*WARNING!* Steep price hike on brass!

[User00040]

Hi all,

Just come to the horrifying realisation that Lapua 223 brass has gone from about £55 odd per 100 pre-CV19 to £70.

All quality Lapua and Norma brass has shot up in price.

Price increases seem to be across the board!

Remembered that I had bought 100 Norma 223 cases off @R. Macleod & Son for £57 odd a while back, so I phoned them up and was lucky to get two more bags at the same price.

I think they have 4 bags left, hurry!

 

[User00040]

@Edinburgh Rifles has the best price for 243 Win Lapua brass that I've been able to find.

 

[long_range_rob]

More likely to be a Brexit hike than COVID fallout. VAT issues.

 

[DVS1]

SGC is £97!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[User00040]

SGC is £97!!!!!!!!!!!!

Based on a previous post regarding their Barnes TTSX prices, they seem to be gouging a lot!

 

[CarlW]

SGC is £97!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fook me!

I assumed you were joking. Just looked on their website: you ain't...

 

[bullet chucker]

Glad, I have kept all' my Norma brass then? 6.5

BC.

 

[big ears]

SGC is £97!!!!!!!!!!!!

That’s if they have it in stock

 

[DVS1]

It's ok lads, just read their small print for why the cost is so high...

Lapua 223 brass sold by SGC is guaranteed to reload itself and give you a maximum group of .224 at 1000m

BARGAIN!

 

[JTO]

More likely to be a Brexit hike than COVID fallout. VAT issues.VAT

VAT on goods leaving the EU should be Zero, so with VAT in Sweden at 25% and VAT in the UK 20%, things should be cheaper regards VAT. Customs charges might make a difference, but that is down to our own jobsworths.

 

[richard griffith]

Look at Mcevoys.Got Lapua 22.250 today £86 inc postage.

 

[David N]

As stated before, there is a massive difference in price depending where you shop. Brass for my 17 hornet is £32 from one supplier and £47 from another. This has been like this since August 2020, so not new.

It pay to shop around.

 

[triggersqueezer]

As stated before, there is a massive difference in price depending where you shop. Brass for my 17 hornet is £32 from one supplier and £47 from another. This has been like this since August 2020, so not new.

It pay to shop around.

i think a friend of mine paid £100 for 100 hornet hornady brass .

 

[User00040]

As stated before, there is a massive difference in price depending where you shop. Brass for my 17 hornet is £32 from one supplier and £47 from another. This has been like this since August 2020, so not new.

It pay to shop around.

Not really.

I've gone through a few paper (solid evidence that can't be edited!) 2020 catalogues and found they have all slapped a sizeable % onto the brass when looking at their current (online) prices.

Unless it's stock that they have had to buy in and face an increased rate on themselves, it seems a bit unfair to hike the price on stock that was already sitting on a shelf.

The 223 Norma brass quoted in my first post was advertised on here a while back, I bought a bag. They have not advertised it on their website and still have a few left (maybe not since I posted!)

 

[David N]

I have a supplier that was out of stock and got me 50 cases in at £32, so new stock not old. There is a vast difference in prices. Suppliers can charge what the want and that is fine, I just saying shop round. Also P+P is an interesting one.

 

[Bavarianbrit]

More likely to be a Brexit hike than COVID fallout. VAT issues.

I have just heard on the midday news over here in Germany that the post "B" trade between the EU and UK has fallen by 40%, they listed Covid combined with "B" to be the causes.