How has the ammo/component shortage affected your Shooting

[Quigley97]

Originally Posted by John Dallas

I have 5 or 6 flats of reloads on hand, and a reasonable amount of components. My problem is that I sent my PW 800+ in for a tuneup about 4 months ago. It is still not scheduled. Haven't asked what the problem is, and they have not offered

John,
I to sent my PW LS 1000 in for a tune up. I talked to a lady there 12 days before Thanksgiving. She told me they were swamped and figure 3 to 5 months for the turn around. I shipped it the next day and they received it on the 16th of November. Hopefully I will have it back just before the Spring Southern. Now I am back to when I started with my 50 year old Mec 600 Jr. It definitely brings back memories.

[Dan]

I must of had a premonition of the coming ammo shortage, I started buying flats quite a bit, I am now sitting on about 28 flats. I go to various registered Sporting Clays events and there goes 100 rounds, I also shoot in a 5 Stand league and sporting clays at my local club and trap at other clubs so I go through a couple of flats a month. I continue to buy it when i see it, thank God for Walmart's

[Andy]

I don't go to WalMart, but many guys I know get ammo every single week there. The Federal 100 packs for $29 I think. Granted they're not for vintage guns but for practice who cares.

[Reggie B]

Originally Posted by Andrew Sacco

I don't go to WalMart, but many guys I know get ammo every single week there. The Federal 100 packs for $29 I think. Granted they're not for vintage guns but for practice who cares.

So do you practice with a non vintage gun?

[Harold Pickens]

Andy, I make a quick cruise thru the Walmart sporting section whenever I can. I 've picked up a half dozen or more of their Win Universal 100 packs in 20 ga. I shoot them in all my fluid steel 20's for clays and grouse. I've picked up several Federal 12 ga 100 packs 1 1/8 oz 7 1/2's, I rarely shoot a 12, but sell em at cost to those who do ---

[Phil Yearout]

Admit I don't haunt Walmart regularly but when I've checked they always have very little ammo if any. Word around here is that guys usually have an "in" with somebody who works there and when they get 'em in they're gone pretty much before they hit the shelves. I'd take a whole bunch of those Winny 12ga 100 packs for my SBT's!!

[Reggie B]

I need to start a new thread on why I will not patronize Walmart.

[Andy]

Originally Posted by Reggie Bishop

So do you practice with a non vintage gun?

Reggie I shoot anything I can whenever I can. Usually Gun Club Lite or AA Lite in my Vulcan barrels, but anything at all up to Howitzer loads in my Guerinis/Beretta/Benelli/Browning clays guns. Most of my stuff I shoot now if I'm going to use it in a Parker is a 2 3/4" I load with pressures south of 8,000PSI. Harold Pickens and Mike Koneski have been repeatedly telling me not to worry about 2 3/4" loads in these barrels with plastic shells as long as they're not crazy stuff. The one Damascus I have only gets RST until my MEC press gets here.

[Mike of the Mountain]

Originally Posted by Phil Yearout

I have plenty of hunting loads but almost no target loads. A guy at my club kept me supplied last year; hope he can do the same this year or I probably won't be shooting. I was in the local Cabela's a few weeks ago and they had Herters target loads in stock - the first I'd seen in some time. They were $90 a flat; the last ones I bought were under $60. I didn't buy any. Last week they were all gone.

$90/flat is a very good price today for most shells.

[Mike of the Mountain]

Originally Posted by Andrew Sacco

I don't go to WalMart, but many guys I know get ammo every single week there. The Federal 100 packs for $29 I think. Granted they're not for vintage guns but for practice who cares.

If those shells are 1 oz and 1200 FPS they are fine for vintage guns.