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Whats going on here, no Hornady 357 XTP bullets


Iron Pony

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Want to put up some more 357 loads for the new blackhawk and since I was close to Rileys in Hooksett yesterday I stopped in to do some shopping. Kind of like old mother hubbards house the cupboard was bare of 125 grain XTPs, and lots of other sizes/weights as well. Ok, so I check another shop today and same story, very limited supply of JHP slugs. Hmmm. Did I miss something or just hit a low point in inventory?

 

Looks like I'll go on line with Midway or such and see what they have on hand. Was looking forward to using up a bunch of AA#9 or 296 and seeing how the Ruger likes higher end loads, guess I'll have to wait a bit.

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Want to put up some more 357 loads for the new blackhawk and since I was close to Rileys in Hooksett yesterday I stopped in to do some shopping. Kind of like old mother hubbards house the cupboard was bare of 125 grain XTPs, and lots of other sizes/weights as well. Ok, so I check another shop today and same story, very limited supply of JHP slugs. Hmmm. Did I miss something or just hit a low point in inventory?

 

Looks like I'll go on line with Midway or such and see what they have on hand. Was looking forward to using up a bunch of AA#9 or 296 and seeing how the Ruger likes higher end loads, guess I'll have to wait a bit.

My son uses that ammo for his Deer rifle, and around here the shelves are always empty around Deer season.....October to January here.

 

BSD

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BSD that may be part of it but I can normally pick up a box or two at Rileys as they keep a good stock of reloading supplies on hand. This time there were big gaps on the shelves for Hornady, Sierra, Speer and Nosler among others. Just struck me as odd but I figure it had something to do with the end of the year and taxes etc which came up a month or so ago when I was talking with the owner about his supply of shot.

 

Midawy should drop off a heavy box next week and I can get to loading them up so maybe its time to shoot some 38s.

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I called Hornady about when they were going to start packing their FTX bullets.

Right now the demand is so high for the self defense ammo that reloaders have to take a back seat until they can get caught up.

Reckon it's the same for the XTP bullets as well.

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