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When the pandemic started, I was able to get Remington #10's for my Colt Navy at almost any sporting goods store. Now I check online at the usual outlets there, and at all the sporting good stores and haven't been able to find anything much at all. Went to Sportsmans Warehouse, nothing in the tri-state (Great Northwest) area at all. Nothing beyond that even. Same with Cabelas. I put in a call to a local supplier that specializes in BP, nothing right now. Sportsmans in Federal Way said they are only getting in a few at a time and they go fast.
So....
I check Sportsmans in Wenatchee, WA...the website says they have just ONE measly box in stock. Just the one. I ask the clerk to check the wall. He comes back and surprisingly, they have a few more. That was Saturday afternoon. I ask if I can online order them. He says they just arrived, and no...the computer system won't let him add more than one to the order. The new inventory isn't added to the online system yet. (Ain't computers GREAT?) I will have to come and buy them in person if I want more than just the one tin that's officially in inventory.
So on Sunday morning (today) I leave the house early in Auburn and start driving to Wenatchee. It's 150 miles each way.
I get there about fifteen minutes prior to opening time and go to the gun counter. Sure enough, there are five tins of Remington #10 hanging on the wall. I grab them and pay for them. I pick up my one tin that I ordered online, and picked up a few hundred 375 Hornady roundball to boot.
The roundball and powder are available all over. But the caps seem to be lacking. I blame it on hoarding. You know...when people drive 150 miles each way over two passes each way, (Blewett and Snoqualmie) just to snatch up everything that's available. The jerks. Who would do that?
All I am saying here is that if YOU see some caps available somewhere, you might want to stock up when you get the chance. Since the pandemic there seems to be a shortage, especially on the #10's.
So....
I check Sportsmans in Wenatchee, WA...the website says they have just ONE measly box in stock. Just the one. I ask the clerk to check the wall. He comes back and surprisingly, they have a few more. That was Saturday afternoon. I ask if I can online order them. He says they just arrived, and no...the computer system won't let him add more than one to the order. The new inventory isn't added to the online system yet. (Ain't computers GREAT?) I will have to come and buy them in person if I want more than just the one tin that's officially in inventory.
So on Sunday morning (today) I leave the house early in Auburn and start driving to Wenatchee. It's 150 miles each way.
I get there about fifteen minutes prior to opening time and go to the gun counter. Sure enough, there are five tins of Remington #10 hanging on the wall. I grab them and pay for them. I pick up my one tin that I ordered online, and picked up a few hundred 375 Hornady roundball to boot.
The roundball and powder are available all over. But the caps seem to be lacking. I blame it on hoarding. You know...when people drive 150 miles each way over two passes each way, (Blewett and Snoqualmie) just to snatch up everything that's available. The jerks. Who would do that?
All I am saying here is that if YOU see some caps available somewhere, you might want to stock up when you get the chance. Since the pandemic there seems to be a shortage, especially on the #10's.