Post by: 253shotgunner on January 09, 2021, 11:48:42 AM
I wanted to add a 270 caliber rifle but that just isn't going to happen this year.
Post by: ghosthunter on January 09, 2021, 12:05:15 PM
I had just bought what I said would be my last rifle. A Savage Storm in 7 mm 08.
So I stocked up on several boxes of that caliber and than started buying for all my other calibers.
When you spend $200.00 a month on ammo and only shoot to sight in and hunt, it builds up.
No change in my hunting plans.
Post by: dilleytech on January 09, 2021, 12:29:07 PM
I haven’t bought rifle ammo since the summer but you can still get pistol ammo relatively easily. Is rifle that much worse?
Post by: 253shotgunner on January 09, 2021, 12:33:05 PM
I haven’t bought rifle ammo since the summer but you can still get pistol ammo relatively easily. Is rifle that much worse?
I regularly visit Cabelas, BPS, Sportco and Sportsmans Warehouse and popular rifle calibers are pretty much gone and reloading supplies too. -253shotgunner
Post by: Stein on January 09, 2021, 12:37:04 PM
I have factory ammo I can shoot for fun if I need to.
Hunting really takes next to nothing in terms of quantity. Start shooting some leagues or the shooting sports like IDPA or the high volume rifle stuff and yeah, that's going to be difficult.
Post by: Jonathan_S on January 09, 2021, 12:47:34 PM
Post by: jackelope on January 09, 2021, 12:50:55 PM
I could have 15 rounds of ammo and have enough to verify my zero and be comfortable deer hunting with. I don’t shoot very much but it doesn’t seem to affect my ability to shoot an animal. Really time in the woods is my biggest limiting factor. Probably goes for the majority of folks I’d imagine.
Post by: wadu1 on January 09, 2021, 12:53:21 PM
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Post by: highside74 on January 09, 2021, 01:36:03 PM
I lost all my guns and ammo in a boating mishap
I'm sorry to here that, very unfortunate. It is also unfortunate that you won't ever be replacing them.
Post by: Igor on January 09, 2021, 01:38:32 PM
Post by: Naches Sportsman on January 09, 2021, 02:54:14 PM
Plinker guns, no excuse to have a lot of ammo on hand. Between my dad and I, we have 10000 rounds of .204, 9000 rounds of .223 and a storage totem full of 22 lr.
Cheaper to shoot small calibers so the big game calibers stay in the safes most of the year.
I've found .22lr at bimart about half of the time I've been in there since the election at 6-8 cents a round. Plinking ammo is around.
Post by: Bushcraft on January 09, 2021, 04:10:28 PM
I might try flinging pointy sticks again this year. :dunno:
Post by: huntnphool on January 09, 2021, 05:00:24 PM
Post by: Cougartail on January 09, 2021, 05:16:03 PM
Should read “is the hunting shortage changing your ammo plans.” :chuckle:
:yeah: :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
Post by: wadu1 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.
Post by: huntandjeep on January 09, 2021, 06:08:22 PM
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Post by: Special T 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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Post by: dmoua on January 09, 2021, 06:34:32 PM
Post by: hunter399 on January 09, 2021, 07:10:46 PM
But my son and I like to target practice through out the year.
Post by: Sutherland on January 09, 2021, 07:49:19 PM
Post by: Shaqdiesel on January 09, 2021, 07:49:38 PM
Post by: BigGoonTuna on January 09, 2021, 08:44:56 PM
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.
Post by: M_ray on January 09, 2021, 09:01:36 PM
Post by: Mossy on January 09, 2021, 10:08:37 PM