I was reading on an American forum yesterday that .22rf ammo is hard to get and in some cases nigh on impossible in the states , does this mean we will have the same issue in the UK?
No it shouldn't mean the same here as most of our .22 doesn't come from the U.S. The problem in the U.S. is still hoarding, that combined with shooters expending ridiculous amounts of ammo plinking.
Think about where most of our .22 ammo comes from. Winchester comes from Australia, Eley is British, RWS and Geco comes from Germany, Lapua and SK from Finland,Fiocchi from Italy. There was certainly no shortage in the guns shops I have visited in the last few days.
That depends where you look Rob. I went into Dauntsey guns to have a look on the way home from Bisley and they certainly didn't have any shortage of powder and a pretty good selection too. They also had quite a good selection of bullets.
I bought some powder and they had exactly the bullets ( 2 types) I wanted in stock and powder on offer. If you look at there website they show all their stock which is pretty comprehensive powderwise.
And the price has gone up! A box of vanilla CCI .22 LR Standard Velocity is about $6.00 retail.
A few years ago, you could buy a box of 550 Federal for $10.00.
I don't know much about it but isn't it about time somebody started producing good quality reloading components in the uk ?