Are you stock piling reloading components, ammo, or both?

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I keep enough ammo on hand for the military rifles and a couple handguns. I don't stockpile recreational ammo.
 
I try to keep a few hundred rounds of ammo, either commercial or reloads, ready for each centerfire gun. Got an ok stash of 22, some of it from pre-Obama. I do have a good stash of powder and primers. Trying to get started casting but haven't melted any lead yet.

Gonna have to get over my dislike of loading 223 though, got my daughter an AR for Christmas and she is gonna use up ALL of my supply!
 
Not doing any deliberate stockpiling, but this thread has caused me to remember to stay on top of inventories and be sure I have enough to last a good long while. I did an inventory today to see where I was. I did identify some areas it would be good to beef up. I'll be keeping a more watchful eye on prices and snatching up good deals I find. (The only commercial ammo I shoot is .22. Everything else I shoot I load.)
 
Not stockpiling but don't plan on running out either. I'll just call it getting/being prepared for what the future holds.
 
I may only have made tenderfoot but I did find the general teachings valuable.
 
It's cheaper to buy some calibers, like 9mm, than to reload them. Yes I know someone reloads 9mm for 4 cents a round.

Since the primer scare of the 90s during the Clinton Administration I've always maintained a stock of components to see me through any shortage. I buy ammo when it is available at good prices.

Stockpiling is dependent on one's disposal income.

I'm taken care of.
 
I didn't intend to stockpile components, per se, but as I've tried different powders, and have taken advantage of various sales and closeout deals, and have started loading for everything I shoot except ..22 LR. Several years worth of primers, at my current loading/shooting pace, and lots of powders, rifle and pistol. Plenty of certain bullets, not enough of others, and an abundance of semi-auto pistol brass...still working on building .300 BLK cases and haven't attempted revolver loads yet...so I am woefully lacking in 357 or 38 cases. So why is it that I feel drawn to the latest sale flyers? It's a sickness, I tell you...and a gift!
 
During the shortages of the past the only component that ever concerned me was primers and at one point in time they were very hard to find. Powder was available but at really high prices. In the past few years I have changed my loading habits in that now I don't keep very much loaded ammo on hand. The rapid advances in powder and bullets keep me testing new loads and I want to be flexible. I really like the idea of precision rifle shooting and I want to take as many of their ideas as I can for hunting. I don't like their heavy clumsy rifles but I pay attention to the powders and bullets that they use.
 
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Same as most, I’m not intentionally stockpiling but I don’t plan on the next shortage affecting me much and when I see a good deal I take it. I’m trying to shoot more as well.

It’s a buyers market at the moment. I remember leaner times.
 
I don't see any signs pointing at another shortage of components like we have had in the past, but it could certainly happen. The only thing I stockpile is Federal Small Pistol Primers. I like Federal and do have a couple of really light action revolvers that are picky about primers. They will work with Winchester almost as well but forget CCI. Federal Primers have been fairly easy to find in the last year or so and I've not been as much of a hoarder as I normally am. I think I have around 15k right now and no more time than I've had to shoot lately along with all the rain, that might be a 3-4 year supply!!! I certainly hope not. I was shooting around 2k rounds a month on average but I have not pulled the trigger on anything since Thanksgiving. Backyard range flooded. Now my neighbor who we've had family ties with for 60 years has decided I can't shoot on his adjoining property. That now restricts me to 25 yards. The weather has not been pleasant at all. Guess I'm going to have to use the public outdoor range that I've been a member of for a while but never go. I like to shoot on my property by myself and do my thing.
 
I just did an inventory of my components, I have have enough to last at least 4 years at my present rate, maybe more.

But then again, if I pick up a new caliber, I'll have to start all over. Someone left a 50 BMG case on the ground at the range. I could not just leave it there, I had to rescue it. Of course, to give it new life, I'll have to buy a new press, new dies, new primers, new powder - and of course, a new gun. The struggle is real. :)
 
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I'm still getting things like trimmer and case prep for when I start loading rifle as well as a holster for a couple handguns. I can't afford to stock up on much but do try to keep 200 rds of ammo for each carry pistol I have plus a box of defensive ammo as well. It isn't much but what I can afford until my wife's student loans are paid off, could be by the end of this year if we push it.
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I'm right there with ya.

I just cant see having hundreds if not thousands of dollars sitting around waiting to be loaded. I can only afford a box of bullets, a brick of primers or pound of powder at a time. If there is a shortage again then I just don't shoot. Its not a end all be all situation if I don't shoot.

Seeing how you brought up case trimmers and prep. I use this little tool with the lee cutter for 2 rifle calibers and do just fine and its cheap. The lee cutter threads into the lyman tool and turns it into a small lathe.

https://www.cabelas.com/product/Lyman-Case-Care-Kit/1317242.uts?slotId=5

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/509050/lee-8-32-threaded-case-trimmer-cutter-and-lock-stud
 
I don't watch to buy anything lately. I don't need to worry because I've been through a time of nothing available and once you have you won't be caught out again.

As long as your powder is left in the black jugs with a tight/sealed cap and aren't in the attic or tin garage in the tropics it will most likely be fine for a couple decades at least.

I do look around occasionally to see how things are, and some things have changed. Looks like the primer deals are long gone, main change I see. I am glad I grabbed those wolf mag small rifle at $16 per k back then when wideners actually sold stuff that people wanted(what happened to them?). .
 
I did reload some .38 special this weekend. I did some quick calculations and other than 9 mm, even buying my bullets from Missouri Bullet Company I'm still saving quite a bit on the other calibers I reload. Once I get the press set up and the dies and powder measure set I do enjoy reloading, even on my Lee Pro 1000. It is satisfying to shoot your own ammunition that you assembled!
 
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I just did an inventory of my components, I have have enough to last at least 4 years at my present rate, maybe more.

But then again, if I pick up a new caliber, I'll have to start all over. Someone left a 50 BMG case on the ground at the range. I could not just leave it there, I had to rescue it. Of course, to give it new life, I'll have to buy a new press, new dies, new primers, new powder - and of course, a new gun. The struggle is real. :)
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I've bought a gun just because I had a perfect set of grips for it, but never have I bought a gun just because I picked up brass at the range! I've done crazier things for less of a reason than that however. It works for me! If you need some back up with the wife etc, I'm 100% behind you
 
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I did reload some .38 special this weekend. I did some quick calculations and other than 9 mm, even buying my bullets from Missouri Bullet Company I'm still saving quite a bit on the other calibers I reload. Once I get the press set up and the dies and powder measure set I do enjoy reloading, even on my Lee Pro 1000. It is satisfying to shoot your own ammunition that you assembled!
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While I'm sure I save a ton of money loading (at least per round), in the long run it probably cost me more just because I shoot way more than if I bought factory ammo. The main reason I load is I get better quality ammo in my opinion and I can taylor make ammo for each gun and any situation that I want. I find something very rewarding about working with a gun and getting the most accuracy out of it by loading the right ammo. I spent almost 3 months last summer with 2 almost identical Model 686 Revolvers. One 7" Barrel and other a 8 3/8" working on hunting loads. In the end, the 8 3/8" became my Hog gun because it absolutely loves HyTek Coated Bullets and at max load is just barely acceptable with Jacketed loads. At 75 yards off a rest with a Red Dot Tube, I can easily get sub 4" groups with Missouri 185gr Pugnose bullets. On the flip side, the 7" is opposite. It loves JHP from Hornady and Speer. I get same size groups, so it became my Deer Hunting Gun. Both shoot great with their correct load but if you flip the load and bullet, neither will shoot inside of 6". If I depended on Factory ammo, no telling what I would have and I know I couldn't have afforded to shoot as much as I did to find the sweet spot of each.
 
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