Lapua 6 br
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Billmanweh
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I emailed Lapua last week, asking the same question
I have a new blue box and several bricks of primers. Will try to sell at the range.
Jayplace
Gold $$ Contributor
I hope that happens.
I doubt that i'm alone, but how often recently have "expected" times been a bit longer?
I'm on the wait list for when they arrive.
Billmanweh
Silver $$ Contributor
Here is a list of online dealers on the Capstone website;
dealer webstores
It's a good resource to go through for notifications, wait lists, etc.
dealer webstores
It's a good resource to go through for notifications, wait lists, etc.
NorCalMikie
Gold $$ Contributor
Anybody that would charge you that much is NOT YOUR FRIEND!!
When Lapua was hard to come by, Norma filled the gap. A little more expensive at the time but DAMN good brass.
Yep, I was just really stating the absurdity of it.Anybody that would charge you that much is NOT YOUR FRIEND!!
When Lapua was hard to come by, Norma filled the gap. A little more expensive at the time but DAMN good brass.
Billmanweh
Silver $$ Contributor
Anybody that would charge you that much is NOT YOUR FRIEND!!
When Lapua was hard to come by, Norma filled the gap. A little more expensive at the time but DAMN good brass.
I've never understood that attitude.
If you have new Lapua 6BR brass that you're willing to sell, and several people offer you $220/box, that's just the value of the brass. It's now worth $220/box.
The flip side that no one seems to consider is this. The brass is very scarce and it's difficult to find at say, retail price. At $125/box, almost no one is willing to sell theirs. Now, you really need some brass, but there's none to be had. So, you're SOL. Now, raise your offer price to $200, and someone who didn't really want to sell their brass is going to give it a second thought and pull it out of the closet. It's now available to someone who really wants or needs it.
The other part of this attitude that I find amusing is that it never applies in reverse. Let's say you bought brass for $100 box and now you decide you no longer need it. It's quite plentiful, in fact it often goes on sale at retail stores. You list it for $100, and of course no one buys it. You lower the price to $80, then $60, and you finally sell it. Would you say the person who paid you the $60 is "NOT YOUR FRIEND!!"? I've never heard anyone say that. You just got caught on the wrong side and lost a little money. What you own is now valued at less than you paid (not more, and in the case of something that became scarce). But the guy who pays you the value of your brass ($60) is not a bad guy. Any more than the guy selling the 6BR brass at its current value ($220).
In fact, when I see someone who gets a great deal when buying something (he paid less than the perceived value), he gets a big pat on the back. Hey, buddy, what a great deal! It doesn't make him the bad guy to pay less than the real value.
Why is paying less than the current value seen as a good thing, but paying the current, but inflated value makes the seller a bad guy? It seems like a childish attitude to me. The open market will sort these things very efficiently.
I don’t know. I think someone selling at cheap price is either in a bind or not making a smart move. Someone screwing someone over is a Crook.
hoz53
Gold $$ Contributor
nobody is screwing anybody over. its just supply and demand. most of us have been on both sides of the transaction at different times. to me it kind of all evens out over time if we are lucky. No one is forcing anyone to buy something. the buyers set the price- the seller decides if it is acceptable to him.
The value of an item will always be what a willing buyer is willing to pay to a wiling seller. No question.
The answer is more complicated in a setting other than a commercial venture, and also depends on your long term goals
Trigger-Jerker
Silver $$ Contributor
I just don’t understand the willingness to pay the greatly inflated prices when there is another viable quality option at normal market prices.
Billmanweh
Silver $$ Contributor
How is someone getting screwed over in a mutually voluntary transaction? It's brass, not heart medicine.
The guy that's in a bind and sells his stuff cheap, is the buyer "screwing him over"?
I guess I don't understand how anyone applies morality to pricing.
The guy that's in a bind and sells his stuff cheap, is the buyer "screwing him over"?
I guess I don't understand how anyone applies morality to pricing.
It will even out all right if Lapua takes this philosophy and starts charging these exorbitant prices right out of the gate.
Ackman
Gold $$ Contributor
All my 6BRA is Alpha brass. The stuff shoots very well. A bunch of it’s loaded ready to go now. Put a caliper on the neck of a loaded round and twist the case, the needle sits right on .268” and move even tiny bit. Nothing. Did this many times. Same diameter at both ends of the neck, same neck thickness consistentcy. I also made up a dozen Alpha Dasher brass to fireform into BRX, same thing. Haven’t shot it yet but soon.Yeah, and only on one side
Ackman
Gold $$ Contributor
Edit The needle DOESN’T move even a tiny bit.
Problem is it does not jive well with certain 6BRA reamer prints. Can’t shoot velocity most do and feels over pressure very early at lower than normal charges. Other than that it’s good brass
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