For those of you that have the temptation to buy. I suggest discussing every purchase that you want to make with the wife, therefore any hoarding trends that you may have will magically go away!
Hoarding reloading supplies?
- Thread starter robbor
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I'd hate to think what people would say about a guy who bought pallets of primers , Uh Oh !.
Rich, if he sold them on GB.
jelenko
Gold $$ Contributor
Completely understand. But, depends on wife's attitude. My wife encourages my participation because 'it's good for me'.
I agree completely!
I think right now if you are into competition shooting and holding anything under 2 years of components you being foolish. Personally, I’m only holding a little over 1 years worth but we have three shooters in the family and we’ve only been in the game for a little over 3 years. I’m constantly looking for our key components. Unfortunately we shoot 4 different powders, 4 different bullets, and both large and small primers
AckleymanII
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I am not discussing my gun and component purchases with my wife. She has 100 pair of shoes and a 8x32 walk in closet for her clothes double rack.
My two cents is that aint no man gonna tell me what I can buy and what I cant!
If I want more than I can use in my lifetime and help supply my family thats what Im going to do. I have given away some bullets and primers to an older gentleman that I know to make sure he has enough to last him the rest of his life too.
If you see it and you want it, buy it and dont feel bad about it. This is The good ol' U S of A damn it!
If I want more than I can use in my lifetime and help supply my family thats what Im going to do. I have given away some bullets and primers to an older gentleman that I know to make sure he has enough to last him the rest of his life too.
If you see it and you want it, buy it and dont feel bad about it. This is The good ol' U S of A damn it!
Bronsin
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I'm low on a lot of powders that I usually shoot and haven't seen for a long time, like H4895, IMR4064, you know, the usual suspects. I still have 8K SR primers and plenty of powder to go with them. I've held off on shooting the rest of my 50gr BT's until I could find some more. haven;t seen ANY on any shelf for over 2 years. Walked into Sportsman's Warehouse a few weeks ago and there were 6 boxes on the shelf at $40 apiece. Bought them all. Fk it. I was first in line this time.
Completely understand. But, depends on wife's attitude. My wife encourages my participation because 'it's good for me'.
Same here
FNSafari
Gold $$ Contributor
All one has to do is think back to 2005 and hurricane katrina and what happened in the New Orleans superdome. Civilized behavior hangs by a string and that is even more graphically illustrated by the big city riots and chaos of the last few years. I fervently hope you are wrong, but to plan on the fact you are is dangerous.
THIS! I had like 40k of Wolf SRM primers when they were dirt cheap. I wouldn't buy them at these nutty prices now.
skeeljc
Gold $$ Contributor
Today's supply shortages are self-fulfilling, meaning when things are in short supply people buy more. I try to keep at least a one year stock on hand. Today's primer situation causes me to go out even further.
When .22LR was in short supply a few years ago I managed to build up my inventory to 30,000 rounds. My son and I were shooting Steel Challenge so we used a lot. Well when .22's came back I let my inventory dwindle to 10,000 or less and now the price is up by over 2X. I should have treated .22's like stocks. When something you like is a good buy invest. I think the guys with .22LR stashes of over 100,000 rounds were smart.
Invest when things are on sale. You are supporting the industries that serve you. Remember when CCI was offering rebates on primers a few years back?
When .22LR was in short supply a few years ago I managed to build up my inventory to 30,000 rounds. My son and I were shooting Steel Challenge so we used a lot. Well when .22's came back I let my inventory dwindle to 10,000 or less and now the price is up by over 2X. I should have treated .22's like stocks. When something you like is a good buy invest. I think the guys with .22LR stashes of over 100,000 rounds were smart.
Invest when things are on sale. You are supporting the industries that serve you. Remember when CCI was offering rebates on primers a few years back?
Know a fellow that has seen every shortage since the early 90’s. And each time he pisses and moans and whines until one of his friends bales him out again. And when he finds something at current market value be screams, “gouging!”
Everyone is letting him sit on the hot seat this time.
Oh, by the way, he watches a lot of TV and may have voted for the Dunce.
Here’s a mystery; if you have half a dozen firearms and enough ammo to have to make more than one trip, folks(wives) will ask, “What could you possibly need with another gun?”
But no one ever asks what Gates, Soros or Musk needs with another billion dollars.
We are indeed PEE-CULIAR!
Hoarding, greed, and gouging are the three buzz words every time there's a new shortage.
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