Hornady Temp Suspends Some Products

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Dear Hornady Customer:

As you are aware, 2013 has been one of the most challenging years ever in the sporting arms industry. We are proud of the increases in production we have achieved this year, but we are still faced witha demand that exceeds our ability to produce.

In efforts to increase production, we have reviewed everything, refining procedures, adding people, and equipment when possible. One area that will help us produce more: cutting the number of changeovers in our production machinery.

In order to reduce changeovers, we are announceing the temporary suspension of over 150 ammunition items and 150 bullet items, for the balance of 2013.

Attached you will find the list of items that will be suspended. Our plan is to remove the orders for these items from our system, beginning July 10th, and notify you of the cancellations. We will continue to monitor and update this list as the market conditions change.

Our goal is to try to deliver more to every customer, and while this may impact certain categories, our overall delivery should improve.
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See below for lists of affected bullets.
http://bulletin.accurateshooter.com...pes-and-150-bullet-types-for-balance-of-2013/
 
Yeah, the might disappoint Forbes. In that money making should be the end result of being on business, not the cause.

Still better, I think, than keep telling distributors "two more weeks" for the next year.

Just think, if everyone kept making things Most people don't want you would still see Pintos at Ford dealerships. Or Members Only jackets on the rack at the clothes store.
 
I'd rather them do this than string people along.
Now at least you know, none of those until next year.
 
It's pretty common for manufacturers to periodically comb out specialty sku's/products because of the inventory and changeover burdens that low-volume sku's impose. Sounds like most or all of these will be back, just not while the factory can run at capacity 24/7 on higher-volume sku's.

Frankly, CCI should have done this with their rimfire production... why are they still cranking out .22LR Quiets and .22 Shorts and .22LR birdshot when they cannot keep up with demand for plain old .22LR LRN or mini-mags?
 
I see a few in the lists that I use but fortunately I have enough to last. I can't say I'm upset with the decision. Hopefully this means more of the products I am looking for.
 
Havok7416 said:
I see a few in the lists that I use but fortunately I have enough to last. I can't say I'm upset with the decision. Hopefully this means more of the products I am looking for.
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Exactly! There's only 2 on that whole list that I was wanting to try, but I can just use what I have worked up already.
 
Nothing listed that I can't live without, but if I had gone a different direction recently, I'd be in bad shape. 6mm 105 amax and 7mm 162 amax both suspended.
 
This was reported as a rumor that Hornady denies on another forum. I don't see anything on their website about this.
 
I saw this on another forum, but the notification was in the form of a fax. Same wording. BUT, there was no addressee, and no signature; just "to our customers" and "The Hornady Team".... If it s a manufacturing notice, it was done very unprofessionally, certainly not from a major manufacturer.
 
I for one would rather see this with them focusing on a smaller number of products that make it to the market than them trying to do everything and not getting anything significant done so more of a few and less of many is how I'm looking at it.
 
I'm surprised it took them so long to make this decision. Hornady's product line is so deep there's no way they can keep up with it all right now.
 
The most interesting thing I heard was that after the cancellations "what we have left on order will take us almost 2 years to produce".

That is a strong statement. If they quit taking orders right now...didn't take a single new order...it would take almost two years for the last guy in to get his bullets.

I originally thought the shortage would be over by this September...I might have to push my estimate back.

Also...major kudos to Steve Hornady for putting out that video. That is a great example of customer service at it's finest.
 
This is hard news for some, but If Hornady is this busy it may make some legislators who are up for reelection next year a bit uneasy. :uhoh:

If you are one of those who is upset, focus your feelings on those who caused this situation in the first place. :cuss:
 
This is the flipside of shooting less-common calibers. I haven't had an issue finding 9x18 makarov rounds or bullets for 8x57 or 7.62x54R even in the middle of the panic. Now that things are easing up, manufacturers will be focusing on the more popular/common items. I don't foresee the 0.312" 174gr HPBT bullets that Hornady made for Graf's being made for a couple of years. That was my main bullet in my mosins and I don't have nearly as many as I would like to.

Matt
 
I'm guessing that these shortages may be related to the Department of Homeland Security orders that have been requisitioned to the tune of 1.6 Billion plus rounds of ammo, with subsequent orders in different calibers, and most of this ammo is being stored. It appears to me that the government has used this tactic to create this shortage, and it's working.
Just another brick in the wall.


NCsmitty
 
I took another look and I was VERY surprised to see the .405 Winchester #41050 and 41051 bullets remaining in production! That one baffles me something fierce but I'm not complaining one iota...
 
Oh jeez, that whole conspiracy thing with DHS again?

:rolleyes:


The American civilian public buys so much ammunition and components that even if DHS actually did order the entire amount of that IDIQ contract - which they didn't - the manufacturing industry could fill it easily. And it would pale in comparison to the demand all of us put on them.

One buyer buying 1.6 billion rounds of ammunition is NOT going to tie up the works of the ammunition industry. You entirely underestimate the manufacturing capacity of the industry if you think a buy like that could have an impact.
 
I don't see much on the list that's going to impede my reloading needs. I think they are approaching this with some common sense.

GS
 
This is one of the reasons that I own different rifles, chambered for different cartridges. When one becomes unavailable, there are always reasonable alternatives.

Geno
 
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