How has the ammo/component shortage affected your Shooting

[B. Dudley]

Not too much for me personally. I really do not shoot all that much. Maybe once a month on average. The difference it has made for me is that I actually set up my reloading stuff after 4 years of laying dormant after my move. In the middle of 2020 when no events were happening, where I would not ally buy a few flats of RSTs to have on hand, I was going to order 5-6 flats from them. Until I saw the shipping cost, it was going to basically cost me a flat of shells to get them to me. I was sitting on components to load 4-5000 shells. So I figured I would set up the stuff and start loading again.
Again, I dont shoot nearly as much as many of you all, so it does not really correlate all that well.

Over the last year I have come into some reloading components. Powder, primers, wads and such. Stuff that I bought from local people who were cleaning out. I do not hoard the stuff. I know what I need for my own purposes, so I always move the stuff along for a reasonable price to people I know who shoot more than I do.

[mobirdhunter]

Like, Brian, I don't really shoot that much. I don't shoot clays at all, and never have, and with bird numbers down, and my own self-imposed limit on birds, I'll likely get through the season on just a few boxes of shells.

Also, like Brian, I'm considering getting my reloading equipment set back up. I still have lots of components left from when I reloaded. I don't really want to go there, but if RST folds and light game loads are not available, I may go that route.