powder shortage the end maybe near!! Alliant email

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Hey guys got this email today from Alliant powder thought I would share with you. maybe light at the end of the tunnel


Chris,
Once the powder is delivered to the distributor, we have absolutely no control on the final destination of that powder.# We sell the powder to distributors who in turn sell it to dealers, wholesalers and retailers.
The situation is no better down here in the states than it is in Canada.
We are making and shipping powder every day.# Many of the powders we make are made at one facility at Radford.
Here in tech services I could not tell you when or where your powder was made or when or where it was shipped.
Suffice it to say we are running 24/7 and making more powder today than at any other time in our history.
We sell to our distributors, about 50 of them.# They in turn sell to dealers, wholesalers and retailers.# Once the powder is shipped to the distributor we have no control on the final destination of that product.
The situation is looking better with each passing day.
If we look at the retail marked we have never really seen these shortage, whether it was for bullets, ammo, primers or powder, go longer than 18 months.# We are now approaching that mark.
We also have three market indicators that lead us to believe there is a light at the end of the tunnel.# The first of these is that ammunition supplies in the stores are better today than it was 8-9 months ago.# We can now find just about any ammo we want in the stores.
The second indicator is that primer orders have dropped significantly.
Finally, gun sales have taken a nose dive in the last two to three months.
All of this leads many to believe that the supplies of powder should start showing back up on the shelves soon.# Just recently, in my local town, I saw several bottles of propellant on the shelves that I had not seen in some time.
About all we can do is be patient, it won't last forever.
Thanks,

Shoot Straight
DuaneVB
CCI/SPEER/ALLIANT POWDER
2299 Snake River Ave.
Lewiston, ID
 
If it gets too expensive here because of the US dollar plus price increases, the shelves will be full again, and hopefully shotgun powder will be readily available as well.
 
Many of the powders are re-labled powders made off-shore. Varget is from Australia.

Seems kinda funny the only powder I have been able to get in the last several months is Varget, yet it comes all the way from Australia. Wonder if it is scarce down there. Perhaps not much demand for it with the increased shooting sports' restrictions.
 
I grabbed BALC2 and Power Pistol in the USA last week and 8 pounds of CFE223 at Cabelas in Barrie the other day with plenty left. It certainly is slowly creeping back onto shelves on both sides of border
 
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