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Powder prices about to jump?
Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2016 5:39 pm
by warnmar10
ATF Reclassifies Wetted Nitrocellulose as Explosive Materials Under Federal Laws
Read more:
http://www.ammoland.com/2016/08/atf-rec ... z4IrVqqlMH
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Re: Powder prices about to jump?
Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2016 6:13 pm
by sjfcontrol
Powder would do more than just jump in price. You wouldn't be able to buy it at all without a license and a facility that could properly store and track it. It would shut down reloading altogether.
AND, I gather that the ammo manufacturers would have to get licenses and upgrade their storage facilities, dramatically impacting their costs, and therefore the cost of commercial ammo.
I suspect (pray) this will be short lived.
Re: Powder prices about to jump?
Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2016 6:16 pm
by ScottDLS
sjfcontrol wrote:Powder would do more than just jump in price. You wouldn't be able to buy it at all without a license and a facility that could properly store and track it. It would shut down reloading altogether.
AND, I gather that the ammo manufacturers would have to get licenses and upgrade their storage facilities, dramatically impacting their costs, and therefore the cost of commercial ammo.
I suspect (pray) this will be short lived.
The powder itself isn't being re-classified, its the wet nitro-cellulose that's used to
manufacture powder. It's still a bad idea.
Re: Powder prices about to jump?
Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2016 6:54 pm
by Surgeon
And this move solves what...exactly? Oh, that's right. It's the goober mint..."fix it till it's broke".
Re: Powder prices about to jump?
Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2016 6:56 pm
by Mike S
Hate to be the harbinger of bad news, but it's already been posted here:
http://www.texaschlforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=85828