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Offline birdman

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Message from Cabela's
« on: May 21, 2010, 04:21:38 PM »
    I just had an e-mail from Cabela's offering to subsitute Aquila .380 jhp for my .380 Silvertip backorder. That doesn't sound too promising. They must know more about what's going on than we do. Maybe the .380s will come on all at once like the 9MMs did.     Gene
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Re: Message from Cabela's
« Reply #1 on: May 21, 2010, 05:29:01 PM »
I got the message from Cabela's on 9mm's.  They gave me the opportunity to switch from Silvertips to Ranger's about a month ago.  So I think the .380's will come on strong once production is started.  The 9mm Silvertips have now shipped.
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Re: Message from Cabela's
« Reply #2 on: May 21, 2010, 11:47:29 PM »
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   I just had an e-mail from Cabela's offering to subsitute Aquila .380 jhp for my .380 Silvertip backorder. That doesn't sound too promising. They must know more about what's going on than we do. Maybe the .380s will come on all at once like the 9MMs did.     Gene

I don't know but Aquila for Silvertips is like a Yugo in place of a BMW, (IMO)
and the switch they offered kj was better than the Aquila's.

John
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Re: Message from Cabela's
« Reply #3 on: May 21, 2010, 11:58:38 PM »
I have on good word that those Aguila 380 hp's is good ammo and will soon be added to the Seecamp approved list.

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Re: Message from Cabela's
« Reply #4 on: May 25, 2010, 09:35:09 PM »
Well, the first week of June is fast approaching, so we'll see if Winchester, truely does start production on the .380 Silvertips.  We can hope.  It worked for the 9mm's and even the .32's.    :)
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Re: Message from Cabela's
« Reply #5 on: May 30, 2010, 12:18:07 AM »
    I still don't understand Winchester's "game plan", why , after such a long hiatus, they would resume production the way they did. .45 long colts and 10mm are both good cartridges. But the LCs are not big sellers and I don't think I've ever seen a 10mm. Then they started making the 9mm which is probably the largest selling cartridge in the world. Then instead of working 24/7 making .380s as you would expect they start making .32ACPs. There just aren't that many Seecamps and Tomcats around, when you compare them with .380s. I can only hope Winchester knows what it's doing, 'cause I sure as Hell don't!      Gene
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Re: Message from Cabela's
« Reply #6 on: May 30, 2010, 06:40:05 PM »
Winchester's plan, if they had one, defies logic, for sure.  I am glad they now have the LC's, 9mm and .32's all of which I needed and now awaiting the .380's, all of these, the Silvertips.

Now with the Hydra-Shoks 380's available, and the Aguila .380's JHP (OK to use per Larry Seecamp in the Seecamp .380) the Winchester .380 Silvertips are not needed as badly.
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Re: Message from Cabela's
« Reply #7 on: June 10, 2010, 01:45:20 AM »
Well my last e-mail from Cabela's wasn't very encouraging, they offered other brands and no delivery date for STs.

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« Last Edit: June 10, 2010, 01:19:36 PM by kjtrains »
Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.  Abraham Lincoln