.303 ammo/components sitrep

Went to a local gun show this weekend here in Melbourne (FL). I would guesstimate it was about 250 tables. Not a single .303 round was to be found on any table. No brass. No bullets. Primers were still in the $125/1000 range. I did see a vendor with Accurate Powder for sale. I Googled the 2495 powder he was offering,, as I have no experience with it, and found several recipes for .303. It was marked $45 a pound, was told he'd let it go for $40 OTD. I passed and kept walking. Maybe in hindsight a mistake. Did see a Maltby No4 Mk1 for $575, nice, but mine was just as clean and I paid only $400.

It was interesting to note that 9mm was being sold by one of the "big boy" vendors at $17/box, and he had a pallet there to sell. Lowest I've seen here in a spell. While I did pick up a ziplock bag of 30 rounds of 7x57 OF Norma brass for $10,, my other "girlfriends", .30-30 and .32-20 were fetching $45 and $75 on the low end for factory ammo respectively (I walked)!

Got it & replied.

A few weeks back, I thought I got lucky, an online retailer called Loaded Firearms listing many primers and all kinds of powder available that no one else has.  Payment could only be made thru Zelle to a personal email.  I told the guy to forget it.  

Shamu, a wise foreign policy!