Reaching out

[C. Richard Archie]

Thought I would pass this along. I had written Larry Potterfield of Midway questioning the situation regarding availability of components for reloading. Did not really expect a reply, was surprised to see this in my in box this morning.

From: Presidential Customer Comments [mailto:larrypotterfield@midwayusa.com]
Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 4:33 PM
To: Richard Archie
Subject: RE: Load development problems.



It’s true, we are having trouble keeping items on the shelves, particularly reloading components, anything that might be affected by another “assault weapons” ban and loaded ammo. I think this is due to a combination of factors, including wartime demand for munitions that are made on the same assembly lines as commercial ammunition, the meteoric rise in raw materials that have raised ammunition prices so high that there is an influx of new reloaders buying more reloading equipment than the factories projected and course the big reason, the recent election that has a lot of shooters very concerned. The factories have all added additional shifts and are operating at capacity, but the demand does not seem to be slowing down. If everyone would just buy what they need, we could get thru these shortages quickly, but people are upset they can’t get ammo like they usually do, so they are making the problem worse by trying to stock up even more. Please accept my apology for the lack of stock, and I appreciate your patience as the supply lines catch up with demand. I am sorry I can’t give you a reliable arrival date on primers; we have them on order is all I can verify. The arrival dates keep getting pushed back, or we just get partial orders. I suspect they are being diverted to make more loaded ammo, as the factories make more money on that then they do components. It is troubling to me that we are a nation of over 60 million gunowners and 14 million hunters, yet membership in the NRA hovers around four million. Instead of panic buying in fear that politicians are going to infringe on our rights, we need to get our heads out of the sand and join the NRA. We need to use the political process to make our voices heard, and until we organize and do that, I think we will always have the danger of politicians trying to ban guns.



Thanks for Your Business,



Larry Potterfield
President/CEO
MidwayUSA
NRA Benefactor Member


This was not a form, generated reply. Midway has always had the "round-up" option on their order form for donations to the NRA, It appears that Mr. Potterfield is at least listening to his customer base.

[SomeGuy]

Midway generally has good prices, but their longstanding strong pro-2A attitude is my main reason for liking them.