If I would have known when l started reloading what l know today................
lf l had known the shortages were coming and what components would cost today, l would have had a stockpile built up while they were cheap and easy to get.
Well I suspect prices aren't going down any further than they are right now. Prices seem high right now but I've been through two periods when you couldn't get primers or powders and are willing to pay a high price if you can find what you want. I learned from the first shortage to stockpile next time I can and it paid off when the second shortage happened. It sucks when you can't get primers or powders and they both can be stored for a good number or years. While Trump is president would be a good time to buy. We have decent supplies of even .22 ammo currently but it will not stay that way if a Democrat gets elected in 2020.
Me too!! I enjoy it and figured i would shoot a lot more. When i started it was with a set of dies i purchased on clearance, barrowed Lee C press, cheap scale and dippers cause i wanted to see if i could make a more accurate woodchuck round and it exploded into a better press, scale, powder thrower, more calibers/dies, funnels, multiple powders, bullets, primers, tools. What was supposed to be $100 in the hole to find a more accurate bullet turned into a $800 mess. I don't enjoy it as much as i did when i first started but the little cost savings i get and the waaaay better accuracy is worth it.I wouldn't have started reloading as I would have probably saved money just buying ammo, wouldn't have a whole room dedicated to reloading with piles of components laying around, save a lot of obsessing over every little thing and I would have a lot more free time in my life. But alas here I am loading for 20 calibers with no thought or desire to purchase factory ammo.
Then you really would be broke!I would have taken up archery instead.