The end of Wideners as we knew it

[Raoul]

Wideners no longer sells powder or primers.

Here's a portion of an email reply I got concerning this.

Thank you for reaching out to us at Wideners! Unfortunately, we have not been offering powder or primers for the past couple of months. We continued to face higher costs to comply with regulations around the storage, sale, and shipping of powder and primers. You’ve probably noticed the increase in hazardous materials shipping fees, but that’s just a small part of the costs. We also faced greater local, state, and federal regulations that placed a difficult burden on retailers like us, who focus on serving the small reloader.

 

 

It was a hard decision to stop selling powder and primers because we have sold them for so long, and especially because several of us are avid reloaders ourselves. However, we will still offer bullets, casings, and pre-primed casings with the same friendly customer service our customers expect and deserve. We are also already going to work, expanding our selection of loaded ammunition to ensure we can be of help for shooters who enjoy every corner of the passion we all share.

[DaveTN]

Forward that email to Trump.

 

[peejman]

That sucks and I'd guess it'll be a serious hit to their bottom line.  Didn't they discontinue local pick-up a while back as well?

[Raoul]

8 minutes ago, peejman said:

That sucks and I'd guess it'll be a serious hit to their bottom line.  Didn't they discontinue local pick-up a while back as well?

Right after the buyout.

[frankmako]

there goes another one.  thank you government regulations.

[Jamie Jackson]

Powder and Primers were the main reason I did business with Wideners. And their customer service during those times was excellent.

That's a shame. But such is life in this day and time. Regulated to death...

[Raoul]

3 hours ago, frankmako said:

there goes another one.  thank you government regulations.

But I have to ask, other firms manage to ship with no problems. I wonder if whomever bought Wideners was just eliminating the competition.

[frankmako]

it was not the shipping part that was the problem.  they just passed the shipping haz mat fee to the customer.  the big problem was the storage of the powder and primers at their location.  government regulations kick in when you have large amounts of powder/primers located/stored at one location.   it sounds like they did not want to spend the money to upgrade their storage area to meet current government requirements and/or to go through the government inspections of location/business.  

[1gewehr]

It's hard to fault them.  Regulations like that rarely serve any useful purpose.

If it was about safety, the only regulation needed would be to require insurance.

[z0mbies fear me]

I bought from them a lot when they still offered local pick up. Guns, bullets, powder, primers, I would plan work in Johnson City on pick up days just so I'd make sure I could get there in time lol. Then they got bought out and cut guns and local pick up, and now powder and primers... It's sad to see

[digger]

It is my understanding after the purchase the new owner moved the operation to Nashville.

[Raoul]

So again I ask....a reloading commerce website that doesn't sell primers and powder?