one thing that i haven't seen mention is this. Even if you do have a stash of various things, current prices still are bothersome as you eventually have to replace or slow down your shooting. I was in cabella's the other day, and primers at 37bucks a thousand, makes me gag. The good thing is i probably don't have to try and get anymore in this lifetime. And the price of projectiles to me is just crazy. I think it slows down or discourages shooting for those younger that didn't have the foresight or resources that the ol geezers did.
$37.00 a brick seems fair to me.
And I wish the younger folks would get discouraged. And learn how to hit the paper they're shooting at.
Travis
The younger folks need some mentors to teach them how. They need to start with single shots instead of 10/22s with duct taped banana magazines or pistols with 15 magazines loaded up that take 15 minutes to shoot. I still haven't "graduated" into any sort of a semi-automatic gun and prefer my single shots. The closest I have is a Marlin .22 bolt with a tube magazine.
It's hard being an ol geezer with a memory. When i was a kid, my .22 was a remington single shot(fathers) had peeps front and back. My father could shoot a quails head off with the thing. I was turned loose with that and a box of shells, and i had to account for EACH shell with a dead rabbit. Obviously i reload now for a lot of things, stockpiled stuff, but it really difficult to get out of that habit. I hate to burn up any ammo just to shoot cow turds, unless it is real low cost, which is what got me into casting. Can't do that with .22. Now favorite grandchildren, but started on 10/22's. Granddaughter shot so much through one you couldn't see daylight through the barrel due to lead buildup(lead to an intense discussion) and i remember going through a couple of bricks one afternoon with grandson. It's a difference in when you were raised. I have a mint condition winchester semiauto, think it's a 1903 from memory that shoots .22WINCHESTER rimfire. That is not .22rf. about 15bucks a box normally when availably. I found a brick of it about a year ago, and still haven't shot it, choke up at the cost.
