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Re: Is the ammo shortage changing your hunting plans?
« Reply #15 on: January 09, 2021, 04:10:28 PM »
Zero.

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Re: Is the ammo shortage changing your hunting plans?
« Reply #16 on: January 09, 2021, 05:00:24 PM »
 Should read “is the hunting shortage changing your ammo plans.” :chuckle:
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Re: Is the ammo shortage changing your hunting plans?
« Reply #17 on: January 09, 2021, 05:16:03 PM »
 
Should read “is the hunting shortage changing your ammo plans.” :chuckle:

 :yeah: :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
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Re: Is the ammo shortage changing your hunting plans?
« Reply #18 on: January 09, 2021, 05:25:09 PM »
No hunting plan changes, I have made changes to my recreational shooting however.
:yeah:
I'm covered for hunting ammo. But I shoot registered shotgun at about 4K a year and steel challenge about 1k rounds a year. I've been able to load 12, 20, 28 and .410 with the powders I've been purchasing locally the only shortage has been 209 primers. But ever the primers I've been able to keep up loading. I think the price of lead shot at Sportsman's will go up when Pro Bass finishes the buyout. 
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Re: Is the ammo shortage changing your hunting plans?
« Reply #19 on: January 09, 2021, 06:08:22 PM »
No , I bought cheap and stacked deep .
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Re: Is the ammo shortage changing your hunting plans?
« Reply #20 on: January 09, 2021, 06:15:24 PM »
Its not affecting my hunting in the slightest.... but it really has hurt my competition shooting, turning away from a lot of 3 gun and giving NRL22 a run instead.

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Re: Is the ammo shortage changing your hunting plans?
« Reply #21 on: January 09, 2021, 06:23:17 PM »
No , I bought cheap and stacked deep .
I think it sad so many people didnt lear thier lesson from 4 years ago...

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Re: Is the ammo shortage changing your hunting plans?
« Reply #22 on: January 09, 2021, 06:34:32 PM »
Nope. Season can’t come soon enough.
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Re: Is the ammo shortage changing your hunting plans?
« Reply #23 on: January 09, 2021, 07:10:46 PM »
No plans on changes in my family hunting.I have enough reloading supply to last many years,if used for hunting only.
But my son and I like to target practice through out the year.

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Re: Is the ammo shortage changing your hunting plans?
« Reply #24 on: January 09, 2021, 07:49:19 PM »
 :yeah:

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Re: Is the ammo shortage changing your hunting plans?
« Reply #25 on: January 09, 2021, 07:49:38 PM »
Could not find any waterfowl shells for a 12 gauge at all recently, so went online and bought a case for 130$ shipped to my door...
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Re: Is the ammo shortage changing your hunting plans?
« Reply #26 on: January 09, 2021, 08:44:56 PM »
This shortage hasn’t hurt my hunting at all. I will say, the last several panics we’ve had, stores never seemed to run out of shotshells, or the expensive hunting ammo. .22, military calibers and common pistol ammo, good luck.

This time it’s been flat out everything, but I have seen .22 available oddly enough.

I shoot mostly odd stuff with the exception of my 30-06 and 270. Even then I handload almost everything I shoot; partly out of necessity(how often can you find .250 savage or .358 win at the store?), but mostly because I enjoy it. I’m pretty well stocked to keep me going through this shortage, and I’ll buy more components when it’s over to stay stocked.
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Re: Is the ammo shortage changing your hunting plans?
« Reply #27 on: January 09, 2021, 09:01:36 PM »
No, won’t change my hunting plans a bit.  I’ve lived through a few shortages now and learned to stock up. I have plenty of powder & projectiles to last my lifetime
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Re: Is the ammo shortage changing your hunting plans?
« Reply #28 on: January 09, 2021, 10:08:37 PM »
Not unless I bought a new caliber that I can’t reload for which was my plan until recently.

 


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