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Well said.

A previous post paints a pretty picture of times past. Let me relate a little less fairy-tale like version related to me by my parents who grew up during the depression...

My uncles provided meat for the family with their .22lr rifles. If they had enough money, they could buy .22lr by the 50-round pack. But they usually didn't, so they bought it by the round. This wasn't uncommon at the time, and tended to depress prices. Each round spent was expected to bring home meat, so no one would be burning through 500 rounds in an afternoon anyway.

When people can't afford or otherwise refuse to buy something - especially if that something is not a necessity - it drives prices down. That is the reality of times past. By the accounts of the elders (now passed) in my family, this idea that the economy was somehow driven by altruism is just plain nostalgic dreaming. The profit motive (greed, to some) was alive and well back then - although there was movement from government to interfere with that. In fact, this has historically always been the case. profit motive is king, until government interferes with it's own artificial devices - bringing with those, all the problems of socialism and statism.

Thank you. There is a lesson there for me. Note to self, don't buy from CTD and Brunos Shooting Supply.

that makes it easier for me, bruno's is maybe ten minutes from my house. He had 8lb kegs in there a few months ago when you couldn't find it just about anywhere else. Little up on price, but not bad.

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.

I think it slows down or discourages shooting for those younger that didn't have the foresight or resources that the ol geezers did.

Easy to say hiding behind your keyboard.



Travis

$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.

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.