Stock levels - where are all the parts?!

[HodgePig]

I appreciate I'm looking at a very narrow cross-section of the market, but what's the craic?!

Stupidly got side-missioned when I should have been spanking cold hard on the slide that @Punisher3990 located for me off the back of my wanted ad, and now they're OOS again. As are almost all decent slides.

No, I don't need shiny bits, but I'm a magpie by nature and shiny things are my bag, and just wondering if this is a Hormuz issue, or has it always been patchy.

My Airsoft budget is pretty much limited to what I free up from other hobbies, and I just upcycle funds But that means when I'm after three parts and they're only in stock across three separate stores all with postage.... I'm kinda having/choosing to wait.

What does 'normal' look like in terms of hi capa/Airsoft mods and spares in the UK? Is this it, and our tiny little island just peaks and troughs in line with containers landing?

I know they get a lot of hate, and the markup seems steep on some parts, but a few bits I sourced for my SSP5 landed in five days and we're all in stock at Novritsch. That's my only real success at getting everything I wanted at one point in time from one shop

 

[Punisher3990]

I have experienced the same; it seems the hi capa/pistol parts are the hardest to source. Theres a few slides I wanted for my BDS9 before I fixed the RMR plate cover, but they were OOS everywhere; even the international shops didn't have stock. I also had a hard time finding Laylax parts for my MP7 and ended up having to import some from Italy.

I have also wondered if perhaps they slowed production on some of these parts or maybe they just cant keep up with the demand. Or maybe the shops here make so little on them it's not worth them keeping stock up.