Kind of funny how times change...

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GeoDudeFlorida

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1970: New powders are coming out from Hercules. I think I'll buy a pound or two and work up some loads. They should have it at the hardware store some time next week...
1980: New powders are fine but I've got this load I like and... well, why change?
1990: You CAN'T use THAT powder with THAT primer in THAT case with THAT head-stamp and THAT bullet! You'll miss by a mile! All the experts say so!
2000: But the internet says...
2010: Performance! It's all about performance! And to get the right performance you need the latest, greatest, futuristic brand name of EVERY THING!!! Just like the racing gun guys use...
2020: Primers? You've got primers? Wow! Well, load up whatever powder and bullets you can scrounge up, clean some grungy range-find brass and let's get to shootin'!
2030: What's a "primer"?
 
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1970: New powders are coming out from Hercules. I think I'll buy a pound or two and work up some loads. They should have it at the hardware store some time next week...
1980: New powders are fine but I've got this load I like and... well, why change?
1990: You CAN'T use THAT powder with THAT primer in THAT case with THAT head-stamp and THAT bullet! You'll miss by a mile! All the experts say so!
2000: But the internet says...
2010: Performance! It's all about performance! And to get the right performance you need the latest, greatest, futuristic brand name of EVERY THING!!! Just like the racing gun guys use...
2020: Primers? You've got primers? Wow! Well, load up whatever powder and bullets you can scrounge up, clean some grungy range-find brass and let's get to shootin'!
2030: What's a "primer"?
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If we adapt the metal storm type ignitor that would be interesting. To bad I dont know the details
 
I have started reloading based off of equipment I inherited from my uncle who passed away in the 80's. I still have the yellow cardboard Hodgdon cans of powder, or the IMR cans with the red screwcap. They all have prices in the 3-5 dollar range from when he brought them. He would scoff at the prices they get today. However, he would be amazed at the vast array of info on the internet today and the advancements in technology (still using his RCBS JR2 & JR3).

Take the good with the bad, and just hope there is more of the good.
 
I have a couple pounds of Winchester WSF left from the Sandy Hook times. It was all I could get and I worked up some reliable loads for 9mm. When times got better I went back to W231 and then on to Sport Pistol and others. It still sits on the shelf "just in case" :)

Sometimes you can wait for the best latest and greatest. Sometimes you need to make something work.

-Jeff
 
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I have a couple pounds of Winchester WSF left from the Sandy Hook times. It was all I could get and I worked up some reliable loads for 9mm. When times got better I went back to W231 and then on to Sport Pistol and others. It still sits on the shelf "just in case" :)

Sometimes you can wait for the best latest and greatest. Sometimes you need to make something work.

-Jeff
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My chief concern is, the shooting sports will revert to being exclusively the domain of the wealthy, that the middle-classes and lower-classes will be priced-out of the sport completely and even the idea of owning a firearm will become exclusively something only the very wealthy can think about. This is how things were before the Enlightenment.
 
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My chief concern is, the shooting sports will revert to being exclusively the domain of the wealthy, that the middle-classes and lower-classes will be priced-out of the sport completely and even the idea of owning a firearm will become exclusively something only the very wealthy can think about. This is how things were before the Enlightenment.
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That’s a relatively mild fear. Cost is a concern, but social stigma could easily be a bigger issue. With multiple groups going after gun registration and then publishing gun owners addresses they are setting us up as targets for multiple forms of attack. The right to keep and bear is fairly firm at this point, but there is no guaranteed rights regarding reloading. If gun registration became a thing, and purchase tracking (already is happening, just watch your ads and see) shows that a person reloads then it’s not a far fetched idea that we could be forced to have insurance or permits. If not from the government then the homeowners insurance groups could potentially deny service based upon the risks associated with reloading or with gun ownership in general. It can get very ugly very fast.
 
I must read way too many historic books on small arms design and their influence on the "industrial revolution"? Am 100% not the least bit worried about components. This will be the driver in what I would say,is a logical progression in small arms development. Other folks are not only welcome to a different "viewpoint".... but,thoroughly encouraged. Just seems to me,a no brainer.

If there's no "need",and the subsequent $$$ reward(mainly extrinsic),then development stagnates,IMO. Tough to leave politics out of it,will only say that given the general track record of most governments involvement in things.... they're out of their league in this instance.
 
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