I was out in the shed tossing old stuff and I came across some old containers. Hodgden H240 (their slightly hotter version of 2400) priced at $1.25. A box of bullets from Herters (waseca. MN) .224 52 grain at $5.99.
Looking at prices today I'm glad I've been picking up stuff from estates and swap meets.
I doubt I'd be reloading if I had to pay $50 and up for powder, $80 and up for primers. I guess aging has one benefit. I can't get out and shoot as much as I want to.
At 80, I probably have a lifetime supply of lead for casting, powder for handgun and rifle, shot, primers and powder for trap, and if I don't get it used up, my boys will have a windfall.
I told childbride that I had, at today's prices, a hundred grand worth of components. Might be an exaggeration, but I'd hate to have to replace it. Fixed income and all.
Now, income was lower when those aforementioned prices prevailed. I was making $1.17/hour stocking shelves in 1962. I didn't ever make in one hour the price of today's thousand primers.
All that said, if you reload you better stock up because I seriously doubt we will see prices come down.
(Found about 15K of .22 long rifle while sorting).
I'm a rich man. I donate bullets and 22 ammo to our Boy Scout shooting days and hunter safety programs.
Sorry for the long winded post. I was feeling down but now feel great.
Looking at prices today I'm glad I've been picking up stuff from estates and swap meets.
I doubt I'd be reloading if I had to pay $50 and up for powder, $80 and up for primers. I guess aging has one benefit. I can't get out and shoot as much as I want to.
At 80, I probably have a lifetime supply of lead for casting, powder for handgun and rifle, shot, primers and powder for trap, and if I don't get it used up, my boys will have a windfall.
I told childbride that I had, at today's prices, a hundred grand worth of components. Might be an exaggeration, but I'd hate to have to replace it. Fixed income and all.
Now, income was lower when those aforementioned prices prevailed. I was making $1.17/hour stocking shelves in 1962. I didn't ever make in one hour the price of today's thousand primers.
All that said, if you reload you better stock up because I seriously doubt we will see prices come down.
(Found about 15K of .22 long rifle while sorting).
I'm a rich man. I donate bullets and 22 ammo to our Boy Scout shooting days and hunter safety programs.
Sorry for the long winded post. I was feeling down but now feel great.
