"And some dealers in the UK seem to have their heads tucked under their wings."
That's a polite way of putting it, I wouldn't have said wings myself.
Well. I try to be polite.
I thought of this today at work. If they suspend production for 5 months, it will probably take 9 mos to a year to get stock back up here. I mean, lets face it; they are making what is in demand. Do you think they will abruptly stop that Jan 1, 2014?? I doubt it. They will ease into retooling for
some of the suspended line. I can see some
never coming back, frankly.
I don't want to be a storm crow, again, but you guys could be in for a longer Hornady drought than 18 months. I would count on a year of thin pickings depending on the bullet. Buy what you are allowed, and then use conservatively. The other edge of this sword is that the bullets they didn't suspend will probably go into a state of higher demand. Guys might switch from say, the 35 grain VMax to the 40 which will infringe on supplies that the regular 40 grain shooters have been tapping into.
I bought 500 of the 35 grain VM .224's and my buddy bought the other 500 they had. I also bought the 162 grn A-Max 7mm MATCH they had as old stock. I don't shoot them from my 7x57 but they are on the suspended list, I believe, and the price was
very right. I also bought 8x100 of the 204 cal 32 grain VM for some shooters coming next week. I left 15 boxes of 40 grain on the shelf, and 12 boxes of the 45 grain SP. The SP's are on the discontinued list. I suspect that the users of those will gravitate to the 40 grain VM.~Muir