5mm Hornady Creedmoor in the US alongside ever growing interest in the 260 and '47L has been permanently on back-order on both sides of the Atlantic. Sierra's UK importers (Henry Krank and Norman Clark) are lucky to get 50% of any individual order satisfied and again certain popular calibres suffer most, the relatively new 6.5mm 123gn SMK selling out quickly here every time the importers get any. Most popular Berger Target models are on permanent back-order and have been for at least three years. A consignment arrives and is sold out almost immediately - more often than not is fully committed to back-orders before it arrives. Talking to Mik Mak at Dolphin re a huge shipment he received earlier this year, every box other than 90gn 0.224" VLDs was already sold. (This is to shooters as Dolphin isn't a Berger trade importer.) Hannams Reloading has what equates to five or six full pallets' worth of Bergers outstanding on existing orders some individual elements going back two to three years. Inevitably, both dealers and individual shooters sometimes cancel when the importer finally gets a consignment so this throws an element onto the general uncommitted market. It also creates a huge workload spike for the importers - each time a shipment arrives every back-order customer has to be contacted by phone to check the order is still 'live' and then there is one to two weeks of solid parcelling up and consigning via carriers. Many models were temporarily withdrawn during the 'crisis'. The 6mm 107gn Sierra MK one of many such. Production (500 ct boxes only) resumed earlier this year, but there is a huge US backlog to be met before we start to see them. Some of the less popular designs have long since been sold out and there have to be doubts as to whether they'll reappear now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1967spud Posted July 11, 2015 Report Share Posted July 11, 2015 i have all amax here except the elusive 6.5 140 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephentri Posted July 11, 2015 Report Share Posted July 11, 2015 Sierra 77gr tipped match kings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srvet Posted July 11, 2015 Report Share Posted July 11, 2015 The UK badly needs a reliable supplier for Barnes bullets..........how about it Spud?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1967spud Posted July 11, 2015 Report Share Posted July 11, 2015 Sierra 77gr tipped match kings in stock but only a fre left Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1967spud Posted July 11, 2015 Report Share Posted July 11, 2015 Sierra 77gr tipped match kings ok lets have a list of the popular barnes and ill get an order in with them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31chris Posted July 11, 2015 Report Share Posted July 11, 2015 162g 7mm amax spud? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1967spud Posted July 11, 2015 Report Share Posted July 11, 2015 got loads of 7mm amax here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard griffith Posted July 11, 2015 Report Share Posted July 11, 2015 Hornady 95 grain v max 6.5.Richard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srvet Posted July 11, 2015 Report Share Posted July 11, 2015 130g 308 TTSX, 120g TTSX in 6.5 and 120g TTSX in 7mm for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bewsh Posted July 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2015 130g 308 TTSX, 120g TTSX in 6.5 and 120g TTSX in 7mm for me! What do you pay for those? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted July 15, 2015 Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 Hornady 55 grain V-Max. Although for now, I've switched to the 52 A-Max, as I built up 500 in reserve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stacka Posted July 15, 2015 Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 Nosler BTips both 70gr and 90gr in 6mm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueBoy69 Posted July 16, 2015 Report Share Posted July 16, 2015 Any flat nosed bullets in .25 (.257), .30 (.308), .32 (.312/.313/.314) and .38 (.375/.377). For lever actions in 25-20, 30-30, 32-20 and 38-55. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srvet Posted July 16, 2015 Report Share Posted July 16, 2015 What do you pay for those? Last lot were between £32 and £40 per 50 bullets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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