Members renegadelizard Posted January 17, 2013 Author Members Report Posted January 17, 2013 There is no way we could make enough holsters to use up all the cows. Car seats put a much bigger demand on the supply. There is no way we can shoot up all the ammo that has been bought recently either...its the advertising guys that says, hey, i know how we can make a few extra bucks" that worries me...i know most of the people that we routinely deal with(ie site sponsors) wouldnt do something like that, but if it affects them on their end, tanneries jacking up the price for a "percieved" shortage, then they will have to pay to stay up and running...thats the issue i was getting at in the first post..not that im in a panic or have the scare bug, its that there is a world of idiots out there and and just as many predators, and you can be the calmest, biggest, most gentle cow in the world, and still get trampled when the herd stampedes... Quote Havoc Holsters
Members Ed in Tx Posted January 17, 2013 Members Report Posted January 17, 2013 electrathon.. regarding your comment about car seats.. I don't know how much leather they use but the seats on my Ford pickup are supposedly leather and they wore thru in about 3 years.. I looked at a piece and the actual leather couldn't even be given a weight it was so thin. I think most manufacturers use bonded garbage and pass it off as leather, but they sure charge like it is super premium hide. Sure would like to know what kind of splitter they use to get it that thin !! Quote
Members BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted January 18, 2013 Members Report Posted January 18, 2013 It goes in cycles. 7.62x39 was $60 a case of 1,000, then $350 in a matter of months back around 2006-7 thanks to the U.N. getting involved with international ammo sales. We were selling 8mm surplus by the pallet load. Everytime the govt gets a bug up there ass about guns, primers, ammo, etc it starts a frenzy. I am a bit worried this time though due to who we have in the White House at the moment. I don't think it will cause a run on leather holsters----Kydex, and Cordura maybe, but not leather since most of what is being sold are "tactical" firearms. Quote You laugh at me because I am different. I laugh at you because you are all the same.
electrathon Posted January 18, 2013 Report Posted January 18, 2013 My referance to car seats was just part of the big picture. Car seats, sofas, office chairs, dresses and so on. As leatherworkers we use a very tiny, small amount of the total amount of cows that are made into leather. No amount of holster making would make even the smallest dent in the world market. Quote
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