How has the ammo/component shortage affected your Shooting

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

Remember that the first decades of your Parker trap gun's life were spent digesting the standard trap load of 1 1/4 ounces of shot at more than 1200 fps. OUCH.

Pigeon loads

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Harold Lee Pickens

Went to the Washington, Pa gun show today. After yesterdays 5 degree morning, it was pouring down on frozen ground this morning, so opted out of muzzle loader deer. As expected, most powder was around $50/ 1 lb can, and the only shotgun primers I found were Fiocchi at $100/ thousand. A guy was asking $30/ box for Federal 28 ga 3/4 oz loads--or 7 boxes for $150 if I took em all. Most cases of 12 ga target loads were $150/case, and single boxes were $20-25 for most gauges. Would like to have found a Mec600 jr in 28 ga. Few Parkers, there was a decent PH 12 Twist barrels, but I wasnt interested.
Glad I didnt need to pay the price---yet.

I was in Clark Brothers Gunshop close to Warrenton VA back before Xmas and they had four pounds of Unique on the shelf and I was all prepared to swoop down and grab it all then I saw the price $49.99 each . Damn stuffs still there far as I know .

[Harry Gietler]

Originally Posted by Harold Lee Pickens

There is a great thread currently about ammo shortage, RST, and what is appropriate to shoot in our guns. I am wondering how this has affected you. Have you cut back on your shooting? Also interested in how shooting ranges are affected, maybe Mike will chime in about his Rock Mtn. facility.
I dont shoot targets during hunting seasons, but they are essentially over now. This summer I went to Hunting Hills less frequently, and went I did I would only shoot 100 instead of 200 targets. My best friend has an Atlas Wobble trap and we tended to use it more this summer. I still have a large supply of factory shells and a pretty fair stash of powder, primers, and shot, but unless things ease up, I will shoot less again this spring/summer.

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[Harold Pickens]

Walmart today had 10 boxes of Win 1 1/8 oz loads at $8.43/ box, Federal 1 oz loads were $9.43.
Didn't think that was too bad.

[6pt-Sika]

The new age of reloading !

VERSATILITY is the key word

[Harold Pickens]

I would bought them all, not for me but for my friends, but don't know who needs them.

[Andy]

A friend of mine just received his pallet of Fiocchi he ordered over a year and a half ago. He was quoted $49 per flat then. When they called to say it was shipping they charged him $79 a flat. He asked but sure didn't complain and coughed up his credit card. Those days are GONE.