WINCHESTER AMMUNITION RECALL

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PRODUCT WARNING AND RECALL NOTICE: WINCHESTER® WILDCAT® 22 & WINCHESTER® XPERT® 22 Olin Corporation, through its Winchester Division, is recalling several lots of its WILDCAT® 22 (Symbol Number WW22LR) and XPERT® 22 (Symbol Number XPERT22) 22 Long Rifle rimfire ammunition. Lot Numbers containing Letters: XN, YA, YB or YC Through extensive evaluation Winchester has determined the above lots of WILDCAT® 22 and XPERT® 22 ammunition may contain double powder charges. Double powder charge weight ammunition may cause firearm damage, rendering the firearm inoperable, and subject the shooter to a risk of personal injury and/or death when fired. DO NOT USE WINCHESTER® WILDCAT® 22 RIMFIRE AMMUNITION WITH LOT NUMBERS CONTAINING LETTERS XN, YA, YB or YC. The ammunition Lot Number is imprinted (stamped without ink) on the outside of the right tuck flap of the 50-round box, as indicated here: DO NOT USE WINCHESTER® XPERT® 22 RIMFIRE AMMUNITION WITH LOT NUMBERS CONTAINING LETTERS XN, YA, YB or YC. The ammunition Lot Number is imprinted (stamped without ink) on the outside of the top tuck flap of the 500-round box, as indicated here: To determine if your ammunition is subject to this notice, review the Lot Number. If the Lot Number contains the letters XN, YA, YB or YC return the ammunition to Winchester via United Parcel Service (UPS). Securely pack the ammunition into a corrugated cardboard box, write “CARTRIDGES, SMALL ARMS ORM-D” on the outside, and ship to: USA Customers: Canadian Customers: Olin Corporation – Winchester Division Olin Corporation - Winchester Division Tile Warehouse C/O HSL Warehousing Powder Mill Road, Gate 4A 739 Monaghan Rd. East Alton, IL 62024 Peterborough, ON. K9J 7S4 Attention: 22LR Recall Attention: 22LR Recall International customers, please contact Winchester via the web at www.winchester.com/international22recalla. Please include your name, address, and phone number. Winchester will send you coupons good for replacement ammunition from your local Winchester dealer. This notice applies only to WILDCAT® 22 and XPERT® 22 rimfire ammunition with Lot Numbers containing the letters XN, YA, YB or YC. Other Symbol Numbers or Lot Numbers are not subject to this recall and should not be returned to Winchester. If you have any questions concerning this recall please call toll-free 866-423-5224 (U.S. & Canada), write to the above address, or visit our website at www.winchester.com. We apologize for this inconvenience. WINCHESTER Related Links: Recall FAQ ................................................................................................................ THIS IS AN ON GOING VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM: Discussion with vendors on the ammunition shortages and price increases In the past year or so, most people involved in the shooting sports have noticed a growing "ammunition crisis" which has been marked by dramatic increases in ammunition prices, and in many cases, a corresponding shortage of ammunition stocks. It is not unusual to contact vendors and find the entire surplus ammunition stock sold out, and where there is ammunition in stock, to find prices have gone up by two times or more. These shortages and price increases have been across the board, in all ammunition types, and they have been particularly noticeable for shooters who rely on surplus and military ammunition, such as factory loaded .223 for example. In the past year, the price of surplus .223 ammo has doubled or in some cases nearly tripled, to give just one example. This forum is a discussion on these shortages and prices increases. I've invited a couple of ammunition vendors--Dave, from The-armory.com, and Kola, from StarsAndStripesAmmo.com--to comment on the following questions about the ammunition crisis. I thought their inside knowledge of the industry could be particularly informative and help us learn more about some possible causes for this crisis. They have not spoken with each other, so their answers may be very different. Also, we should not expect them to have all the answers. But, they have both thought about these issues a lot, and they deal with them on a daily basis, so I thought it would be interesting and useful for us to hear their insights. And by the way, if you know of any other ammunition vendors that would like to contribute to this discussion, please invite them to join in and make a comment here as well. And it will be great to hear your questions and discussion, too. I asked Dave and Kola to send me their responses to the following basic two questions. I'm posting their complete responses below (these have not been modified in any way), which will serve as a good way to kick off our discussion. By the way, I want to thank both of these guys in advance--and I hope some of you will too--for sharing their time and insights with us. I've invited them to join in the discussion and make further comments or answer questions if they are able to. * What are the main causes of the rapid price increases, and shortages in the available supply, of ammunition over the past year? * Should we expect that these prices will eventually stabilize or return to a lower level, or should we assume that they will probably never be lower than they are, and therefore stock up on ammunition now?