Anyone afraid to shoot up their ammo?

Pyrodex is still around along with percussion caps. I have .44 and .45 Colt I could load up with pyrodex and grease wads. Right now large pistol primers are on my shopping list. I like burning powder, so hanging on to my reloads really won't impact range trips.
 
I don't think that anyone, no matter how well stocked, doesn't have the question "is it enough?" runnin thru their minds. It's somewhat natural.

I'm better off than I was last time. I have more primers and bullets and powder and .22lr. In reality I have enough to last me months if I shoot as much as I'd like, who knows how long it will last if weather, kids, work, etc keeps my shooting in check (which is always likely). But I do still have that "what if?" crap runnin thru my head. Luckily, I'm not a competition shooter nor do I run drills or plink quantities of ammo at a time. 100 rounds total between different guns for any one range sessions is a lot for me so supplies last me longer than some.

I know this, I'd hate to be the guy with only 100-200 rounds of each ammo. I was that guy in 2008, not this time.
 
because people ARE nervous about supply. BUT, we've been through this before... and it has always been temporary.
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As I watched my variable annuity shrink by $1000.00 a day last year, and was helpless to do anything about it....I was reminded daily with a very annoying message...

"Past performance is not an indicator of future success"...

BTW - a relative bearing on this thread....
I cashed in that annuity online and had the option of either faxing my signature on the document or mailing it. I decided mailing it would be ok since I wasn't in any real hurry for the money.
W/no warning at all, the next day the annuity tanked and lost $1,000.00 and it contined to lose $1,000.00 a day for each of the next three days it took for my mailed signature to get there and be processed.

So.....yeah, I'm pretty hesitant about shooting up what I've got. Any funds to replace it have vanished.
 
Not as much as often as I was but I still get out there. yesterday was offhand practice at 25 yards for my single shot bolt action Savage and my Mosin Nagant M38. Here are two of the targets.



 
Not shooting much until I can more easily replace what I shoot.

Very frustrated over it too.

Anyone with a line on some affordable bulk 9mm, let me know.
 
Today about forty rds. of Wolf 7.62x39 went through my SKS into various targets. About fifty rds. of 22LR also, and it will be mostly .22LR until events in Wash. DC become clearer in the next several weeks.
Gun control is partly a distraction.
Monstrous problems with the US deficit and borrowing ceiling are unbelievably complex. The struggles we saw in December were only the Prelude for Feb-March and later.

The ammo bubble might deflate before a leak in the 'AR price bubble' whistles like a Rolls Royce Dart engine.
Last week a "Wall Street Journal" writer stated that the anti-gunners can't even agree on a strategy, and there is some other hope, with key politicians facing mid-term elections. They are hearing from us, and want to keep their jobs.

If the only restrictions are a 10-rd. mag limit (on future mags) and better enforcement of present laws, watch a large number of ARs/AKs/VZ-58s/Minis hit the market in the next several months. Many unhappy buyers could realize the costly choices they made. Sure, it might Not happen, but imagine how much the market could be flooded-like in 2009?

The new paycheck reductions for social security, Obamacare costs etc will hit home. Small businesses are already reducing workers' hours to avoid the option of much higher health insurance costs (Obamacare). Less money pays for more ammo?
 
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Afraid to shoot? Absolutely not. I have enough of everything and won't run out anytime soon. I had a strong feeling that Obama would be re-elected and started stock piling components early on. I Was planning a trip to the range on MLK weekend but gonna go spend the weekend my Mom in stead :-) Truth be told, I'm .308 heavy and really need to go to the range.
 
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