On the shelf bullets

[AJC1]

It seems most of the bullet supply is close to caught up, but on the shelf in every location seems to be mostly Hornaday. There may be a few boxes of sierra but nothing else. I'm used to seeing nossler, Speer and Barnes mixed in. Avery actually has a decent selection of berger that I haven't seen anywhere else. Ate the rest of the bullet makers still catching up or did the profit model shift so much that Hornaday is mostly the only brick and morter bullet to be found.

 

[Buzznrose]

I see a lot of Berrys at Bass Pro. Some XTreme too. But you are right that I also see a LOT of Hornady bullets at places like Academy.

 

[BushMaster-15]

I think it mainly is due to where one shops and also what the store is able to get in on shipments . Example Bruno's gets lots of Berger Hornady and Sierra ,yet some Nossler is also available . Haven't looked at Speer in a while ?.

 

[CoalCrackerAl]

Cabela's had Berry's,xtreme and Hornady the other week when i was there. I think there was some Sierra (Green box?)

 

[Chuck R.]

I have set searches and Email alerts for my favorite Nosler hunting bullets in .243, 6.5, .277, .308 and .358 and haven't had any joy lately. I've got enough on hand to keep going for a long time, IF I just pull the trigger on animals, but I like to practice frequently, so I've had to develop alternative practice loads to get by.

About the only hunting grade bullets I can find are Hornady's and Sierra's, once in a while. The owner of one of our local shops told me that Hornady was working a lot of OT to keep production up.

 

[mdi]

The one place to buy components in my small hometown, is a big box store (nuttin' available) so I buy bullets online. I have seen plenty of Hornady and Berry's bullets, a smattering of others at some of the larger vendors and quite a few cast bullets. The box store factory ammo shelves are near full, but I normally don't buy factory (factory ammo might be an "OK" source for once fired brass, if one really needed brass).

I get most on my handgun bullets from RMR, never had to wait for an "out of stock" item or long shipping delays...

 

[AJC1]

I have set searches and Email alerts for my favorite Nosler hunting bullets in .243, 6.5, .277, .308 and .358 and haven't had any joy lately. I've got enough on hand to keep going for a long time, IF I just pull the trigger on animals, but I like to practice frequently, so I've had to develop alternative practice loads to get by.

About the only hunting grade bullets I can find are Hornady's and Sierra's, once in a while. The owner of one of our local shops told me that Hornady was working a lot of OT to keep production up.

Don't think I am not extatic that Hornaday turned up the volume and is serving the public in a huge way. There are some bullets like 358 158 jsps that I don't think they make. I don't have enough for my son to shoot for training to hunt like I would prefer. When hunting with a 357 I want every bit of accuracy and speed I can get. It's the only load I do that with.

 

[BBarn]

Hornady has done a good job maintaining the availability of many of their bullets over the last two years. Bullet availability from the other major manufacturers has ranged from poor to abysmal during that same time.

 

[CoalCrackerAl]

I order most my bullets online. Accura outdoors,Summers enterprises,RMR and SNS casting mostly. I order .311 150 grain for my Argentine Mauser direct from speer. Powder and primers local from Geisers guns. He beats online prices. Plus no hazmat.

 

[reddog81]

I had kind of noticed that also. Hornady seemed to dominate at the shops I frequent.

FWIW Speer is owned by Vista who owns Federal, CCI, and a variety of other brands who manufacture ammo so maybe those bullets are going into factory ammo.

 

[e rex]

I pour my own pistol bullets but for the rifles, Hornady's old cup and core has killed everything I've shot with it. I was lucky to have enough set back when all of this happened.
If you ever get a chance to tour the Hornady plant in Grand Island, Ne. take the time to do so. They are really nice people.

 

[Bfh_auto]

Don't think I am not extatic that Hornaday turned up the volume and is serving the public in a huge way. There are some bullets like 358 158 jsps that I don't think they make. I don't have enough for my son to shoot for training to hunt like I would prefer. When hunting with a 357 I want every bit of accuracy and speed I can get. It's the only load I do that with.

Run cast for your practice rounds. I've had good results interchanging them with my jacketed bullet loads.
I'm currently well down the cast bullet rabbit trail though.

 

[allisd17]

Hornady is all I see in my area at the major retailers. Nothing against them, really, but I mostly load for accuracy, not for hunting or plinking, and I prefer Nosler, Sierra and Speer bullets for that purpose. They are almost impossible to find at brick-and-mortar stores, and my favorite online retailers routinely show "out of stock" on most of the calibers I use.

 

[brewer12345]

I see a smattering of other brands, but Hornady is the only one consistently available in the last year or two. Good for them. I imagine the others are either going straight into loaded ammo with little left over for the rest of us.

 

[Hugger-4641]

Hornady is definitely the most prolific everywhere.

Final Flight has a good stock of SMK and TMK along with few Barnes and Berger.
Still can't find Game Kings, online or otherwise.

 

[lightman]

Hornady is the ones I am seeing the most of around here too.

 

[JDeere]

Try finding 120 or 140 gr 7mm pills from any maker. I got an alert awhile back and grabbed some game kings but I have not seen any Noslers or Sierras elsewhere. Plenty of 165s and above but no hunting bullets.

 

[jmorris]

Ate the rest of the bullet makers still catching up or did the profit model shift so much that Hornaday is mostly the only brick and morter bullet to be found.

There is one other possibility, people snatch up the others as soon as they hit the shelves. The less desirable stays at the store for the desperate people.

 

[Charlie98]

At the one LGS I frequent, Hornady is obviously the heavy hitter. There has been a fair amount of Sierra bullet, and even a few boxes of Bergers.

 

[Howa 9700]

I resumed reloading in Feb 21 after a decades long break. Since I live about an hour from the Sierra factory, and most of my old stash was Sierra, I was predisposed to Sierra. Problem being, other than Match Kings, none available. So it was Hornady, rare sightings of Speer or Nosler......or nothing. So 90% of the stock I have on hand now is Hornady Interlocks and that is what I have used for most of my load development. By being available when others were not, they flipped me. I'm now a Hornady guy.

Have not been there lately, but the largest retail selection of bullets in my area is at Full Circle Reloading in St. Charles, MO. There is an end wall there that might run 30 feet long, and all of it devoted to bullets. When I was there last, 90% of what was on that wall was Hornady.

Have been to the factory outlet, so I can attest Sierra is up and running and making something.......as is Starline Brass next door to Sierra. Just not making what I am looking for.

 

[MonkTx]

Hornady seems to be only making their standard top movers and very little of the less common caliber/weights. I think all the other manufacturers' bullets are going to commercial ammo production. Bergers' supply is going to their main dealers and not really making it to most brick and mortar shops.

 

[Mark_Mark]

I’m finding everything available, but mostly buying bullets from small shops. Support the local guys

 

[AJC1]

Hornady seems to be only making their standard top movers and very little of the less common caliber/weights. I think all the other manufacturers' bullets are going to commercial ammo production. Bergers' supply is going to their main dealers and not really making it to most brick and mortar shops.

If you can sell almost every bullet you make, good business says make as many of your most profitable bullets as you can. I'm just happy it's not piles of the aluminum tips at a dollar each and nothing else.

 

[brewer12345]

Hornady seems to be only making their standard top movers and very little of the less common caliber/weights. I think all the other manufacturers' bullets are going to commercial ammo production. Bergers' supply is going to their main dealers and not really making it to most brick and mortar shops.

I have found a few oddballs in current production. Was surprised to find xtp bullets meant for 7.62 tokarev.

 

[KKJ13]

I just wish Hornady would start producing the XTP Mag again in 45 cal. My 460 is hungry and standard jacketing doesn’t stay on the bullet in this round. Haven’t seen a single box in stores or online since the plandemic took hold.