.303 ammo/components sitrep
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Topic: .303 ammo/components sitrep
Posted By: Dragunov
Subject: .303 ammo/components sitrep
Date Posted: February 06 2022 at 5:53pm
| 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. |
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Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: February 07 2022 at 10:53am
| thanks for the update , we have one coming here in a few weeks ill see what there is and report if there is anything interesting , |
Posted By: Dragunov
Date Posted: February 07 2022 at 1:56pm
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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)!
One would think that production would have loosened things up a bit more by now. I would fully expect the current president to create more emergencies over the remainder of his term. Perhaps then, we will be facing the "new reality" of $2.50 to $4 a round for factory .303 on a permanent basis. 😥
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Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: February 08 2022 at 9:04am
| be careful on line - there are a lot of scammers out there right now saying they have ammo and components - check very careful to be certain they are legit dealers |
Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: February 08 2022 at 11:01am
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I'll say. I had someone looking for .303 cases. I had some unfired brand spanking new 110 nickel R-P ones I'm probably not going to use any time soon & so I asked him to make any reasonable offer & he could have them. He offered 30 bucks & I pay shipping. I simply replied "no thanks". Now he's all mad claiming I somehow "cheated" him.
------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
Posted By: Goosic
Date Posted: February 08 2022 at 11:07am
PM sent.
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Shamu wrote:Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: February 08 2022 at 2:29pm
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Got it & replied. ------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: February 08 2022 at 8:19pm
your property he was trying to cheat you , things are always worth what a willing buyer will pay a willing seller to part with "their" property , i think you did the fair thing respectfully turning the offer down , he could have countered with a fairer deal ,
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Posted By: britrifles
Date Posted: February 09 2022 at 4:17am
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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. |
Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: February 10 2022 at 8:31am
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UPDATED. Thanks for the offers guys, but they weren't really a "for sale Item" I was just trying to help someone out on another forum & he tried to low-ball & blew the sale. Bearing in mind the state of things I'll hang on to them for now. ------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
Posted By: Dragunov
Date Posted: February 10 2022 at 10:34am
| Shamu, a wise foreign policy! |