We've all seen our share of ammo shortages. I don't let them bother me because, over the years, I've scrounged enough brass that I have to give it away just to get into my shop. But I was thinking about the subject on the range yesterday while I was sighting in a new scope.
For a long time, it seemed to me that there were two types of shooters: Hunters and target shooters. Hunters would come to the range once a year and burn 10-20 rounds of factory ammo sighting in their rifles. For the rest of the year, they might burn 20 more rounds in the field. Target shooters all reloaded and mostly shot ammo they way we made it: carefully. Only a few people would come to the range, burn a bunch of ammo and leave the brass behind.
Now it's not uncommon to find 50 or 100 perfectly good brass cases either in the buckets or on the ground and that doesn't even begin to count all that worthless steel case junk. I understand that because of politics, people who used to just keep 20-50 rounds in the drawer now feel compelled to have a full case of ammo under the bed, in case of a possible zombie apocalypse. But I think it has a lot to do with people who want to shot but don't feel they have the time or interest for reloading. After all, doing it right takes a lot of time.
Anyway, I'm done woolgathering. Thanks for your patience.
For a long time, it seemed to me that there were two types of shooters: Hunters and target shooters. Hunters would come to the range once a year and burn 10-20 rounds of factory ammo sighting in their rifles. For the rest of the year, they might burn 20 more rounds in the field. Target shooters all reloaded and mostly shot ammo they way we made it: carefully. Only a few people would come to the range, burn a bunch of ammo and leave the brass behind.
Now it's not uncommon to find 50 or 100 perfectly good brass cases either in the buckets or on the ground and that doesn't even begin to count all that worthless steel case junk. I understand that because of politics, people who used to just keep 20-50 rounds in the drawer now feel compelled to have a full case of ammo under the bed, in case of a possible zombie apocalypse. But I think it has a lot to do with people who want to shot but don't feel they have the time or interest for reloading. After all, doing it right takes a lot of time.
Anyway, I'm done woolgathering. Thanks for your patience.