Or, why I own lots of guns in lots of different calibers.
Every time I start to reload for a different caliber I wonder why can't I just settle on one and be done. Why do I have handguns in 380, 9mm, 40 S&W, 357 sig, 357 Mag, 38 special, 10mm and 45 acp? Why do I have dies for another half dozen or so handgun cartridges as well? Why do I have 5 Ar-15's and and two AK type rifles and a half dozen other rifles chamber in everything from 204 to 308? Wouldn't I be better off with just one handgun caliber and and one or two rifle calibers? The answer has become abundantly clear recently and the answer is a resounding HELL NO.
As I said, I reload but I also buy some ammo. Recently, as you all know, ammo has become very scarce, as have reloading components. 223 ammo became impossible to find very quickly and doubled in price when you could find it. The same was true of 9mm ammo and the components for both calibers. Everything else followed shortly after but other calibers could be found. Around here 45 acp was the last to dry up so when I saw it I bought it. I have never had a hard time finding 7.62x39 at a decent price so I have been buying it right along. When I go to Wal-mart and find 380 or 40 S&W, I buy it because I have guns that shoot it. If I only owned a 9mm and a 223 I would have been SOL.
I know this goes against the grain for some of you. What do you guys think? Before I get blasted for not being prepared, I was. I had several hundreds rounds of each caliber and a a couple thousand rounds for the 45 and the 223. I also had and still have over 20K 22 caliber bullets etc. etc. etc. In fact I had so much that I felt comfortable selling some of it off at inflated prices and buying back as the shelves fill up again.
Every time I start to reload for a different caliber I wonder why can't I just settle on one and be done. Why do I have handguns in 380, 9mm, 40 S&W, 357 sig, 357 Mag, 38 special, 10mm and 45 acp? Why do I have dies for another half dozen or so handgun cartridges as well? Why do I have 5 Ar-15's and and two AK type rifles and a half dozen other rifles chamber in everything from 204 to 308? Wouldn't I be better off with just one handgun caliber and and one or two rifle calibers? The answer has become abundantly clear recently and the answer is a resounding HELL NO.
As I said, I reload but I also buy some ammo. Recently, as you all know, ammo has become very scarce, as have reloading components. 223 ammo became impossible to find very quickly and doubled in price when you could find it. The same was true of 9mm ammo and the components for both calibers. Everything else followed shortly after but other calibers could be found. Around here 45 acp was the last to dry up so when I saw it I bought it. I have never had a hard time finding 7.62x39 at a decent price so I have been buying it right along. When I go to Wal-mart and find 380 or 40 S&W, I buy it because I have guns that shoot it. If I only owned a 9mm and a 223 I would have been SOL.
I know this goes against the grain for some of you. What do you guys think? Before I get blasted for not being prepared, I was. I had several hundreds rounds of each caliber and a a couple thousand rounds for the 45 and the 223. I also had and still have over 20K 22 caliber bullets etc. etc. etc. In fact I had so much that I felt comfortable selling some of it off at inflated prices and buying back as the shelves fill up again.