Info on availability from Hornady Ammo.

[SpurHunter]

<div>Thought many on the board would be interested in this update I got.</div>

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http://www.hornady.com/support/availability</p><p class="MsoNormal"></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 2.25pt"><span style="font-size: 17pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #990000">A Word on Availability</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 9pt; line-height: 16.8pt"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif">The current political climate has caused extremely high demand on all shooting industry products, including ours. Empty retail shelves, long backorders, and exaggerated price increases on online auction sites – all fueled by rumors and conjecture – have amplified concerns about the availability of ammunition and firearms-related items.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 9pt; line-height: 16.8pt"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif">If the information you hear doesn’t originate from Hornady Manufacturing, don’t believe it.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 9pt; line-height: 16.8pt"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif">Here are some of rumors we’ve heard, and questions we’ve received:</span></p> <ul> <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.8pt"><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif">Have you stopped production, or has the government forced you to stop?</span> <ul> <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.8pt"><span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif">Not at all.</span> [/list] <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.8pt"><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif">Did you stop selling bullets so you could only make loaded ammunition?</span> <ul> <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.8pt"><span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif">Absolutely not.</span> [/list] <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.8pt"><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif">Since we can’t find your product you must be selling it all to the government.</span> <ul> <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.8pt"><span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif">Nope, less than 5% of our sales are to government entities.</span> [/list] <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.8pt"><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif">Why can’t you make more? Ramp up production? Turn on all the machines?</span> <ul> <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.8pt"><span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif">We’ve been steadily growing our production for a long time, especially the last five years. We’ve added presses, lathes, CNC equipment, people and space. Many popular items are produced 24 hours a day. Several hundred Hornady employees work overtime every week to produce as much as safely possible. If there is any question about that – please take a tour of the factory. You’ll be amazed at what you see.</span> [/list] [/list] <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 9pt; line-height: 16.8pt"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif">We are producing as much as we can; much more than last year, which was a lot more than the year before, etc. No one wants to ship more during this time than we do.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 9pt; line-height: 16.8pt"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif">We appreciate everyone’s understanding and patience. We don’t know when the situation will improve, so please bear with us a little longer. And remember, when it comes to Hornady Manufacturing, if you don’t hear it from us, please don’t believe it.</span></p>

 

[AT Hiker]

Thanks for the post.