flintcreek6412
Bob Petillo
First......stop complaining and do something about it.
I grew up in the late 60s early 70s. I collected baseball cards. To do so involved saving pennies then going to the store and buying a single pack of cards with that nasty gum. You then hoped you'd find what you needed and if not you'd begin trading for what you needed while saving for another pack. It took lots of time, dedication and patience. You simply couldn't walk in and buy the entire set like you could in the 80s. No different than collecting coins and searching thousands of pennies looking for wheaties.
If you don't have the interest in working hard to find components, you simply won't.
For the past 2 years there is not a single component I have not either bought or had the ability to buy that I was looking for. H1000 had been the unicorn for me until about a month ago then it began popping up. Varget, H4350, H4895, RL26, RL15.5, VVN150, etc. You name it, I've found it. Every primer, brass and even Berger bullet I've found.
How you ask. Simple. Every day I take 5-10 minutes 2 times a day to search 6 sites. It's that simple. I have favorite links set for specific items I'm looking for.....Example.....link to Powder Valley Hodgdon powders. One click and 10 second scroll to see what they have. I usually do it once at the beginning of lunch and again when I get home or later in the evening. If I get few spare minutes here and there I might check a single spot at times. And every place I go the prices are very reasonable and they are well known dealers. And I'm not buying the "limit 2" if it includes hazmat.
The items I pass on would drive most of you crazy but I simply won't buy it if I don't need it. And a couple of weeks ago I decided not to shoot any 6.5 stuff this year so I sold what I had at basically my cost so others could shoot. If I decide to shoot 6.5s in a year or 2 I'm sure I'll find it again.
I'm not camped out at a computer, setting timers to check or anything. I just look when I think about it and trust me, I rarely think about it because I have zero worries that it will pop up eventually.
That's it. As simple as it gets. If you can't commit 20 minutes a day to finding something you really want than I simply don't know what to tell you other than it must not be that important.
Funny thing is that I can still buy ProV1 golf balls at around $50/doz and they have the same labor, transport, etc costs as reloading components. They just aren't hoarded.
Now if you refuse to buy components at todays prices I can't help you there either. $40/lb powder, $85/K primers are kind of the norm. Just like I don't expect to buy Apple stock at $21 a share(adjusted for splits) like I could 10 years ago I won't likely ever see 205Ms for $35/K.
Good luck and shoot straight.
I grew up in the late 60s early 70s. I collected baseball cards. To do so involved saving pennies then going to the store and buying a single pack of cards with that nasty gum. You then hoped you'd find what you needed and if not you'd begin trading for what you needed while saving for another pack. It took lots of time, dedication and patience. You simply couldn't walk in and buy the entire set like you could in the 80s. No different than collecting coins and searching thousands of pennies looking for wheaties.
If you don't have the interest in working hard to find components, you simply won't.
For the past 2 years there is not a single component I have not either bought or had the ability to buy that I was looking for. H1000 had been the unicorn for me until about a month ago then it began popping up. Varget, H4350, H4895, RL26, RL15.5, VVN150, etc. You name it, I've found it. Every primer, brass and even Berger bullet I've found.
How you ask. Simple. Every day I take 5-10 minutes 2 times a day to search 6 sites. It's that simple. I have favorite links set for specific items I'm looking for.....Example.....link to Powder Valley Hodgdon powders. One click and 10 second scroll to see what they have. I usually do it once at the beginning of lunch and again when I get home or later in the evening. If I get few spare minutes here and there I might check a single spot at times. And every place I go the prices are very reasonable and they are well known dealers. And I'm not buying the "limit 2" if it includes hazmat.
The items I pass on would drive most of you crazy but I simply won't buy it if I don't need it. And a couple of weeks ago I decided not to shoot any 6.5 stuff this year so I sold what I had at basically my cost so others could shoot. If I decide to shoot 6.5s in a year or 2 I'm sure I'll find it again.
I'm not camped out at a computer, setting timers to check or anything. I just look when I think about it and trust me, I rarely think about it because I have zero worries that it will pop up eventually.
That's it. As simple as it gets. If you can't commit 20 minutes a day to finding something you really want than I simply don't know what to tell you other than it must not be that important.
Funny thing is that I can still buy ProV1 golf balls at around $50/doz and they have the same labor, transport, etc costs as reloading components. They just aren't hoarded.
Now if you refuse to buy components at todays prices I can't help you there either. $40/lb powder, $85/K primers are kind of the norm. Just like I don't expect to buy Apple stock at $21 a share(adjusted for splits) like I could 10 years ago I won't likely ever see 205Ms for $35/K.
Good luck and shoot straight.
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