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the middle
he middle,

The original information trail started with Hornady to their distributors. This information was derived from a fax sent from a distributor to one of his retail clients. Hornady would do itself a dis-service by making a statement to the general public regarding this plan. Read the comments yourself. With no information to the public, we just assume that they are still behind.

So, if Hornady won't release the information to the public at large, why would they put any notice about this plan what-so-ever on their website. The notice on the website is dated February, the fax is from July 2, 2013.

I have added a short list of rifle bullets which are on the to be manufactured list. If someone needs pistol bullets they can do a correlation of the list above with the full list on Hornady's website.

Best.





Its a hoax.....Hornady would not try to keep info like this from the public, and to try to get away with just telling its distributors while not telling the public would be the very bad customer relations disaster because the info would leak out....like it appears to have already....besides, if true, it would benefit them to release the info...so people would know not to expect what they needed from them any time son and could get it else where.....if they tried to keep it secret, it would just piss more people off. Im not a business man and I know that.

Im not impressed with a fax....I can do that very easy myself and Im a tech dumb ass.
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  • the middle
    Case in point....read the very last line.

    A Word on Availability
    The current political climate has caused extremely high demand on all shooting industry products, including ours. Empty retail shelves, long backorders, and exaggerated price increases on online auction sites - all fueled by rumors and conjecture - have amplified concerns about the availability of ammunition and firearms-related items.

    If the information you hear doesn't originate from Hornady Manufacturing, don't believe it.

    Here are some of rumors we've heard, and questions we've received:

    Have you stopped production, or has the government forced you to stop?
    Not at all.
    Did you stop selling bullets so you could only make loaded ammunition?
    Absolutely not.
    Since we can't find your product you must be selling it all to the government.
    Nope, less than 5% of our sales are to government entities.
    Why can't you make more? Ramp up production? Turn on all the machines?
    We've been steadily growing our production for a long time, especially the last five years. We've added presses, lathes, CNC equipment, people and space. Many popular items are produced 24 hours a day. Several hundred Hornady employees work overtime every week to produce as much as safely possible. If there is any question about that - please take a tour of the factory. You'll be amazed at what you see.
    We are producing as much as we can; much more than last year, which was a lot more than the year before, etc. No one wants to ship more during this time than we do.

    We appreciate everyone's understanding and patience. We don't know when the situation will improve, so please bear with us a little longer. And remember, when it comes to Hornady Manufacturing, if you don't hear it from us, please don't believe it.


    this is from Hornady BTY
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  • nononsense
    the middle,

    I guess we'll just have to wait to hear what they have to say tomorrow...[:D]

    Best.
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  • Ray Boone
    All that I know about it is that the bullets that they make that are the ones that I use- are on the do-later list- and coincidently, the stores in my area are out of stock on those items- so whether the letter is authentic or not, the result is the same.
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  • fordsix
    anything in the ammo biz is short supply
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  • the middle
    I stand corrected...it is NOT a hoax. Hornady just updated their website....its all true.
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  • nononsense
    Stand corrected? I guess so:

    From Hornady's website stating exactly what I wrote yesterday and what was in the fax which was so blatantly labeled a hoax.

    Product Availability Update
    Hornady Makes Plans to Increase Production Volume


    For over half a year, Hornady Manufacturing, along with the rest of the shooting sports industry, has experienced an unbelievable spike in demand. This dramatic increase in demand is unprecedented. As stated earlier this year in our Product Availability FAQ we have been continuously growing for a number of years; adding people, equipment and manufacturing space as rapidly as we can. We are producing and shipping product at record levels and are continually looking to grow and improve our ability to fulfill orders. But the current state of the industry is such that our increase in shipments this year is overshadowed by a 200% increase in demand.

    One area that we have identified that will enable us to increase production, is the minimization of machinery downtime. The largest period of downtime our machines experience is during change over and retooling to convert a machine from manufacturing one bullet or cartridge to another. Under normal market conditions, we can keep the supply chain full by making popular items on a regular basis and keeping specialty or less-used products on a seasonal basis. However, with demand at record levels, it has become difficult to justify shutting down a machine to change it over to produce a product of less demand. Therefore, we are temporarily suspending some items in order to focus our efforts on the most popular and highest demand products and ship more total product.

    We realize that many of the suspended items are going to disappoint some of our customers. We have painstakingly reviewed our order status and order history and unfortunately had to make some tough decisions. It wasn't easy, but we know that we will do a better job of servicing the industry as a whole by focusing on the items of highest demand.

    We are not alone; this is effectively already happening throughout our industry, but is accomplished through selective manufacture with no notification to the industry. We are simply making every effort to be up-front about our plans to maximize production.

    Again, this is only temporary. This is not a permanent suspension. We will continue to push as hard as we can to meet the demand of our industry and will produce our full catalog of items as soon as we can. Please know that nobody wants to produce more and get our product to into your hands more than we do.

    And lastly, we feel compelled to address some of the conspiracy theories that we have seen posted. NO, this is not a conspiracy effort to shape the industry, nor is it controlled by the government. We are simply being forthright about our manufacturing plans and our efforts to supply MORE product to the very hungry shooting sports industry.

    We truly appreciate your patience during this period of time. Thank you for your understanding.

    The Team at Hornady

    Here are the links to the suspended production items:

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