Where's all the SK ammo?
- Thread starter mcaswell
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SK rimfire ammo is currently out of stock across Canada. The product that was in stock has gone to buyers across the country. The supply of SK ammo comes mostly through the national distributor. There are "grey market" suppliers that seem to get it from places other than the authorized distributor and they too are generally out of stock at this time.
More SK ammo will arrive via the national distributor with the next shipment from the place of manufacture in Schönebeck, Germany (also the place of manufacture of Lapua .22LR match ammo).
Any rimfire ammo is vastly overpriced these days. my first CASE (5000 rd) of practice ammo was <200 bucks. About 20 years ago you could buy a 525 pack of federal hollowpoint bulk stuff at Wallymart for $17. Was at a site sponsor's shop in Edmonton recently - same box, $57...
Used to pay that for a brick of Eley Club
Used to pay that for a brick of Eley Club
Nordic has SK, LAPUA and Eley by the Brick, but shipping from Nova Scotia might hurt you if you're in Van.
Fuel Cost for long shpts prob high.
Shipping for 6 bricks to Northern Ontario was 100$ from them, scrapped the order
Shipping four bricks was the same price from the same place to the same city/area.
For some reason this supplier in Truro N.S. charged higher shipping than did the national distributor located some 100 km away in Lake Echo, N.S.
The lesson may be to order from a supplier as close as possible.
They wanted 100 a few years ago to ship a case of CX to NB but it was 40 from Lake Echo. They are good to deal with though if you can drive down.
Wasn't there a decent size dealer in Ontario that sells Lapua and SK ? Peter Kraus or something like that ran jt ?
Too bad -- I've had a few bricks of the stuff that some of my rifles like. Guess we're stuck waiting until the Germans can get it out the door, since I'm not paying the shipping costs to bring it here from Nova Scotia (or anywhere else I've seen it).
Where are you buying from . . . a supplier or your local gun store?
If you are buying a case at a time, be it mixed or all one lot, establishing a link with a major supplier will find you what you want.
Nordic, TSP (Peter) and Hirsch would make it worth your while. You buying from Ontario saves the PST and that has offset the shipping for me.
When there are others in the club wanting to partake in an order, you can middle for them and learn quickly who has to pay up front!
If you are buying a case at a time, be it mixed or all one lot, establishing a link with a major supplier will find you what you want.
Nordic, TSP (Peter) and Hirsch would make it worth your while. You buying from Ontario saves the PST and that has offset the shipping for me.
When there are others in the club wanting to partake in an order, you can middle for them and learn quickly who has to pay up front!
TSP (Target Shooting Products) is one of two places in Ontario from which Lapua and SK can be purchased in quantity when available. Tesro is the other and it gets it's ammo from the distributor (as does Nordic in N.S.).
Is Hirsch the only Lapua distributor in Canada? I mainly deal through him for my CX and Lapua brass.
they said that last fall. then spring, then summer… wonder what the hold up is at SK….
