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Re: Survey on rare caliber ammunition - unmet need
Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2020 11:06 pm
by Sim G
450 Martini wrote:
Yes very much so. I had a conversation with a dealer last year who intended to get 577-450 put back into production as he thought it would be a good money spinner. I pointed out that it would make him rather unpopular as all of those section 58 Martini-Henry rifles would probably revert to Section 1. Most who take the time to shoot these old beasts would just be happy with decent cases and availability of moulds and dies.
There are plenty of ammo producers who really don't give a monkeys chuff about the UK's s58. Currently there are a fair few cartridges on that "obsolete list" being newly manufactured now. The Sword of Damocles hangs over this category as it is....
Re: Survey on rare caliber ammunition - unmet need
Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2020 2:15 pm
by chdehnhardt
Dear all,
I would like to renew my invtation to take part in our survey. At the same time, I thank those forum members who already have.
Prelim findings: apparently home reloading is the British approach to tackle this issue. Still very interested to find out which rare calibres are in demand in the UK
Cheers,
Christoph
Study link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1lfWsqs ... K0G9Y/edit
Re: Survey on rare caliber ammunition - unmet need
Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2020 4:11 pm
by FredB
i shoot obsolete calibres almost exclusively. I don't want factory ammo and i don't know any of my fellow shooters of antiques who do. What we do want is a good supply of obsolete calibre brass at good prices and also obsolete calibre dies. In other words, european competitors to Bertram and C4HD.
Fred
Re: Survey on rare caliber ammunition - unmet need
Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2020 6:49 pm
by mag41uk
FredB wrote:i shoot obsolete calibres almost exclusively. I don't want factory ammo and i don't know any of my fellow shooters of antiques who do. What we do want is a good supply of obsolete calibre brass at good prices and also obsolete calibre dies. In other words, european competitors to Bertram and C4HD.
Fred
There used to be a company called Le Hussard in France that made obsolete caliber brass.
And another maker called Lynx HR who made brass and dies.
There is a list of them in my Vectan manual.
Re: Survey on rare caliber ammunition - unmet need
Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2020 7:29 pm
by IainWR
To all who have indicated that making obsolete calibres available is fraught with downstream problems, well done. Remanufacturing these things would, under UK law, be a complete car crash. Please explain this to anyone thinking of doing or dealing in these.
Re: Survey on rare caliber ammunition - unmet need
Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2020 11:43 pm
by Alpha1
chdehnhardt wrote:Dear all,
I would like to renew my invtation to take part in our survey. At the same time, I thank those forum members who already have.
Prelim findings: apparently home reloading is the British approach to tackle this issue. Still very interested to find out which rare calibres are in demand in the UK
Cheers,
Christoph
Study link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1lfWsqs ... K0G9Y/edit
You are wasting your time no body in the UK would support this venture. It would cause us massive licencing problems.
Re: Survey on rare caliber ammunition - unmet need
Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2020 6:35 am
by dromia
Only to those who collect section 58, the rest of the shooting "community" wouldn't give a flying feck.
Re: Survey on rare caliber ammunition - unmet need
Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2020 9:15 am
by Chapuis
dromia wrote:Only to those who collect section 58, the rest of the shooting "community" wouldn't give a flying feck.
Unfortunately too true.
Re: Survey on rare caliber ammunition - unmet need
Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2020 10:20 am
by mag41uk
The man is wasting his time. There is no tangible market and no profit to be made but plenty of aggravation to be stirred up.