Due to the relatively high post-Covid prices for 5.56, I only shoot 20-30 rounds of 5.56 per trip to the range, depending on the number of rounds per box. Before I could easily blow off 80-100 rounds each trip.

Because I only shoot reduced recoil 00 buck from my 12 gauge riot guns, and it is now hard to find at any price, I am severely restricting my practice. I practice less often and will only shoot 5-10 rounds per practice session. Before I would often shoot 20 rounds per session.

I have plenty of .40 S&W. So it's still one box of 50 each trip to the range.

Have your shooting habits changed?

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In Argentina at this time we have ammunition for two reasons, the first is that they are very expensive and the second is due to the covid 19 shooting clubs are closed.

I'm a poor boi to begin with, so I restrict my shooting until I find the time and gumption to reload a lot. When prices shoot up, I quit shooting entirely.

seems like getting/keeping skills up right now is important, no matter the cost

No change, really. I am pretty well stocked with ammo and components for the stuff I like to shoot. Matter of fact just got into the 6.5 Creedmoor in the past couple months, a caliber I have never owned. I have had no problems finding loaded ammo and components at decent prices. For example, S&B 6.5 CM, 140 grain FMJBT is available at $15 a box, and is one inch for five shots ammo at 300 yards.

I have been lucky that the club I belong to has kept the range open throughout the China Virus, even though the club house has been closed.

Larry

Nope, I still practice, still attend matches, and still have fun.

For those that didn’t learn after Sandy Hook, and other instances, oh well.

Buy it cheap and stack it deep has been my motto for decades.

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No change in my routine. My range outings are largely weather driven. i tend to shoot more in the spring and fall. I shoot less in the heat of summer. I'm fortunate to have an outdoor range on my property.

Partly the ammo situation, partly I’m very busy with work, partly it’t too hot outside to shoot as much.

I've got plenty of ammo. I'm not using it right now, but that has little or nothing to do with COVID. It has to do with my extremely limited free time and the fact that my only shooting range options right now are relatively expensive pay-as-you-shoot indoor ranges.

My shooting has come to a complete stop. Only range available to me is an indoor range. Until Covid-19 I shot 2-3 times/week. I miss going and shooting the weekly competitions. But I'm not willing to take a chance of getting sick (or worse); until things settle down. I miss having an outdoor range to go to.

I shoot mostly 38/357 - in both rifles and revolvers. I've got a whole mess of small rifle primers that I don't generally use. I've been using them in my 38/357 range ammo. They work fine and it allows me to use up some old stock while saving new. That's the only change I've made.

The stores around here have ammo. The farm store has lots of ammo. Even 22, 223, and 9mm. It ain't cheap but its there.

Ranges never closed here, I have been shooting as usual except I shoot more .22 right now to conserve other calibers.

My trap league started back up so it’s nice to be back shooting with others. Since shot shells are easy to find and not marked up I’m shooting more trap than bullseye.

Kinda sorta.

I've got a decent amount of ammo on hand, though not as much as many here. I'm limited by money and storage space. If I manage it properly, I could probably make a monthly range trip and make it last 'til the end of the year, maybe longer.

My local range was closed down until a couple months ago, and I was able to make a range trip. Unfortunately, due to social distancing restrictions, my time was limited.

I've also been dealing with health issues, so that's been a limiting factor.

Not to mention range fees. I don't make a lot of money, so that's also a limiting factor.

But I still do dry fire practice when I can, and I've found that does a good job of maintaining basic skills when I can't get to a range.

So overall, I'd say no change for me.

I have been shooting air rifles more but humidity slowing me down.

Range time is zero so far this year, what with sociable distancing and wear a mask I just said forget this.

I also shoot a good bit of black powder which helps and if I might add, a whole bunch of fun. I also reload some which also helps in that I don’t have to pay ridiculous prices being charged right now. I have not noticed any shortages of reloading components

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I invest in Lead and Copper!

Casting bullets and reloading ammo since 1967 , hoarding primers and powder since 2013....what's an ammo shortage ?
Gary

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I learned my lesson years ago. I've got plenty of ammo.
But I haven't been shooting much these last few months due to covid, other health reasons, been busy and now its just plain hot out there.
However, I am planning to get to the range one day next week if I can.

No change I my shooting habits. I have access to an Indoor
Range, and large shooting area at the Farm.

Hoarding Powder/Primers/Bullets since 2008. Trust only in God,
Gold, Guns, and Lead.

I am well off in all Components and Reload for all Guns I shoot,
even for some I don't have, such as Govt 45/70.

At $8-$10 for a box (50) of Center Fire Cartridges.......I'm good.

The Best to you that did not Hoard and your Endeavors!

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Several have already mentioned they reload, as do I. Decades ago, I got really tired of settling for whatever was on the shelf at my local gun shops. I might find premium ammunition once and awhile, but often could not afford to buy it. Things have only gotten worse in recent years. Now a box of 20 premium rifle rounds can easily cost $50-$80 or more and I refuse to pay that much.

So, other than 22RF, I have not bought a box of ammo for probably 25 years, and probably shoot more because I reload. I have 14 different calibers of molds and a dozen reloading dies. I often shoot calibers that I cannot purchase over the counter and reload common calibers that are actually better suited to target shooting or hunting, and perform in my guns better than what is commercially available.

Building better loads that give you higher accuracy, with less cost, plus no shortages are the the way to go for me.

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Usually 3 times a month for Trap at the club. Been shooting my Ruger American 22 mag. Compact more often after scoring the 100 pack of CCI ammo at Walmart for $20. Not too bad for a 100 rounds. Beats Bass Pro $15 for 50 rounds.

My club resumed high power rifle matches in June, and I have been active. Each match run also includes a trip to the pistol pits. I am ready for the few remaining GSSF matches that are within a day's drive (one way).

I reload for all of my target rifles, and have stockpiled some rifle components. Getting a little low on ingredients for 7 Rem Mag.

For pistol, I am exhausting my cast bullet inventory, need to pour some more in the future. I have a few thousand factory 9s for general use and matches requiring factory ammo. I have a few hundred 9s for social encounters, the same as 45s. Currently putting together some "lost brass match" 9s and 45s with FMJ. Just tested some 38 SWC loads yesterday in advance of mass reloading. If the heat doesn't get too bad, today will find me working on some "lost brass 9s" .

If push comes to shove, I have a few cans of M2 Ball and 3 cans of Evansville 43 steel cased 45s.

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No effect whatsoever . I live in the country and have three porches on my house I can shoot from 24-7 , have about a million years worth of reloading supplies and just ordered another $1200.00 worth to allow me to load 38-40 WCF for a while so I have heard of but not personally been affected by any ammo shortage . Been hoarding since the 60's and see no reason not to continue to do so, be prepared .

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I shoot more .22.

Reload .38/.357 so no problem there. I also have a boatload of milsurp 30-06 so can shoot Garand and 1903A3 as much as I want but dang that Garand is getting heavy!

It's funny but at some point, don't we have to say to our self, "I don't think my trigger finger can pull a trigger enough times to shoot up all this ammo I have."?

I was dragged into reloading several years ago due to my love of oddball calibers like the .41 Long Colt, .351 and .401 Winchester. Haven't had to worry about shortages since the 1990's when Clinton was in the Whitehouse.

Saw the writing on the wall and purchased all the ammo I could afford and had a place to store. Been preaching on this forum for years for folks to do the same, and most have. My shooting time is unaffected by the current madness.

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Pretty much the same as before.

I belong to an outdoor gun club and have been stockpiling for the past 5 years before COVID hit. I have at least a 10 year supply of all my centerfire calibers at my current consumption rate, probably more. And while I wish I had more 22 I have a 4 to 5 year supply of that. I debated whether I really needed that case of MiniMags I bought late last year but am glad I did.

I don't go through nearly as many rounds as a couple of friends and many here. I typically get to the range once or twice a month, more often in spring or fall, less often in winter and summer.

I have found that I get more out and enjoy shorter sessions more than going to the range and shooting hundreds of rounds in rapid succession. It depends on a lot of factors but in general with handguns I shoot about 50-100 rounds if I am shooting my 44 or 9mm from a small gun, 100-200 if I am shooting 9mm from my 2.0 compact or 200-300 rounds of 22.

I typically only shoot long guns a few times a year. Usually about 50 to 150 rounds of 5.56 if I take my AR. Since my bolt action 308 starts to lose accuracy when it gets hot I don't think I have ever shot more than 50 rounds through it in a single day, usually less.

About 25 to 50 rounds of 12 gauge buckshot is usually enough for me in one day. With light birdshot loads that would be a lot higher but I don't shoot trap anymore.

I have turned my .223 plinking reloads into more precision reloads by weighing each bullet and selecting each case for mfg. weight each charge with a trickler, trim all cases exactly the same and use the comparator to seat each bullet to the same depth in order to conserve components
also much more .22lr as well as the Beeman P1 pellet pistol. I'm fortunate that I can use the P1 at work as well as the .22 CB quiet ammo in the warehouse.
I need to get into casting for 45 auto rim and .223

I have to say I am shooting more-- got to keep the skills up when you are 76 I slacked off for awhile in the Winter when my wife was ill and required constant care after a fall that broke her wrist and she is totally left handed, but have been back on track since Spring, getting to the range 4/6 times a week be it only for a couple of hours at most in this weather. Still getting it done though. I keep at least ten boxes of every thing I shoot on the shelf and more 45's.

I have not gone to the range since March 2nd, the first day of my retirement, because of the covid19. I have just been reloading. I now have enough ammo of the .223rem and 9 mm to last for 9 or 10 trips to the range. I will start working on my .45 acp next week. I probably wont go to the range until next spring when covid19 goes down. I have been missing it a lot!

I went shooting last night and will probably go tonight. The heat and the Covid make it so there's not a lot of other stuff to do. I have access to an indoor range, 24/7. Spent the afternoon reloading 38's in the cool basement.

Main change in my shooting habit is with 22 LR. Don't shoot the arcade range with semi's cuz it's too tempting to run through a lot of ammo at a visit. Focus on precision shooting with my revolver and bolt action rifle.

Those are my back yard practice go to.

I use them to keep my long range skills sharp during the off season, not to mention keeping the varmints under control.

Something satisfying about hitting a Gopher at 100+ yards.

My two rifles, top is a .22, bottom a .177, both are very accurate.

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No Change for me. I was already considering doing CCW and had been waffling about buying my 1st handgun for a couple of years now. Purchased it about a month ago now. Been going to the range to become decent. No need in a good guy with a gun being as big of a danger as a bad guy with one. My decision came from health issues affecting self defense training. Nothing to do with COVID or election year stuff. I just got lucky with timing .


I've had to hunt out ammo. This has allowed me to try different brands and weights in my new piece. Happily, all of them 115, 124, and 147 grain shoot nearly the same. The 147 grain may be a bit more accurate (Speer Lawman), but being a noob, I'm not convinced of that yet.


Luckily, the range has always had ammo in stock to sell as long as I was plinking, so, I've always bought at least one case while there.



My brother was kind and let me have about 7 rounds of hollow point to keep loaded while the gun is at the house, should we actually need to protect ourselves before the CCW licensing happens.



Hopefully, this will pass like a kidney stone and I'll be able to scout out some differing brands of hollow point to actually fire and test to deem carry worthy.

I have switched to shooting my hunting rifles lately. Handgun ammo is nonexistent but my good ol 06 ammo is still holding strong on the shelves.

I have a good deal of ammo. 1000rds each of 5.56, 7.62 and 9mm, but I definitely need .357/38 which is very hard to find, so I'm not shooting those guns as much. And I dont really want to blast thru my ammo supply.

Back in 2007, as it looked like Obama was getting elected, I bought a bunch of ammo, cheap. Then it became nonexistant and expensive I took up archery! In 2016 as it looked like Hillary was getting elected, same thing. This time I took up traditional black powder shooting. I LOVE shooting my flintlock! I have a good 6-8 lbs of black powder, pounds of lead, and ball moulds. I'm NOT running out of that! It's actually relaxing. Go to the range, spend 2 hrs, shoot 35 shots��. But, theres NO realm of shooting where "knowing your gun" matters more. I'm at the point where I can shoot 1.75" groups at 50 yds from a bench rest. I know guys who can do that offhand. That's the goal.

There's an ammo shortage? I wouldn't know because I stocked up as I usually do at times when ammo is on sale... I haven't bought any for 8-12 months now and have plenty to shoot at my current rate for at least another year. It's called "Be Prepared." (Thanks to Robert Baden Powell and the Boy Scouts!)

Froggie

I shot yesterday. I had the outdoor range to myself for over an hour. I shot 50 rds of 9mm, a few more .45's and maybe 50 .22's. I have stayed supplied for several years. I was able to purchase additional 9mm at the beginning of the latest panic. I reloaded a few .45's this week to start building that supply back up.

The 45's that I shot, I reloaded in July of 17. I believe I purchased the 9mm about 10 years ago and the 22's I bought a couple of years ago. They are my newest. The containers they were in got wet on a trip and the rounds were discolored. However, they still work just fine. They are now carried in a Crown Royal sack.

I've cut way back. I have ample supply, and early during the Covid outbreak my range was one of the few places still open, so I went.

Last few times I went, it was jam-packed with people who aren't the safest shooters. I don't like going when it's like that, and I also don't want to run through much ammo right now.

I am shocked at the ammo prices! I was in a very small town shop yesterday, and he had $38 for a box of .380. He had to pay $32. I am short on a few calibers because I have recently bought a couple of the surplus pistols on the market, and not much ammo available that I will spend double or triple prices. Guess I will expand on my reloading calibers.

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I shoot mainly 38/357, but as this Covid thing continues I’ve been shooting everything. Even took out the Virginia Dragoon in 44 mag last week. Been shooting at the farm rather than the local indoor range. Depending how how long this goes on, I plan to shoot more 22 as that’s what I have the most of. Stay Healthy and Be Safe!

Join the club! I've been sitting back watching prices people are reporting they paid for what precious little ammo is left out there for sale and it is mind-numbing. People I respect are paying exactly double what I paid late last year and earlier this year... and that is not against what I bought during the Great Walmart Evil Ammo Sell-Off.

It's just amazing.

shoot a couple of magazines from carry pistols when at the range. shooting .22 to keep my skill level adequate. have plenty of the .22 ammo. can still find ammo in my area, but it is priced about 2X normal. people are fearful and making sure they have ammo to survive a confrontation. am very fortunate to live in an area with none of the antiffa, black lives matter crowd....

I shoot my flintlock rifles, shotguns, and percussion revolvers more. Air rifles too.

Just like during the last shortage.

I kind of stopped shooting at paper at indoor ranges.

I now shoot objects outside.

My most accessible indoor range is closed. I prefer to go outside anyway but it'a a long way way. And the RAIN is a bigger problem than anything. The easiest Nat. Forest range to get to is called 'Boggy Head' and it is aptly named.

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In Argentina, people living in rural areas have no problem going to an open area and shooting, but people living in cities due to the pandemic cannot move outside their area of ​​residence. I live in Capital Federal (Buenos Aires), which is like living in Manhattan, that's why I can't shoot.

That's really crummy.

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Yes, that time comes for some of us.
It came for me very recently when I suddenly realized that I'm getting old. My ammo inventory will never be used by me, even if I start supplying friends on range days. So, what to do? Easy answer is to turn some of it into cash to fund buying a few more guns. My local gun shop found itself in a bind where they couldn't provide ammunition to customers buying guns. I decided to help them out with supply/availability. They are happy. I am happy. Their customers are happy. That's a trifecta win as I see it. And I still have more than enough if supply never returns. This move netted me a fair amount of cash because I agreed to sell it at current market prices. It also got me a nice discount on the fees the LGS charges for consignment sales of my firearms, some of which just are not needed any longer. I'm turning the proceeds into a few items that I really want. I recently had a friend pass away with a garage full of ammo. His wife was distressed with disposing of it. I helped her out by taking 200,000 rounds, about half of it, and I found a buyer for the balance. He accumulated USGI ammo since about 1970, and never got to realize the fruits of his efforts.

I went to the range today and shot about 100 45's which I will reload, minus the brass I lost. I also shot a very few reloaded 9mms, that I can easily replace. Also fired were about 100 rds of 22LR and I have plenty of that. I had a great day at the range and am looking to going back next week.