Irony? Because of environmental schtuff, most of the lead probably comes from china!
________________________________________ From: Mercedes <mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com> on behalf of Rich Thomas via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: 17 October 2015 00:06 To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: Rich Thomas Subject: Re: [MBZ] Question for Canadians It's the only industry that has done well the last 7 years... oh, the irony... --R On 10/16/15 7:33 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: > Since 2008, ammunition and gun sales have set new records each week. While > the economy has been the worst on record, Americans have voted with their > wallet in response to the "hope and change agenda". It appears they > collectively do not feel safe and wish to increase their ability to defend > themselves. > > So... the ammunition shortage is actually a demand spike which hasn't been > met by manufactures. Information which I've been able to access says they > are running at full capacity, 3 shifts, 24/7, and still have unfilled > orders going forward 12 months ahead. > > That order/demand peaks in a second wave each time a politician waves the > "more gun control" laws are needed flag... > > Americans, it appears, take the whole Bill of Rights seriously... . > > > On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 1:41 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> On 16/10/2015 3:24 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes wrote: >> >>> After 6+ years of being unable to buy 22 Long with 40 grain lead in this >>> country, I was wondering if the situation is similar in the Great Northern >>> Provinces. Are boxes of LR available in Canada, or is this a worldwide >>> "shortage?" >>> >>> When I do see a box or two on the shelf, they are 2-3 times more >>> expensive than they were 8 years ago, and it it some less popular >>> variation, like short or long, or some very expensive "match grade" thing. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> >> I am not certain of what is or is not readily available as I seldom buy >> any but my son has complained that sometimes there is a problem getting >> what he wants. >> He has been using low power 22LR in an effort to reduce noise as we are >> not really permitted to shoot out at the lake and do not wish to have >> neighbors complain. He dispatches as many squirrels as he can in order to >> keep them out of the cottage. Unfortunately, the low power shells do not >> work all that well in semi-auto rifles. They don't cycle well. >> >> I would say, we are not having quite the "shortages" that I hear you folks >> talk about but supply is not as good as it once was. >> >> RB >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
