SPP have been gone near me since June. Got lucky and found 1000 LPPM that had been forgotten at Bass Pro just as they were putting them out. Have been buying what I can as I find it. No issue on shotgun including powder though. Expect that to tighten up as well. Annoys me on SPP as it had been on my list a long time and I kept getting distracted.
The ammo struggle is real.
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SPP have been gone near me since June. Got lucky and found 1000 LPPM that had been forgotten at Bass Pro just as they were putting them out. Have been buying what I can as I find it. No issue on shotgun including powder though. Expect that to tighten up as well. Annoys me on SPP as it had been on my list a long time and I kept getting distracted.
Ironically, I thought a thousand SPP was plenty, last time I was at the store. $40 is $40 and I was laid off for a bit last year.
But I use a hundred with every range trip, going to have to cut back.
Doesn't mean we can't switch to something that uses LPPs...
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Ironically, I thought a thousand SPP was plenty, last time I was at the store. $40 is $40 and I was laid off for a bit last year.
But I use a hundred with every range trip, going to have to cut back.
Doesn't mean we can't switch to something that uses LPPs...
AA
When things ease up I will never be caught again. Would bet same thought shared by millions of shooters.
I remember 2013......
However:
"The clearest explanation of the problem, according to The Motley Fool, comes from Hornady Manufacturing's president, Steve Hornady:
However:
"The clearest explanation of the problem, according to The Motley Fool, comes from Hornady Manufacturing's president, Steve Hornady:
Makes sense.......................
I remember 2013.
2013 was not like this.
2013 was not like this.
"This, too, shall pass."
There was a gun glut earlier in the year, as everybody felt safe and rights not threatened.
There have been 380 and 22 shortages.
None of these affected me much, if at all. In fact I gave away 22s to friends in need.
Perhaps come January American anxiety will ease and status quo return.
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There are people that go every day to the stores, to buy as much as they can.....now the issue would be the virus, do these people even care that each trip is a risky event.....
I don't like the fact they have a limit on the amount you can purchase , but do understand it. Yet probably the limit should be # boxes per caliber...., I think the other day they allowed 5 boxes all together....had 3 calibers when the cashier told me...I just kept the bigger boxes: 150 and 100rds. A box of 5 shotshells counts as much as 150 9mm
I don't like the fact they have a limit on the amount you can purchase , but do understand it. Yet probably the limit should be # boxes per caliber...., I think the other day they allowed 5 boxes all together....had 3 calibers when the cashier told me...I just kept the bigger boxes: 150 and 100rds. A box of 5 shotshells counts as much as 150 9mm
Just bought 200 rounds of Federal 12 gauge 8 shot yesterday. $45.00...I can live with that.
Yeah my local WM's still have plenty of the 100 round boxes available.
Oh I know and when it does pig at trough consumption will occur, by me.
Same here!
I even got a box of those 12 gauge shotgun-cleaning rounds yesterday, 75% off.
Stupidest thing ever, shotties clean right up. But I am thinking it could be a less lethal option, if needed. Some kind of cleaning wad-squeegie comes out. Sure it would discourage ...
"Your honor, the looters were filthy and these rounds say right on the package, 'cleans with a single pull of the trigger'."
Much like the farmer we feared as kids, he'd shoot you with rock salt out of his shotgun. So we were told. We just never got caught to find out!
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Stupidest thing ever, shotties clean right up. But I am thinking it could be a less lethal option, if needed. Some kind of cleaning wad-squeegie comes out. Sure it would discourage ...
"Your honor, the looters were filthy and these rounds say right on the package, 'cleans with a single pull of the trigger'."
Much like the farmer we feared as kids, he'd shoot you with rock salt out of his shotgun. So we were told. We just never got caught to find out!
AA
Yeah, I never saw the point those cleaning shells.
I shoot 400 or 500 12 gauge a week. The only thing I do to the barrels is spray a shot of Rem Oil in each one and pull a bore snake through. I use a 12 gauge brush with a cordless drill for the chokes as needed, which isnt often.
I shoot 400 or 500 12 gauge a week. The only thing I do to the barrels is spray a shot of Rem Oil in each one and pull a bore snake through. I use a 12 gauge brush with a cordless drill for the chokes as needed, which isnt often.
Want to know what's IN it. Reviews only say, "it works."
I didn't buy it for that!
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Opened an ammo can today to see at least how many large pistol primers remained ... And found an unopened thousand SPPs! Think I was setting up to make 9mm and never got around to it - but they are welcome now for .38/.357!
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Whenever someone mentions those cleaning shells, I envision those gag cans of nuts, where the spring snake jumps out. Perhaps that’s what happens when you fire one off.
We would just spray down the bores like the other gentleman, and occasionally swab them down with a patch wrapped around a bore brush. Now there are 10,000 special cleaning tools, to do what we did with 4 or 5.
Yeah, I'd never buy such a thing but as a goof. During an ammo shortage!
Ballistol and Hoppes are what I use. Tried a can of Powder Blast and I'm just shaking my head. I used to simply use brake cleaner spray on milsurps for same effect, and a third the price. All such things melt plastic and rubber anyways.
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I love Ballistol.
In that case ...
Ballistol After Shave! experiment
Well. Someone had to do it. :001_cool: http://www.badgerandblade.com/forum/media/52910"][/URL] After seeing the Hoppes No.9 soap/AS - which doesn't actually contain that well-known gun cleaner, but only its scent - it occurred to me you could actually make an aftershave with Ballistol in it...
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In that case ...
Ballistol After Shave! experiment
Well. Someone had to do it. :001_cool: http://www.badgerandblade.com/forum/media/52910"][/URL] After seeing the Hoppes No.9 soap/AS - which doesn't actually contain that well-known gun cleaner, but only its scent - it occurred to me you could actually make an aftershave with Ballistol in it...
I just made a pre-shave with fennel. That's plenty, lol.
