Snub Practice during an Ammunition Shortage...
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wjh2657
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I have set up reinforced backdrop and a Champion .22 LR Bullet trap in garage. I open up big door for ventilation and shoot the 317 below every day. I usually just put 40 rounds through it (8 shot-so 5 cylinders full)at the 7 yard range. I swap out grips on 317 to match EDCs (Pachys on 640 and 60 for winter IWB and S&W extendeds for 637 and 642 for summer Pocket Carry)so I have same grip and trigger reach. I was going to indoor range and shooting .38 Spls every two weeks, but ammo crunch has taken that down to once a month. Not match quality, but I can keep them COM and fast.
tac803
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Good read. Remind me not to stand in front of you in a gunfight
. The majority of my practice is dry firing now. I wish there were easier access to a FATS simulator though.
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Originally posted by Dale53:
Everyone today, should really sit down and write themselves a memo. The "memo" should go through all of the problems that have created "The Perfect Storm" regarding guns, ammunition, and reloading components while IT IS STILL FRESH IN YOUR MINDS.
Then frame the memo and hang it on the wall where you will see it every day.
Then think just a bit as how prepared you are/were to ride this out. If you are prepared (I was) then what could you improve. If you were not prepared, then perhaps you might want to start thinking "long term".
Anyone that wants or needs to shoot should seriously consider reloading if you don't already (I do). Further, you should consider casting bullets if you don't already(I do).
I will not be at the mercy of varying conditions brought about by things I have no control over. However, I can (and did) buy a supply of components when they were available at reasonable prices. I have several thousand bullets cast ready to lube. I have bullet making materials to carry me over any foreseeable period of time.
I am not particularly smart, I can't see into the future but everyone of these things has happened in the past (WW II, Korea, Vietnam, etc they all produced shortages or down right "not available for the duration). "Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it".
It IS in your own power to prepare for the next time and we will have a next time. Don't be frustrated but take control of your own life...
Preaching over, retiring from the Chapel...
Dale53
Most of the shooters in or league are reloaders. At present, bullets are very scarce (one guy is melting wheel weights to make them). One thing they all agree on is that primers are non existent. They have been backordered for months and the "expected ship dates" just keep growing.
Dale53
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Learn to cast your own bullets.
This is what I have done for YEARS.
I know pretty much how many rounds a year I am going to shoot. I keep, at least, a two years supply on hand. So, if things go crazy like they have been for a year, I keep shooting.
This is NOT hoarding. It's "taking care of business". It's not something I did out of panic, it's just a plan. Ordering ahead and buying ten to twenty thousand primers at a time also spreads out the haz-mat and shipping fees over the whole load so that it has little impact "per round" regarding cost.
OK, you got caught this time - that happens. Getting caught the second time (and it WILL happen) is inexcusable.
Dale53
This is what I have done for YEARS.
I know pretty much how many rounds a year I am going to shoot. I keep, at least, a two years supply on hand. So, if things go crazy like they have been for a year, I keep shooting.
This is NOT hoarding. It's "taking care of business". It's not something I did out of panic, it's just a plan. Ordering ahead and buying ten to twenty thousand primers at a time also spreads out the haz-mat and shipping fees over the whole load so that it has little impact "per round" regarding cost.
OK, you got caught this time - that happens. Getting caught the second time (and it WILL happen) is inexcusable.
Dale53
Unfortunately, some of us have been laid off for quite some time. I saw this coming and was helpless to do anything about it. I pay my bills on time, everytime, first, then I get to shoot.
I already had on hand enough stuff to load and shoot all of my guns for a quite a while (rifle, handgun, and shotgun), and I own more than the average guy does, but I don't like the fact that when I can buy supplies again, the cost will be out of this world for them.
Even if things settle down, and the new pres, doesn't pass any new anti-gun laws, ( and that is a huge IF), prices will never go back dowwn to where they were. Once the market goes up, and the supply companies see that Americans are willing to pay their price, they will keep them there. We may see a slight reduction in prices, but I doubt that will happen for a long time.
We have basically bought/priced ourselves almost out of our ability to buy/shoot anymore.
If everyone who loads their own, started casting their own right now, we would see a serious shortage of lead happen. In my area, it's already been hard to come by compared to only a couple of years ago. You can't get it from service stations or tire companies like you used to. Theywised up when they realized the value of it from bullet casters scrounging around for lead here. They now return old wheelweights to the company they buy them from for recycling, and a resultant reduction in price for new weights.
It is depressing to say the least.
Even if things settle down, and the new pres, doesn't pass any new anti-gun laws, ( and that is a huge IF), prices will never go back dowwn to where they were. Once the market goes up, and the supply companies see that Americans are willing to pay their price, they will keep them there. We may see a slight reduction in prices, but I doubt that will happen for a long time.
We have basically bought/priced ourselves almost out of our ability to buy/shoot anymore.
If everyone who loads their own, started casting their own right now, we would see a serious shortage of lead happen. In my area, it's already been hard to come by compared to only a couple of years ago. You can't get it from service stations or tire companies like you used to. Theywised up when they realized the value of it from bullet casters scrounging around for lead here. They now return old wheelweights to the company they buy them from for recycling, and a resultant reduction in price for new weights.
It is depressing to say the least.
I know this is a revolver forum, but lately I've started to stock up on shotgun ammo. It's still available at reasonable prices.
You can ration your slugs and buckshot and practice with birdshot.Patrick
You can ration your slugs and buckshot and practice with birdshot.Patrick
palmetto99
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Thank you Mr. Camp. Always good stuff.
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