Is bullet casting killing new buyer interest in the L-E?
- Thread starter steelgray
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LE at today's price, is not as competitive as 30~40 years ago, comparing to other milsurps.
- The Swedish mauser for example, is usually cheaper, had better trigger, no problem with loose chamber/headspacing problem, and brass/projectile/factory ammo are all commonly available.
- 1903 while being more expensive, had amazing trigger and a lot of brass can be found for free.
- K31 used to be good until the GP11 supply dried up.
- K98 is probably comparable to LE, slightly more expensive, with similar trigger, but don't have the problem of loose chamber.
- The Swedish mauser for example, is usually cheaper, had better trigger, no problem with loose chamber/headspacing problem, and brass/projectile/factory ammo are all commonly available.
- 1903 while being more expensive, had amazing trigger and a lot of brass can be found for free.
- K31 used to be good until the GP11 supply dried up.
- K98 is probably comparable to LE, slightly more expensive, with similar trigger, but don't have the problem of loose chamber.
If things don't change politically in short order the entire gun industry in Canada will collapse almost entirely, probably within a decade. At that point every caliber will be a dying cartridge because only those who have a reloading supply laid in will be still shooting most centrefire guns, except maybe for rimfire and shotguns. There might be a couple places left to place orders through nationwide like in Mexico.
New shooters aren't starting out with $1000 milsurps or $400 Bubba sporters when fhey can buy a newly manufactured, more accurate rifle for the same money. THAT is the only reason the 303 LE sporters aren't as popular as they were decades back. It has nothing to do with bullet casting and that assumption by op is just silliness.
