Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles Has the ammo shortage/price changed your rifle purchases?

It certainly affected my purchases and will continue. I try to always stick with the popular ones i can get at walmart if need be.

i think i can stretch it out to 6 months if i really put my mind to it! grins

Moderation in all things...

Ingwe

I don't worry about it much. Recently bought a 284 Winchester and had no problem buying ammunition for it. Reloading has been a habit for many years so I don't worry much about feeding anything I might find.

Some of the more exotic calibers have been the easiest to find ammunition for around here. It is the 308's and 30/06's that have been hard to find. They left the shelves as soon as that guy got elected president. Anyway the ammunition choices have pretty much returned to normal with some of the prices being a little higher now.

22LR ammo got hard to find and is only now showing up on the shelves in any quantity. The version that I like to shoot most is the subsonic hollow pt and it was always available. Most people don�t like it I guess.

Reloading components are still slow getting back on the shelves. I think many are still accumulating a supply that they are comfortable with and buy what they can when they can.

None of this would stop me from buyng a firearm if I decided I wanted it. You can always come up with ammunition from somewhere.

Bullet casting is looking more and more like a good hobby to me.
Paul you are my hero!
whelennut

Yes, I was going to buy an English made double rifle, but when I saw the price of .470 NE ammo, I changed my mind.

thanks, the bullet casting is fun but i think i have a ground in my pot. haven't had the time to mess with it.

Dies, powder, and primers



Bulk bullet inventory and brass inventory



Bullets ready to use




I have added more since these photos were taken, but then again, I don't ever let supplies get too low. When I open the last pound of powder or brick of primers I get more in stock. When Ifind a bullet that works, I buy as much as I can afford. Bullet don't ever go bad.

Not worried at all. I just picked up a .284. I found all my reloading supplies for it here on the 'fire.

Not a bit.. I handload for nearly everything..

But Paul W makes me look like a newbie..

I think the hoarding is declining to some extent and manufacturers are catching up. Component and ammunition prices have taken bad jumps since the metals markets went nuts about 2 years ago. It has cut into my shooting and dinkering around with different new cartridges. I really like the rifles I have and have been more focused on keeping a good supply of bullets and brass for them given my limited budet.

ammo has not really been a factor in my rifle purchases but the dang baby formula and diapers has about killed my rifle purchases
it pisses me off when im in line at the grocery store paying 25 dollars a can for formula and some non working jack ass is getiing 9 cans a month free on wick

Add non english speaking to that and you'd have what I see here covered!

I hope it ain't a dude [bleep] as that would be illegal. Chick [bleep] can get WIC. Just another case of gov't discrimination