On point, you're right on. I never loaded for 223 and pistols. I don't goto the range and dump mags for fun. It's always been cheap enough that it wasn't cost effective to load for it. But, I'm betting that's over. Already collecting dies and components. Was smart enough to pick up range brass for a while. Already started sorting, popping primers and cleaning on rainy days.


I'm definitely not doing much shooting till there's a light at the end of the tunnel. I know this tunnel is likely to be long and rocky.


With Covid and a summer of riots and then the election, this has been the perfect storm.



One thing that we've been doing locally that has really been helping is trading each other...making new friends and keeping eyes open for each other. I met a guy on another forum. He had primers he didn't need and helped me out. I found powder he needs and next time I head that way, he'll have a bottle.