Support Your Canadian Ammunition Manufacturers - NOW IS THE TIME!

Would DRG Bullets by any chance be a Canadian supplier? Not much web presence though mostly in Canada, and a few GTA outlets have carried them.
 
bobdbldr said:
Yes, Canadian companies need to be innovative, there are thousands of old and antique calibers that are virtually impossible to get, anywhere, and they are expensive, if a Canadian company included all these extinct caliber including all the rimfire cartridges they would do well and could sell them all over the world, especially in the U.S.
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That’s a great idea.
 
Great idea in concept, in this industry in Canada you can't move enough boutique calibers only to keep the lights on. I looked at it, it was not financially viable. If you are already operating, you can back fill equipment time with boutique calibers. But you would need to sell one million plus pieces a year of just boutique ammunition to keep the doors open.
 
If we can find quality 9mm reloads same as factory i'm sure the mass would buy it. Especially if they are loaded to lower PF for range/ipsc use.

I've decided to get back into it and i purchased 6,000 rds of factory as nobody has reloads for anything close to or less than factory 9mm 124gr.
 
No one was carrying factory remanufactured 9mm as the Americans where dumping ammunition into the Canadian market. It was almost at the point we where paying the same in CAD as Americans where paying in USD on low margin items. You will see factory remanufactured become more prominent in Canada again now.
 
SCDL said:
We should encourage more companies to do like TNA did and include a "Made in Canada" filter for products on their websites.
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I always look for this first, if I can find the info, prior to purchase.

THESEUS said:
Very interesting
Maybe time for the Canadian market to increase and become more self sufficient even if it costs more..
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Prepare to get laughed at. The almighty dollar wins. I've suggested just that, here, and other places. Lotta BS talk and no will to back that by the majority of the population.

Current world scenario is a great example and enlightenment. Now if Canadians had actually supported Canadians for the past few decades (maybe since after WW2) we could have maintained a strong manufacturing sector and maintain a reasonable level of National Economic/Supply security.

OP paints a good picture, good post.

Canada needs to bring home manufacture of many things. Concentrations should be on essentials. Reality is that we do need world trade (it's a global economy) but that should be emphasized more to the conveniences.

That way, when the world closes it's borders, we aren't hung out like a dirty dishcloth. It would take generations to bring things back.

Because you buy alot of stuff, and have alot invested, is not a reason to outsource. But it takes persistence, on a fully national level, to even hope to gain such independence from global fluctuations. Not just from the moderates and general consumer types.

I think I got off track......buy Canadian where you can, for F sakes. Think about someone beyond yourself.
 
Sunchild2071 said:
I always look for this first, if I can find the info, prior to purchase.



Prepare to get laughed at. The almighty dollar wins. I've suggested just that, here, and other places. Lotta BS talk and no will to back that by the majority of the population.

Current world scenario is a great example and enlightenment. Now if Canadians had actually supported Canadians for the past few decades (maybe since after WW2) we could have maintained a strong manufacturing sector and maintain a reasonable level of National Economic/Supply security.

OP paints a good picture, good post.

Canada needs to bring home manufacture of many things. Concentrations should be on essentials. Reality is that we do need world trade (it's a global economy) but that should be emphasized more to the conveniences.

That way, when the world closes it's borders, we aren't hung out like a dirty dishcloth. It would take generations to bring things back.

Because you buy alot of stuff, and have alot invested, is not a reason to outsource. But it takes persistence, on a fully national level, to even hope to gain such independence from global fluctuations. Not just from the moderates and general consumer types.

I think I got off track......buy Canadian where you can, for F sakes. Think about someone beyond yourself.
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In all honesty to get back to that level of Canadian Made we would need a third world war where we realize we need to make things ourself and world war 2 level effort of Canadian made to do it.
 
ih8ipods said:
In all honesty to get back to that level of Canadian Made we would need a third world war where we realize we need to make things ourself and world war 2 level effort of Canadian made to do it.
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We need foreign trade though, don’t we? Although we need to sell more than we buy?
I don’t know enough about this subject
 
ih8ipods said:
In all honesty to get back to that level of Canadian Made we would need a third world war where we realize we need to make things ourself and world war 2 level effort of Canadian made to do it.
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And that is the sad part, that we have gotten so far away from it, that this what you say, is the reality.
 
Chicken Lights, yes, in the modern world, foreign trade may be well impossible to do without.

However, the key is to align essentials to domestic, and convenience to foreign, to what level is practical and sustainable.

Less domestic impact when the world goes upside down in panic, similar to the current circumstances. This will be a good warm up, where people might learn what is essential, and what is convenience (but they will forget again, most surely). This means not just goods, but services, as well. There might be another forum where to discuss that, in greater depth.
 
With the Canadian Loonie being where it is; it suddenly makes a lot more sense to have things made in Canada.

Anything made outside of Canada is about to get much more expensive.
 
Sunchild2071 said:
Chicken Lights, yes, in the modern world, foreign trade may be well impossible to do without.

However, the key is to align essentials to domestic, and convenience to foreign, to what level is practical and sustainable.

Less domestic impact when the world goes upside down in panic, similar to the current circumstances. This will be a good warm up, where people might learn what is essential, and what is convenience (but they will forget again, most surely). This means not just goods, but services, as well. There might be another forum where to discuss that, in greater depth.
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I wouldn’t mind learning more about this
 
Chicken Lights said:
I wouldn’t mind learning more about this
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Read "The undercover Economist" by Tim Harford. He's really good at explaining global trade in layman's term and one chapter will explain very well why things like "We need to sell more than we buy" are impossible in the long term. It's only about 300 pages, not very long to read. Very well written.
 
Thanks for doing what you are doing Brian. Brass is consistent in great shape and easy to load.
 
Your post should resonate with Canadian ammunition buyers. Support you Canadian firearms businesses, as much as possible. Sometimes we might have to go elsewhere for unique parts/items/ammo. I don't think the ammo manufacturer's in Canada will be able to crack into the Com Block firearms bulk surplus ammo market as it's just too cheap, but the prices of their .45 ACP, .223 Rem and .308 Win is pretty good and their brass is easier to reload than the surplus stuff, in my experience. Even if you don't reload, you can sell your brass on the EE;)
 
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