Has anyone else checked how many air gun shops are out of pellets. Main brands your shopping for say coming soon? It has been as that for some time. Why?
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I have not noticed, though the benjamin eXTREME .357s were out everywhere I looked....but I got to discover Griffin and NSA slugs as a consequence.
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Slugs are not a problem so much but .25 cal on up are.177 & .22 cal are not to bad but 25 cal on up. There getting harder to get if you are picky on what you shoot.
Fly
Fly
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Slugs are not a problem so much but .25 cal on up are.177 & .22 cal are not to bad but 25 cal on up. There getting harder to get if you are picky on what you shoot.
Fly
I just bought a used FX Crown MKII with 4 or 5 tins of .25 so I guess I got lucky on the pellets, then!
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Do some more research. I know for a fact (5 miles away) Predator International just shipped 2 huge shipments this month to all your favorite retailers. There is no "shortage".
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I always deal with P-A with my pellet orders , They may say out of stock , but I place my order and usually get them in a couple of weeks....
Mike
Mike
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Been at least 4 or 5 threads on the subject, just search the forum. It's also not just airgun related, it's everything. Retailers everywhere are dealing with transportation nightmares trying to get product in stores and on shelves to sell.
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I know & agree but it has to be more than that. Look at all the new air rifles out there that are advalible. It seems like it has affected the pellet market more than any. With
nice weather coming soon the demand will rise & we shall see if it only gets worse?
Fly
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Maybe people are starting to hoard ? filling up personal supply shelve ? I only shoot .177 and have not had any issue (H&N TT 8 .64 )
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Considering the number of European sellers that have pellets on their shelves, I'm thinking it's a very large part. I'd love to see the step by step break down of what it takes from the cargo container loaded and ready to ship, to when retailers finally get the orders on their shipping docks.
Remember: H&N is in Germany, JSB is in Czechoslovakia, so it can't be an easy trick getting them here. Air rifles available means nothing since the pellet makers don't make the rifles too.
Remember: H&N is in Germany, JSB is in Czechoslovakia, so it can't be an easy trick getting them here. Air rifles available means nothing since the pellet makers don't make the rifles too.
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Yes thats the question I would like to know also. I can get .25 Benjamin & Hatsan with not much of a problem. But JSB makes pellets for many others, & I think they must
be way behind on filling orders. Oh well we shall see as time goes on. I cast my own .35 slugs so I do not worry about the big bore cal's.
Fly
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@fly Sound advice. The topic has been discussed to death in our forums since the supply chain issues presented by the pandemic. I’d be surprised if any new information surfaces that hasn’t been discussed or released. I’m not talking about opinions of consumers and AGN members. If you really want more concrete answers, might I suggest asking manufactures, distributors, and retailers?
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Maybe you should consider casting your own pellets and slugs in .25 too since they make any number of molds for both and then AGN won't have to keep trying to answer your pellet questions, since you won't have a need to buy any...lololol.
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I,m a retired tool & die maker, I can make my own dies for casting slugs. Pellets are cut & extruded from lead wire, a much harder process.
Fly
Fly
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Yeah, try again. I know of any number of shooters that have bought .25 caliber pellet molds and pour their own pellets, just like you can slugs and GTA has an entire Gate for it. NOE is one company that makes them and there are some others. Research it.
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NOE may call those pellet molds but if you look at them there bullet or slug molds. Bud I have made stamping & injecting molds my entire working life. I,m 77 years old
& have forgot more than you will ever know on this topic. I will not argue with you any more than I would a stump post.
Fly
& have forgot more than you will ever know on this topic. I will not argue with you any more than I would a stump post.
Fly
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I haven't bought pellets or slugs for any of my guns for years now, I have pellet molds for .22 cal up to .357 as well as slug molds. I've compared them against JSB's and personally if you use a pressure pour method casting them they're just as good IMO. I've hunted and killed all kinds of small game with them since mid 2016 right about the time that NOE started building pellet molds. 
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Just because most people cast these, there is nothing stopping you from making a press to work these and swage them into pellets. Many people do this, but normally they buy dies made specific to this type of operation. Casting molds might produce under size ammo if using a press because temperature is a factor and pressing the lead into shape is generally a colder process. But that could be controlled too, if you want to put in the effort.
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