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.223 Brass Getting Scarce
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 Posted: Sun Mar 18th, 2007 10:24 PM
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I can't believe how hard this stuff is getting to find. By me Cabela's and both Sportsmans Warehouses are out of it. One of the bigger gun shops near me who usually carries a lot of bulk brass is out, and none of them know when they'll be getting anymore. Same deal with Midway, G.I. Brass, and several others. With factory .223/5.56 MM going for over $8.00 @ box, it seems everyone is handloading it now. I can't say as I blame them. Bullets are pretty much the same story. Between the Chinese buying all of our raw materials, and the Afgan and Iraq war, it's become pretty slim pickins. We'll probably wind up paying as much or more for brass as we used to for factory stuff!  Bill T.


 Posted: Sun Mar 18th, 2007 11:47 PM
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Man, If you find it, you better stock up on it when you can. Remember the big primer shortage from the Clinton era ? When I could finally get them I bought boxes of them . I'm still working on those ! And you are so right about the Chinese. :thumbs1:

Last edited on Sun Mar 18th, 2007 11:47 PM by wyo300rum



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