Where's the 6.5x47L Brass???

[Grimstod]

There is a Favebook group called 6.5x47 and they have links to some Lapua brass in stock for a resonable price.

 

[Grimstod]

Here is a place. http://www.benchrest.com/hoehn/html/ammo___brass.html

 

[Grimstod]

He only has 15,000 left.

Last weekend he had 20,000 so they are going fast.

 

[hothands56]

That might be part of it. I am currently building my first 6.5x47L and bought 3 boxes of brass about 2 months ago. I know of two others that did the same thing.

I also just got a 6.5x47l and no one in the country had it except one small business and he said he had 21 calls before mine for it. new long range shooters are going to 6.5x47

 

[P72]

Being curious about this I looked at my usual brass sources - Cabela's, Midway, Graf, Precision, Gun Stop .. all sold out. Other Lapua brass was available - .308, .338 Lapua Mag, 6.5-.284, .260, .22-.250, .243, .30-06, .308 small primer, 6.5 Grendel, 7.62X39, .221, .222, .220 Russian, 7.62X54, 9.3X62, 6.5X55, 7mm-08.

This sort of defies logic. My SWAG is that the demand for other brass is not as great because other sources of brass are available like PPU, Hornady, Winchester and so on at lower costs. Can't remember seeing many .220 Russian rifles either.

The law of supply and demand usually prevails but prices might increase but stuff like .308 Lapua brand brass is cheaper than 6.5X47. Possibly, Lapua has some big contract to produce lots of 7.62X51 and 5.56X45 ammo.

 

[SHootSTraight22]

Being curious about this I looked at my usual brass sources - Cabela's, Midway, Graf, Precision, Gun Stop .. all sold out. Other Lapua brass was available - .308, .338 Lapua Mag, 6.5-.284, .260, .22-.250, .243, .30-06, .308 small primer, 6.5 Grendel, 7.62X39, .221, .222, .220 Russian, 7.62X54, 9.3X62, 6.5X55, 7mm-08.

This sort of defies logic. My SWAG is that the demand for other brass is not as great because other sources of brass are available like PPU, Hornady, Winchester and so on at lower costs. Can't remember seeing many .220 Russian rifles either.

The law of supply and demand usually prevails but prices might increase but stuff like .308 Lapua brand brass is cheaper than 6.5X47. Possibly, Lapua has some big contract to produce lots of 7.62X51 and 5.56X45 ammo.

I believe it's the darn precisionrifleblog.com site that's pushing the PRS Series and tested products.. I say this because as soon as I got Kyle's blog noticed at the Hide (I'm the one who posted about his scope shootout before anyone knew about him) certain products started blowing up..

 

[SHootSTraight22]

I found a couple places that have it in stock about 20min ago….but they are asking $260 / 100 cases. F#$@ that. Ill shoot the ones I have until the primers fall out before I pay that.

FWIW I have seen 6.5x47 brass made from 22-250 once fired cases. Gotta grind down a 308 FL die and slowly work the shoulder, but it does work. I believe it leaves you with a large rifle primer though. But still….it would get you shooting in a pinch

Some one needs to place a bag of sh*t on this guy's front porch and set it on fire, then knock and run,, for charging that much!!!

 

[missed]

I have 200 of them, hopefully Lapua will be making a run of them soon.