Cost effectiveness?

Got any of that $4/lb. Bullseye left over you would be willing to sale ?
 
Etruett said:
Same here. When I was around 18 and just getting started shooting, I didn’t have extra money. One of my mentors sold me a complete set up for $100. The older guys took me under their wing and since we all shot 38spl, we worked together. We all had our loading set ups in one building. Wheel weights were free and we had buckets full. We would get together for a couple of nights and drink beer and cast wadcutters. 3-4 of us had bullet molds for 148grwc and we had 2 sizing presses. We would cast and size until we had at least 5k bullets. A few nights later we would get together and load em up. When we had them all loaded, we split them up. when they were gone, we started over. What a grand time we had. The fellowship we shared loading rivaled the fun we had shooting. Brass and lead was free. Bullseye powder I think was around $4/lb and primers around a penny each. With the little cost of bullet lube figured in, we were loading for 2 cents a round.
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Good times for sure. 38spl brass by the buckets, 7.62 brass by the crate, same with 5.56. crates full
like you lead free, just time and a little bit Cash. Friends owned a Gun Shop, so that was a plus in one
respect, bad for the wallet(s) They would order cases (5K) of primers for us, powder, bullets. There wasn't
order it online back then...We had access to a range anytime, all they asked was "chip" in money for targets,
gas to mow the grass. and one of us grand parents had a farm bout 500 total acres, plenty of places to
shoot. Speaking of that we were on the farm shooting down into a valley, we always made sure of the
back stop.. well we had an array of "toys" having fun. when we got back to the barn the local police
were there, it seemed that someone was shooting and hitting a roof on a house the other direction
from where we were shooting, we showed them where we were, and proof.. That's all it took, police
left....found out that the persons neighbor was shooting in that direction.... good times..good memories

-Snoopz
 
I think @Snoopz has a really good point. Without the internet the way it is today would we still be facing these shortages? I really doubt it. Take away internet sales and every gunshop in the country would have all the reloading supplies one could wish for at reasonable prices. But then again CFF wouldn't exist either. I still believe that if all of us would stop buying components for 8 weeks starting today a lot of this crap would solve itself.
 
Downeast said:
I think @Snoopz has a really good point. Without the internet the way it is today would we still be facing these shortages? I really doubt it. Take away internet sales and every gunshop in the country would have all the reloading supplies one could wish for at reasonable prices. But then again CFF wouldn't exist either. I still believe that if all of us would stop buying components for 8 weeks starting today a lot of this crap would solve itself.
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good point also.. the biggest problem today is you have the Internet, online ordering while it has it's advantages, it can be a double edged sword
You have people using "botz" to check sites, buy and pay for things all automatically, several sites caught on to that, with "capcha", limits etc. These
"botz" do it all, then people who don't even reload buy it up...resell at a profit, translating to a "few" get what they need, then you also have "reloaders"
who wipe the shelves out. Then you have tier levels from manufacture, to wholesaler, to resellers, to buyers.. so it's "pecking order"
Yeah I bought tons of primers, bullets, back decades ago, still have plenty. Just found a box of Federal SR primers (3 sleeves) 15k I bought back
in 81'.. but thats how we did it back then, as mentioned reloading parties, played some CCR, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rare Earth, Hendrix, etc. No cell
phones, no internet, no Fecebook, just good times. Shooting, Reloading, and some adult beverages (only after the sessions), Used a cement
mixer back then, "shade tree case prep"

-Snoopz
 
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Downeast said:
I think @Snoopz has a really good point. Without the internet the way it is today would we still be facing these shortages? I really doubt it. Take away internet sales and every gunshop in the country would have all the reloading supplies one could wish for at reasonable prices. But then again CFF wouldn't exist either. I still believe that if all of us would stop buying components for 8 weeks starting today a lot of this crap would solve itself.
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It’s going to take more than 8 weeks I’m afraid. Really the real shortage is primers and I was told by a knowledgeable person in the industry that Federal will not be shipping any more primers until January. Production is going to ammo. Same source said Winchester will be shipping less than normal for the same reason. I’m pretty much satisfied the price for primers won’t ever get below $75/100 for a long time if ever. Powder is scarce but can be found. Might can’t get the specific brand you prefer but it is available and a fair amount available locally.
 
Etruett said:
It’s going to take more than 8 weeks I’m afraid. Really the real shortage is primers and I was told by a knowledgeable person in the industry that Federal will not be shipping any more primers until January. Production is going to ammo. Same source said Winchester will be shipping less than normal for the same reason. I’m pretty much satisfied the price for primers won’t ever get below $75/100 for a long time if ever. Powder is scarce but can be found. Might can’t get the specific brand you prefer but it is available and a fair amount available locally.
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I wonder if this will be ammo for Government citizens or ammo for American citizens? ;)
 
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