Currently, I'm buying what I can and making due. For example, I bought a lb. of AA9 for my .357 and IMR 4198. Both were not on the top of my list but I can make due. I am hoping that for some unique incident, some small pistol primers will pop up.
Until then, my most recent activity was making lead ingots so I can cast 9mm bullets. I have 35lbs of lead for 9-122 bullets so I'll have a decent stash of bullets. Then, I collected a lot of brass, cleaned, and stored them in 50cal cans. With down time, I sorted them first by head stamp, then by 1x fired and 2x+. For some like my Speers which I plan to load with GD, I de-primed and grouped them by weight. I'll save the 1x fired cases and prep the cases until the cast bullets are ready. I have powder/primer ready for the 9mm but need Bullseye for my .45 so I'll just cast and pc bullets until I get the powder. The same goes with my rifle brass. In addition, I'll use a mandrel to expand the necks and check every case for concentricity and group there too. The best are for my long-range shooting; second for target/hunting; third for practice. I group my bullets too by weight and length from ogive to base. A lot of time can be spent prepping your brass. At the outdoor range, don't stand there but ask shooters if they want their brass, if not, take the brass AND the box. Collect any brass you want and atleast clean them with your tumbler and sort them by cartridge type.
Until then, my most recent activity was making lead ingots so I can cast 9mm bullets. I have 35lbs of lead for 9-122 bullets so I'll have a decent stash of bullets. Then, I collected a lot of brass, cleaned, and stored them in 50cal cans. With down time, I sorted them first by head stamp, then by 1x fired and 2x+. For some like my Speers which I plan to load with GD, I de-primed and grouped them by weight. I'll save the 1x fired cases and prep the cases until the cast bullets are ready. I have powder/primer ready for the 9mm but need Bullseye for my .45 so I'll just cast and pc bullets until I get the powder. The same goes with my rifle brass. In addition, I'll use a mandrel to expand the necks and check every case for concentricity and group there too. The best are for my long-range shooting; second for target/hunting; third for practice. I group my bullets too by weight and length from ogive to base. A lot of time can be spent prepping your brass. At the outdoor range, don't stand there but ask shooters if they want their brass, if not, take the brass AND the box. Collect any brass you want and atleast clean them with your tumbler and sort them by cartridge type.
