How has the ammo/component shortage affected your Shooting

[Kevin McCormack]

Originally Posted by Tom Pellegrini

Just went to Bass Pro Shops in Myrtle Beach. I could have bought all the Herters and Winchester 12 Ga flats that I wanted at $194.99 per flat. Also they were all 1550 fps. I did find the only 4 boxes of Remington target loads. I purchased them at $14. 79 per box. The only reason I purchased them at that outlandish price was they were STS hulls and I can reload them. Otherwise they would have stayed on the shelf. There was no shot or any kind of powder on the shelves. When I asked the "gentleman" behind the counter about the powder situation he just chuckled and shook his head. Oh well back to endless searching on the internet.

WOW! Those prices are the highest I've heard yet for Cabela's/Bass Pro stock!! Are you sure you weren't looking at steel shot? The prices and velocity quoted sound up in that realm. The $14.97 for the STS loads sounds about par by comparison just about all over. I've seen nothing there nor at any WalMart in the NoVa / DC metro area stores in any form of 12 ga. target ammo at any price. Last I purchased was Christmas week at the Gainesville VA Cabela's for $84.99 per flat + tax = net $90 and change.

[John Davis]

The current shortage hasn't really affected how much I shoot but it has affected what ammo I burn. I shoot 5000+ registered trap targets a year. Double that for practice targets. Singles, handicap and doubles trap. Prior to the shortage I shot reloads for practice and Remington STS or Federal Papers for singles and doubles registered birds and RST Trap loads for registered handicap. I'm now out of reloading components and can't find the premium shells. So I shoot whatever I can get. Presently I'm sitting on about 20 flats of RIO's and a couple of flats of Federal Top Guns for Handicap. Buy what I can from Walmart when they have it. My Parker SBT's can pretty much digest anything within reason off the shelf and my Trojan isn't shy either.

[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.

[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

[Harold 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.

[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 .