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Two National Firearms Surveys in 2021 Cause Confusion
AmmoLand ^
| 3 October, 2021
| Dean Weingarten
Posted on 10/09/2021 5:49:30 AM PDT by marktwain
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Neither survey has the full results available yet.
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posted on
10/09/2021 5:49:30 AM PDT
by
marktwain
To: marktwain
Survey? Like a poll?
Nonsense.
But they can and do track purchases.
Ammo is still very tight and very expensive. Hunting season near and all you see are exotics at $40-$100 per box of 20 rounds.
And primer’s? I have what I’ve had for years. In January I was told it would be 8 months before they would be available. Nothing yet. And Xi-O’Biden banned imports of Russian ammo. PPU manages to supply some basic ammo.
But by searching my component supply is larger than normal, most components are becoming more available.
The new gun owners are a huge issue. They buy a hand gun or rifle and they find it difficult to find ammo.
We need a powder and primer factory inside of Texas.
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posted on
10/09/2021 6:04:53 AM PDT
by
Texas Fossil
((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
To: marktwain
In today’s political climate, what sane gun owner would answer ANY poll about guns?
(smh)
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posted on
10/09/2021 6:15:56 AM PDT
by
Roccus
(Prima di ogni altra cosa, siati armati!)
To: Texas Fossil
And a large firearms manufacturer in the state as well.
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posted on
10/09/2021 6:16:53 AM PDT
by
Fai Mao
(I don't think we have enough telephone poles.)
To: Texas Fossil
We need a powder and primer factory inside of Texas.
Exactly so.
Over 90% of the precursor for modern gunpowder in the United States comes from one plant in Virginia, as I recall.
I believe it is the Radford Army Ammunition Plant.
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posted on
10/09/2021 6:30:42 AM PDT
by
marktwain
(President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries. )
To: marktwain
Oops. I was wrong. It is the *only* producer of nitrocellulose in the United States,
according to UPI.
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posted on
10/09/2021 6:36:27 AM PDT
by
marktwain
(President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries. )
To: Texas Fossil
“We need a powder and primer factory inside of Texas.”
Olin makes their products here in Illinois. I hear they are running 24-7-365 just trying to keep up. Our gun club ordered 15 pallets or so of ammo in January 2021.
We got the .45 and 5.56 last month. The 9mm is dribbling in a pallet at a time. 147 grain Winchester JHP is running $265 a case. .45 ball is $280. 1,000 rounds of 5.56 ball ammo is $590. That’s club cost which includes shipping.
Shotgun shells? Forget about them. Quoted delivery is “when we get them done.”
L
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posted on
10/09/2021 6:36:58 AM PDT
by
Lurker
(Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
To: marktwain
I did not know that. I do remember that Herco had a plant on the James River somewhere between Ft. Lee and the Coast. At the time I was at Ft.Lee there was also a plastics factory on that river. It smelled awful and fish could not be used from it. That was back in 1971. World has changed since then, but a lot of factories are still in same place.
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posted on
10/09/2021 6:42:31 AM PDT
by
Texas Fossil
((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
To: Fai Mao
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posted on
10/09/2021 6:44:33 AM PDT
by
Texas Fossil
((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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posted on
10/09/2021 6:48:47 AM PDT
by
kiryandil
(China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
To: Lurker
I shoot mostly 20ga, but reload 20ga and 12ga.
There aren’t many birds this year. Dove season is normally good here, lots of Asian doves. The morning doves are migratory, but the Asian doves (not native) stayed all year and there is no limit on them. Over last 20 years the morning doves were pushed out by the Asian doves. The week and a half near zero temperature here in Texas (when we had the power outage) killed a lot of the doves.
Have seen almost no quail.
So I still have some shot shells and more components.
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posted on
10/09/2021 6:54:42 AM PDT
by
Texas Fossil
((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
To: marktwain
That’s a national security problem.
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posted on
10/09/2021 6:59:52 AM PDT
by
MileHi
((Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
To: marktwain
nitrocellulose
For Big Guns.
I'm OK for powder, recently I bought some (CZ) Shooters World rifle powder for the first time. (they made A5744) Still had quite a bit of IMR3031. Also bought more than I really needed of Accurate #5 pistol powder. Have some other powders I use for varmint loads and shot shells.
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posted on
10/09/2021 7:12:52 AM PDT
by
Texas Fossil
((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
To: MileHi
Yes. One supplier is an issue.
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posted on
10/09/2021 7:19:29 AM PDT
by
Texas Fossil
((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
To: Texas Fossil
Gunpowder is mostly made of nitrocellulose, whether it is for pistols or cannon.
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posted on
10/09/2021 7:20:34 AM PDT
by
marktwain
(President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries. )
To: Texas Fossil; MileHi
China dumped a lot of nitrocellulose on the market, below cost. That killed off the commercial manufacturers.
Do we see a strategy here?
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posted on
10/09/2021 7:22:44 AM PDT
by
marktwain
(President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries. )
To: Texas Fossil; MileHi
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posted on
10/09/2021 7:26:35 AM PDT
by
marktwain
(President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries. )
To: Roccus
In today’s political climate, what sane gun owner would answer ANY poll about guns? (smh) The poll done by English explains how they worked to get around that issue.
I am not sure they were completely successful, but they addressed it.
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posted on
10/09/2021 7:28:32 AM PDT
by
marktwain
(President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries. )
To: marktwain
Link did not work for me. I’ve had some problems with that issue. It is a local access issue. Have talked to the ISP, but they are having issues.
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posted on
10/09/2021 7:40:48 AM PDT
by
Texas Fossil
((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
To: Texas Fossil
The store I work at has primers and powder back in stock after many months.
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posted on
10/09/2021 7:41:07 AM PDT
by
Lurkinanloomin
( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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