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Hey guys, I was wondering how many of you have a backorder on primers at Graf & Sons? I just backorderd 20k primers and I am interested in how long of a wait I am looking at. Thanks.
I live 45 minutes from there and 5 minutes from MidwayUSA. Both places are having difficulty getting bullets, primers, and powder. I have voiced concerns to both about lack of product. Here is the response I got from Midway.
It’s true, we are having trouble keeping items on the shelves, particularly reloading components. I think this is due to a combination of factors, including wartime demand for munitions that are made on the same assembly lines as commercial ammunition, the meteoric rise in raw materials that have raised ammunition prices so high that there is an influx of new reloaders buying more reloading equipment than the factories projected and the recent election that has a lot of shooters very concerned. Please accept my apology for the lack of stock, and I appreciate your patience as the supply lines catch up with demand. Basically, we are selling items faster than the factories can make it. As for Berry’s Bullets, well, years ago he was not happy with us because we made plastic boxes too. We were cut off, and I don’t know if it has been long enough that they will talk to us again or not. I will mention it to my product line manager.
Thanks for Your Business,
Larry Potterfield
President/CEO
MidwayUSA
NRA Benefactor Member
All one has to do is look in this forum, it's full of questions from guys that have just started reloading. I have been reloading for about 15 years and have never seen the time when I couldn't make a run down to Midway and customer pick up on dock 5 or make a bullet run to Grafs and get exactly what I wanted in size and quantity. This whole madness is totally insane ! The shelves at Wal-Mart are void of handgun ammunition too... Totally absurd and I see absolutely no reason for the madness. I'm told it's because of Obama and I see the point. I also know the NRA is sitting on a treasure trove anticipating an attack on the Second Amendment. I also know that it would be Politicide for Obama to take on the Second Amendment in his first term. Bill Clinton on more than one occasion remarked that he lost the house and senate because he pushed the Brady Bill.
So, what I am saying is be patient and hord like everyone else when product becomes available. About 15 minutes ago I reloaded the last bullet in the house. I have over 3 thousand target rounds loaded and sitting on 4 pounds of powder and 6000 primers and if I don't see some bullets soon I'm going to start melting the 5 gallon bucket of tire weights I've got stashed away. I reckon that might answer your question as to why your waiting on back orders.