Another source for hard-to-find unleaded ammo
California deer hunting is already underway, as the A-zone archery season wraps up and the rifle seasons are waiting in the wings. The California Lead Ammo Ban is also well underway throughout a big part of the state, and as we can see in the running poll, folks aren’t having a lot of luck finding variety or non-standard calibers for deer or hog hunting.
While reloading is a great resort for those who have the time or willingness to learn (it’s actually a lot of fun, and not that hard to learn), it’s not a reality for many hunters. Enter Custom Cartridge, Inc.
I’ll let Becky Davis introduce them herself.
Hi,
I’m just quickly introducing ourselves to you, in case you weren’t already aware of us. We make a huge variety of precision ultra high performance ammunition, and have for over 3 decades. We’re a small ammo factory, right here in central CA (Santa Barbara County), with US patents on some of our ammo, and nationwide sales to serious hunters, law enforcement agencies, federal acronym agencies, competitive shooters, etc.
When the CA legislature passed the “no lead ammo in half the state as of 7/1/2008″ legislation, the CA DFG was tasked with finding a way to implement it with little notice, no budget, and impossible deadlines. We’d been making precision hunting ammo using the Barnes bullets for years, so sent a 12 page spreadsheet to the DFG, asking “is this what you want?”
Craig Stowers, the poor staffer tasked with making this happen, was delighted to find some way to get the ball rolling, and asked if he could send along our list to most of the other mfctrs who were asking what to do too.
As a result, we’ve been swamped with orders for lead free hunting ammo from all over the state. Instead of our week to 10 day normal turn-around, we’re running about a 2-3 week backlog, but we’re working 7 days/week, and very long days to get as much ammo built and shipped as we can, so that folks can go hunting.
We’re offering a 15% discount to CA condor zone hunters if they put the word “condor” in the comments field as they place their secure online order from our web site.
Our web site lists <1500 loads, but we make over 50,000. We don’t post them all, so as not to overwhelm visitors. However, I have posted most of the popular Barnes hunting options, so that CA condor zone hunters can get out in the field. As soon as I’m less swamped, I’m hoping to add some direct links to condor ammo FAQs and dealer questions. In the meantime, I’m trying to get the word out to other folks who talk about CA hunting, that they can get most lead free ammo here, ordered online, and get sub-MOA accuracy and great terminal performance.
Hope that’s helpful.
Thanks,
Becky Davis
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Custom Cartridge, Inc. mailto:sales@customcartridge.com
5878 Hollister Avenue http://www.customcartridge.com
Goleta, CA 93117-3612 805-967-1138 (M-F 1-4pm)
I’ve been trying to remember the name of this company for quite some time, but it just kept slipping away from me. Too simple for my addled brain, I think. “Custom Cartridge, Inc.”.
Anyway, if you’re having a hard time finding ammo for your gun, or if you think you’d like to try some loads made custom, give them a call or check out their site.