I say if they were a bargain the would have already been long gone.

Don't fall for this... it's a hoax!  J Louis, frankeore, Froggie, westerner, Schuetzendave, to name a few, all those we novices idolize on this forum are behind this run on the .32-40.  Those cagey old-timers have us believing a shortage is to come, AGAIN.  Remember the run on silver years ago?

These sedate seniors nonchalantly suckered us into buying these vintage or reproduction weapons, displaying beautifully rebuilt antiques, while serruptitiosly hoarding brass for them.  Those half-blind old men posted targets that made us drool, thinking we could achieve the impossible.  Telling us about this or that primer or powder; that we too could achieve the same results if we only drank the kool-aid or had a seat on their spaceship.

I'm warning you, they have built up a stash of .30-30, .32 Spc, and .38-55.  Next, they got Winchester to discontinue .32-40.   YES, they have that much influence... it's a cabal.  We would never notice because they were so sly and we would not associate the .32-40 and all the OTHER brass being slowly drained from the market.

What's next, the 25-20 Winchester, annealing and resizing seminars, or shooting range timeshares?  I bet they were behind the 22LR shortage.

Don't bother looking to Canada or Germany, it's global.

Oops, the aluminum-foil skullcap slipped off... NEVER MIND.

gewehrfreund wrote on Mar 27^th, 2016 at 8:38am:

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I think you are right CajunRebel .  I fell for it hook, line, and sinker .

I've got a decent supply of brass though.  I haven't found the koolaid that gets me those groups yet, although after a couple of years I think I'm finally getting a handle on shooting BP well out of my CPA.

If all else fails I can fund my retirement, one piece of .32-40 or .30-40 brass at a time

Chris.

I know a feller that has so many 25-20 SS, 32-40 & 38-55 he's melting them down to  make bronze statues like Charlie Russel and Fredrick Remington did.  Suppose I'd better stop him and get them on GB    He can use gold for the statues 

Add me to the conspiracy.

I'm gloating over the bags of .32-40, .30-40, and .35 Remington that I bought during the Clinton administration.  No, not for sale.  Come to my estate auction when I die.  

My luck is also in.  I Bought it Now, 115 pieces of .25-20 SS on Gunbroker a couple of weeks ago for $60, including shipping.  And it turned out to be all brand new Winchester that somebody had formed to .22-3000 Lovell and never used.  I gloat some more.