[bhw4235]

I went to cabelas yesterday was looking for some speer bullets .22 50gr tnt, they said they dont carry speer anymore and neather do most other retailers. Any idea why?

[hillbillydelux]

Midway does. However finding them in stock is a different story. I have the same problem trying to find Speer bullets.

[rcmodel]

I don't think Cabala's have carried Speer bullets for years.

I was trying to locate some of the #4014 .38 Spl Short-Barrel bullets locally a year or more ago and they didn't sell Speer bullets then.

Interesting question why they are so hard to find?

rc

[RidgwayCO]

I really like the 50gr TNT in my T/C Contender carbine in .223 Remington. Easy to load, accurate, and devastating on prairie poodles.

MidwayUSA doesn't let you backorder everything, but their web site says that you can backorder this bullet, and they expect to have them in stock by the middle of February. My suggestion is to order now and wait patiently! (a month and a half really isn't that long...) Oh, and if you buy 1000 you'll save about 20% over buying them by the box of 100.

And MidSouth says they'll have them available in mid-February for even less.

http://www.midsouthshooterssupply.com/item.asp?sku=000214705

[JimKirk]

It is kinda odd now that it has been mentioned, used to walk in almost any reloading place and they had plenty of the yellow boxes(Speer), plenty of the green ones(Sierra) and a few of the red(Hornady). For the last half of 2009 there were almost none of any color, but the red and green far out numbered the yellow. Last week I was in my LGS and there are more and more red and green, but those yellow are still scarce.

Jimmy K

[orrwdd]

Speer no longer packages in the bright yellow box of yesterday. The current packaging is more of a Tan color with black print.

Bill

[shaggy430]

Sportsman's Warehouse still carries Speer.

[Ol` Joe]

Speer is dropping the HotCore line of bullets and going to a bonded core bullet they call the "Deep Curl" http://www.speer-bullets.com/products/rifle/deepcurl.aspx

Maybe they are letting supplies run low to help with the introduction of the new product. Just a guess.

[azar]

I've noticed in my area that Speer reloading components have been losing shelf space in the past few years. One local mom & pop shop cleared out nearly all of their Speer products because they just weren't popular enough with their customers. Probably greater than 50% of their shelf space are red Hornady boxes with Sierra, Nosler, and Barnes making up the majority of the rest. The local Sportsmans Warehouse still sells Speer, but the shelf space dedicated to them has decreased over the years as well. The same with another local mom & pop store. They are just not all that popular around where I am.

I've only tried the 6.5mm HotCor in my 6.5x55, but so far I haven't been terribly impressed. They are much harder to get to shoot (in my gun) than either the Hornady Interlock or the Sierra GameKing / Pro-Hunters that I've tried. Plus, with their price increases in the past few years they've priced themselves out of my consideration. I find the HotCor's a bit pricey for a standard cup & core.

I will however give the new DeepCurl's (stupid name!) a fair shake if the price is reasonable.

[Tim the student]

My Scheels still has them. I've tried a box out for my .270, and I like their accuracy.

[bhw4235]

Thanks to all who have responded, I am glad to hear that they are still avalable in some places. I will try to order them somewhere online i guess. I shoot the 50gr .22 cal in my .221 fireball shoots really good on paper about
.5" 5 shot groups at 100yds, not shot anything else with them yet. :)