Cartridge price increases now getting silly

[Rding]

A fantastic idea but if you get anywhere up to 10 no birds on a round of 100 (seems about par these days, especially during cold n wet months) they’re not going to load that loss back on for you I’d bet. I may be wrong and would love to hear that to be the case?

Nope no allowance for no birds. I got one and the first round had 14 no birds. Second round had 1.

 

[Geordieboy]

Shells going up 10% shortly.

Stock up!

 

[Doctor Lecter]

Shells going up 10% shortly.

Stock up!

prices only go one way  !!    i shot grimsthorpe practice yesterday 100 clays and a buggy  to get round    £49     factor in cartridge price  its just enough ,  buttoning yourself  too  ..  

 

[Charliedog]

Shells going up 10% shortly.

Stock up!

Any brand in particular?

 

[perazman]

Anyone else watched the film We are the Millers?

Every available space in their motorhome is packed with cocaine. My house now resembles that but with cartridges! 

If I keep them long enough they'll be worth more per kg than cocaine the way things are going!

PM.

 

[Martinj]

but not quite as addictive 

 

[jonz]

Shells going up 10% shortly.

Stock up!

That’s odd , my local supplier told me yesterday that the prices are now stable and he’s not aware of any planned increase

 

[perazman]

Could just be fiocchi playing catch up. That's inevitable.

PM.

 

[Geordieboy]

Fiocchi and whoever they own, except for B&P who are going up 4%

 

[jasper]

So as per your post , who's going up 10% ??

Jasper. 

 

[TRINITY]

Fiocchi and whoever they own, except for B&P who are going up 4%

Sorry, who are B & P ?

 

[perazman]

Sorry, who are B & P ?

Baschieri & Pellagri. Been around for years and big component manufacturers. Currently being pushed hard in the uk. 

Irrelevant to anyone not prepared to pay £350+ for a thousand.

PM.

 

[TRINITY]

Baschieri & Pellagri. Been around for years and big component manufacturers. Currently being pushed hard in the uk. 

Irrelevant to anyone not prepared to pay £350+ for a thousand.

PM.

Thanks PM and at £350 per 1000, that's why I have never heard of them 

 

[Bavarian]

B&P is high quality but also high price. We have just on retailer here in germany which is also the importer.

I think B&P delivers it´s powders also to Clever Mirage.

 

[jasper]

B+p now under the fiocchi umbrella.  I obtained some for a good price recently. They are absolutely  the dogs danglies.  Superb kills at any range/target. The best kills I have ever seen. Anywhere anytime. But they are eyewateringly expensive.  

If you are a shooter who needs confidence  in a cartridge and money isn't  a factor , then get some. 

Jasper. 

 

[Richard59]

So as per your post , who's going up 10% ??

Jasper. 

MrJ, am thinking the suggestion is that is Fiocchi & Express ( latter now owned by Fiocchi ) 

 

[jwpzx9r]

I have just gone on to Decathlon France and the cheapest cartridges there are coming in at € 292 per thousand  which is an increase of 92 € on the price at this time last year 46% increase in one year ... if the trend continues the sport will be dead inside the next three to five years. I have what I would call an above average expendable income but it is a question of when I say hold on there are better ways to spend this money and I do not think I would be alone in saying that. Also it is not just about cartridges you have clays and fuel to pay for too . I was shooting FBlacks last year I shudder to think what they will be coming in at now they were €280/thou this time last year .

I had thought about making a return to shooting bigger competitions and so need to train more ... the price of bangers is definitely ruled that out now. I reckon my shooting is going to be reduced not increased .

 

[TRINITY]

I have just gone on to Decathlon France and the cheapest cartridges there are coming in at € 292 per thousand  which is an increase of 92 € on the price at this time last year 46% increase in one year ... if the trend continues the sport will be dead inside the next three to five years. I have what I would call an above average expendable income but it is a question of when I say hold on there are better ways to spend this money and I do not think I would be alone in saying that. Also it is not just about cartridges you have clays and fuel to pay for too . I was shooting FBlacks last year I shudder to think what they will be coming in at now they were €280/thou this time last year .

I had thought about making a return to shooting bigger competitions and so need to train more ... the price of bangers is definitely ruled that out now. I reckon my shooting is going to be reduced not increased .

Over at my place in Spain at the moment and just checked out prices at my local Decathlon. Their 28gm 7.5 are on sale at 70.99eu per slab. That's a little bit cheaper but still a massive price hike, I seem to remember before prices started to move they were over 100eu less per 1000

 

[Garwood]

Over at my place in Spain at the moment and just checked out prices at my local Decathlon. Their 28gm 7.5 are on sale at 70.99eu per slab. That's a little bit cheaper but still a massive price hike, I seem to remember before prices started to move they were over 100eu less per 1000

...so that blows the Brexit myth out of the water as the UK makers claim.

 

[TRINITY]

...so that blows the Brexit myth out of the water as the UK makers claim.

I seem to remember before the price hikes you could pick up a base UK Cartridge about £180/185 . The Decathlon Cartridges back then worked out just below £150. Today the same cartridge is on sale at at £251 on today's exchange rate. That's a massive jump even allowing for inflation.