Last time around I would stop any place that might powder, primers or bullets and if they had something I might be able to use, I would buy it. A pound or two of powder, some primers what ever.
I was called a hoarder, denying others the opportunity.
When that cycle broke, I was buying primers for 2-2.5 cents without Haz-Mat because 5 years of back orders all showed up at once, possibly once in a lifetime prices.
I was a hoarder. or a prepper or maybe just plain stupid for buying the amounts I did.
I got caught short this summer and did not buy the cases of 22LR I normally do, soon enough. Paid 1.5X normal.
I was part of the problem by paying gougers.
Now because I won't sell for the prices that some of these same name callers know I paid, I had to join Ancestery dot com to find my heritage, join a yoga class to be able to do some of the things I've been told to do, I even tried to turn myself in at immigration because I was told I'm un-American.
Gave 1000 primers to someone who "really needed them". Came back a few weeks later asking if I could spare some more. Earned a new nickname that afternoon. Funny thing was, I had already heard from someone else's wife, who I offered to help, that they were fine. Found 500 primers at just a bit more than pre-panic price. Not many secrets in a small town.
Doesn't seem to matter which end of the deal I'm on, to half of everyone else, I'm the stupid a..hole.
Sometimes the shooting community truly are their own worst enemy.
